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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman of Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has warned against the killing of Northerners in the Southeast. Baba-Ahmed on Friday, August 05, 2022, morning took to his Twitter account saying that politicians who will count on the votes of northerners in the 2023 general elections should immediately condemn the acts. […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Odunayo Adekuoroye claimed the first gold medal for Nigeria in the wrestling event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The wrestling event which took place at the Coventry Arena saw Adekuoroye taking down most of her opponents while she showed her class against India’s Anshu Malik with a 7-3 victory by […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda is set to conduct the fifth Population and Housing Census from Aug. 16 to 30, a government official said. All required preparations had been put in place for a seamless census, Venant Habarugira, director of the Censuses Department, at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), told Xinhua. “Various census […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos State say yet-to-be-identified soldiers beat one of its officers to death. Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the incident via his Twitter handle on Friday. “We are working with the @HQNigerianArmy authorities to resolve this issue; and get back our officer, arms and ammunition,” he […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Inspector General of Police, Tafa Balogun, who died yesterday in Lagos, will be buried tomorrow, in Ila-Orangun, Osun state, his home town. This was disclosed by his family Late Balogun who was the 19th Inspector General of Police, died of heart attack at about 8:30 pm, at the Reddington Hospital, Lagos. […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) PROSPERITY have rescued two Ghanaian fishermen who reside in Takwa Bay, Lagos State after a boat mishap when they sailed out to fish on July 31. The Nigerian Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaugn said this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Ayo-Vaugn said that […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four persons were burnt to death on Friday while 16 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus at Oniworo, Foursquare Camp area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun confirmed the accident in Abeokuta, saying the accident occurred at 7:50 a.m. He stated […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped the traditional ruler, the Oniku of Iku, in Ondo. According to reports, Mikaila Bello, who is the Oniku of Iku in Ikare Akoko, was kidnapped with three of his aides who were travelling with the Ikare Akoko ruler to the town from Akure. Confirming the […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 30-year-old African American, Travis Stocking has launched a brand new e-commerce-based mobile app company promoting cannabis products and services through deeply discounted services couponing and proprietary offers. The company, which is known as HERBPOH features a comprehensive cannabis-lifestyle marketplace with discounted coupon offers. It also includes its own social media platform, […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An old video in which popular Nigerian comedian and actor, Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome aka Alibaba, slammed Nollywood actresses who negatively influence young girls through extravagant lifestyles sponsored by rich older men aka ‘sugar daddies’ has emerged online. Alibaba, in the video presently trending on social media, berated actresses who flaunt questionable wealth […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, said Lagos recorded 33 per cent in drug abuse cases in the country. Marwa disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the palace of the Akran of Badagry, Aholu Menu-Toyi 1, in Lagos. According to him, in Lagos […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun is dead He died after a brief illness Mr Balogun was Born August 25, 1947, in Ila Orangun, Osun State. He was appointed the IGP in March 2002. Balogun died at 74. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course 3. Having worked […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A court in the United Kingdom on Thursday adjourned the case involving the former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, till October 31. According to The Cable, Ekweremadu will be remanded in custody until the next adjourned date. Ekweremadu, who is the lawmaker representing Enugu West Senatorial district, and his wife, Beatrice, are […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may worsen following the insistence of the Federal Ministry of Education that its proposed agreement with the union will not be binding on state universities. The spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong , in an […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mild drama ensured at the Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging as he attempted to escape after the judge Bassey Nkanang announced his sentence on Thursday It took the intervention of […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service, in collaboration with Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), has intercepted 397.5 Kilogramme of pangolin scales and arrested 8 suspects in connection with the seizure. The Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday. Bomodi said three of the arrested suspects were identified as Vietnamese. […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it is illegal to disconnect a consumer from source of power supply without a 10-day prior notice from the date of bill delivery. Mr Babatunde Irukera, Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, stated this on Wednesday in Calabar at an electricity consumer complaint […]
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Thursday, August 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senegalese opposition leader has called on supporters to be ready to defend their votes by any means, accusing the ruling party of President Macky Sall of wanting to steal a legislative election the opposition claims to have won. Official results of Sunday’s vote are expected on Thursday, but both Sall’s ruling […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
…As Dangote, Bill Gates Foundations Sign MOU on Immunization (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has been conferred with the Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger award by the President of the Republic of Niger, His Excellency Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey. According to the certificate of conferment presented […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrates’ Court in Wuse, Abuja, has issued a warrant of arrest against the Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc, Ademola Adebise, for alleged forgery. The court ordered the immediate arrest of Adebise by the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the country. “You are hereby directed to arrest the […]
