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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Mr Olugbenga Owolabi and one other, have been killed by their abductors. Opadele, who was working with the hotelier (Owolabi), due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has issued a N5 million fine on Trust Television concerning a documentary on banditry and terrorism in the north-western part of the country. It could be recalled that the TV station, an organization connected to Daily Trust newspaper, aired the documentary entitled ‘Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story’, […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have attacked the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 12 with Headquarters in Bauchi, Audu Madaki, injuring him and killing one of his police guards. Although the reports are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, it was learnt that the AIG was on his […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Osun said the corpse of a 65-year-old woman, declared missing in Ilesa, was found on her farm with one of her eyes plucked. Yemisi Opalola, the police spokesperson in the state, said in a statement that the deceased’s daughter reported the discovery of her mother’s corpse to the police. […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host communities of the Oil Mining Licence (OML) 11 in Rivers and Abia States have rejected Sahara Energy except the federal government, through Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), dialogue with them on the operatorship of the licence. The communities under the aegis of Ogoni, Asa, Imo River OML11 Oil Producing Communities insisted […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists that attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna train and abducted passengers on March 28, have, on Tuesday, released five more hostages including a victim shot while in their custody, Mukhtar Shuaibu. Shuaibu was shot during a “friendly fire” while in the den of the terrorists. Tukur Mamu, the Publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many persons were on Tuesday morning burnt to death and five others critically injured after two vehicles collided in Lagos. The accident, which occurred around 3am at Alaro City inward Epe, involved a passenger bus carrying 23 men and a tipper conveying sand. Two people escaped unhurt. While the Federal Road Safety […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Youths stormed the streets of Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State, to protest the alleged killing of innocent indigenes by the Ebubeagu Security Network. The protesters, under the aegis of Igbo Youths numbering over 200, marched through Umule, Faulks, Aba-Owerri Expressway and among other major roads in Aba, causing gridlock along […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States on Saturday in a drone strike killed al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech from the White House. “I authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield, once and for all,” CNN quoted Mr Biden as saying. Mr Zawahiri, who […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday declined comment on the alleged arrest of a suspected Boko Haram Commander in Ogun State. Spokesman for the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunnaya, who was contacted by our correspondent on the issue, said he had no reaction. Similarly, the Ogun State Police Command denied knowledge of […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has announced a four-week extension of the ongoing strike in public universities. A statement made available in Abuja confirmed the development. It partly read, “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of Government’s past failures to abide by its own timelines in […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Allegations of frauds and misappropriation of funds are currently rocking the Industrial Training Funds (ITF) even as the Director General of the agency Joseph Ari is accused of sponsoring activities that are not within the mandate of the agency. Our reporter gathered that most of the funds donated and budgeted by the […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven persons have again been killed in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The killing is coming less than 24 hours after 18 other persons lost their lives during a clash between bandits and members of vigilante group in the Wase […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have again threatened to commence strike if the Nigerian government fails to meet their demands. This development is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the NARD’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held from 25th to 30th July […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Yoruba socio-political organisation, the Yoruba Youth Congress (YYC), has said a statement credited to Pa Ayo Adebanjo endorsing the candidature of Peter Obi was not the opinion of Afenifere or the opinion of the majority of Yoruba leaders. It said the statement was the opinion of Pa Adebanjo. He said consultations […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has faulted claims that she was not related to a 40-year-old lady, Nkiru Okoye, murdered in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. African Examiner had earlier reported that the deceased, a wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of persons or groups engaging in unauthorised sales of police uniforms and accoutrements. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement in Abuja. He said the IG-P had directed all Commands, […]
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Sunday, July 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra community have expressed shock over the alleged gruesome murder of one of the sisters of the renowned novelist Chimamanda Adichie. The incident happened at Ogbunike, Oyi local government area on July 19. The 40-year-old daughter of Abba, Njikoka local government area and mother of five, Mrs Nkiru Okoye, was said to […]
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Sunday, July 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary Juju singer Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi has lost one of his sons, Olayinka Olalekan Obey-Fabiyi. According to sources, the late Olayinka died on Friday. The 48-yr-old Olayinka was interred on Saturday. . The cause of his death is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. The death of […]
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Sunday, July 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli has denied claims that he said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not fit to lead the country and he was wrongly quoted. The African Examiner recalls that Tee […]
