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Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday announced a platform to facilitate the placement of Nigerian students evacuated from Ukraine into Nigerian tertiary institutions. This is despite the over four months’ strike by university lecturers in Nigeria. The spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs, Francisca Omayuli, said this was to enable […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, North Africa
Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopia’s prime minister and a rebel group, on Tuesday traded blame over a mass killing in Oromiya. Oromiya, Ethiopia’s most populous region, in recent months, is experiencing escalating violence between rival ethnic groups, where hundreds of people have died. The state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said the latest killings took place […]
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan has remanded an acclaimed herbalist, James Mathew, 29, in Agodi Correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl. African Examiner reports that Mathew of Aba – Nla Village, Idi – Ayunre, Ibadan, was charged with 10 counts bordering on defilement and fraud of N5. 7million. […]
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Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US pastor, Creflo Dollar has rubbished reports that failing to pay tithe opens the door for devourers to come in and damage a person’s life. The popular evangelist, who is renowned for his teachings on the importance of tithing, disclosed this while speaking to his congregation recently. The preacher stated that he […]
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Monday, July 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has called on police operatives to embrace holistic and effective intelligence gathering in the prevention of crime and criminal activities in the country. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement in Abuja. Baba said preventive policing was […]
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Monday, July 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after the priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, Ikabigbo, Uzairue, Edo North Senatorial District, Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, 41, was abducted and killed, two Catholic clerics, Rev. Fathers Udo Peter and Philemon Oboh, have been abducted in the state. Rev. Fr. Peter is of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Uromi […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday, expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan, including a 15-year-old child. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said the nine protesters were killed in the course of the Thursday Marches of the Millions in the […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – D’Tigers, Nigeria’s senior male national basketball team, on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda booked their place in the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. They recorded a 20-0 points win over Mali who failed to show up for the game, the second game of the three they are to play […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday engaged in commercial tricycle business as he rode and picked a male passenger around Kuto area of Abeokuta. A statement by Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, Special Assistant to Obasanjo on Media, stated that he (Obasanjo) rode from his Pent House residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja after a five-day State Visit to Lisbon, Portugal, where Nigeria and the European nation signed Memorandum of Understanding in diverse sectors. While in Lisbon, the Nigerian leader held several bilateral engagements which culminated into the signing of Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding between […]
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Sunday, July 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, said accepting to be running mate to any presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of NNPP. Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, who was in Gombe State to inaugurate the state office of NNPP and to […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church. A source said victims were over 50 while the […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in the newly established 1,750 polling units. Alhaji Jibril Zarewa, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tougher times now await convicted Nigerian criminals in Britain. Such criminals are to be deported to serve their jail terms in Nigeria under an agreement just signed by the two countries. New laws that came into effect this week empower the British government to deport Nigerian criminals up to a year before […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Portugal on Friday in Lisbon signed several Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in different sectors. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the signing ceremony was done by cabinet level officials from the two countries as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s State Visit to the European […]
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Friday, July 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen went on a killing spree in different parts of the country yesterday, leaving many deaths in their trail. The bodies of 30 soldiers were allegedly evacuated following a terrorist attack on Ajata-Aboki Mining Site in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The military confirmed the killing of a number of […]
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Thursday, June 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Bar Association (AfBA) has frowned at the killing of about 23 African migrants crossing from Morocco to Spain through Melilla, a Spanish island. In a statement on Thursday in Lagos, the President of AfBA, Mr Hannibal Uwaifo, described the killing as a crime against humanity. The statement was signed by […]
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Thursday, June 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rapper, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz has announced his separation from his wife, actress Funke Akindele. JJC announced via his official Instagram handle on Thursday morning stating that his marriage with Akindele has had issues for the last two years. He stated that he had to move out of their […]
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Thursday, June 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons were confirmed dead while nine sustained injuries when a Toyota Hiace bus caught fire in motion in the Ogere area of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in Abeokuta yesterday. Umar said the accident happened yesterday morning. The […]
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Thursday, June 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), says it will spend 6.2 million Pounds on health, education and core governance in Kano State. Dr Chris Pycroft, Development Director at the FCDO, said in Kano on Wednesday that the money would be spent through the Mutual Accountability Framework with Nigeria. He made the […]
