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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors have proposed five presidential aspirants to participate at today’s primary. Plateau Governor Simon Lalong who confirmed the proposal to reporters in Abuja, said it was done based on the reality on ground and without bias and sentiments. The five, who are from the South, are: Asiwaju Bola […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress Presidential aspirants from the South-East have written a letter to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to allow the South-East produce the next presidential candidate of the party. In a copy of the letter obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday, the aspirants urged Buhari to intervene during the […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The accreditation for delegates participating in the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential election is ongoing. The accreditation is being held at the International Conference Center in Abuja. Journalists were not allowed into the venue of the accreditation. However, a member of the committee and a chieftain of the party in Delta, Barry […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Militiamen killed 12 people in a night raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the shore of Lake Albert, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. The group and an army spokesman blamed the attack on CODECO, one of many militias operating in Congo’s conflict-ridden east. CODECO’s […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traders at the popular Oja Oba Market in Owo, Ondo State, locked their shops Monday to mourn the victims of the deadly shooting at a church in the town on Sunday. Gunmen stormed Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, as worshippers were marking the Feast of Pentecost and opened fire on […]
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said there was no bandit attack in Gwarimpa Estate but a robbery attack contrary to reports in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, said the clarification became […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A section of delegates of the All Progressives Congress(APC) have called on National chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Adamu announced Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the “consensus candidate” ahead of APC presidential primary on Tuesday. But outraged NWC members dismissed the statement as “your personal opinion”. Reacting, many said Adamu’s […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has again, been declared the winner of the PDP primary rerun for the Eti-Osa constituency House of Representatives ticket in the 2023 general election. Banky W had a landslide victory, polling 24 votes out of 29 votes cast by delegates at the primary […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani, on Monday, has pulled out of the race to secure the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. The former lawmaker announced his withdrawal during a meeting with journalists in Abuja on Monday. He said, “In the present circumstances, it does not make any […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Kwara has confirmed the killing of two people by unknown gunmen and abduction of others along Obbo Ayegunle-Osi road in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command Spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, on Monday in Ilorin. “Information received on June […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has again, cleared all doubts about his stand on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that he had “anointed no one,” The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the clarification when he met with […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Staff of the National Assembly and National Assembly Service Commission have blocked the main entrance into the National Assembly Complex. The workers under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) warned on Friday they will commence an indefinite strike on Monday. They accused the management of the National Assembly of […]
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Monday, June 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits have reportedly attacked Genuine Estate after EFAB Queens in Gwarinpa, an estate in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learnt they carried out the attack in the early hours of Monday armed with bows, arrows and machetes. An unconfirmed number of residents were said to have been kidnapped from […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that it is currently working with African governments and international partners to set up entrepreneurship investment banks for the benefit of young people in Africa. President of AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina disclosed shortly after he rounded off his four-day official visit to Kenya, where he held […]
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government said the latest dip in electricity generation in the country is as a result of a partial shutdown of a gas plant. The shutdown has caused power outage across the country for days. The government said the Oben gas plant collapsed and failed to generate supply. Isa Sanusi, spokesperson […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – POPULAR Nigerian singer, Naira Marley has shared his opinion on the reward of hard work through awards. During his album listening party, Naira Marley said though he hopes his new album, God’s Timing The Best (GTTB), gets a Grammy win, he’s not a fan of awards. “Insha Allah, but I don’t believe […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) re-scheduled governorship primary election in the state. The Returning Officer and Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee, Mr Murtala Damagum, announced Mohammed’s victory at the end of the exercise held on Saturday in Bauchi. He said that Mohammed as the […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress has thrown its weight behind the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), following the scathing remarks of a presidential aspirant and the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had while speaking to the party’s delegates in Ogun State on Thursday claimed that […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira depreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Friday as it exchanged at N419.75 to the dollar, a 0.06 per cent depreciation, compared to N419.50 to the dollar on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N419.70 to the dollar. An exchange rate of N444.00 to the […]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has commenced the crushing of about 2,000 impounded motorcycles in line with its ban on motorcycle “Okada” operations in the state. The state government banned their operation in six Local Government Areas (LGAs) and nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from June I. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr […]
