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Monday, May 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, on Sunday, pledged to give their votes to a presidential aspirant and outgoing Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. The delegates made the decision two days after they had promised same to another visiting presidential aspirant, stating that the earlier pledge by some […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The negotiations between the Federal Government and the abductors of no fewer than 68 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers is not conclusive following the insistence of the gunmen on the release of their commanders in exchange for the abductees. African Examiner gathered that the gang insisted on a swap of their men in custody […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA) as well as the Japan-Africa Baseball & Softball (J-ABS) Foundation have agreed to sign an MoU to develop baseball and softball in Nigeria. According to a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by the Public Relations Officer of NBSA, Robert Onwukwe, the initiative is aimed […]
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African News, News Around Africa, North Africa
Monday, May 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali on Sunday said it was leaving a five-country military alliance in the Sahel region of Africa. The alliance known as the Group of five (G5) Sahel also includes Chad, Mauritania, Niger, and Burkina Faso. The G5 Joint Force was created in 2017 to shore up efforts to establish order on the […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was on Sunday re-elected as head of state of the East African country. The 66-year-old politician prevailed against 35 candidates in the election for the country’s highest office, including the incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who had replaced Mohamud in power in February 2017. Parliamentary and […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multiple people were shot Sunday at a church in Laguna Woods in California’s Orange County, prompting a major response from Orange County Sheriff’s officials and other first responders. The number of casualties was not clear. The shooting occurred at the Church on the 24000 block of El Toro Road. The sheriff’s department […]
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Sunday, May 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects over the killing of a young man by commercial motorcyclists in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the father of two was killed over N100 balance by the motorcyclists. It was learnt that the victim, who was […]
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Sunday, May 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has declared a 24-hour curfew in the state with immediate effect. According to a short statement released by the governor and shared on the government’s official Facebook page by his special adviser on media and publicity, Mohammed Bello, the curfew “is in pursuance of peace and order […]
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Sunday, May 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a letter addressed to all bloc leaders, urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool held their nerve to win the FA Cup for the first time since 2006 after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Chelsea as the quadruple chasers kept their history bid alive on Saturday. Jurgen Klopp’s side won 6-5 on penalties at Wembley as Greek defender Kostas Tsimikas was the unlikely hero with […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Tunga Magajiya, Niger, has confirmed the arrival in Magajiya of the body of the slain student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Miss Deborah Samuel, for burial. African Examiner reports that the late Deborah Samuel was killed on Thursday by […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has disowned Prince Joseph Kpokpogiri, after the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished his multi- million Naira mansion in Abuja on Saturday. African Examiner reports that officials of FHA, alongside its Managing Director, Gbenga Ashafa, visited the site of the doomed building three days ago, in company […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons died while two others were injured when the roof of an open market stall in a market in Ebonyi caved in on Friday evening. The incident happened at Ekeaja market square, Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area. Governor David Umahi confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday. The Governor […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has declared May 18 and 26, 2022 as sit-at-home for the people of the South-East. The group said it declared the sit-at-home, being the court dates of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu as part of solidarity. In a statement on Saturday, the group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, […]
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Asia, Latest Headlines
Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed has been elected the new President of the United Arab Emirates. According to Khaleej Times, Zayed succeeds his brother Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who died on Friday, at the age of 73. The 61-year-old leader will be the country’s third president and 17th Ruler of Abu […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released results of the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination body, which also outlined the process to check the results, made this known in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, on Saturday in Abuja. The statement […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a discreet investigation into the finances of the 18 political parties in the country and their presidential aspirants. This followed the huge fees paid for expression of interest and nomination forms by aspirants vying for various elective offices in the parties. The anti-graft agency […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over an allegation of blasphemy as deeply distressing. Osinbajo spoke with newsmen on Friday at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly on arrival from Uyo, Akwa Ibom […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has followed with great sadness the funeral of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, in occupied East Jerusalem. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, in a statement on Friday, said the UN chief was moved by the outpouring of sympathy from thousands of Palestinian mourners over the past […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Atiku, one of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultative visit to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the […]
