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Friday, May 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old man, Kingsley Essien, for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and selling her two-year-old son for N600,000. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested following a report […]
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Friday, May 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has commenced the payment of minimum wage arrears, which it owed lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and Academic Staff Union of Universities as part of efforts to end ongoing strikes by the unions, The PUNCH has learnt. The National President of ASUP, Dr. […]
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Friday, May 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says the seizure of commercial motorcycles by the Lagos State Task Force will continue, in spite the June 1 deadline. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State had on Wednesday issued a fresh total ban on Okada riders’ operations in six Local Government Areas, which are Eti-Osa, Ikeja, Lagos […]
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Friday, May 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea defender Marco Alonso on Thursday scored a glorious equaliser to earn a 1-1 home draw with Leicester City, despite the hosts being wasteful on the night. The result meant that Chelsea effectively sealed third place in the English Premier League ahead of the final round of fixtures on Sunday. The draw […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced at least 17 properties to the Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. This is just as the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, suspended Idris who is currently being investigated for fraud to the tune of N80bn. An official of the […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two suspects over the kidnap of Greenfield University students in Kaduna State. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing in Abuja. He said the suspects had confessed to the mindless murder of five of the victims before […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N169.7bn for the reconstruction of four roads under the tax credit scheme. Minister of works and Housing Babatunde Fashola while Briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira, on Wednesday, exchanged at 419.25 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, compared to 418.50 traded on Tuesday, representing 0.18 per cent depreciation. The open indicative rate closed at N418.00 to the dollar on Wedneday. An exchange rate of N444.00 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded […]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, Managing Director, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has inaugurated Taxi App loading booth at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (NAIA). Yadudu, who was represented by the Group Capt. Usman Sadiq, Director of FAAN Security Service, said in his opening remarks on Thursday, that the move would definitely […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been suspended indefinitely over alleged N80 billion fraud. He was suspended by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday. In a letter dated May 18, 2022, the minister said the suspension “without pay” was to allow for “proper […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has fixed a new date for its presidential and all other primaries. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Felix Morka. The statement was titled, ‘APC adjusts schedule of activities for 2023 primary elections’. Morka said the presidential primary would […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun governorship election slated for July 16 2022. The judge dismissed a suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi, seeking to be declared the candidate of PDP. […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A widow, Mrs Sefi Jimoh, kidnapped by four days ago has been released. The Kogi Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, confirmed the window’s release in Lokoja on Wednesday. The mother of four, was abducted while waiting for a commercial motorcycle, “Okada” a morning Prayer session at the Mountain of Fire and Miracles […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, dismisses Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) bail application. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that since Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court must first determine the real reason he jumped the […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out in Ekpaomaka community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Wednesday as gunmen invaded the community, killed four persons and set a building ablaze. Mr Steve Orogwu, Chairman of Ikwo Local Government Council told newsmen that the hoodlums attacked Ekpaomaka, his country home, killed his elder brother, two […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Of all continents, Africa is least responsible for climate change. It has contributed only a minute part of the Greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for the climate emergency the world faces today. Yet, Africa faces the same arduous battle as the rest of the world to tackle the impacts of climate […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a shady contract worth N240m awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. Etteh, it was learnt, was at the Abuja office of the EFCC on Tuesday and had yet to be released as […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed nine persons died and 10 others injured in a gas explosion that occurred early morning at Aba Road, Sabon Gari, Kano State. The NEMA Kano Territorial Coordinator, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed the development to newsmen while giving an update on gas cylinder explosion in […]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s national under-20 male football team on Tuesday overpowered Cote d’Ivoire in the first semi-final match to reach the final of the ongoing WAFU B Under-20 Championship in Niamey. The 2-1 victory not only gave them a ticket to Saturday’s final match but also came a ticket to next year’s Africa Under-20 […]
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to use their platforms to incite violence and instigate ethnic hatred in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed made the demand in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting […]
