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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a major drug kingpin and Six other suspects, recovering 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in Abuja. Babafemi said […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing about 20 persons. They also desecrated the corpse that was being prepared for burial. Our correspondent gathered that the burial was that of a suspected leader […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday said there can be no evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine until the airports in the European country, which is under attack by Russia, are reopened. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in the early hours of Thursday, had ordered an invasion of Ukraine. The invasion was marked with […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire has razed a shopping plaza in the popular spare parts market in the Ladipo area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire incident occurred early Saturday morning and affected a one-storey building, the Aguiyi Ironsi Plaza, in the market before dawn. According to an official of the Lagos State […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects the Russian army will storm Kiev overnight, and called on the public to defend the capital. “The fate of the country is being decided right now,” he said in a video message on his Telegram channel. “The enemy will use all its forces to break […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Maj-Gen. Muhammad Tayyab-Azan (rtd), the Pakistani High Commissioner to Nigeria, on Wednesday said that his country is planning to establish a pharmaceutical industry and an anti-snake vaccine producing plant in Kebbi State. He disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Atiku Bagudu at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, the state […]
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Saturday, February 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Africa50, in partnership with the African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), are currently exploring collaboration with global partners to create an Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa. The initiative which is being promoted with global partners is aimed at catalyzing bankable, greener […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN sounded a dire warning on Friday, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could trigger a wave of refugees in neighbouring countries and that thousands had already made the journey. The UN Refugee Agency in Geneva said that if the war continues to escalate, then it expects up to four million people […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has kicked against the impeachment of Alhaji Mahdi Ali as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, adding that the development falls short of democratic tenets of due process. In a statement on his Facebook page, on Friday, the former lawmaker claimed that Barr. Mahdi Ali was impeached by […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several Nigerians mostly students who are in Ukraine are currently stranded even as Russia continues to attack the eastern European nation. This is as the National Association of Nigerian Students in Ukraine sent out a Save Our Soul message to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and seeking immediate evacuation from […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The football federations of Zimbabwe and Kenya have been suspended by world governing body FIFA. The suspension by FIFA is over government interference. This is banned by FIFA rules and is frequently sanctioned. NAN
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, seeking royal blessings for his 2023 presidential ambition. Tinubu, whose first point of call was the Ooni’s Palace in Ile-Ife, said he […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Katsina State have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Hajiya Fatima Alhaji, suspected to be a supplier of charms to bandits terrorising the state and its environs. Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen on Thursday in Katsina that Fatima was also found to be an informant for the […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites. The unmasked gunmen […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and his country would bear the consequences. The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs and high-tech sectors, Biden said. The United States and its allies will block assets […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seventeen high-rises in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been damaged by shelling, according to the city administration. All the buildings affected were in the east of the city, closer to the front line of fighting with pro-Russian separatists, authorities said. Electricity supplies were partially disrupted, the city said late Thursday […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, has been barred from living in the United Kingdom, local media reports. This followed a revelation by Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, that he’s one of the 35 oligarchs who are enablers of President Vladimir Putin. According to reports, immigration officials are “under […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine has urged citizens in the country to remain calm and be responsible for their own personal security. It advised those who want to relocate to a safe place to ensure that they validate all their resident documents for ease of return to Ukraine when they desire. This […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, announced the shutdown of its embassy in Kiev over concerns of insecurity amid hostilities in Ukraine. “The embassy in Kiev is temporarily closed for security reasons. There are reports of explosions and rocket attacks in northern, eastern and southern Ukraine. “The airspace is closed,” […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, 48 hours,to respond to an application by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is currently in its custody, filed to be released on bail on health ground. Justice Inyang Ekwo […]
