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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, has grounded commercial activities in Onitsha, Nnewi, Oba, and some parts of Awka in Anambra State. African Examiner correspondent went round some major cities, observed that banks, motor parks, filling stations, markets and shops were shut. The roads were also […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO), a non-profit organisation has decried the recent killing of Police and custom Officers in Enugu State. The Executive Director of CAPIO, Rev. Fr. Jude Isiguzo, condemned the killing in a statement in Enugu on Wednesday. Isiguzo noted that public assassination of citizens and security agents in […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
…Delivers Judgment Against Enugu East Council Area (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice Cyprian Ajah on Tuesday delivered a judgment that it is illegal for local government areas in the state and country in general to be collecting business premises levies from citizens. A human Rights group, Civil Rights […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Singer Davido has made true his promise of donating N250 million to 292 orphanages in 27 States. The final disbursement occurred exactly 89 days after he announced his decision to donate generously to orphanages across Nigeria. The award-winning singer announced that the five-man committee, which was set up in November 2021 to […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the final forfeiture of 24 landed property belonging to a top military officer. The anti-graft agency said the property valued at N10. 9bn were controlled through proxies. According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Justice N. E Maha of […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN senior official in Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council on Tuesday that some 7.7 million Somalis require humanitarian assistance in 2022, with 4.3 million impacted by drought and more than 270,000 displaced. Swan, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), told the Council […]
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organsiation (WHO) says progress in the overall survival rate for children with cancer is uneven across Europe, with a significant proportion of the thousands diagnosed with cancer each year still dying. The new WHO report sets out for the first time the scale of childhood cancer inequalities in the European […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Death threats have been made against several Bayern Munich players via an anonymous letter, a police spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. “We are investigating on suspicion of threats and disturbing the public peace by threatening to commit a crime,” said the spokesperson, who did not provide further details. The Bild newspaper had reported […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited says it is distributing one billion litres of safe Premium Motor Spirit, known as petrol, in its stock to various fuel stations nationwide. The NNPC also noted that 2.3 billion litres of PMS would arrive in Nigeria between now and February ending to address the current […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Tuesday directed the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team and Special Tactical Squad. Baba gave this directive a few hours after the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, was […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organizations at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Shehu, the Summit […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local authorities on Tuesday reported that militants armed with guns and machetes killed at least 15 people and injured four in an early morning raid on a village in Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Sector chief Innocent Matukadala said attackers stormed the village of Syeri Aberkozo just before dawn, hacking residents with machetes […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of the Central Bank of Nigerians, Godwin Emefiele, has opened up concerning calls for him to contest for presidency in the 2023 presidential election. Emefiele, in a statement made when a ‘group of his friends’, tagged ‘Friends of Godwin Emefiele’, visited him to discuss the controversy over his rumored presidential ambition […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rt. Rev. Stephen Adegbite, will arrange and educate voters before the 2023 general elections. The cleric disclosed this when he announced that the 2022 Inter-Denominational Divine Service, will be held on Saturday, 20th February, to pray for peace in the […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It appears that things are no longer peaceful between the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and his political leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Aregbesola openly slammed the APC national leader. Aregbesola, who is the Minister of Interior, while speaking with members of the All Progressives Congress in the Ijebu-Jesa area of Osun […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six persons were feared killed as security operatives clashed with some gunmen in Ekwulobia, Aguata council of Anambra State. An eyewitness said one of her cousins was killed in the shootout, which lasted over one hour late Sunday evening. “It was like a war zone. About six persons were killed, including three […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was strong indications as at yesterday that suspended police chief Abba Kyari, taken into National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) custody, will be extradited to the United States after his probe for an illicit drug deal. Sources said the Federal Government had concluded plans with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Intelligence […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Government has announced a ban on the activities of security volunteer groups (Yan Sa Kai) across the state, with immediate effect, due to their impulsive criminal acts. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday, in Katsina, by the Special Assistant to Gov. Aminu Masari on […]
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Fund on Monday announced an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries to put the SDGs back on track. UN, in a statement, stated that Kenya, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Suriname and Zimbabwe were selected from proposals submitted by more than 100 countries, as being the most impactful and […]
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Monday, February 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular cross-dresser Bobrisky has scorned female celebrities as she flies a private jet with her glam team and co- workers. The Instagram celebrity, who has been put on his knees by trolls following his colleague’s recent trip to the UK, kept them engaged with several video clips. Among the video clips shared […]
