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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security agencies led by the Nigerian Army allegedly killed no fewer than 1,400 residents and razed about 1,000 homes in 100 Igbo communities in 14 months, a report has shown. The security agencies allegedly involved in the massacre are the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, the Nigerian Air Force and […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after four people died and 12 others injured on the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, two people were, yesterday, confirmed dead with 10 others sustaining injuries in multiple accidents at Akankan village via Odeda on Abeokuta/Ibadan highway in the state. The incident involved a Sprinter bus with number […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers attached to the 144 Battalion, Asa, Ukwa West council, Abia State reportedly razed buildings in Owaza community over the death of their colleagues. Owaza is a boundary community between Abia and Rivers states. Sources disclosed that gunmen, suspected to be oil thieves, had killed two soldiers at a location between Owaza […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States-bound passengers departing Nigeria are likely to face connection delays in Europe, Middle East and other major hubs’ airport as major airlines cancelled and rescheduled their flights to the United over 5G rollout in the US on Wednesday. Major international airlines announced suspension and modification of flights to the US amid […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has stated that he will announce his interest to contest in the 2023 presidential election after the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Bello disclosed this on Wednesday during an interaction with journalists saying that youths and women including Nigerians in diaspora are […]
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100,000 birds in poultry farms across Kaduna State are facing imminent danger. This is as a result of the detected avian influenza, Bird Flu in three Local Government Areas of the state. The Kaduna State Government said the disease is threatening an estimated population of 107, 807 birds, in farms in […]
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghanaian coach Milovan Rajevac has vowed not to resign in spite the humiliating exit of his team in the group stage of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Serbian coach disclosed this at a news conference after Comoros Island defeated his team 3-2 to bundle them out of the […]
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – House of Representatives, Wednesday approved direct and indirect primary clauses as a mode of electing candidates by political parties for general elections. This was originally the provision in the extant law, the Electoral Act of 2010 before the National Assembly in the course of tinkering with the Act expunged ‘indirect’ primary mode. […]
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Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court in Abia State has ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of N1 billion to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and issue a letter of apology to him. Kanu had approached the Court demanding N5 billion over the invasion of his father’s house […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A middle-aged man, Olakunle Obaoye, 25 has committed suicide over some huge debts he couldn’t pay. The deceased was found dead inside a bush at Erinmope village near Ayedun in Oke Ero local government area of Kwara State. Public Relations Officer of NSCDC Babawale Zaid Afolabi confirmed the incident to journalists in […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I’ve always loved the idea of being a judge and I think it’s a fun thing to do,” were the words of songstress, Simi, who is excited over her new role as a judge of the sixth edition of Nigerian Idol. Continuing, the ‘Duduke’ singer said, “ I plan to be very […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed three policemen and two vigilante group personnel who were part of the Joint Taskforce in Kwanan Dutse in Mariga Local Government Area of the Niger State. The incident, which occurred on Monday evening at about 4:00 p.m. was said to have been an ambush by the gunmen. An unspecified […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums, suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Tuesday, stormed the St Theresa Catholic Church, Calcutta Parish, Awada, near the Ukaegbu junction, Onitsha, in a bid to enforce the sit-at-home directive. The young men in their large numbers were said to be heavily armed with machetes and kegs […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has not directed any official in his regime to implement the removal of petroleum subsidy. Lawan disclosed this to State House correspondents on Tuesday after a meeting with the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. According to him, […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babafemi Ojudu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, has stated that he won’t be supporting the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ojudu disclosed this in a statement he signed saying that he would not support Tinubu’s presidential ambition because of his “principled […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has granted a Dubai- based internet celebrity, Ismailia Mustapha, aka Mompha bail of N200 million with two sureties in the like sum. The court granted his application for bail filed through his lawyer, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN). Justice Dada ordered that one of two […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has announced that its national convention will hold on February 26. This was stated by the Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, on Tuesday. He was speaking at the Progressives Women Congress held in Abuja. Details later…
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a 1.2 million -bag paddy rice pyramid, in Abuja. President Buhari commended the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for Initiating the Anchor Borrowers Programme, through which the massive rice production was achieved. In his address at the event this morning, the […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The planned re-arraignment of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu on an amended terrorism charge was stalled on Tuesday before a Federal High Court in Abuja. At the mention of the case, lead defence lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) sought for time to enable him study the amended […]
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila has declared that the Green Chamber will reintroduce the Electoral Act amendment bill on Wednesday. He said the House has resolved to rework the bill and send back to the President as quickly as possible for assent. He also announced the first set of amendments […]
