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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police and Military operatives have rescued the three ladies bandits kidnapped on Wednesday night in Ban, Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau. African Examiner reports the three girls were abducted around 8:15 pm. Military and Police authorities confirmed the three girls have regained their freedom. Military Information Officer of The Task […]
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Asia, Latest Headlines
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Indonesian woman was flogged 100 times on Thursday in the conservative Aceh province for adultery while her male partner, who denied the accusations, received just 15 lashes. The head of the general investigation division at East Aceh prosecutors office, Ivan Najjar Alavi, said the court handed down a heftier sentence for […]
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Europe, Latest Headlines
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hungary said Thursday it will offer a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose to citizens, after a consultation with a doctor amid a rapid rise in Covid-19 infection cases. Denmark is the first EU country to offer a fourth dose to citizens. “Anyone can get a fourth coronavirus jab based on a consultation with […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has lamented after finding out that he had a very ‘expensive December’ last year. The Champion Sound crooner took to his Instagram story to note that he just finished doing some accounting and from his discovery, he was going to ‘up the score. […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Oyo State Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala is dead. It was learnt that the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain died yesterday in his Ogbomoso, Oyo State home. He was 71. Alao-Akala became governor of Oyo State from 2007 to 2011, following the impeachment of his principal, Chief Rashidi Ladoja. A source close […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gunfight broke out near the Mali football team’s base in Cameroon, forcing them to cancel their final training session ahead of their AFCON match with Tunisia. Two people are reported to have been killed in a gunfight between government forces and separatists in the African nation. The western region of Cameroon […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal are pushing to sign Juventus midfielder Arthur Melo on loan, reputed journalist Fabrizio Romano claims. The Gunners are searching for a new central midfielder as they are short of options in the department. Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny are away on international duty while Ainsley Maitland-Niles has left on loan. Granit […]
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Abuja, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission would deploy 12,000 ad hoc personnel for the February 12, 2022 area council election in the Federal Capital Territory, its Resident Electoral Commissioner, Yahaya Bello. He also assured that INEC would provide a level playing field for candidates participating in the election. Bello, represented by the Administrative […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has rescheduled hearing for February 10 in a suit seeking to, among others; restrain the Federal Government from extraditing suspended former Head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Abba Kyari a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). Justice Donatus Okorowo pronounced […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the upper chamber will work with revenue-generating agencies towards reducing the level of the nation’s borrowing. Mr Lawan made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, at an event to mark his 63rd birthday. Many Nigerians have, in recent times, criticised the Buhari […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of the Nigeria Police have stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in protest over the alleged demolition of their residents in Miniokoro Police Barracks, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The policemen, who protested, yesterday, within the area, said they were forcefully evicted from their residents. One of […]
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Latest Headlines, U.S./Canada
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on five North Koreans linked to the country’s ballistic missile program, a day after Pyongyang carried out what it said was the launch of a hypersonic missile. The Treasury Department said the five North Koreans being sanctioned were “responsible for procuring goods for the DPRK’s (North […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has lifted the suspension on Twitter operations in the country, effective from 12 am, January 13, 2022. This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Abdullahi. […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Super Eagles of Nigeria after the team defeated Egypt 1-0 on Tuesday at the ongoing 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon. The commendation, released on Wednesday, was disclosed in a statement by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Allen Onyema, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, has gifted the Super Eagles N10 million for defeating the Pharaohs of Egypt in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Onyema, speaking with the team at halftime during their opening game on Tuesday, stated that he is optimistic that the Super Eagles […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(BREAKING) : Ex-Oyo Governor Alao-Akala Is Dead (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Oyo Governor Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala, is dead. He was 71. Sources close to the politician confirmed his demise on Wednesday. The politician was born on June 3, 1950, at Ogbomoso in the Ogbomoso North Local Government Area of Oyo State. He had his […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Safe Haven yesterday rescued Mrs Thabitha Silas, the wife of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy Governor’s Office Plateau State, from kidnappers. Mrs Thabitha was rescued along with Dr Audu Samuel, the Medical Director Allah Na Kowa Clinic and Maternity Barkin Ladi. Reports revealed that Mrs Silas was kidnapped […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Adamawa State have confirmed an acid attack on four people in Yola, the state capital. The spokesman of the command Sulaiman Nguroje, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed the development to reporters in Yola yesterday. Nguroje said the attack was reported to Jimeta Police Division on January 6, […]
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The building housing Salvation Ministry, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, has collapsed, trapping unspecified number of worshippers with over 10 deaths recorded. The building, which is being used for the first time, reportedly collapsed at about 5:55p.m. during Tuesday’s evening service. Eight persons have been rescued unhurt, while […]
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Asia, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, January 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Taiwanese rescuers on Wednesday located the wreckage of a F-16V jet that crashed into the sea a day before, less than two months after the island launched the first squadron of its most advanced fighters. The jet disappeared from radar screens around half an hour after taking off for a routine training […]
