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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wives of the five engineers declared missing in Effium Community of Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east, said they marked Christmas and the New Year in grief and pain over the fate of their husbands, who went missing about two months ago. African Examiner reported that an Enugu-based engineering firm, Nelan Consultants, had […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun 1 Area Command who were pursuing some suspected rice smugglers Thursday night have shot a two-year-old girl. The incident occurred at Itawaya, near the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. Photos made available to this newspaper showed the bullet […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “I’d think twice about it,” Uxbridge resident Veronika Machu said of voting again for her local MP Boris Johnson, after a slew of lockdown partying allegations. Voters in suburban Uxbridge, on the fringes of Greater London, feel anger, disappointment and resignation at the ongoing accusations, including that the prime minister’s staff partied […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, have reportedly been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the university premises and whisked them away to an unknown destination. The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Ibrahim, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to our correspondent in […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops and armed men have exchanged fire in the Cameroonian city of Buea, leaving several injured in the capital of a region hit by separatist violence and a host for teams in the Africa Cup of Nations, the local mayor said Thursday. “The security forces rapidly intervened and an investigation is under […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Muslim Lecturers Association (MLA) has inaugurated new executives that will pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years. The new executives emerged through a selection process by a Selection Committee headed by Prof. Modiu Durowoju of Ladoke Akintola University of Techmology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State. After series of screening, […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped an undisclosed number of mobile policemen at the police mobile training school in limankara Gwoza local government area of Borno State which is the hometown of Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army. According to available information, the insurgent fighters attacked the training school around […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government on Thursday inaugurated a 23-member board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). African Examiner had reported how the appointment of the members was earlier confirmed by the Senate in October last year. EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government yesterday dispelled rumours that there are fresh outbreaks of a new polio virus across the country. It stated that while there is no outbreak of the wild polio virus (WPV), there have however been 395 cases of Circulating Mutant Poliovirus Type 2 (cMPV2) reported across 27 states and the […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its ability to successfully host the Winter Olympics. Tianjin, a port and manufacturing centre with 14 million […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tens of thousands of French teachers angry with the government’s COVID-19 rules walked off the job on Thursday and took to the streets to demand better protection for pupils and staff against infection. “Stop your contempt,” and “We’re fed up with tests” teachers proclaimed on banners in rallies across France, calling for […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Thursday grilled socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, for his alleged link to the illegal narcotic business. African Examiner reports that Iyiegbu, who is the Chairman, Cubana group of companies, was grilled for about five hours at the Abuja headquarters of the NDLEA […]
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Thursday, January 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has declared that the state will never be part of Biafra. The governor reiterated that the state was better in a fair and equitable Nigeria, reiterating that “if anybody tells you about Biafra, Ebonyi State will never be part of Biafra”. He stated this at the Ecumenical […]
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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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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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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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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 […]
