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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says he is considering succeeding the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the next presidential election in 2023 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party. This is just as the Publisher of Ovation International and The Boss magazines, Dele Momodu, on Monday […]
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has announced that the military authorities said troops foiled an attack and neutralised five terrorists in Kwanan Bataro, Giwa Local Government Area. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement. Aruwan said according to operational feedback received, the troops, […]
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Egypt will faceoff at the Stade Roumdé Adjia, Garoua as both sides aim to begin their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on a positive note. Nigeria will be without top scorer in the qualifiers Victor Osimhen, Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis and 2019 AFCON top scorer Odion Ighalo, while Egypt will […]
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news of the alleged invitation extended to the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev Mathew Hassan-Kukah, by the Department of State Services has been described as untrue. The Director of Social Communication in the diocese, Rev Fr Christopher Omotosho, advised members of the public to ignore the rumour. […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday declared that he had informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition. Asiwaju Tinubu disclosed this while addressing State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The APC […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has suspended its three-day warning strike. The nurses on Monday had commenced a three-day warning strike to protest poor remuneration and working conditions in the Lagos State health sector. But the state NANNM chairman, Olurotimi Awojide, after an emergency […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Juju musician, Dayo Kujore, has died at the age of 63. Kujore who was among the modern-day pioneers of the Nigerian-styled musical art form is said to have died on Monday, according to his daughter, Dayo Kujore. Circumstances surrounding the ‘Soko Extra’ crooner’s death are yet to be revealed as a […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday advised its nearly 14 million people to stay home while it conducted mass Covid testing after a spate of recent cases, including two caused by the Omicron variant, state-controlled media reported. Tianjin emerged as a new area of concern after more than 20 Covid […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will declare interest in the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the first quarter of 2022. Atiku, who piped 11 other aspirants to the sole ticket of the party in the Presidential convention held in Port Harcourt, […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three police officers, on Sunday, lost their lives in an accident along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway, when the patrol van in which they were traveling experienced a burst tyre and crashed into a drainage. It was learned that the accident, which occurred opposite the Gwarimpa Estate section of the road, involved operatives of […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) said on Sunday that they would mobilise to join the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in appearing before the Department of State Services. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said this in a statement on Sunday, titled […]
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Monday, January 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 30 students kidnapped from a government school in Yauri , Kebbi state and a teacher, have regained freedom from bandits who kept them in captivity since June last year. An aide to the Governor of Kebbi state on media and publicity,Yahaya Sarki, in a statement, revealed that the victims were taken to […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi ll, the President General Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijaniyya), Nigeria, has advised eligible voters in Nigeria to register, get their voters’ card (PVC) and vote the best and competent candidates in all positions in subsequent elections. He made the call on Saturday in Lokoja, at the last day of the three-day […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first daughter of the late Soun of Ogbomoso Prof.Taibat Danmole has passed away, days after the monarch ‘s death, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi . Oba Oyewumi died on December 12 at the age of 95 while the first daughter of the late monarch, Prof Taibat Danmole, died on Saturday, January 8 at […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy could miss Senegal’s opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations against Zimbabwe after he was among a new group of players to test positive for Covid-19. Mendy, captain Kalidou Koulibaly and forward Famara Diedhiou returned positive results Saturday during required tests 48 hours ahead of their tournament […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm as temperatures plummeted, officials said Saturday. Most of the victims died of hypothermia, officials said. Among them was an Islamabad police officer and seven other […]
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was an epic experience for Lagosians at Burna Boy: The Live Experience Concert organized by Toro Entertainment Company on Monday, December 27 2021 at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos as Burna Boy showed up in Grand Style for his fans. After performing on several stages across the world including selling out […]
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Saturday, January 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lecturer at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, River State, has been suspended for three months over allegations of sexual harassment of female student. The lecturer, Tamunotonye Solomon will face disciplinary committee to explain his involvement with the student, Blessing Audu. Solomon and Audu, a 200-level student of the institution, have […]
