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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence headquarters on Thursday has warned state governors and politicians to desist from wearing and using military uniforms as campaign strategies to woo voters for elective offices noting that they risk prosecution A statement in this regard by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Air Commodore WAP Maigida said the action […]
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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Yoruba actress Iyabo Oko who was declared dead has reportedly come back to life. The 61-year-old thespian’s daughter Bisi Aisha initially announced her mother’s death in several Instagram posts late on Wednesday night. She wrote: “My mum is gone. Rest well mummy. May ur soul Rest In Peace mummy.” Actress Foluke […]
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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Katsina, has recovered 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and arrested 999 suspects in various operations across the state in 2021. SP Gambo Isa, the spokesperson for the command, disclosed this when he spoke in Katsina. Isa said that the command also recovered various arms and ammunition during the period. […]
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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out in Omuanwa Community , Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State as a member of a local vigilante group in the area killed a Nigeria Air Force personnel. Some of the residents of the community, it was gathered, fled the area over fear of reprisal from Nigeria Air Force. […]
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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits stormed the Zungeru Multi-billion Naira Hydro Electricity Power Dam in Wushishi Local Government Area, LGA of Niger State, killed two guards, kidnapped two Chinese workers and shot another at the site. African Examiner gathered that the fully armed bandits stormed the site on Motorcycles on Tuesday evening and started shooting sporadically […]
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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has introduced an excise duty of N10 per litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Excise duty is a form of tax imposed on the production, licensing and sale of goods. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this during the public presentation of […]
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Thursday, January 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said he would not disclose his preferred successor for personal reasons. Besides, he said it would be too early to anoint a successor, adding that if he disclosed his preferred candidate, the person may be eliminated before the 2023 general election. President Buhari spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’. […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko is dead. She died Wednesday evening. Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako confirmed her death. She wrote on her Instagram page: “and finally we lost her.. rip Iyabo Oko, we did our best but God knows best” Also Sidikat’s daughter Bisi Aisha, a female soldier, confirmed […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the implementation of its nutrition flagship program, tagged: Aliko Dangote Foundation Integrated Nutrition (ADFIN) program in Kano State. According to the ADF’s Director of Health and Nutrition, Dr. Francis Aminu, the program is in line with the plan to use the newly refurbished Primary Healthcare […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has charged the Super Eagles to do Nigeria proud at the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations by lifting the coveted trophy in Cameroon. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, conveyed the president’s message at a ‘send forth’ ceremony for the team on Tuesday […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed thugs have invaded the office of Thunder Blowers Online, an online newspaper and TV station in Gusau, the state capital of Zamfara. African Examiner learnt that the attackers stormed the offices Monday night, injured a Multimedia editor, Mansur Rabiu, and destroyed some working tools. In a statement signed by Zaharadeen Zarumi, […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kano has ordered a 20-year-old man, Tasi’u Adamu be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a four-year-old. The defendant, who lives in Indabawa Quarters, Kano, was standing trial on a count charge of the unnatural offence. The Prosecutor, Mrs Maryam Jibril, told the court […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus begin a crucial month for the season with the visit of old rivals Napoli as Serie A returns to action on Thursday, with a Covid-19 resurgence looming large over fixtures. Dozens of players among the top division’s 20 clubs are out of action with the virus, with Juve captain Giorgio Chiellini […]
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential campaign billboard bearing the name and picture of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has surfaced in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Osinbajo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is serving his second and final term of four years as the Vice President alongside the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday has openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state. The CSP told the governor categorically that he and his armed colleagues were at the estate on the orders of the Inspector-General […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the state government is yet to implement the new minimum wage after three years in which the federal government passed the bill into law. The NLC chairman in the state, Chinwe Orizu, made this known on Tuesday in Awka during […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has stated that Nigeria needs to invest in security in the year 2022. Obi, who described 2021 as a difficult year for Nigerians in every aspect talked about the state of the nation on Monday while he answered questions from newsmen at the Sam […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board directed admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre of the Joint […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six persons died while 12 sustained injuries on Monday in an accident involving a Mistubishi canter and a Mazda bus, around Lala/Kere area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:10pm, with […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in a letter addressed […]
