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Monday, January 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention, NRC in the June 12, 1993 election, Bashir Othman Tofa is dead. A source close to the family confirmed that the Elder Statesman died in the early hours of Monday after a protracted illness. Tofa contested alongside his opponent, Social Democratic Party, […]
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Monday, January 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More players joined the Super Eagles’ camp yesterday, as the team had its first training ahead of the Cameroun 2022 Africa Cup of Nations. Eleven players out of the 28 invited by Coach Austin Eguavoen took part in the training yesterday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. However, other players have […]
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Monday, January 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have killed no fewer than seven persons in four villages across Igabi, Chikun and Zangon-Kataf local councils of Kaduna State, while 18 others have been reported kidnapped in Udawa along Birnin Gwari/Kaduna road. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the killing, yesterday, did not confirm […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Ejike Mbaka, has raised the alarm over another invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS had in June last year visited the adoration ground to deliver the letter of invitation to the Catholic priest, but missed him. Though, details of […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State, the Royal Family, the Olubadan-in-council and the people of Ibadan on the passing of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina affirmed “that the […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Carlo Ancelotti admitted Real Madrid were “still on holiday” as they suffered a shock 1-0 loss at relegation-battling Getafe in La Liga on Sunday. Madrid’s surprise defeat is their first in three months and gives fresh hope to the beleaguered chasing pack in Spain, after Eder Militao’s early error allowed Enes Unal […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and has entered self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was one of four PSG players to test positive for the virus ahead of a French Cup match against Vannes. The Argentinian star has endured a difficult start to […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has passed away. He was 93 years old. His death was confirmed by palace sources who pleaded anonymity on Sunday. However, when contacted, the monarch’s aides neither confirmed his death nor denied it. “Even if he is dead, it is the governor that will […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police said they have rescued 21 children abducted on Friday night by bandits while being taken to an Almajiri school in Zamfara State. The bandits were said to have blocked the Gusau-Funtua federal highway in Tsafe Local Government Area in the state and abducted several people in five vehicles. Most of […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Consultant pathologist, Clement Vhriterhire, of Central Hospital, Warri, who conducted the autopsy on Sylvester Oromoni, student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, who died on November 30 last year, has established that he died of “acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force trauma.” This report came just […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says God has not told him who will become Nigeria’s President in 2023. The respected cleric said this on Saturday during the 2022 Crossover Service of the church held at the RCCG International Headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adeboye, […]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that his administration will deliberately leverage Information Communication Technology (ICT) platforms to create more jobs this year. The ICT sector of the Nigerian economy has recorded impressive performance in the last two years. According to the Q4 2020 Report on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) released […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi, has revealed how she prepared for death after being diagnosed with incurable disease. In a statement via her Instagram page on Friday, the actress stated that she wrote her Will and booked a space with a funeral ground after her diagnosis. She wrote, “I wrote my will and […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Activities at the Port Harcourt Refinery Company in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State was disrupted following a fire incident. Though details of the fire which occurred on Saturday morning could not be ascertained, a source said the fire lasted less than an hour has been extinguished. The source who preferred […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it is unable to remove the names of dead persons from the voter register due to the absence of reliable data of births and deaths to rely on in expunging the names of such persons. This implies that Nigeria may go into the 2023 general […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a month ago, the Federal Government through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed a policy plan by the government to remove fuel subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) in February 2022 and a target date of mid-2022 for the complete elimination of fuel subsidies in Nigeria, […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons as gunmen attacked Morfor motor park in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, and engaged police operatives in a gun duel. Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, who confirmed the attacks in a statement, said two […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, says he is not at war with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); the six governors in the South-West zone or any government official. He, however, stressed that it was saddening that the Buhari regime has not addressed the security challenges […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Bello disclosed this in a post on Facebook on Friday. According to the Minister, “I have tested positive for COVID-19. “After a hide and seek period spanning 21 months (1yr 9 months) […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi has approved 2022 appropriation bill of N186,635,135,582.00 (One Hundred and Eighty Six Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty Five Million, One Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty Two Naira) passed by the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Presenting the […]
