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Saturday, December 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The EFCC has arrested a popular Ibadan socialite for alleged fraud. Its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren stated on Friday that the suspect was reported to have obtained N25 million from her victims by false pretence. Uwujaren stated that the 42-year-old socialite was arrested following series of petitions written against her. He added that […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alhaji Hussaini Zanwa Akwanga has been reportedly dead. Akwanga, died Friday, at the age of 77 after a protracted illness in his country home Akwanga, the headquarters of Akwanga local government of Nasarawa State. The former Minister, a professional teacher, became a minister in 2003 […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, have been released to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain the cause of his death. The report of the autopsy was, however, yet to be out as of the time of filing this report. […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue Police Command has confirmed the death of three members of a family as a result of fire disaster in Otukpo, Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sewuese Anene, made the confirmation on Friday in Makurdi. An eyewitness who spoke on condition of […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria has unveiled the calendar of events for its yearly DecemberIssaVybe campaign which, it says, will impact much on the entertainment industry. The Group Head of Marketing/Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Ms Folake Ani-Mumuney, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Ani-Mumuney said that the campaign which started […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to be proactive by developing effective mechanisms and explore different mitigation options to cushion the effect of persistent rise in the price of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG on the common citizens. It also asked the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR to raid all […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many traders at the popular Balogun market in Lagos State, wept, yesterday morning as fire burnt their goods. The fire was said to have occurred at 5a.m., before it was put out by combined efforts of the federal and state fire services. Many of the traders lamented that they had stocked millions […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano State paraded 245 suspected criminals at their headquarters in Bompai. Thirty-eight of the suspects were arrested for robbery, nine for kidnap, 12 for fraud, seven cattle for rustling, 44 for vehicle theft, and 118 for thuggish acts while 17 were held for drug deals. Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed a fault, and […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria, has confirmed the death of a kidnap kingpin who was shot dead by men of the Anti- kidnapping squad during an exchanged of gun battle in Abakaliki. The security men engage the kidnappers after they abducted one Chukwu Felicia Nkechi of No. 3 Eze-Ukwaje street […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has replied his predecessor, Bisi Akande, over comments made in the latter’s recently released autobiography. At the launch, President Muhammadu Buhari said the author had retained his ‘‘inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. The book has continued […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services on Thursday crushed over 1,400 impounded motorcycles. FCT DRTS Director, Mr Wadata Bodinga, said that the commercial motorcycles were seized between January and June from operators within the city centre. Bodinga said that there were 600 more motorcycles undergoing the process of […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Premier League have postponed four more matches this weekend as the coronavirus crisis wreaked further havoc on the English top-flight on Thursday. Covid outbreaks across the Premier League forced officials to cancel Southampton’s game against Brentford, Watford’s meeting with Crystal Palace and West Ham’s fixture against Norwich on Saturday. Leicester’s trip […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred erring judges from being promoted over their roles in the legal brawl involving former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus. Soji Oye, NJC Director of Information who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the decision was taken during the council’s […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Interim Super Eagles boss, Augustine Eguavoen, has stated that he was shocked when his name was mentioned as the next coach of the national team. African Examiner recalls that Franco-German gaffer, Gernot Rohr was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the weekend after a series of poor performance in the […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Turkish security forces on Thursday detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) in Turkey’s financial and cultural hub Istanbul. The Ihlas news agency said police units carried out simultaneous operations in nine districts and captured 14 suspects, including 13 foreigners whose identities were not immediately clear. The suspects have been […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A businesswoman, Mrs Loveth Oyakhilome, has told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that a 34-year-old church usher, Patrick Ekene defiled her eight-year-old daughter. Ekene is charged by the police on one count of rape. Oyakhilome, who, was led in evidence by the Prosecution Counsel, John Ijagbemi said the defendant called her […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared Thursday the end of the 13th Ebola outbreak, which killed six people in its northeastern province of North Kivu. Since the beginning of the epidemic declared on Oct. 8, 2021, a total of 11 cases have been recorded, including six deaths in the […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Local Government Councilor representing Ward 5 in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Jude Adjekpogu, who was shot by suspected Fulani herdsmen some days ago is dead. The councilor passed on early hours of Thursday at Warri where he has been receiving treatment in an undisclosed private hospital. […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the National Assembly have criticised the Department of State Services for going public with its warning to lawmakers without a formal security notice to the parliament on potential threats. Several lawmakers who were contacted by our correspondent on Wednesday denied getting any advisory from the DSS to the National Assembly. […]
