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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some hoodlums in their hundreds on Thursday set ablaze the Gubernatorial Campaign Office of one of the political opponent of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Sen. Barau Jibrin representing Kano north senatorial district. Some of the attackers were said to have gone with dangerous weapons to the Senator’s office located along Maiduguri Road in […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has tasked the media to exert pressure on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to assent to the amended Electoral Act. Governor Wike stated that it is important that the media should enlighten Nigerians to know why there should be electronic transmission of election results so […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has directed those serving in his government who would like to contest the governorship primaries to tender their resignation latest by December 18. The directive was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, in Ado Ekiti, titled, “Ekiti 2022: Fayemi […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Committee on Agriculture in Abuja said about two million metric tons of rice is currently being imported or smuggled into the country. This is just as the committee said, in 2021, the production of milled rice in Nigeria was estimated to amount to five million metric tons. Vice Chairman of […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government threw its weight behind the Lagos State government’s White Paper on the report of the judicial panel set up to probe cases of police brutality and shooting at the Lekki tollgate, promising to take further actions. The Lagos State government, on Tuesday, rejected key recommendations of the panel’s report […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said kidnappers have also been declared as terrorists. He said the recent court declaration had been gazetted and would soon be published. He also disclosed that all the relevant security agencies had been notified. Malami made this known while […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister, Communications and Digital Economy, has said that protection of citizens data in Nigeria is not just a secondary legislation but a constitutional requirement. The minister’s spokesperson, Mrs Uwa Suleiman, made this known in a statement in Abuja, adding that Pantami said this while addressing world forum of ministers in London. This […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government has described the recent killing of two police officers in Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east as “barbaric and cannibalistic” . The assailants filmed themselves as they were killing the officers and later circulated the clip on social media, the government said. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, in a statement […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Technology giant, Google, on Wednesday announced it will not accept political advertisements on all its platforms related to next year’s elections in the Philippines to choose a successor for President Rodrigo Duterte. “In connection with the 2022 Philippine national and local elections, election advertisements will not be allowed to run in the […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence rate of infection in Somalia has been dropping over the last 14 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. Citing periodic surveys conducted, the WHO warned that in spite of the general decline in HIV prevalence across Somalia, there were locations such as Garowe and […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has expressed shock over the Tuesday evening Bagwai boat mishap that led to the death of 40 persons. Ganduje spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano. “We learned that the boat started from Hayin Badau to […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa is presently being received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Ramaphosa arrived at the Villa at about 10 a.m amid fear of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 currently being detected in countries across the world. This development is coming after the Nigeria Centre […]
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Imo, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Exercise Golden Dawn of the Nigerian Army has foiled an attempt by alleged members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to kidnap some medical personnel in Imo. This is contained in a statement signed by Brig.- Gen.- Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations and made available to newsmen […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian tourism authorities has said that they were at the final preparations to start a process of introducing cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Mary Masanja, the Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, said the process to introduce the cable car was on the mountain is on track and […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bamidele Oleyelogun, in court over alleged financial impropriety. Oleyelogun is being arraigned alongside the Clerk of the house, Bode Adeyelu; the lawmaker representing Akoko South West I in the House, Felemu Bankole and two […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. African Examiner reported that the Omicron variant, a new strain of the coronavirus […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid the growing concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Canada has added Egypt, Malawi, and Nigeria to the ‘travel ban’ list. “We are adding three countries to the list of these countries that we talked about last Friday, these are Malawi, Egypt and Nigeria,” Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos was quoted […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called on youths to join him on Peace Walk, for healing of Lagos State. He made the call in Lagos, during a news conference on the State Government’s position on the recommendations of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on EndSARS, submitted on Nov. 15. He […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Air travelers to the United States (U.S.) will face tougher Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing rules as several countries moved to seal-off their borders amid growing uncertainty around the virulence of the Omicron variant. The Omicron variant has the ability to dodge existing vaccines. In Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong and Japan said they would expand […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 15-year-old boy killed three fellow high school students and wounded eight other people after opening fire with a semi-automatic handgun at a Michigan high school, and was quickly arrested, police said. One of those wounded was a teacher and the rest were students at Oxford High School in Oxford, Michigan, about […]
