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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has given an explanation why former president, Goodluck Jonathan, was absent at the just concluded PDP convention. Speaking in a programme on Channels TV, Okowa stated that Jonathan was duly invited for the convention but was unavoidably absent due to prior engagements abroad. According to him, […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari does not support crimes or impunity against Journalists in Nigeria. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, made this known at a Policy Dialogue on Protection of Journalists in commemoration of 2021 International Day to end Impunity for crimes against Journalists, in Abuja. “President Muhammadu […]
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Entertainment, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer and songwriter, Burna Boy and manager mum, Bose Ogulu have been accused of extortion by United States-based show promoter Emmanuel Chinyere Uzoh. Uzoh, who is the CEO of Gold Moola Entertainment, made the allegation against Burna Boy and his mum on the company’s official Instagram handle on Tuesday. He claims […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, has been impeached. He was impeached under tight security during the plenary on Tuesday. Ekene Nnodim, who represents Orlu state constituency, submitted a resolution signed by 18 out of the 27 lawmakers for the removal of Iwuanyanwu as the Deputy […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will receive treatment in the United States, his aides said on Tuesday. Yudhoyono, who served two terms from 2004-2014, is suffering from an early stage of the disease, said his spokesperson, Ossy Darmawan. “Mr SBY requests prayers that his […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian youths to continue to remain resilient and never look back in pursuing their goals. He urged them not to get tired in the face of challenges, assuring them that they would achieve victory. President Buhari spoke yesterday while declaring open the three-day maiden National Youth Conference […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in FCT, CP Babaji Sunday, says a combined team of policemen and soldiers have been mobilised to the Staff Quarters of University of Abuja where gunmen abducted four persons on Tuesday. “The police have also dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the main and satellite campuses […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continues to rise as 90 additional cases were registered with two deaths on Monday. The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Tuesday morning. African Examiner reports that the 90 additional cases reported on Monday indicate an increase from […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The village head of Fagbohun community in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Simeon Fagbohun, has accused the officers of the Nigeria Customs Service of invading the settlement causing villagers to flee their houses. The accusation came days after the lifeless body of a customs officer was found in a […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen invaded the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and abducted a professor of economics, Obansa Joseph, two of his children, and other people. A source disclosed that the gunmen invaded the senior staff quarters at Giri in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at 1 a.m […]
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Europe, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged global leaders to back the UN strategy to make vaccine equity a reality by accelerating efforts and ensuring maximum vigilance to defeat the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Guterres made the call in a statement just as the world passed yet another milestone of five million lives lost to […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain said it had requested that the UN Human Rights Council convene an emergency session on Sudan following last week’s military coup. The request was sent to the president of the 47-member Geneva forum on behalf of 18 member states, more than the one-third required to convene a special session. It was […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 500 Sierra Leoneans aged 16-35 gathered in the northern town of Magburaka for the country’s first national conference for the youth. The two-day event, with the theme of “Harnessing the Future of Sierra Leone through Investments in Youth”, is being held to set the pace for the youth to brainstorm […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of 12 Field Engineering Regiment of Nigerian Army, Ijebu-Ode, in Ogun State, have handed over 20 suspected internet fraudsters to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Command. This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, is currently being interrogated by operatives of the commission. Though allegations […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dread has gripped residents around Adekunle village in Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja after mutilated remains of two young women were discovered within 72 hours. The first body, said to be that of a teenaged girl, was discovered at the weekend near a popular hotel at Adekunle Village with vital organs harvested while the […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – – Jos – Yakubu Sanda the new Speaker of the Plateau State Assembly, has taken a swipe at Abok Ayuba, the embattled Speaker of the House for what he termed as attempt at impersonation saying after congratulating him (Sanda) as the new Speaker, he (Abok) continues to parade himself as the Speaker. […]
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Banking & Finance, Featured, Latest Headlines
Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) says it has notified about 14 banks and financial institutions allegedly granting loans without due process to state governments. Executive Chairman of the FRC, Mr Victor Muruako, made the disclosure at a Transparency and Accountability Sensitisation Workshop for the South West in Lagos on Monday. African Examiner […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Benue Police Command has assured residents of the state that it will soon apprehend the criminal elements luring young women into hidden places and killing them for unknown reasons. This is contained in a statement issued by its Spokeperson, Mrs Sewuese Anene, on Monday in Makurdi. “The command is on the trail of […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin has called on the military to build more medical facilities for the rapidly growing number of Covid-19 patients. Putin said at a meeting with Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu on Monday, that the additional facilities should relieve the burden on the health system. The number of new coronavirus infections […]
