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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two persons were allegedly killed, Thursday, as an age-long boundary dispute between Owahwa and Okwagbe communities of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State boiled over. The feud, according to a source, led to commotion as motorists and commercial tricycle operators took other routes with many commuters stranded. The Delta State […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Uchechi Iweala, son of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has broken a medical record in Maryland, United States. On Thursday, the WTO boss announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot. […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor’s Forum, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said he, along with three other governors, were in Ondo State to woo Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a former Governor in the state, back to the party. Tambuwal, the Sokoto State Governor led Gov. Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Okezie […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Defence Headquarters says the military has eliminated no fewer than 70 bandits in various theatres of operation across the North-West and North-Central zones in the last two weeks. The acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving update on the operations of armed forces across the country between […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-teaching Staff Unions of Universities has issued the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum to reverse the sharing formula of N22.127 billion approved as payment of Earned Allowances for the universities staff. The JAC non-teaching staff members are the Non-Academic Staff Unions of […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States (U.S.) President Joe Biden will embark on a five-day tour of Europe on Thursday to attend two crucial global summits, according to the White House. The White House further said that Biden would first head to Italy for the G20 Summit, an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Delta Safe have deactivated a total of 27 illegal refining sites across Niger Delta region, in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving an update on the operations of armed forces across the country between Oct. 14 and Oct. […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has deferred to Friday, judgement on Secondus’ suit seeking the stoppage of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The suspended National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, is seeking the stoppage of the national convention from holding, […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has stated that Nigeria’s next president must be selected on the basis of his capacity and not by ethnicity or regional sentiments. Governor Bello disclosed this during a radio interview in Lokoja saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s replacement must be selected based on capacity instead of […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that the amount expended on the rehabilitation of its burnt office and materials is the cause for the high cost of the Anambra gubernatorial election. African Examiner recalls that on May 23, gunmen burnt the commission’s office in Awka, Anambra state, and also demolished […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Honourable Abok Ayuba, has been impeached. Rt Hon. Yakubu Sanda representing Pengana Constituency in the state assembly has been elected Speaker by the members as the new speaker. Abok was reportedly impeached on Thursday morning following a vote of no confidence by some […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A federal jury awarded 17 million dollars for damages on Wednesday to the family of a mentally disabled man who was fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Costco in Corona. The jury’s verdict came a day after U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal found that Officer Salvador […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has unveiled a mass vaccination campaign, as part of the strategies to stave off re-emergence of the COVID-19 viral infection. Speaking during the unveiling, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said that the objective is aimed at vaccinating four million residents in Lagos before the end of 2021. […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stanley Chibuna, Nigerian comedian, popularly called “Funnybone”, on Wednesday said he had his first romantic role in the latest Showmax original, “Ghana Jollof”. The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award (AMVCA) winner disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. Funnybone, in the latest Showmax original, “Ghana Jollof”, acted as “Jasper”, a ‘first-class graduate […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Retired Maj.-Gen Saleh Maina says the insecurity in Nigeria will not drag into the next federal administration. Maina was the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3rd Armoured Division, Jos, the Plateau capital. He spoke in Abuja at a roundtable on Internal Security Management organised by Cleen Foundation. Maina said insecurity can be suppressed […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party has yet to file a response to the appeal filed by its suspended Chairman, Uche Secondus, before the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt. At the last hearing on Tuesday, the PDP lawyers asked for time to respond to the appeal filed by Secondus, but the court refused […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday continued his visit to Saudi Arabia with a brief stopover at Medinah where he observed his evening prayers and engaged in intense prayers for the return of peace and security in Nigeria. African Examiner reports that the president, who embarked on the prayer session along with members […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to be wary of fraudsters who have been posting fraudulent messages relating to the eNaira launched recently. Mr Osita Nwanisobi, Director, Corporate Communications, said in a statement posted on the bank’s website on Wednesday, that the bank was not disbursing eNaira currency to […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus slipped to a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Sassuolo in Serie A on Wednesday with Maxime Lopez’s stunning stoppage-time winner againt Massimiliano Allegri’s side. The hosts were well off the pace in the first half and fell behind to a fine team goal from Sassuolo, two minutes before the break, […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jobs recovery is stalled worldwide and disparities between advanced and developing economies is threatening the whole global economy, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned on Wednesday. The agency is projecting that global hours worked this year will be 4.3 per cent below pre-pandemic levels, the equivalent of 125 million full time jobs. […]
