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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A vigilante group in Kogi State have neutralised 11 bandits terrorising various communities in Koton Karfe Local Government Area of the state. The operatives also arrested a security officer and his accomplice alleged to be supplying weapons and rescued abductees from the kidnappers den. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, on Sunday began seven days of seclusion preceding the annual ‘Olojo’ Festival in the ancient city. ‘Olojo’ in Yoruba means ‘the day of the first dawn’, but in the lores of Ile-Ife, the Olojo Festival is an annual cultural festival created to celebrate […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun has counselled the public against organizing prayer sessions at night, especially in forest area, to avoid being victims of kidnappers. Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the warning in a statement made available to newsmen, in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi noted that the Ogun state police command has […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mauricio Pochettino says there are “no issues” with Lionel Messi after the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) superstar’s reaction to being substituted during Sunday’s 2-1 win over Ligue 1 rivals Lyon. Messi had a puzzled look on his face as he walked past PSG head coach Pochettino, after being replaced by full-back Achraf Hakimi […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities have evacuated about 5,000 people from villages in the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma as lava spews from an erupting volcano, local officials said. The 15-meter high lava flow has already swallowed 20 houses in the village of El Paso and sections of roads, Mayor Sergio Rodriguez told TVE radio […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a pregnant woman, a fake soldier and an Italy-bound lady for drug offences. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja, noted that the operatives had continued their nationwide “offensive action” against drug traffickers […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foundation members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State have sent a “Save Our Soul“ (SOS) message to President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged hijack of the party by members who joined recently. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Mrs Kate Ofor, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Enugu on Sunday […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has explained why some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are protesting against the defection of Mr Femi Fani-Kayode to the party. He gave the explanation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while reacting to the recent defection of Fani-Kayode to the […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Kennedy Uzoka, has said that the bank recorded significant improvement in its operational and financial performance as a result of its unending commitment towards delivering products and services aimed at meeting customers’ demands. Uzoka said this during the Investors/Analysts Conference Call at the […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICANN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Garba Adam popularly known as Yousef and Sakute Jonah popularly known as Saskay have been evicted from the ongoing 2021 edition of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show tagged Shine Ya Eye. They were both nominated for eviction alongside Cross, Angel and Emmanuel. Yousef is a 29-year-old high school teacher, […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will pay N35,000 in each of the next two terms. Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, made the clarification in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Ganiu Lawal, an assistant director in the ministry. Adefisayo said the “experimental […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen invaded a place of worship in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday, killing one person and abducting two worshippers. The place of worship located at Okedayo Area on Kabba-Okene Road was invaded at about 10.15a.m. as the day’s worship went underway. Police’s spokesman in Kogi, DSP William Aya, confirmed the incident. He described […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsonists set the INEC office at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State ablaze on Sunday. The Chief Fire Officer in Enugu State, Chief Okwudili Ohaa, confirmed the incident in Enugu. Ohaa said that a distress call was received by the Enugu State Fire Service at about 1.30 a.m. “As usual, when […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pressure group, Eastern Intelligentsia Coalition (EIC) has stressed the need for Nigeria to return to true federalism, saying the nation as presently constituted “is a subject of great worry to all men of good conscience. It noted that a “nation that not only promotes injustice, but perpetuates ethnic bigotry, is only […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An employee of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, Akinlolu Ajayi, will be prosecuted for attempting to commit suicide . The 54-year-old man was seen on September 15 on the Third Mainland Bridge trying to jump into the lagoon at the University of Lagos waterfront. Ajayi was, however, stopped when the […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State as an attention seeker. The political party disclosed this on his official Twitter account as it accused the governor of seeking imaginary presidential ambition. According to the PDP, Umahi is confused having realized that he joined a “one chance […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has cautioned the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election in order to avoid another major defeat. The PDP chieftain disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Abuja. According to Okupe, the zoning arrangement in the PDP […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police have arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts and other crimes in Niger in August. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, stated in Minna on Saturday that crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state. “We have charged 119 suspects […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). This was issued in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina explained that the session opened […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Sokoto State on Saturday confirmed the killing of one person and the abduction of several others, as a result of an attack by some unknown gunmen in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, who confirmed the attack in Sokoto, […]
