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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two soldiers at a checkpoint before Kabba Correctional Centre in Kogi State have been reportedly killed and another seriously injured when gunmen attacked the facility in the early hours of Monday. Over 100 prisoners were said to have been freed during the attack on the facility. The soldiers were said to have […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 75 students kidnapped from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have regained freedom, 12 days after their abduction. African Examiner reported how an unspecified number of students were abducted in the home town of the governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. Following their release […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jennifer Madueke, the 29-year-old woman arrested over the missing pistol of a Lagos Divisional Police Officer, CSP Adegoke Atilade, has been released. The police also removed Atilade as the DPO of the Denton Police Station, Ebute Meta. PUNCH Metro had exclusively reported that the police officer and Madueke were in a romantic […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular music promoter, Ola Ibironke, popularly known as Dudu Heritage is dead. The socialite, a prominent golfer in Ibadan, and husband to top actress, Bimbo Oshin reportedly died some few hours ago. ‘Dudu’ lived in the United States some years ago where he was a music promoter before relocating to Nigeria […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Encomiums from some notable sports groups in Oyo State have continued to trail Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) on its promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League(NPFL). The groups showered the encomiums on the Oluyole Warriors in separate statements made available to newsmen in Ibadan. African Examiner reports that 3SC, on Saturday […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Moroccan truck drivers were killed and another injured by armed men in Didieni commune, 300 km from Malian capital Bamako, Moroccan official news agency MAP reported on Sunday. The truck drivers were heading towards Bamako carrying goods before they were attacked on Saturday afternoon by a group of armed men hiding […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, (PDP-Enugu), Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, has called for an end to the ‘sit-at-home’ order, by the proscribed IPOB in the South East. Nnamani, who made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Abuja, noted that the order had brought […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo at the meeting with South East Leaders has been quoted out of context. Buhari wss quoted as saying that “I’ll be careful with your future invitations” at end of his speech at the occasion. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N20.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, disclosed this in the bank’s audited half-year (H1) results released to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Sunday in Lagos. […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits trying to escape the ongoing military operation in Zamfara and Katsina states met their waterloo in the hands of soldiers at Maganda village near Allawa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits, who were said to be escaping through the notorious Allawa Forest in their hundreds, ran into […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reality TV star, Paul Ephraim, popularly known as Jaypaul, and Jackie B have been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season Six. The duo had been nominated for eviction alongside Pere, Saga, Emmanuel, Liquorose, Whitemoney, Sasky. Others who have been evicted from the BBNaija Season Six show include Arin, Beatrice, Boma, […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Commissioner of police (CP) Abubakar Lawal has ordered immediate investigation and sanction of a Policeman recently involved in physical assault of a lady in Enugu. He however, warned the Command’s personnel against acts of unprofessionalism under his watch, stressing that his administration will not condone any conduct capable of dragging […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded two additional fatalities from the COVID-19 with 547 fresh cases reported across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday morning. The additional 547 COVID-19 infections on Sunday […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said that the state government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits as they rejected the olive branch stretched at them earlier. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces would flush them out of the state. “My administration will no longer grant amnesty to […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, Dr. Usman Salisu Ogbo, has announced the suspension of a lecturer in the institution for allegedly forcing students to buy textbooks before they would pass their examinations. Dr. Ogbo disclosed this when the President, National Association of Nigeria Students, Sunday Asefon; alongside his entourage, paid […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Police Command has rescued the kidnapped traditional ruler of Wawa in Borgu Local Government of Niger. Dr Mahmud Aliyu, the victim, was kidnapped by heavily armed gunmen on Sunday at his palace at about 10pm. The Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP. Wassiu Abiodun, made this known in Minna […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has vowed to remain vigilant against all forms of cyber-criminal activities, including the fake website for passport applications. Mr Abdukmalik Ahmed, Consul-General of Nigeria to South Africa, stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. He observed that […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges on Jan. 24 after the Chester Crown Court set a trial date on Friday, British media reported. The 27-year-old, who was denied bail last week after he was charged with four counts of rape and one count of […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has fired his foreign minister Beatrice Khamisa Wani, replacing her with Mayiik Ayii Deng who once served as minister for presidential affairs. Khamisa, who was appointed last year when the transitional unity government was formed, was relieved of her duties through a presidential decree Thursday evening aired […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the state Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill into Law. The State House of Assembly had on Thursday, Sept. 9, passed the bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services. Sanwo-Olu, who assented to the Bill at about […]
