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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Saturday’s ward congresses to elect party executives will hold across the country on as scheduled. The party, in a statement on Thursday by Secretary of CECPC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe in Abuja, said the July 31 date […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINBER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says it won’t allow its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, remain in custody till October. It could be recalled that Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court had adjourned Kanu’s trial till October 21, 2021. The judge gave the ruling because of the inability of the […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has denied receiving a bribe from popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi. The United States Department of Justice had stated that ongoing investigations indicated that Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest one Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, one of his colleagues in Nigeria. Reacting, […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A United States court has issued a warrant of arrest for a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria, Abba Kyari. According to a court document obtained by Peoples Gazette, Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to track down […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. The court, on Thursday, took the decision to adjourn till Monday because the Department of State Services failed to produce the detained aides as earlier […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized 124 assorted items worth N133 million in Kebbi between January and June. The Area Comptroller, Kebbi Area Command, Hafiz Kalla, made this known on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command during the period. “The command made 124 seizures of […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday announced it has registered more than 60 million Nigerians for the unique National Identification Number (NIN) records in the National Identity Database (NIDB). The Commission said the feat could not have been possible without the cooperation of all stakeholders, including the general public. Its […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Basketball Association (NBA), the top-flight professional basketball league in the United States of America (USA) has announced that former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner. The NBA has a decades-long history in Africa and opened an African headquarters in Johannesburg in 2010. The Basketball Africa League […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has won the award of the MOST COVID-19 COMPLIANT TERMINAL instituted by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents’ (LAAC) The presentation took place during the 25th edition of LAAC Annual Conference & Awards held at Sheraton Hotel, […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited former Governor of Nasarawa State and serving senator, Tanko Al-Makura, and his wife, Mairo, over alleged corruption. A source at the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday evening. As of the time of filing this report, the […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the corps has arrested 110 traffic violators on Wednesday under its Operation Thunderstorm. Ogungbemide disclosed this in a statement by the FRSC Route Commander and Public Education Officer, Mrs Olabisi Sonusi, in Lagos. He explained that the command had […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A slice of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s wedding cake is up for sale 40 years after Charles and Diana tied the knot. The anniversary of their fairy-tale royal nuptials, when the heir to the British throne married shy 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer in the grand St Paul’s Cathedral on July […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday debunked allegations that its accounts had been frozen by the Economic Financial and Crimes Commission (EFCC). Reacting to reports on social media that it’s accounts had been frozen, a statement issued by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Kazeem Olayanju, said that neither […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has opened up why President Buhari cannot seek medical attention in Nigeria. Adesina stated that Buhari could not be treated in Nigeria since he has his own medical team in the United Kingdom. According to him, the President has made […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Gideon Kurada of Kaduna High Court has discharged and acquited leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat. The IMN leader and his wife stood trial over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, among other criminal charges since December 2015, […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday fixed Aug. 18 for the re-arraignment of a cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara for alleged blasphemy case. Nasiru-Kabara is to be charged with blasphemy, incitement, and sundry offences according to the First Information Report (FIR) from the police by the Office of the Attorney General […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed and beheaded the commander of a disbanded local vigilante group codenamed OSPAC in Umudioga, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The vigilante commander identified as Alex Uwazuruike was killed on Tuesday night by the gunmen who stormed the community, even as his corpse was […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With a split decision of four-to-three, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the victory of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in Ondo State. In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, four of the seven-member panel, dismissed the appeal by Eyitayo Jegede and […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it is currently seeking to integrate hepatitis B interventions into antenatal care services. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti disclosed this in a message to mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day, under the theme, “Hepatitis Can’t Wait”. Dr. Moeti said the WHO is […]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York says it is making arrangement to enroll Nigerians within its jurisdiction for the National Identification Number (NIN) in line with the directive from the Federal Government. The Consul-General, Amb. Lot Egopija, stated at a hybrid Town Hall meeting held at Nigeria House in New York […]
