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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have suspended all public activities including conferences, seminars and workshops in the institution and its environment until further notice, for security reasons, a statement from the institution has said. The statement, signed by the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Mrs Modupe Fawale, in Ibadan, on […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of late Michael Usifo Ataga has issued a statement calling for an in-depth investigation of the murder of Usifo Ataga and urged the police to go beyond the arrest of the suspect to get to the bottom of the case. In a statement entitled Libelous Publications In Respect of Murder […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two hoteliers and guest house operators around the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at Ikotun-Egbe in Alimosho Local Government of Lagos State, have decried non patronage since the demise of the church founder,Temitope Joshua, known as TB Joshua on June 5. The owners of the various facilities meant for lodging told […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has facilitated the use of a tracking device to track every truck loading petroleum product from any of its depots as part of efforts to nip smuggling in the bud and arrest culprits. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said this at a forum […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Andy Uba, has defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the party’s governorship candidate in the next November 6 elections. The chairman of the APC primary election panel and Ogun Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, announced the outcome of the poll at Golden Tulip […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it has the power to prosecute for noise pollution, churches and mosques that use loud speakers without control while worshipping. Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General of NESREA made this known while speaking in Abuja. According to Jauro, noise is one of the serious […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are indications that Mrs Evelyn Joshua, the wife of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, will replace him as General Overseer of the church. Evelyn and Joshua were married for 31 years and had three children together until his death on June 5 at the […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven of the 14 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra have said the June 26 governorship primary in the state did not hold. Dr George Muoghalu, spokesperson for the aspirants, made the position of the group known in a press conference on Saturday in Awka. Muoghalu said that […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Italy set a new unbeaten record of 31 games as they qualified for the Euro 2020 quarterfinals with a 2-1 extra-time win over Austria at Wembley on Saturday. Substitutes Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina netted in style in the 95th and 105th minutes respectively as Roberto Mancini’s side laboured to set up […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has enjoined troops of Sector 2, Operation Lafiya Dole, to end insurgency in the North-East region. Yahaya made the call on Saturday during an operational visit to the troops of Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole in Damaturu. He said the visit was operational […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has seized 646.23 kilograms of hard drugs and arrested 60 drug suspects in Imo State between January and June 2021. The seized drugs are Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and tramadol while the suspects arrested were between the ages of 17 and […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it impounded 835 articulated vehicles in 2020 under its Operation Scorpion I, II and III. The state Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the figure at a conference in Lagos on Friday. The conference on: “Curbing Crashes Involving Articulated Vehicles, was […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Ngozichukwu Unaogu, on Saturday urged families to ensure that children and wards desist from experimenting or engaging in drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. Unaogu, who is the Head, Training and Research of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, gave the task while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government Areas of Zamfara. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that troops, while on a fighting […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd last year has been sentenced to to 22 and half years in prison. The trial Judge, Peter Cahill said the sentence was not based on emotion or public opinion even as he acknowledged the deep and tremendous pain that all of […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Eze Ude, State Coordinator, International Society for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP), said that Ebonyi was being rated highest in substance abuse among states of the federation. Ude disclosed this to newsmen on Friday during conclusion of a three-day workshop. The workshop was organised by officials of National Drug […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services has reportedly invited controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for questioning over his recent comments during an Arise TV interview claiming that Nigerian soldiers aid bandits’ activities. Our correspondent gathered that the controversial Islamic cleric was summoned to the DSS office in Kaduna State, according to the […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday has refuted claims that it is sponsoring bills purportedly meant to gag the press and regulate social media. African Examiner recalls that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had tasked the House of Representatives to include regulation of Twitter in the National Broadcasting Commission Act. […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 19 and June 22. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday said it was investing $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. It disclosed this at the official opening of the 51st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, adding that over N15tn would be required to […]
