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Friday, May 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the state government would connect no fewer than 100 schools to internet by the end of May. Sanwo-Olu said this during the inauguration of Lagos State Schools Infrastructure Projects and four school buildings. He said that the state government had started to roll […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eden Hazard has apologised to Real Madrid supporters for being seen laughing with Chelsea players immediately after his side’s UEFA Champions League semi-final exit on Wednesday. The Belgium international, who spent seven seasons at Stamford Bridge before joining Real Madrid in 2019, was heavily criticised for sharing a joke with some of […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United on Thursday had little difficulty in completing the job started with their semi-final first leg thrashing of Roma, progressing to the Europa League final on an 8-5 aggregate. After a 6-2 win last week, a 3-2 defeat in Italy still secured easy progress for them. But it will not be […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. A statement issued by the President’s media aide stated the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

….. Calls For Atonement, Reparation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop Calistus Onaga of Catholic Diocese of Enugu has reacted to Wednesday’s invasion of the Bishop’s Court and the Holy Ghost Cathedral Church by the followers of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka. Enugu city was on Wednesday thrown into pandemonium as followers of fiery Catholic Priest, Rev. […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the suspension of the Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman. Multiple Presidency sources, who did not want their names mentioned, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Thursday evening. The sources however did not disclose Usman’s offence. “I can confirm to you […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another policeman was killed when gunmen in the early hours of Thursday invaded Obiozara police station in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state. The gunmen, who invaded the station around 3am, razed office of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and the admin building. A source within the area noted the main […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has commiserated with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, his family and members of his church on the demise of his son, Pastor Dare Adeboye. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President urged […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Anambra have confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by unknown gunmen who attacked and razed the Divisional Police Station in Obosi, Idemili North of the state. African Examiner gathered that the attackers had after burning down the station, moved to the quarters where they killed the two personnel […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate is currently holding a closed door session with the Chief of Defence Staff, the service chiefs, the inspector General of Police and heads of intelligence agencies in the country Those in attendance are General Lucky Eluoye Onyenucheya Irabor (Chief of Defence Staff), Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru ( Chief of Army […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examinations Council on Thursday said 26,277 out of the 39,503 candidates who sat for its 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates obtained five credits and above including in English Language and Mathematics. The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed this at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger State, […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Enoch Adeboye, is dead. African Examiner gathered that the 42-year-old, who was the third surviving child of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A woman from Mali who gave birth to nine babies – known as nonuplets – is doing well despite complications during delivery. The babies will need medical care for up to three months, a spokesman from the Casablanca clinic where the woman gave birth told dpa late Wednesday. She had been transferred […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government said troops rescued 13 kidnapped persons from bandits after fierce gun duel in Chikun Local Government Area of the ctate. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. “Troops have reported the rescue of […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour has condemned and rejected the plan by the Federal Government to slash the salaries of workers in the country. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Waba, who said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, noted that the plan was tantamount to a “mass suicide” […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea set up an all-English Champions League final with Manchester City as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount earned them a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge. The Blues deserved no less than a 3-1 aggregate win from both legs against the Spanish giants. Across the course of 180 […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remaining abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna have regained their freedom after spending 55 days in captivity. The students were released on Wednesday and are currently undergoing medical examination at a health facility in Kaduna. The spokesman of the Police Command in Kaduna state, ASP Mohammed […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it has placed 4,000 unemployed graduates on N40,000 monthly salary for six months. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, made this known on Wednesday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in Commemoration of the Second Year in Office of Gov. Bababjide Sanwo-Olu. Arobieke […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu residents on Wednesday trooped out in thousands to jubilate the reappearance of Spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev Father Ejike Mbaka. African Examiner had reported there was tension in Enugu over his whereabouts on Wednesday. Many youths protested, alleging he had been picked up by security operatives or […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesting youths on Wednesday vandalised the official residence of the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Callistus Onaga in demonstration of the alleged arrest of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka. African Examiner reports that the irate youths suspected to be members of the Adoration Ministry and numbering over 1,000 stormed the residence of […]