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Monday, July 28th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has faulted a recent statement credited to Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gwabim Musa on comment that the nation must create Ranches across the country to prevent Farmers-Herders’ clashes. The Defence Chief had during a recent […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins other African nations to mark the 2025 International day of women and girls of African descent, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights crusader, Professor Joy Ezeilo, has stressed the need for society to use the occasion to reflect on the past injustices against women and eliminate […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos based Media Rights Agenda (MRA) and the International Press Centre (IPC) have filed an appeal against the judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which dismissed their suit requesting itto compel the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to investigate their April 24, 2021, complaint against the then Ebonyi State Governor […]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 167 students of the University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka have bagged first class honours in various disciplines. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Oguejiofo Ujam, during a press briefing on the 54th convocation ceremony of the institution held at its Enugu campus. […]
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
…Dr Malachy Agbo Gets Information Ministry (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Wednesday, rejigged his cabinet, swearing in a new Head of Service, new Commissioners, and reassigning three others. He also assigned portfolios to the new appointees following the administration of Oath of Office on them by a representative of […]
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Monday, July 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Archdiocese of Enugu Methodist Church Nigeria, has urged the federal and South East geo political zone governments to as a matter of importance prioritize justice and good Governance, saying they should let equity, transparency, and rule of law guide their leadership. It averred that a nation that neglects justice invites instability, […]
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Monday, July 21st, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) in collaboration with Transparency International Defence and Security Programme(TI-DSP) have called for enshrinement of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) into the Nigeria’s Constitution. The group said the action would enhance agency efficiency, effectiveness and transparency in the delivery of its mandates. Our […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against the backdrop of persisted alledged corruption and secrecy shrouding Nigeria’s defence sector and amidst escalating security threats, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International in Nigeria, have demanded establishment of guidelines for separating confidential from non-confidential information in line with global best practices. The organizations posited that such guidelines […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, on Monday, inaugurated Enugu Air, a state-owned commercial airline established by the Governor Peter Mbah led Administration with three Embraer airplanes for a start. Inaugurating the aircrafts Tuesday at the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam […]
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Sunday, July 6th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Joint Security team comprising Police attached to the Awada Police Station in Anambra state and Vigilante operatives in the area have arrested a male suspect, Samuel Eze aged 25 years with a woman’s breast. He was apprehended by security operatives on patrol along Jude Onyekwere Street, Awada, Obosi today 6th, Sunday […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –A concerned electorate from Enugu East Senatorial district of Enugu state, Prince Maxwell Ozoemena Nnamani has tongue lashed Sen. Kelvin Chukwu, representing the Zone at the Senate for decamping from the opposition Labour Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He equally accused the lawmakers of poor representation since he went to […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a ghastly car crash near Zamora in northwestern Spain with his brother, Andre, according to reports. The regional fire department of Castille-Leon, where Zamora is located, said on its website a car crashed shortly after midnight on Thursday and burst into flames, with two […]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has opened up on how northern Muslim power blocs were against the transfer of power to him after the death of his late principal, ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua, in 2010. Jonathan stated this during an interview with the Rainbow Book Club, which went viral on Saturday, as he talked […]
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Sunday, June 29th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The three male suspects earlier arrested for their involvement in the assault and infliction of bodily harm on members of the public under the guise of celebrating the Oriokpa Masquerade have been arraigned and remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Custodial Centre. The suspects: Emeka Eze (aged 33), Omeke Uchechukwu (aged 22), and […]
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Friday, June 27th, 2025
…Writes Governor Soludo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has decried the alleged indiscriminate clamp down on Chief Priests of Communal deities and Custodians of traditional Institutions in Anambra state. It explained that the state is perpetrating an unlawful act without recourse to the constitutional […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicle Inspection Office has said the compulsory driving test for applicants of driving license is meant to improve driving proficiency, check accidents and road carnage. The Chief Vehicle Inspection Officer in Enugu State, Engr. Val Chime, told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the agency would soon revoke driving license of fresh […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, led by Senator Azuta Mbata, has applauded Governor Josh Stein, the government and citizens of the State of North Carolina, United States of America), on the recent Proclamation of June 14 as Igbo Day in his State. “Suffice it to say that Ohanaeze Ndigbo, by […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Real reason behind an attempt to dissolve and impose a caretaker Committee to pilot the affairs of Obeagu Ugwuaji Community Development Union in Enugu South Council area of Enugu state by the Commissioner for local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Deacon Okey Ogbodo against a court order has been exposed. The […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police operatives of the Enugu State Command attached to the Nsukka Urban Division, in synergy with law-abiding members of the community have arrested three male suspects in connection with the physical assault of members of the public by the Oriokpa Masquerade group on in Nsukka, as seen in a viral video. The […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent and concrete steps to strengthen legal and institutional protections for whistleblowers in the country in recognition of their critical role in exposing corruption, human rights abuses and other wrongdoing. It describes them as a cornerstone of transparency, accountability, and […]
