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Friday, April 23rd, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority has distanced itself from the demolition of some structures at the crisis- ridden New Artisan livestock market in Enugu. Our Correspondent, reports that traders at the market, mostly dominated by Nigerians of Northern extraction, had on Thursday, paralyzed commercial activities in the market, as they staged […]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB, has rejected the United Kingdom (UK’s) offer of asylum for its members, saying it’s a ploy to frustrate the agitators from further agitation. The group, however, said the offer is an arrangement between Nigeria’s President Muhamadu Buhari, and his Government to […]
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2021

……Confirms Killing Of 2 Operatives (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The state Commissioner of Police, (CP) Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Command’s operational and intelligence assets to identify and apprehend the yet to be identified gunmen, who violently attacked and set ablaze Adani Police Station in Uzuwani Council area of Enugu state […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now set for an international Conference to address issue of illegal migration, modern slavery in 3rd World Countries, especially among the youths, scheduled to take place at the University of Nigeria UNN, Nsukka, Enugu state. A Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Centus Chima Nweze will be the […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenes of Oma- Eke Community in Udi Council Area of Enugu state, have dragged the Permanent Secretary, Ecological funds office, a contracting firm, Flab Engineering Services Ltd, and others to court over alleged Non- execution of a 3.8 kilometer Ecological Fund Road Project valued over 429 million naira awarded by the Ecological […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a way of assisting government in conserving wildlife in the country, a philanthropist, Mr Innocent Onwubiko, has formally adopted three lions from the Imo Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park, Owerri. Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Owerri shortly after signing a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the management of the […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), has enjoined mobile phone network subscribers in the country to embrace the ongoing National Identity Number NIN sim data linkage exercise, saying it will improve national security. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, (EVC) Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, who stated this while addressing consumers at the NCC […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has congratulated the Acting Inspector General Of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba on his recent appointment, urging him to ensure that he leaves good legacy for posterity by fulfilling his avowed commitment to deepening security across Nigeria. The group in a statement signed by its Secretary […]
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Monday, April 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors of the South East states have decided to maintain a joint security outfit for the code named Ebube Agu (Wonderful Tiger). The governors made the resolution in a communique during the first south east security summit held in Owerri on Sunday. The communique was presented by Chief Dave Umahi, Chairman of […]
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Sunday, April 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the continued economic and political woes bedeviling the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria, occasioned by alleged marginalization of the region by the central government, a socio-cultural group, Igbo National Council (INC), has declared that it’s time for the region to rise up and take its destiny in her own hand. […]
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Saturday, April 10th, 2021

………. Recovers Stolen, Incriminating Items. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to rid the State of criminal elements and their activities, the Enugu state police Command have arrested three male criminal suspects involved in offences ranging from attempted murder, armed robbery and receiving of stolen property. The arrest according to the state police public Relations officer, PPRO, […]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An incumbent governor in one of the South East states of Nigeria, has been accused of sponsoring the Chief Chidi Ibeh, led aggrieved group of the apex Igbo Socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo to keep fomenting trouble. The said governor, who has been allegedly funding the group since they commenced operation in […]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to solve the electricity problem facing the country, the Federal government of Nigeria, has pledged its readiness to support University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) to produce more of the Refuse Drives Fuel (RDF) gasification plant . The country’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, stated this […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owerri, the Imo State Capital has come under attack as an unknown gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the state correctional facilities freeing many prisoners. The gunmen also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt almost all the vehicles parked at the premises. Reports say in […]
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Sunday, April 4th, 2021

…Advocate Establishment Of Regional Vigilante Group (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pan-Igbo socio political pressure group, operating under the banner of South East Revival Group (SERG) has accused South East governors of playing politics with the lives and property of Ndigbo for not taking decisive actions to prevent the take over of Igbo forests by criminal […]
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Sunday, April 4th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Caretaker Committee Chairman of All progressive Congress APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has cautioned politicians in the state, particularly those from Enugu North Senatorial District extraction otherwise known as (Nsukka cultural zone), against heating up the politics ahead of 2023. He said it is purely a breach of the electoral […]
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women in South East Nigeria, under the platform of Ndinne Igbo, meaning, (mother’s in Igbo land) have decried incessant attacks and killings by suspected killer herdsmen, in South – East geo political zone, saying they have concluded plans to stage a protest naked across the region to express their displeasure over the […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun state government, has called on local and foreign investors to come and invest in the areas of Agro-business, Mining, Tourism among other sectors, saying the state is richly endowed with no fewer than 25 solid mineral resources. Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Cooperative and Empowerment, in the state, Dr. Olabode […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traders at the new Artisan livestock market Enugu, mostly made up of Nigerians of Northern extraction, have commended governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for wading into the protracted crisis rocking the place and subsequently reopening it for business . Our Correspondent recalls that the market which was closed down last December had been characterized […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State (CP) Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has ordered the State Criminal investigation Department (CID) to carry out a full-scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a young lady, identified as Orji Chiamaka Precious Gold aged 20, whose lifeless body was found in the gutter, […]