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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has disclosed the names of the companies that brought adulterated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, spoke with reporters Wednesday night in Abuja. According to available information, the contaminated petrol damaged vehicles of an unknown number of […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian comedian, Bovi Ugboma, has opened up on a recent incident he had at a London hotel where he was almost accused of stealing. The funnyman took to his Instagram stories on Wednesday saying that he told officials at the London hotel to ‘goggle’ him in the course of the interrogation […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has drummed his support for the present governor of the State, Aminu Tambuwal to become Nigeria’s president under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to Bafarawa, the political antecedents of Tambuwal and his ability to coordinate people gives him an added […]
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old member. The Chief Magistrate, F.M. Kayode, who did not take Mr. Olatunji’s plea, ordered that the pastor be remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Mr. Kayode then adjourned the case […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leaked sex tape of Nigerian singer, Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman aka Oxlade, has continued to spark social media reactions . African Examiner writes that in the early hours of Wednesday, February 9, a sex clip of the singer with a yet-to-be-identified woman emerged online on Snapchat. According to available information, the “Ojuju” […]
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor David Ibiyeomie during his sermon on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Salvation Ministries Home talked about what led to the death of the former head of state, Abacha at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja on June 8, 1998. According to David Ibiyeomie, “It is impossible to be proud and […]
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Sunday, February 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has refuted claims that the Financial Times’ Africa Editor, David Pilling, made in an article on the Buhari regime published January 31, 2022. In an open letter to The Editor, Financial Times, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said, “The caricature of a government […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Sunday, February 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday received a comprehensive report on the coup attempt to remove President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau. African Examiner reports that the attempted coup was, however, not successful as it was aborted by loyalist forces. The Nigerian leader was briefed on the sidelines of the African Union Summit […]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has stated that if the necessary action is not taken, the average inflation rate would not reach the single-digit as projected by the CBN. According to the World Bank, the Federal Government of Nigeria did not take any concise effort in 2021 towards curbing the rising inflation and an […]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential aspirant, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and other aspirants cannot outspend him in the upcoming presidential primaries of the ruling party. Kalu made this known while answering questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today saying that Tinubu isn’t […]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has refuted claims that he is supporting the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu describing it as a loose talk. Fayose in an interview stated that he might consider joining the 2023 presidential race if the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) zones its presidential ticket to the […]
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Friday, February 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with the former Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Okorocha said he was in the Villa to seek President Buhari’s intervention over his ordeal with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). […]
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits on Thursday, murdered a village head, Jafaru Rabi’u, and kidnapped a yet-to-be-identified lady at Daddara Liman, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday night. Mallam Yunusa, a resident in the area, stated that the terrorists also killed four other people at the nearby Daddara village located within the […]
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja-based rights activist, on Thursday, berated the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for ignoring the southeast for the 2023 presidency. Adeyanju claimed that the APC and PDP are not thinking about the southeast for the 2023 presidency. In a tweet, the convener of the […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Actors’ Guild of Nigeria has disclosed that the Nollywood stars who met with presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu, were not representing the interest of the guild. This was contained in a statement signed by the AGN National Taskforce chairman, McSmith Ochendo, on Wednesday. It could be recalled that in a video that […]
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate and Revolution Now convener, Omoyele Sowore, says the presidential ambition of chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi is dead on arrival. It could be recalled that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Tuesday, repeated gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. As of the time of filing this report, it is not yet clear those responsible for the gunfire, as soldiers are said to have surrounded the building where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is reportedly presiding […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has officially declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023.Okorocha, who is presently a senator, represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate.While declaring his intentions to run for the office of President at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, the […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan radio presenter, Maureen Imbai, aka Black Cinderella, has called out Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, for embarrassing Kenyans. Black Cinderella, took to her Instagram story on Monday to berate the Zazzu crooner concerning a video posted by the latter, where he was jeering at a lady in Kenya […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 127,491 candidates who applied to join the police will from Tuesday arrive at the various state police command headquarters nationwide to begin their physical screening. The applicants comprise 104,403 from the North and 23,088 from the Southern part of the country. A breakdown of this number revealed that Abia State […]
