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Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others concerning the controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others included in the suit are the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS); Stanbic-IBTC Bank; United Bank of Africa (UBA), and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement […]
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that it has registered 10,487,972 fresh voters in the ongoing registration. The commission announced this in a document on Monday during its update for Week 11 in the fourth quarter made available to journalists in Abuja. According to the document, the number of completed registration […]
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Monday, June 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara lacks the powers to direct the state’s commissioner of police to issue gun licences to residents as a measure against insecurity. Mr Irabor faulted Mr Matawalle’s call for the state’s residents to bear arms to defend themselves […]
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Monday, June 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reacted to the resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad on Monday and the immediate appointment of the new Acting CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola same day. It could be recalled that Tanko had tendered his resignation based on ill health. The NBA president, Olumide […]
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Monday, June 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced Tuesday another sit-at-home in the Southeast. IPOB stated that the sit-at-home order was to mark the court appearance of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group announced this in a statement issued by its spokesman, Emma Powerful. It could be recalled that the normal Monday […]
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Monday, June 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has tasked Nigerians to reject the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and top opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections over their combined failure in governance over the years. The former Kano state governor stated […]
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Sunday, June 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara state government has enjoined residents to arm themselves against bandits. The directive was issued in a statement issued to the press on Saturday by Ibrahim Dosara, the commissioner for information, in Gusau, the state capital. It could be recalled that Zamfara has been one of the worst-affected states by banditry […]
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Sunday, June 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Nigerian diplomat and ambassador, Ejeviome Otobo is dead. The deceased diplomat was last seen Otobo was last seen in Tuckahoe, New York, on June 15. The Tuckahoe police department on June 19 declared in a Facebook post that Otobo was missing and asked for information from the public. However, a […]
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Sunday, June 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that he would not quit active politics, even though he has lost his bid to emerge as the All Progressives Congress, APC, and presidential candidate. Osinbajo stated that he would continue to add his quota in active politics that would bring about real change. Speaking with […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi West Senator, Smart Adeyemi, has stated that senators would not leave former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in the controversy of organ harvesting in the United Kingdom. According to Adeyemi, the senators are making plans to see how to support Ekweremadu irrespective of the allegations of organ harvesting. African Examiner recalls […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu has come under severe criticism after he told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that his certificates were looted by unknown persons while he was on self-exile. The two-time governor of Lagos State has sworn an affidavit in support […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern has reacted to the news of an Abuja-based lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, who wore his traditional worshippers’ attire to court last week. It could be recalled that Omirhobo had appeared at the Supreme Court in Abuja on Thursday in traditional attire and he told newsmen that he is an […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has threatened to stop its services nationwide due to the increase in the price of bakery materials, the neglect of the federal government, and also the fleecing of regulatory agencies. The association announced this on Friday in a communiqué that was issued […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso on Friday visited Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt. Although, the meeting’s purpose is yet unclear it is likely connected to the 2023 general elections. Also present at the meeting was former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. African Examiner […]
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Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has expressed his support for ex-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu concerning the controversy of alleged organ harvesting. Obi took to his Twitter page to pray for the family and prays for God’s hand for justice in the case. His tweet read: “My family and […]
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Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has emerged as the deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the forthcoming general election in Rivers State coming up next year. ADC governorship candidate in the state, Tonte Ibraye, disclosed this on Friday morning, in a statement posted on his verified Facebook page. […]
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Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate says only the PDP will wrestle from the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections. Okowa stated this while addressing the people of Delta and party faithful who turned out en masse to receive him at the […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Thursday expressed happiness concerning the arrest and detention of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in London over alleged organ harvesting. African Examiner recalls that two Nigerians, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu were arrested in the […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has directed that a portal be opened to document unemployed citizens. This resolution was reached on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly before the president went to Rwanda to attend the 2022 CHOGM. The job portal would […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 51-year-old man, Alhaji Usman Madaki, who is trekking from Bauchi to Lagos to celebrate the victory of Senator Ahmed Tinubu as the 2023 flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has arrived. African Examiner reports that Madaki later left Ilorin, the Kwara capital, on Wednesday morning. He stated in Ilorin […]
