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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nsukwa Divisional Police Station in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State has been razed down by unknown gunmen leaving three police officers reportedly killed. According to available information, the hoodlums attacked the Police Station around 2.am Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that the building and vehicles were razed while the […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called for more synergy among the state governors in order to resolve the numerous challenges affecting the country. Jonathan spoke in Benin after a thanksgiving service organised to mark the 59th birthday anniversary of Pastor Charles Osazuwa, General Overseer of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Goalkeeper Alisson Becker headed a dramatic stoppage-time winner at West Brom to keep Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League hopes alive. Just as the Reds’ top-four chances looked virtually over, the Brazil international glanced in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner-kick to clinch a 2-1 win on Sunday. He was mobbed by his teammates after his shock goal […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona put on a brilliant display to beat Chelsea 4-0 to win the Women’s Champions League final for the first time in the club’s history Sunday. Coming into the game full of confidence after winning the Women’s Super League title last week, Chelsea were on the back foot from the very beginning […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) has described Midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi and Forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, as gifts to Nigeria. The duo helped their club, Leicester City to clinch the 2020/2021 English FA Cup title. The club’s National Chairman, Samuel Ikpea, gave the commendation in a statement by NFSC’s media officer, Peter Ejiofor. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As agitation for self-determination by various ethnic groups in the country continues unabated, the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS) Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has declared that it has the capacity to address the issue in Southeast Nigeria if given the mandate. It noted that the […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ongoing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, retaliatory airstrikes by the Israeli army and confrontations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Arab-majority areas in Israel marked a region inflamed with violence unlikely to subside anytime soon. Saturday marked Nakba Day, referring to the Palestinian “catastrophe,” which remembers the mass displacement of […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian election officials announced on Saturday that it had postponed the planned June 5 election indefinitely. The move came amid the widespread security and logistical challenges the country is facing. Birutkan Mideksa, chairwoman of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, confirmed the change of date in a press statement: “The vote will […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Airlines on Saturday relaunched its passenger flight operation from Washington, D.C. to Accra, the capital of Ghana, after a hiatus of about a decade. A speech read on behalf of the Minister of Transport Kweku Ofori Asiamah at a news conference held at the forecourt of the Kotoka International Airport commended […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Saturday said that the decision of the Southern Governors on open grazing and other issues remain irrevocable and must be respected. NAN reports that the Forum of Southern Governors in one voice, recently announced a ban on open grazing in all the 17 Southern states. Wike […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing, Uche Okah, is dead. She reportedly died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja, where she was getting treatment over an undisclosed illness. Governor David Umahi on Saturday condoled with the husband of the deceased, Celestine Okah, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, May 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command has confirmed Thursday’s night fire outbreak at the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC office in Obollo Afor, Udenu Council area of Enugu state, saying full scale investigation into the incident has begun. African Examiner reports that the mystery inferno had destroyed part of the building It was […]
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Friday, May 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank says remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also said remittance flows fell for Sub-Saharan Africa by 12.5 per cent, according to its Migration and Development Brief 33 Phase 11 entitled: “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens’’ published on […]
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Friday, May 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo state, engaged suspected smugglers in a shootout during which four persons were reportedly killed and property destroyed. The exchange of gun shots by the customs officials and suspected smugglers threw the rustic town of Iseyin into panic with residents, who […]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2021
Liverpool breathed new life into their bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League after a 4-2 victory in their rescheduled game at Manchester United. The initial match on May 2 was called off as anti-Glazer protestors invaded Old Trafford, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team were stuck at the team hotel. United fans again […]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli Embassy and the ChabadAid of Nigeria on Wednesday donated food items to support the Fulani community to celebrate the Ramadan fast in the FCT. The ChabadAid is a humanitarian programme of the Jewish community. The food items donated to the Fulani community in Abuja contained rice, beans, groundnut-oil, pasta and […]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons including an infant on Wednesday died in a gas explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred around 3pm at Oke-Egunya, along NTA Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred when a technician […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has promoted 6, 332 officers and men of the service, following the approval of the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). The Public Relations Officer (SPRO) of the Service, Controller of Corrections (CC), Mr Francis Enobore, said this in a statement made available to […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Primary school teachers in Bayelsa have expressed disappointment that their April salaries did not reflect increases following promotions, despite the pledge by Gov Douye Diri. According to official sources, the state government made available about N200 million and had promised to commence the implementation of salary increases following the promotion of primary […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
….Receives Royal Blessing (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of a private firm, Finance Investment and Trade (FIT) Consultant Limited, currently executing a health Tourism district, and residences project in Enugu state, in partnership with the State Government, has said it will gulp a whopping 130 million US dollars. It said the organization is ever ready to […]
