Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has disowned a recent award of excellence bestowed on the Awgu Council Area Chairman of the state, Chief Pedro Nwankwo, with the name of the organization, describing it as fake and fraudulent. It made it clear that those behind the said controversial award […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that the Service Chiefs have resigned their appointments and thus proceeded on retirement from service. The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina in Abuja. The statement says those retired are the […]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A house belonging to Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho in Soka, Ibadan has reportedly been razed by suspected arsonists. The fire began around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The incident occurs days after Mr Igboho led his followers and aggrieved residents to Igangan in Ibarapa area of Oyo […]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least nine people were reported killed after tropical cyclone Eloise hit Africa’s east coast at the weekend with wind gusts of up to 160 kilometres per hour and heavy rain. The majority of the deaths were reported in worst-hit Mozambican port city of Beira, according to authorities – most of them […]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has disclosed that four Nigerians had tested positive of the United Kingdom (UK) COVID-19 strain. Our correspondent reports that the UK COVID-19 strain is highly contagious and deadly. Speaking on Monday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, ), […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on political matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has revealed how national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, held a secret meeting with Sunday Igboho in 2009. African Examiner recalls that Igboho, whose real name is Sunday Adeyemo, has been in the news recently over the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria, (ISPON), has inducted the Enugu state Caretaker Committee Chairman of the ruling All progressive Congress APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, as a fellow of the body which is charged with the regulation of safety management in Nigeria. Nwoye, is also the Executive Director of Opeans Nigeria […]
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea Football Club have parted company with Head Coach Frank Lampard. The sack was contained in a statement issued today in London by the club. The statement reads: “This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the Board have taken lightly. “We are grateful to Frank […]
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 964 cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the tally of infections in the country to 121,566. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Sunday. The country has so far tested 1,258,534 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at a two day workshop on the role of the media in the fight against the dreaded Covid 19 pandemic currently ravaging the globe, organized for Journalists in the five South East states of Nigeria, have expressed worry over issue of fake news on the scourge and doubts by many people […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday has enjoined the United States President, Joe Biden, to impose sanctions on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration due to alleged corruption and rights violations. The party disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Publicity […]
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Sunday, January 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for a dialogue and wider consultation as means to resolve the ongoing crisis between the Hausa-Fulani herdsmen and the Oke-Ogun community in Oyo state. The call was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. […]
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Sunday, January 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Taraba on Sunday confirmed the kidnapping and killing of the Chairman of Ardo Kola Local Government Area of the state, Mr Salihu Dovo, and his Nephew. DSP David Misal, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Jalingo. “It’s true, the […]
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Sunday, January 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire outbreak at the Nigeria Army Depot, Zaria, Kaduna State, has destroyed parts of Block 15 of soldiers’ quarters at the depot. Capt. Abdu Arigu, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Army Depot, Zaria, confirmed the incident on Sunday. According to him, the incident occurred at 9.30p.m. on Saturday at the block […]
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Sunday, January 24th, 2021
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,633 cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 120,602. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late Saturday. The country has so far tested 1,241,230 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was […]
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Sunday, January 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for the restructuring of ECOWAS, saying that the organization needed to streamline its management to adjust to current realities. ”A situation where ECOWAS has 23 statutory appointees, of which 13 are Commissioners for this Commission is totally unsustainable”, the president said in his presentation to the virtual […]
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The report that the Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu, has ordered for the arrest of popular Yoruba activist and grassroot politician, Sunday Igboho, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner reports that Igboho had issued a quit notice to Fulani herdsmen in the state due to their alleged criminal activities and […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to talk to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfil his 2015 campaign promises on restructuring. The PDP is challenging the APC after the spokesperson of the senate, Senator Ajibola Basiru, stated that restructuring as promised by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has opened up concerning the tension in Oyo State. The monarch who spoke on Saturday at a Church service in Ibadan urged both farmers and herders to live in peace. He was represented by Mogaji Okiti-Aresa, Chief Adeshina Olatunji. According to him, blaming a particular […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A twitter user is trending on social media as he advised former Nigeria’s Vice President Atiku Abubakar to be careful of what he wishes for or he might end up in jail. In commenting on the election of President Joseph Biden of the United States of America and resulting crises following President […]
