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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Saturday, challenged internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, to prove corruption allegations against its operatives. In a statement, a spokesman for the anti-graft agency Dele Oyewale described Mompha’s allegations as “malicious and unsubstantiated”. “The claim, coming from an accused in a criminal […]
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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed his commitment to building a well-equipped and truly professional Army that will remain the pride of the nation. The President’s message was delivered at the grand finale of the 2024 Nigerian Army Day celebration at the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Saturday. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been working towards establishing a single currency, known as the ECO, to facilitate economic integration and improve trade among member states. The endorsement by Nigeria, the region’s largest economy, is a significant step towards the actualization of this long-anticipated monetary union. The introduction […]
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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Afrobeat Superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has addressed the ongoing child custody dispute with Sophia Momodu, mother of his first daughter, saying, all he asked for is joint parenting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the matter is currently a subject of litigation before the court. Davido […]
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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canada claimed a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Venezuela on Friday to reach the Copa America semi-finals for the first time after an absorbing contest finished 1-1 at the AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas. With the teams all square after five attempts each in the shootout, Wilker Angel had his spot-kick saved by […]
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Saturday, July 6th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Rivers has cautioned the public regarding potential cult-related activities across the country on June 7. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson of the command, disclosed in a statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday that a large number of Black Axe cultists were preparing to mark their Founder’s Day. According […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Abdul Mohammed, and other counsel for the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, on Thursday, withdrew their legal representation in the Kano emirate tussle suit. Mohammed had informed the Kano State High Court that he had an affidavit of fact dated July 3, attached with a […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has killed a nine-man suspected armed gang within the state. Confirmed police sources told the African examiner on Friday that the command’s Special Squad One Team achieved the feat when it engaged the men around the Ajao, Okota, Isolo and Ladipo axis. The source added that five […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commision, says Mali, B/Faso and Niger, three Sahel member states under military rule, are not giving signs of intention to return to the subregional bloc. Touray, who made this known at the 92nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on Thursday in Abuja, […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The battle against substance abuse is one that spans generations and transcends borders. The prevalence of drug abuse is staggering, with far-reaching consequences that ripple through communities and societies. According to the World Health Organisation, substance abuse claims the lives of over 500,000 people annually, with a staggering 35 million people worldwide […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A state-of-the-art ICT centre was on Thursday inaugurated at the Sa’adu Zungur University (formerly Bauchi State University), Gadau in Bauchi State in the latest support for education in Nigeria by The Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture partners – Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC); TotalEnergies and Nigeria […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited Mallam Mele Kyari has declared that the drive to bring Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) closer to Nigerians has since commenced and is irreversible. Kyari, who disclosed this on Thursday during the simultaneous commissioning of 12 CNG stations in Abuja and Lagos, said in addition […]
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration, asserting that he has failed to address the significant problems inherited from former President Muhammadu Buhari. This criticism follows statements by various PDP leaders who have highlighted the ongoing economic hardships and security challenges facing Nigeria. Aminu Tambuwal, a prominent […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, July 5th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 104 indigent female students of Community Secondary School (CSC) Oboll-Eke, in Udenu Council area of Enugu State have smiled home, as a Non governmental organization with bias for women and girls, Women Information Network (WINET) and her foreign partner, Mundo Cooperante of Spain awarded them scholarship. Our correspondent reports […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its renewed effort aimed at stamping out corruption and other forms of unholy acts within its fold, the Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Wednesday took a Sensitization and awareness advocacy to the Akanu Ibiam international Airport, and streets of Enugu. The exercise tagged: ‘Mitigating Corruption […]
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday swore in a new government that comprises new defence and foreign ministers amid regional turmoil and domestic economic woes. Egypt, with an estimated 9 million refugees and migrants, has been hard hit by the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the neighbouring […]
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Nigeria Police Force, National Cybercrime Centre, said it has arrested a Nigerian prankster, in Abuja over threatening video pranks. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Thursday in Abuja, said that the prankster was arrested at an apartment in Wuye area of the Federal Capital […]
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the construction work of the 1000-km Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway in August. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi disclosed this during a stakeholders engagement on the project in Birnin Kebbi. Umahi said that he was directed by the president to come to Kebbi with some ministers […]
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the issue of releasing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, was never part of the discussion he had with the South East governors in Enugu, Enugu State, on Tuesday. Obasanjo in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, July 4th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian citizen, Barrister Olu Omotayo has instituted a suit at the Enugu State High Court, against Governor Peter Mbah and the state Ministry of Transport over human rights violation and continuous violation of the Road Traffic Law by agents of the state. Omotayo, is president of a human rights organisation, Civil […]
