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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All progressive Congress APC Anambra State Chapter, has sacked its publicity secretary, Mr. Okelo Madukaife for congratulating winner of the just concluded governorship election in the state, and Candidate of the ruling All progressive Grand Alliance APGA, professor Charles Soludo. Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Basil Ejidike disclosed […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has condemned the attack of a female lecturer of Faculty of Life Sciences, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyyah, by a student of the institution. Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman of the association, made the condemnation during an interview on Monday in Ilorin. […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeem Christian Church of God pastor, Sunday Adeniran, has regained freedom. Adeniran and two other persons were abducted on Saturday by yet to be identified gunmen in Calabar. A source who pleaded anonymity stated that they were released at about 2: am this morning near Scanobo filling station, Ikot Ekpo 8 […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission may be forced to use serving members of the National Youth Service Corps to monitor political parties’ direct primaries across the country if the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), signs the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. This is because of the large number of personnel that will […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The vice president of the Dangote Group, Sani Dangote, brother to Aliko Dangote, is dead. Mr Dangote died in the United States Sunday after a protracted illness. Relatively less popular than his billionaire brother, Mr Dangote had investments in manufacturing, agriculture, banking and oil services. He sat on the boards of several […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Kano State have rescued one Alhaji Nadabo, 80, from suspected kidnappers in Garun Mallam local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, on Sunday in Kano. “On Nov. 12, 2021, at about 19:57 hours, a report was […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo Presidency come 2023 is possible and feasible, the apex sociocultural organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said. Ohaneze disclosed this in a statement signed by the factional Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Okechukwu Isiguzuro, saying that any attempt to scuttle the 2023 Igbo Presidential project on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, has raised the alarm concerning moves to increase the pump price of fuel in Nigeria. Adeyanju alleged that the federal government is planning to increase the price of fuel to N450 per litre. In a series of tweets, the activist accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, has disowned a publication attributed to him about “Defence Headquarters warning soldiers against overthrowing Buhari’s regime”. Nwachukwu, in a statement , said the publication, which was riddled with outrageous lies and fabrications, claimed that the “Defence Headquarters has denounced a call for the military […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lead agitator for self-determination for Yoruba ethnic group, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, insists he has not committed any offence to warrant trial by the Beninese government. Speaking exclusively with Sunday Vanguard, through his lead counsel, Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), at the weekend, Igboho noted that the Beninese government was […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Lawal Usman, a Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the party must zone its presidential ticket to the North for 2023 general elections for strategic reasons. Usman, popularly called ‘Mr LA’, said this when he spoke in Zaria . “For the strategic interest of the party and the nation, […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja Chapter, has rejected the account of the police on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and subsequent death of Vanguard Newspaper reporter, Tordue Salem. The Chairman of the NUJ FCT council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, while receiving a letter from the House of Representatives Press Corps at the NUJ […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army has been killed in an ambush by terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province in Borno State. ISWAP had attacked troops at a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday morning according to reports. Four other soldiers were […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ohanaeze Ndigbo has applauded the federal government for contemplating a political solution for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Yoruba successionist activist, Sunday Igboho. It could be recalled that the Nigerian government had stated that it is open to all kinds […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Saturday, leave Paris for Durban, South Africa, at the special invitation of President Cyril Ramaphosa, to the inauguration of the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2021. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman confirmed this development in a statement on Saturday, in Abuja. The event, billed for Nov. […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria, is among prominent Nigerians that will receive the Zik Leadership Merit Award on Nov. 16. Mr Chineme Onyeke, Director-General (D-G) of Igbo Nsukka United Front (INUF), disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Nsukka. Onyeke said the event, scheduled to hold at Shehu […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of Budget Office (DG), Dr Ben Akabueze, has lamented that over 30 million Nigerians who are generating taxable incomes are not paying tax, compounding the effort of the government to broaden its revenue. Speaking at an interactive forum with the media and civil society organizations in Abuja, Akabueze stated that […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians in the Diaspora to always abide by the norms and rules of their host countries. President Buhari gave the charge during a meeting with Minister of State Foreign Affairs of United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Excellency Shaikh Shakboot Alnahyan, at the sidelines of the Paris Peace […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dele Momodu, a 2011 presidential candidate and veteran journalist, has opened up on why he opposes President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Momodu, Buhari’s administrative style is horrible; hence his opposition. In a post on his Facebook, the celebrity journalist accused Buhari of taking Nigeria back to the Stone Age. Stressing that the […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution companies and all meter asset providers. The circular, […]
