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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was great outburst of emotions as some mothers protested on Wednesday at the gate of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos where a 12 year old Sylvester Oromoni was allegedly beaten to death by some students of the school. In the video , monitored on BBC News Pidgin, the group also called on […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anger reigned in the two chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly as senators, and members of the House of Representatives, separately, condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in her COVID-19 red list without justification. This is even as governors of the 36 states of the federation expressed angst over the UK government’s […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion among power sector operators on Tuesday after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), fired the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company as a result of the strike embarked upon by the AEDC workers the preceding day. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Power said the management of […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 15 students have lost their lives by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, Yerima Shettima, has stated that 2023 is already too late for the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s president. Shettima stated that the Southeast should look beyond 2023 because the next two years might be too late to produce the country’s president. The Arewa youth leader […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has stated that the reputation of President Buhari is already established irrespective of whether he signs the electoral bill or not. It could be recalled that Buhari received the electoral act amendment bill from the National Assembly in November and has 30 days to make a […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and former Abia governor has refuted claims that he told the Department of State Service (DSS) to starve the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is presently detained on the order of Justice Binta Murtala Nyako-led […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the consideration and subsequent passage of the 2021 Finance bill that will guide the implementation of the 2022 appropriation In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan and read during plenary on Tuesday, President Buhari said that the bill […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has confirmed that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody while the other two are at large for alleged assault of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. Odumosu, disclosed this Tuesday morning that two other students of […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has stated that the ban of travelers from Nigeria by the UK over Omicron, a COVID-19 variant, is discriminatory. African examiner recalls that on Saturday, the UK placed Nigeria on its red list as a result of COVID Omicron cases linked to Nigeria. Addressing a […]
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Monday, December 6th, 2021
(AFRICANEXAMINER) – Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of the former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has alleged that the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain does not like Ndigbo. Chikwendu disclosed this during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, saying that Fani-Kayode does not like Igbos working in his house. She recounted how the former Aviation […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige will review the implementation of the Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed by the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The minister’s move is to avert another round of disruptions in academic activities in public varsities. “I will find out from the Accountant-General’s […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has ruled out the possibility of restricting foreign travelers from visiting Nigeria despite travel bans on the country by Canada, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Singapore and Hong Kong. This is just as the government stated that most of the in-bound passengers that tested positive for COVID-19 were from the […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presiding Bishop, House of God Int’l Church, Athan Azubuike, has alleged that the Igbos will always play second fiddle and may never produce the president of Nigeria even when they have all it takes to lead the country in 2023. The cleric disclosed this at an event for young clergy in […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has stated that the South-East was ready to kneel down, even prostrate and beg in order to get the opportunity to become Nigeria’s President 2023. Ezeife said this at the United for Better Nigeria Initiative National Convention in Abuja. African Examiner reports that the […]
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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom on Saturday night announced the imposition of travel restriction on citizens of Nigeria following an increase in the number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the world. This was disclosed by the UK’s Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, via his official Twitter account . […]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said it has commenced investigation into the death of one Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos who died under tragic circumstances a few days ago. The controversial death of Sylvester who would have turned 12 years on Saturday has since gone viral […]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As preparations for the next general elections gather momentum, a former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has raised concern that Nigeria may split before 2023 due to the sad realities in the country, including security challenges. He stated that Nigerian leaders would always want to remain in office even […]
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Saturday, December 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress are currently jostling to host the party’s national convention slated for February 2022. Apart from the governors, it was also gathered that some powerful stakeholders are making moves to determine the venue of the convention, where the party’s National Working Committee members would be elected. […]
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Friday, December 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), on Friday said the demolition of substandard and illegal construction across FESTAC Town in Lagos would continue. He said that some squatters would be relocated. Ashafa, represented by Mr Chinonso Omoke, FHA Executive Director, Project Implementation during a meeting with stakeholders at FHA […]
