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Friday, October 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Etekuru Ohaji Egbema Council area of Imo state have fled their homes for fear of reprisal attack , following thursday’s night killing of a Soldier in the area by yet to be identified armed men. It was gathered that the deceased Soldier was ambushed and murdered by his assailants who […]
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Friday, October 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Thursday made his first public appearance since his release from prison on medical parole last month to lay charges against a chief state prosecutor. Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption, to open a […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Election says it is happy with the level of preparation ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra. In a statement issued on Thursday, Festus Okoye, INEC’s commissioner for information and voter education, disclosed that only two out of 14 activities on the election timetable are yet […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An explosion on Wednesday night has disrupted the Abuja-Kaduna train about 40 kilometres to Kaduna, leaving passengers in fear and confusion for over six hours after taking off from the Idu terminal in Abuja. A passenger, Garba Muhammad ,said the train which departed Abuja around 6 pm on Wednesday, developed fault around […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi has ordered that the former board chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Ngozi Olejeme, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody, until Friday. The judge, Justice Maryam Hassan gave the order after listening to both counsel submissions on the defendant’s […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Moscow expected that Iran and Azerbaijan would resolve the situation on the border through political and diplomatic methods, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. “We consistently advocate reduction of tensions on the border between Azerbaijan and Iran. “We are convinced that all issues in relations between these two states, […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some hoodlums enforcing the sit- at home order declared by the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafran IPOB, on Thursday set ablaze a trailer, commuter bus and a provision shop at Emene area of Enugu. The group Championing Biafran Republic, had declared another sit-at-home on Thursday in all parts of South Eastern region […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested 14 former and current government officials over graft offenses. ACC said in a statement on Thursday, that the 14 arrested include a former Southern province Permanent Secretary, Sibanze Simuchoba. It stated that the permanent secretary and two other officials were arrested for failure to follow applicable […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned political scientist with the University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN), Enugu state, professor Jonah Onuoha, has expressed concern over the current alarming insecurity in the nation, particularly South East Region, blaming the situation on bad governance. He posited that if nothing is urgently done by the political Actors at the helm […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has escaped death onboard a Kaduna-Abuja train. Sani made this known on his Twitter account saying that the train he boarded ran into a portion damaged by explosives used by terrorists in attacking a Kaduna-Abuja train on Wednesday. Sani also alleged that terrorists had attacked a […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians from the South-West zone have condemned the rising cost of food items and cooking gas, calling on the Federal Government to swiftly intervene. Barring their minds in separate interviews with African Examiner in Kwara, Osun, Oyo and Ogun, they complained that the cost of food items and cooking gas had soared […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charged preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date after the office of the Attorney-General of […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was assaulted by suspected hoodlums at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. Sowore was denied access into the court by the security operatives. But as he was still talking to the security men, some boys numbering about 20, arrived. Their presence was noticeable in […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, has stated that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. Erdogan disclosed this at a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari during the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. African Examiner recalls […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security. He was brought to the Court on a black Sports Utility Vehicles at about 8am, although sitting had yet to commence as of the time of this report. Journalists, lawyers and staff […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State government says it would begin barring its employees from gaining access to their work places beginning November 1, if they fail to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19. The order was made known in Akure by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Segun Odusanya. Ondo […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multiple award-winning singer Davido has celebrated his first son Ifeanyi, who clocks two today. The singer welcomed his son with his estranged fiancée, Chioma Rowland aka Chefchi on Sunday, October 20, 2019, in London, United Kingdom. The singer was present during the delivery of his heir apparent. The dotting father of three […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians visa applicants to India has decried the unnecessary delays by the India High Commission, in Abuja, to process their travel documents, saying that this had impacted them negatively. The applicants narrated their ordeals as regards the processing and approval of their travel documents by the mission, in spite of paying the […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, has warned the general public to beware of fraudsters offering employment in the name of the hospital. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Emeka Ogah, gave the warning while interacting with journalists in Abakaliki. “The public should be informed that […]
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Thursday, October 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea cruised to a 4-0 win over Malmo FF in the Champions League on Wednesday as strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner were forced off through injury. Lukaku left the game at Stamford Bridge on 18 minutes with an ankle injury after he was brought down inside the box, while Werner limped […]
