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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday has warned against any Commemoration protest in the state. A statement signed by the State Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, revealed that the command had received information of a planned protest to mark one year of the #EndSARS protest. Ajisebutu […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American actor, Granville Adams, popularly known as the lead character Zahir Arif in the prison series, Oz, has died at the age of 58 after battling cancer. In a statement by his family via his Instagram page, the actor died with his wife, Christina, by his side. Though the family statement was […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD) has clarified that the scheduled National Youth Games in Ilorin had not been cancelled, rather only the arrival date was shifted by two days on the directive of the Mr Sunday Dare, the sports minister. The games had been billed for Oct 10 […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on the Federal and some state governments to pay outstanding arrears of the minimum wage to its members as contained in the Memorandum of Action (MoA). The union also frowned at the delays in the release of the approved N15 billion Revitalisation Fund, […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to stop consuming and distributing infant formulas manufactured by Able Groupe, a US based company. The infant formulas from the company were said to have insufficient iron levels and did not meet up with other requirements of the […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXEMINER) – A Facebook executive said Sunday that the company would introduce new measures on its apps to prompt teens away from harmful content, as U.S lawmakers scrutinize how Facebook and subsidiaries like Instagram affect young people’s mental health. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, also expressed openness to the idea of […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says God can give power to anyone he wishes to give. Tinubu said this in Lagos on Sunday, as he reunited with his political associates and proteges at a welcome-back event and prayer, hosted by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The event […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, stated that Governor Dave Umahi and his Cross River State counterpart, Ben Ayade, will be disappointed ahead of the 2023 general election. Primate Ayodele , in a statement issued by his media aide, Oluwatoyin Osho, stated that Umahi’s mission to become the […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party says it will begin the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms on Monday. This is coming ahead of its National Elective Convention scheduled for October 30-31 The party disclosed this in its revised, ‘Timetable and Schedule of Activities for Year 2021 National Convention,’ signed by its […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have attacked Ngurore police station in Yola south LGA of Adamawa and also kidnapped a nursing mother in the area. Sulaiman Nguroje, the state police spokesman, confirmed the development on Sunday. According to Nguroje, the gunmen attacked the station around 2am on Sunday, as a diversion to carry out the abduction. […]
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Monday, October 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, berated the National Assembly for downplaying the relevance of the electronic transmission of results in general elections, adding that the lawmakers were doing so for self-interest. Jega disclosed this during a lecture organized by the Kwara Visioners Network for Rural […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen believed to be Bandits attacked Mailalle weekly market, in Sokoto state. They allegedly opened fire and killed nothing less than 20 persons and injured many. Eyewitnesses said, they saw the bandits carting away foodstuffs and setting houses ablaze. They allegedly stopped at the only petrol station in the area and filled […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Federal Government says there is no preferential treatment between groups advocating separation from the country and bandits, especially in the North West Zone. This clarification was made by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an interview in Abuja. The minister described as misleading and erroneous the notion that […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Victims of Friday’s raid by security operatives on illegal oil bunkers’ at Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo have condemned the attack as “unwarranted’’. Reacting to the incident , some residents in separate interviews, said that they incurred great losses in the raid. Two security operatives and a resident […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria made good their promise to bounce back from a shocking 1-0 loss to the Central African Republic, CAR by beating the Wild Beasts 2-0 on Sunday in Douala, Cameroon in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match. Goals from Leon Balogun and Victor Osimhen ensured that they […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation calls on Petroleum Tanker Drivers to, in the interest and welfare of the Nigerian people call off its planned strike action. The strike is about the condition of roads in various parts of Nigeria which are used for the distribution of goods and services including petroleum products. […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is working with agricultural scientists at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) to improve Tela maize production in Nigeria. Dr Rufus Ebegba, Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), made this known in Abuja at the public presentation of the drought tolerant and fall armyworm resistant maize known as Tela […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown on Saturday with a spectacular 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder as their trilogy fight delivered a boxing classic. In an epic battle in front of 15,820 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, both fighters were knocked down on multiple occasions in a contest […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) will commence strike on Monday over the deplorable state of the nation’s highways and other issues. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Zonal Chairman of NUPENG, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi has advised the public to disregard the widely-held notion that the Ember months are different from other months of the year. The Sector Commander of the Corps in the state, Anthony Okore, gave the advice in Abakaliki while flagging-off the 2021 Ember months road safety […]
