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Monday, August 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has counselled the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against threatening a lockdown in the South-East Zone every Monday. Okechukwu gave the advice in a statement on Sunday in Enugu. IPOB, in a statement on Friday through its Publicity Secretary, […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The agonising traffic gridlock on the Apapa road leading to the port has constituted a major headache to the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), its acting Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. Bello-Koko told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that the traffic congestion problem had defied solutions “for more than 10 years […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has directed immediate suspension of Mr Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, following the high-profile bribery and fraudulent allegations made against the officer. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Kyari, an […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has returned home after he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Saturday. Saraki, who spent a few hours with operatives of the EFCC told THISDAY that he met with officials of the commission after an invitation to clarify some issues. “They asked […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Head Coach of kickboxing in Ogun State, Olufunke Ogunsuyi, has been confirmed dead. She died in Ilorin on Saturday while participating in the Kwara Zonal and Invitational Kickboxing Championship. She officiated in the competition and also fielded two athletes. The corpse of the former kickboxing champion was picked up in her […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has stated that they find it strange that a US Court would call for the arrest of a Nigerian living in Nigeria. PSC on Saturday stated that it is yet to get a formal report on the allegations against Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Usman Kyari, younger brother to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, on Saturday deleted pictures of himself posing with several luxury vehicles or in apartments on his Instagram handle. Usman’s social media posts began attracting attention on Friday following his elder brother’s indictment by the FBI. Usman’s page, with […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC on Saturday conducted its ward congress amid missing result sheets in all the 260 political wards of the state. Our correspondent who monitored the exercise in parts of the state, reports that the congress was characterized by complaints of non availability of […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday organised parallel ward congresses in Abia, as leadership crisis continues to rock the party. The congresses came barely two days after the party re-affirmed the suspension of its chieftain, Chief Ikechi Emenike. Emenike is the leader of a faction of the party, challenging the Donatus […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Peace, Reconciliation and Outreach Committee on Saturday in Enugu held a closed door meeting with Mrs Bianca Ojukwu. Mrs Ojukwu is the wife of late national leader of the party, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain. The delegation which included the Speaker, Anambra […]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday in Abuja confirmed the arrest and detention of the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesperson of the commission said that Saraki was invited for questioning over allegations of corruption and money laundering. He said the former senate president […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunde Rahman, Special Adviser on Media to National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied his principal is dead or hospitalised. Rahman made this known on Saturday in a statement following rumours the former Lagos Governor has passed on. The statement reads: “His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of the Department of State Services have been feeding the 12 aides of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, with a soup known as “engine oil”, counsel for the detained persons, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has alleged. The lawyer, who said he was at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria’s Grace Nwokocha has crashed out of women’s 100m at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. She crashed out after finishing fifth in heat 3 of women’s 100m semis with a time of 11.07 seconds. Earlier, Blessing Okagbare and Grace Nwokocha on Friday qualified for the semifinals, giving Nigeria hope of winning a […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have unanimously agreed to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, August 2, 2021. This is coming at a very critical time when the country is currently experiencing a rise in COVID-19 infections; the signal of a third wave of […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday declared every Monday, effective August 9,2021, a sit-at-home day to press for the release of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu. But Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has criticized against the move, warning that it could worsen the economic situation in the region. Spokesman […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria’s Divine Oduduru has been disqualified from Heat 5 of men’s 100m for a false start at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Meanwhile, Ese Itsekiri representing the country in the 100 metres at the Olympics qualified for the semi-final after finishing 3rd respectively in his heat. Itsekiri finished in 10.15 seconds […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced in October 2021. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, disclosed this to one of our correspondents in an emailed enquiry on Friday. Hushpuppi has recently pleaded guilty to various offences […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
By Emmanuel Aziken (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was in 2018 that the people of Akwa Ibom saw what many at that time called the Udom wonder when the price of garri crashed from more than N200 a cup to N100. For a former top banker it was another move that further crushed the idea that […]
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Saturday, July 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo Police command says its operatives had killed two bandits during crossfire in Njaba Local Government Area on Saturday. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abutu Yaro, confirmed this in a statement signed by the command’s Spokesman, CSP Mike Abattam, in Owerri. He said one AK47 riffle and an operational vehicle were […]
