Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, July 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s Inspector General of police, (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered for an immediate internal review of the allegations and indictment against one of its Senior personnel, a Deputy Commissioner of police, DCP, Abba Kyari by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI. The Senior police Chief, is alleged to have questions […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL), an NGO, says Kwara is a hot spot for human trafficking because of the state’s geographical. Mr Oyedeji Olufemi, the Kwara Coordinator of NACTAL, said this on Thursday in Ilorin during a stepdown training on Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP). According to him, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to order the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to interrogate the accusation of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, in a $1m fraud involving alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. The party made this known […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Government has debunked rumours on its purported plan to ban women, regardless of their faith, from driving in the state. The denial was contained in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information Mr Muhammed Garba, and made available to newsmen on Thursday, in Kano. He described the trending […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
…Saying We Are Dying (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Retirees of various parastatals in Enugu State, South East Nigeria, have send save our Soul (SOS) on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to graciously direct the commencement of payment of their entitlements in order to save them from untimely death. They said they have been struggling to have even one […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has charged all newly promoted officers of the agency to crush drug cartels across Nigeria. Marwa gave the charge during a ceremony to decorate newly promoted Deputy Commanders General of Narcotics, (DCGNs) and Assistant Commanders General of Narcotics, (ACGNs) […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Saturday’s ward congresses to elect party executives will hold across the country on as scheduled. The party, in a statement on Thursday by Secretary of CECPC, Senator John Akpanudoedehe in Abuja, said the July 31 date […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINBER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says it won’t allow its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, remain in custody till October. It could be recalled that Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court had adjourned Kanu’s trial till October 21, 2021. The judge gave the ruling because of the inability of the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has denied receiving a bribe from popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi. The United States Department of Justice had stated that ongoing investigations indicated that Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest one Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, one of his colleagues in Nigeria. Reacting, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A United States court has issued a warrant of arrest for a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Nigeria, Abba Kyari. According to a court document obtained by Peoples Gazette, Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to track down […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the suit brought by 12 detained associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. The court, on Thursday, took the decision to adjourn till Monday because the Department of State Services failed to produce the detained aides as earlier […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized 124 assorted items worth N133 million in Kebbi between January and June. The Area Comptroller, Kebbi Area Command, Hafiz Kalla, made this known on Thursday in Birnin Kebbi while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command during the period. “The command made 124 seizures of […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Thursday announced it has registered more than 60 million Nigerians for the unique National Identification Number (NIN) records in the National Identity Database (NIDB). The Commission said the feat could not have been possible without the cooperation of all stakeholders, including the general public. Its […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Basketball Association (NBA), the top-flight professional basketball league in the United States of America (USA) has announced that former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner. The NBA has a decades-long history in Africa and opened an African headquarters in Johannesburg in 2010. The Basketball Africa League […]
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has won the award of the MOST COVID-19 COMPLIANT TERMINAL instituted by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents’ (LAAC) The presentation took place during the 25th edition of LAAC Annual Conference & Awards held at Sheraton Hotel, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently supporting the Ondo State Government in scaling up COVID-19 sample collection and testing services in the state. The intervention was informed following a decline in most of the COVID-19 monitoring indices in the state. In first week of February this year, the number of samples […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited former Governor of Nasarawa State and serving senator, Tanko Al-Makura, and his wife, Mairo, over alleged corruption. A source at the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday evening. As of the time of filing this report, the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, the Lagos Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the corps has arrested 110 traffic violators on Wednesday under its Operation Thunderstorm. Ogungbemide disclosed this in a statement by the FRSC Route Commander and Public Education Officer, Mrs Olabisi Sonusi, in Lagos. He explained that the command had […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has ruled ten Nigerian athletes ineligible to partake in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Japan and reduce the country’s hope of clinching more medals at the event. According to available information, the athletes failed to meet the minimum testing requirements under Rule 15 of the Anti-Doping […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, July 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud charges as part of a plea bargain he entered with the U.S. authorities. Recall that the 37-year-old was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 and he was subsequently extradited to the United States where he has been facing charges of […]
