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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The authorities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have suspended all public activities including conferences, seminars and workshops in the institution and its environment until further notice, for security reasons, a statement from the institution has said. The statement, signed by the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Mrs Modupe Fawale, in Ibadan, on […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of late Michael Usifo Ataga has issued a statement calling for an in-depth investigation of the murder of Usifo Ataga and urged the police to go beyond the arrest of the suspect to get to the bottom of the case. In a statement entitled Libelous Publications In Respect of Murder […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two hoteliers and guest house operators around the Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) at Ikotun-Egbe in Alimosho Local Government of Lagos State, have decried non patronage since the demise of the church founder,Temitope Joshua, known as TB Joshua on June 5. The owners of the various facilities meant for lodging told […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Corruption is amongst the top three factors responsible for the failure of government policies and programmes in Nigeria, according to a study conducted by Nextier, a policy think-tank firm. Nextier is a multi-competency public service advisory organization with experience bringing diverse actors together to address governance problems in highly complex environments. Its […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has facilitated the use of a tracking device to track every truck loading petroleum product from any of its depots as part of efforts to nip smuggling in the bud and arrest culprits. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said this at a forum […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Andy Uba, has defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the party’s governorship candidate in the next November 6 elections. The chairman of the APC primary election panel and Ogun Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, announced the outcome of the poll at Golden Tulip […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it has the power to prosecute for noise pollution, churches and mosques that use loud speakers without control while worshipping. Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General of NESREA made this known while speaking in Abuja. According to Jauro, noise is one of the serious […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Journalists in Nigeria have been challenged as watch dog of the society to always use their respective media platforms in beaming search light on activities of government in the nation’s health sector. Resource persons at a two – day Media workshop on investigative Health Care Reporting, organized by the International press Centre […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are indications that Mrs Evelyn Joshua, the wife of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, will replace him as General Overseer of the church. Evelyn and Joshua were married for 31 years and had three children together until his death on June 5 at the […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed men believed to be kidnappers have abducted another traditional ruler in Ekiti, Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in Ekiti East Local Government Area. A source told newsmen on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, that the traditional ruler was returning from farm with his wife on Friday, when he was […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has enjoined troops of Sector 2, Operation Lafiya Dole, to end insurgency in the North-East region. Yahaya made the call on Saturday during an operational visit to the troops of Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole in Damaturu. He said the visit was operational […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has seized 646.23 kilograms of hard drugs and arrested 60 drug suspects in Imo State between January and June 2021. The seized drugs are Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and tramadol while the suspects arrested were between the ages of 17 and […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it impounded 835 articulated vehicles in 2020 under its Operation Scorpion I, II and III. The state Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the figure at a conference in Lagos on Friday. The conference on: “Curbing Crashes Involving Articulated Vehicles, was […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Ngozichukwu Unaogu, on Saturday urged families to ensure that children and wards desist from experimenting or engaging in drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. Unaogu, who is the Head, Training and Research of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, gave the task while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government Areas of Zamfara. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that troops, while on a fighting […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd last year has been sentenced to to 22 and half years in prison. The trial Judge, Peter Cahill said the sentence was not based on emotion or public opinion even as he acknowledged the deep and tremendous pain that all of […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe faces another national lockdown as Covid-19 cases continue to rise, with selected towns and districts already on localized lockdown. As at 24 June 2021, the country had a total of 44, 306 confirmed cases including 37 524 recoveries and 1 709 deaths. On Thursday 24 June, there were 826 new […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Eze Ude, State Coordinator, International Society for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP), said that Ebonyi was being rated highest in substance abuse among states of the federation. Ude disclosed this to newsmen on Friday during conclusion of a three-day workshop. The workshop was organised by officials of National Drug […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Oyo State, has confirmed the killing of Mrs Olayemi Odetomi, wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, in the state by unknown gunmen. Mrs Odetomi was shot dead on Friday in her residence at Ashi, Bodija Area of Ibadan, when unknown gunmen invaded her […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his scheduled trip to London, the United Kingdom (UK), for a medical follow-up visit. According to the President’s Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the Presidency would subsequently announce a new date for the scheduled trip. His words: “The medical follow-up […]
