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Friday, June 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Thursday abducted some lecturers and their families at Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, in Kaduna . An official of Kaduna Sate Vigilance service craving anonymity said some students of the institution were also injured. The official, who did not give details, said the incident occurred on Thursday night between 10.30pm and […]
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Friday, June 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman House Committee on Youth Development, Mr Yemi Adaramodu, has given assurance that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme would not be scrapped. Adaramodu gave the assurance at the unveiling of nine books on NYSC and a maiden NYSC film to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the scheme in Abuja […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14, as Public Holiday to mark 2021 Democracy Day. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Belgore said the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up on his plans to construct railways and roads extending into Niger Republic. He disclosed this during an interview on Arise Television which aired on Thursday. According to President Buhari, the borders were arbitrarily drawn by the French colonialists without taking into cognisance the cultural resemblance of […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, Stakeholders of Enugu West Senatorial District of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, have rejected the much-talked about zoning of governorship position in Enugu State. There have been claims that it is the turn of Enugu East Senatorial District to produce the next governor, after the incumbent, […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says the Indigenous People of Biafra clamouring for secession is a dot in a circle that has nowhere to go. The President disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV broadcast on Thursday. He said, “That IPOB is just like a dot in a circle. Even if they want […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military and police to deal mercilessly with insurgents and other criminals across the country. The president made this public on Thursday in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists on a live television programme. Buhari, who expressed the confidence that the order would yield positive results within […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday officially inaugurated the 157km double track Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge. The occasion was witnessed by a galaxy of very eminent personalities -they include Ministers of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, his Youths and Sport Development colleague, Sunday Dare, Minister of State for Transportation Gbemisola Saraki, and Ithe Speaker, […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Governor of Imo state, professor Placid Njoku, has dismissed news circulating in the Social media purporting his resignation , describing it as one of those unfounded baseless rumour and fake news being peddled by those head bent in destabilizing the Hope Uzodinmma led Administration. Prof. Njoku, reacted to the false […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Imo state, Mr. Abutu Yaro has advised hoodlums, bandits and other criminal elements terrorizing the state to repent and return all police rifles in their possession or be ready to face the consequence if apprehended. He said the command has resolved to ruthlessly deal with any person […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) called off its strike too early without achieving its aim of financial autonomy of the judiciary. African Examiner reports that the 64-day-old strike, the longest industrial action in the Nigerian judiciary was suspended […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uche Eke, the first Nigerian to be competing in the Olympics gymnastics competition, says his target is to make the final of the event at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Eke who hails from Igbere in Abia told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from his U.S. base after a week-long visit to […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State Chapter has mourned Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, who died on Saturday in Lagos. The party, in a statement on Wednesday evening by its Chairman, Adedeji Doherty, said that it could not forget the philanthropic gesture, […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council on Wednesday said that it would not extend the registration period for the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination for school-based candidates. This was contained in a statement signed by the council’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, titled ‘NECO will not extend registration period for 2021 […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minority caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has called on Nigerians to disregard the ban placed by the Federal Government on Twitter and continue to use the social media platform. The National Assembly caucus defined the ban as draconian, and equally criticized that many Nigerians are losing their sources […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 18 persons have been killed in an auto crash that occurred on Wednesday along Birninkudu-Kano road in Birninkudu Local Government Area of Jigawa. ASP Lawan Shisu, the acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state Police Command confirmed the incident. Shisu told newsmen that the incident occurred at […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, says all existing vehicle tinted glass permits duly issued by the Nigeria Police Force remain valid. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Mba said the clarification followed public enquiries emanating from the […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun has confirmed the killing of a young man, identified as Olorunda, who was hit by a stray bullet in Ilesha, Osun State by suspected cultists. The command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident in Osogbo on Wednesday. Opalola, however, said that peace was restored in the […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has stated that the suspension of Twitter’s operations is a plan to distract Nigerians from the federal government’s failure to address insecurity. In a tweet posted on Tuesday, the governor stated that the ban is illegal, saying that it is a suppression of the fundamental rights […]
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden embarked on his first overseas trip on Wednesday where he will meet European partners The president and First Lady Jill Biden are scheduled to meet U.S. soldiers in the English county of Suffolk to kick off their first foreign trip since taking office in January. On Thursday, Biden […]
