Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday. Reports say the incident occurred when the team leader was trying to retrieve the gun from Sulaiman following his strange behavior. “In the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of concerted efforts to address the present security challenges in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodinma, has directed traditional rulers and the police to as a matter of urgency mop up arms in the hands of unauthorised individuals. He said the monarchs and the police are also expected to work in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, June 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hit by a fresh surge of infections and with vaccine deliveries at a near standstill, Africa is not ready to face a third wave of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation warned Thursday. “Many African hospitals and clinics are still far from ready to cope with a huge rise in critically-ill patients,” […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has frowned at the present state of Nigeria. Obasanjo stated that bad leadership had made Nigeria drip in bitterness and sadness. He disclosed this during an event at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. According to him, bad leadership has made it hard for […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that there was no planned mass retirement of senior officers in the Nigerian Army over the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff. The appointment of the new COAS has sparked speculations that it could lead to the retirement of senior officers. Addressing journalists at the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governing board of the National Examinations Council has approved the appointment of Mr. Ebikibina John Ogborodi as the Acting Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council. The appointment followed the death of the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma on Monday, June 1, 2021, after a brief illness. Until his appointment, Mr. Ogborodi was the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The staff of Chimola School in Akure, the Ondo state capital, who was in the school bus hijacked today by gunmen has been released. African Examiner gathered that the female attendant, identified as Peace, was released by the gunmen at lkota. But the gunmen went away with the school bus. The school […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun says efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspected armed robbers that killed four of its officers and three others in an attempted banks robbery in Ikire and Apomu Town on Wednesday. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Command Spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, that […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says popular social media giant, Twitter, should hold presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu; and Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed accountable for the controversial ‘civil war’ post on the President’s verified handle on Tuesday. It could be recalled that President Buhari on Tuesday, condemned the attacks […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on motorcycles hijacked a school bus at Oba Ile Estate in Akure North Local Government thursday morning It is not yet clear how many pupils were inside the bus. Some eyewitnesses said pupils were inside the bus while others claimed only the attendant was taken away by the hoodlums. It was […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some armed men on Wednesday struck in Ikire and Apomu, Irewole and Isokan local government areas of Osun State, killing five persons in Ikire after attacking two new generation banks and a police station. It was gathered that the armed robbers had earlier robbed a bank in Apomu town around 5:00 p.m. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Music star, Oladapo Oyebanji popularly known as D’banj, will this month (June) release a single from his next album entitled “Stressfree” to mark his next birthday. D’banj made the disclosure in Lagos during reward of 10 winners of the May edition of a raffle draw organised by his initiative, CREAM Platform. The […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says the civil war analogy used by President Buhari referring to dealing with persons misbehaving in the country was “insensitive”. She disclosed this in a video statement on Wednesday as she reacted to a statement made by the President on Tuesday after meeting with the Chairman […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has urged the Federal Government to engage various separatists groups in the country to douse tensions and agitations. Falana made the appeal while speaking at the South-West Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has lashed out at social media giant, Twitter, for playing alleged double standards on issues concerning Nigeria’s domestic issues, describing the company’s role in Nigeria as suspect. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, reacting to questions over the reported deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets reminiscing Nigerians’ […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Social media giant, Twitter, has deleted a controversial post by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the Biafran war of 1967-1970 wherein many lives were lost. The tweet, which was posted on Tuesday, read in part, “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded UNICEF $9,978,800 over three years to support the Nigerian government’s initiative to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States in north-west Nigeria. The funds will provide lifesaving WASH services to more than 300,000 people in need of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress has stated that the insurgency which its government is facing was inherited from the administration led by the People’s Democratic Party. According to APC, the seed of insurgency was sown by the PDP “when it handled the Boko Haram insurgency in an inept and incompetent manner”. The […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(African examiner) – THE Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to abolish the gulf between the Higher National Diploma certificate and the university degree holders in the country. The piece of legislation, sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure, passed the third reading on the floor of the Senate at plenary. The Chairman, Senate Committee on […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted an Executive Bill to the Senate, seeking extension of retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan read the letter on the floor of the senate at Wednesday’s plenary. Lawan explained that the bill would harmonised the retirement age for teachers in […]
