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Thursday, December 26th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Christmas Day signed two Executive Orders, with one setting free six inmates at different prisons. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences of three convicted inmates to life imprisonment. The two Orders – Executive Commutation of Death […]
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Thursday, December 26th, 2019
By Jide Ayobolu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The three refineries owned by the Federal Government lost a total of N111.27bn from January to September this year, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said in its September report. The refineries posted a loss of N96.31bn in the same period in 2018, according to the NNPC data. Nigeria, Africa’s […]
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Thursday, December 26th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The raging supremacy crisis between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his successor – the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is far from being over, as the ex-Labour Leader has reportedly rejected Christmas gifts from his estranged political son. The latest development was disclosed in a statement […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr Mohammed Adamu has approved the deployment of two Assistant Inspector Generals of Police (AIG) and seven Commissioners of Police (CPs). The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the deployment was to reposition the […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officials on Tuesday said Zambian President Edgar Lungu, has pardoned 961 prisoners as part of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Stephen Kampyongo, Minister of Home Affairs, said out of the pardoned prisoners, 857 were males while 104 were females. The Zambian minister told reporters during a press briefing that out of […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called former President Goodluck Jonathan to sympathise with him following an attack by gunmen on his Otuoke country residence in Bayelsa. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. In the telephone conversation, Buhari […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government of Nigeria has finally bowed to Pressure and ordered the immediate release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki , and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr Omoyele Sowore from detention. The Minister of Justice and Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnanya Onu, has urged members of the ruling All progressive APC, in Enugu state and South-East in general not to relent in their support for President Muhammadu Buhari and the party at all levels. He said even though, members of the APC in Enugu state […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unknown gunmen in the late hours of Sunday, invaded the official residence of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Nengi Talbot, and abducted his six year old son, Antonio. The police confirmed the abduction took place at about 10:30pm on Sunday at the Commissioners’ quarter in Opolo axis of […]
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Tuesday, December 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Ismail Adewusi as the Postmaster General of the Federation (PMGF). Dr Adewusi took after his immediate past predecessor, Mr Bisi Adegbuyi. Mr Adegbuyi’s relieve was announced in a statement issued by President Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina. In the same vein, the […]
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, December 23, 2019, dismissed an application for a post-conviction bail filed by a convicted former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu had, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, filed the application, following his conviction and sentencing to […]
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja has withdrawn from the fundamental rights enforcement suit instituted by the #RevolutionNow protests convener, Mr. Omoyele Sowore. Sowore is seeking an order for his release from the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS). There have not been fresh charges instituted against Sowore since […]
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Saturday, December 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool football club on Saturday lifted the 2019 FIFA club world cup on Saturday as they beat Flamengo 1-0 in the final match up in Doha, Qatar. Roberto Firmino scored the only goal of the game in the 99th minute, as Jurgen Klopp’s reigning European champs beat the South American champions in a draining, […]
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Saturday, December 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist for allegedly raping a 34-year-old woman and beheading the victim’s five-year-old son. The state Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, made the disclosure on Friday while addressing newsmen at the headquarters of the command in Eleyele, Ibadan. The suspect is one of the […]
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Saturday, December 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Jamilu Zannah has resigned barely two weeks after the inauguration of the state executive council. Zannah hinged his resignation to “high-handedness” and lack of consultation on the part of Gov. Bello Matawalle. The government has however dismissed the claims, saying Zannah’s action was unfortunate, selfish and a […]
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Friday, December 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal have appointed a former captain of the club, Mikel Arteta as head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The 37-year-old won the FA Cup twice in a five-year career with the Gunners and succeeds fellow Spaniard Unai Emery, who was sacked in November He had been working as a coach under Pep Guardiola […]
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Thursday, December 19th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division Thursday dismissed an appeal by a former Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr. Joseph Nwobike. Nwobike had approached the appellate court in a suit challenging his conviction by the Lagos State High Court, presided over by Justice Raliat Adebiyi. Nwobike was convicted in April 2018 over attempting […]
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Thursday, December 19th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), has been arrested in Abuja. Reports said the former AGF’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) hinted in a short message hinted that his client was arrested Thursday moments after the aircraft which he boarded from Dubai, the […]
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Thursday, December 19th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A landlord, Mr. Victor Kanaychukwu Ani, has dragged the Udi local government area of Enugu state, South- east Nigeria, chapter of the ruling All progressive Congress APC to court over two years rent arrears owed him by the party. The Plaintiff, who filed the case with suit No. MUD\85\2019 at the Magistrate court (2) […]
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Thursday, December 19th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) workers Thursday staged a peaceful protest at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance to kick against the Federal Government (FG) plan to relinquish stamp duty collections to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The protest was led by the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations […]
