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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal on Monday declared as dead on arrival, a petition of the state Governorship Candidate of PDP, Dr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), against Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s election. The tribunal held that evidence before it showed that the petition lacked merit. Adediran had contended that Sanwo-Olu was wrongfully nominated […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri, has alleged that the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, President, Joe Ajaero has turned the body into a tribal union. Omokri, taking to his X account formerly known as Twitter, alleged that Ajaero turned the NLC into a union that supported the presidential ambition of the 2023 Labour […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least four occupants of a vehicle in the convoy of the Speaker of Osun State House, Wale Egbedun, were injured and have been hospitalized after a road crash that occurred in Dagbolu, Osun State. The accident happened on Sunday along Osogbo/Ikirun road. However, Egbedun was not in the car when the […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare has come under fire concerning his statement on the late singer, Ilerioluwa Alobad better known as Mohbad. The African Examiner recalls that Mohbad died and was buried a few weeks ago and the cause of his death has been stirred […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Akande Festus, has denied claims that there is any connection between the fire incident that happened at the Supreme Court on Monday, September 25, 2023, and the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Speaking to reporters, Akande stated that the fire, which razed […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved a three-month grace period for owners of 189 undeveloped plots of land in the territory to begin to develop them or get their allocation papers revoked. Director of Information and Communication at the FCT Administration, Mr Muhammad Sule, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are reacting to the statement of social media influencer, Japheth Omojuwa, who praised President Bola Tinubu over the ringing of the closing bell at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), New York, the United States. The African Examiner recalls that Tinubu, last Wednesday, after his […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 35 people have died in a fire explosion at an illegal fuel depot located in the town of Seme-Podji near the Republic of Benin’s border with Nigeria. The incident happened on Saturday when the warehouse used for smuggled fuel exploded into flames. According to eyewitnesses, a local resident stated that […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kebbi Government has appealed to the residents of Birnin Kebbi and its environs to be patient as the total blackout being experienced would soon be over. Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi Governor disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the alarming rate of insecurity currently confronting South East Nigeria, which has continued to claim dozens of lives, President General of Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Engr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has said that he is ready to lay down his life for peace to reign in Igbo land. President General of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of 103 Battalion (Rear) of 82 Division Nigerian Army, Enugu, Presently on Operation UDO KA II, meaning peace is better have, rescued a kidnapped victim, one Dr. Maxwell Ayim along Road Four Corner-Agbogwe in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. The rescue operation was conducted when troops deployed at Udi […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International press Centre, IPC, Lagos South West Nigeria, through its Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ), has condemned in strong terms the alleged gruesome killing of Hamisu Danjibga, a veteran radio Reporter in Zamfara State who was found dead in a soak away pit in his house, on Wednesday, […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has described as “enemies of the people” persons sharing old video clips of burning of a commercial bus at Nanka and killing of soldiers at Umunze both of which happened last year during the dark days of insecurity. He also said the antic […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases such as skin and vaginal warts. The Lagos State Government has postponed the introduction of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPVV) campaign earlier scheduled for Monday, Sept. 25, for logistics reasons as informed by the Federal Ministry of […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has said it will resume from its annual recess on Tuesday to continue the first legislative year of the 10th Assembly. Dr Yahaha Danzaria, the Clerk of the house, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. The 10th Assembly proceeded on its annual recess on July […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has joined Nigerians, the academia, and the scientific community in congratulating Professor Hippolite Amadi for being awarded the 2023 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science. According to a statement issued on Friday by Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Science on […]
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Friday, the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court adjourned the judgment in a suit seeking Timipre Sylva’s disqualification from contesting the November 11 Bayelsa governorship poll until Tuesday. Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on July 6, fixed Friday for the judgment. However, the matter, which was number one on the day’s […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has backtracked on its earlier claim that President Bola Tinubu is the first African leader to ring the closing bell at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ) in New York. In a statement issued on Friday, the Presidency said it inadvertently made the claim based on […]
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Friday, September 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Friday gave its reasons for dispersing the youths who gathered at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State in light of the candlelight procession held in honour of the late Afrobeats artist Mohbad. Following last Tuesday’s passing of the 27-year-old under controversial circumstances, there has been public […]
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Friday, September 22nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday after bandits invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A resident of Sabon-Gida identified as Nazeer Sabon-Gida confirmed that the gunmen invaded the community around 3 am and […]
