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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian navy, on Tuesday, handed over 22 suspected oil thieves to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suspects were handed over to the anti-graft agency alongside their two vessels which they allegedly used to steal crude oil. The EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. […]
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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), has suspended campaign activities over the floods ravaging many parts of the country. Mr Obi has also called on the candidates of other political parties to suspend their campaigns and join him to help the flood victims. He said this when he visited […]
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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is suffering delay because of the drainage channel being constructed across the road by the Oyo State Government in its Ibadan axis. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the inaugural edition of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration Scorecard […]
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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 22-year-old primary school teacher, Margret Obano, for allegedly brutalising her two-year-old daughter and burning her buttocks. African Examiner learnt that the incident happened on Friday, October 14, 2022, in the Bariga area of the state. An Instagram platform, Instablog9ja, while speaking […]
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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Sulaimon Hussein Adamu said that 171 million Nigerians do not have access to hygiene services. The minister made the observation in his address to commemorate the 2022 Global Handwashing Day. Leveraging its position as a foremost advocate of hand hygiene habits and regular handwashing, Dettol Nigeria has […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some physically-challenged persons on Wednesday staged a protest in the Surulere area of Lagos, causing a traffic gridlock which kept motorists on the roads for hours. Many who were on their way to work were forced to abandon commercial vehicles and trek long distances to beat the traffic, especially along Funso Williams […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Nigeria’s Startups Bills into law, activating the Nigeria Startups Act 2022. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the quiet signing ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also disclosed that the new Act will be establishing […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities to Commemorate the 2022 global Hand washing day in Enugu State, WaterAid Nigeria in partnership with a non- governmental body, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSSDO, has donated hand washing stations and detergents to primary schools in Enugu North Senatorial district of the state. The two benefitting schools […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against the backdrop of the current security challenges confronting Nigeria, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Umar Musa has urged media practitioners in the country to make professionalism and ethical standard their watch word while discharging their duties. He gave the charge Wednesday in his office […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arewa Joint Committee has stated that the region has not endorsed any presidential candidate for the February 2023 general elections. Mallam Murtala Aliyu, the chairman steering committee of the Arewa group in a communiqué signed and made available to the press in Kaduna, stated that the interaction was not aimed at endorsing […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday, confirmed that the construction of the 2nd Niger bridge is now completed and will soon be released to the public for use. He stated this at an ongoing press briefing to present the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd.) scorecard in Abuja. […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has condemned the endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu by his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike. The endorsement was issued at the 22nd conference Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, held in the state on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, Wike, a member of the […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday, continued the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, who was alleged to have killed the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, was arraigned alongside Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu on October, […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West Africa Examination Council has announced plans to make its certificates available to candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination once their results are released. The Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, made this known on Tuesday at a luncheon organised by the exam body in Lagos. He also […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State police Command says it has commenced investigation into the mystery surrounding the death of a medical doctor, Dr Okpe Casmir Ikechukwu, who was murdered and dumped in his car last week Wednesday. The car was found at Ichi Girls secondary school bus stop in Ekwusigo Council Area of Anambra […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for his comment concerning holy communion and climate change. African Examiner recalls that in a video that has since gone viral, Tinubu while fielding questions from journalists on how he would tackle climate […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a church in Kogi State. African Examiner recalls that at least two worshippers were killed and three others were injured as gunmen numbering about six attacked a Celestial Church located in Felele area of Lokoja in Kogi State. […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was pandemonium on Monday when hoodlums invaded the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign mega rally in Kaduna and launched an attack on the crowd. The hoodlums came into the Ranchers Bees Stadium venue with sticks and machetes and started attacking the crowd, leaving many injured. The hoodlums invaded the venue three […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An organization, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has decried the current alarming rate of human rights violation in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria. It said the area is fast becoming the most dangerous state to live in South East region, adding that “the events in Ebonyi state in recent times […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline environmental organization, 350Africa.org has reiterated the need for climate action to support mitigation and adaptation measures, in order to avert even worse climate impacts due to global warming, which is exacerbated by the continued use of fossil fuels. 350Africa.org is an international movement of ordinary people working to end the […]
