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Friday, September 9th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINNER) – Nigerians on Twitter are presently reacting to the statement on social media credited to Nigerian professor based in America, Uju, Anya, who stated that she wished that Queen Elizabeth gets an “excruciating death”. African Examiner writes that the queen died on Thursday amid heightened concerns for the ailing Queen’s condition just few […]
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Friday, September 9th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state government has ordered the closure of Witness Garden Annexe in Awka, over a viral sex video inside a pool said to have taken place at the facility. Recently, a video surfaced online showing young people, said to be students, having sex while being filmed. Donatus Onyenji, the commissioner for […]
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Friday, September 9th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least three children died in a building that collapsed on Thursday in Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa State after heavy rain, the police have said. The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Lawan Adam, said the building collapsed at Jigawar Tsarki Community due to the heavy rain which lasted several hours on […]
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Friday, September 9th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sokoto State Governor, Waziri Tambuwal, has denied resigning from his position as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum. Tambuwal was a PDP presidential aspirant before his withdrawal for the eventual winner of the party’s ticket, Atiku Abubakar, during the party’s primary. The denial is contained in a press statement […]
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Friday, September 9th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says he received with immense sadness news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom. The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday in Abuja. He said: ”My family and I, and the more […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has released the names of some Nigerians, especially students, who were killed in Northern Cyprus. This development is coming after a letter circulating on the social media on Thursday allegedly authored by the Turkish Government. The letter is coming on days after the Federal Government cautioned Nigerians, especially would-be […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Goni Alkali on Thursday said that about N31.05 trillion would be required to rebuild the region that has been devastated by the activities of Boko Haram in the last 12 years. Alkali spoke when he featured on the Ministerial Press Briefing organised […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has appreciated God and his wife, Foluke as their marriage marks 55 years. Adeboye, in his official Facebook page on Thursday thanked his wife for marrying him when he had nothing. According to the cleric, his wife overlooked other […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national executive committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a vote of confidence in the national working committee (NWC) of the party. The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, moved the motion at the NEC meeting on Thursday. The motion was seconded by Ishola Balogun-Fulani, […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has dismissed allegations that some military personnel and security agencies are involved in oil theft and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. Reacting to questions by newsmen during the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the military on Thursday, the Director Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government has spent the sum of N21 billion in the mapping of the country into enumeration areas for the 2023 census. The vice president disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the Breakfast Meeting with Partners on the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The theme […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adolphus Wabara, former senate president, has been appointed the new chairman of the board of trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wabara is taking over from Walid Jibrin, who stepped down as the BoT chairman on Thursday. More details to come…
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Walid Jibrin, has resigned from his position. He disclosed this at the 97th BoT meeting of the party on Thursday in Abuja. He said the decision was made to ensure the party’s presidential candidate emerged victorious in the 2023 elections. […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven persons were reportedly injured when an uncompleted four-storey hotel building collapsed on Thursday in Ibadan. African Examiner reports that the collapsed hotel building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika, Bodija area of Ibadan. An eyewitness disclosed that the incident happened around 5.45 am […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos urged Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country. Declaring open the 12th Nigerian Navy Games, LAGOS 2022, the President assured Nigerians that the armed forces would continue to sustain their operational […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Committee of Vice Chancellors (CVC) of Federal Universities has appealed to the Nigerian government to rethink its decision on its strict adherence to the ‘No Work, No Pay’ policy over the lingering conflicts with the university workers’ unions. The body said the policy may cause more damage than good to the […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has harped on the need for trade policy to be integrated into global climate action. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala made the observation while speaking on Monday at the High Level Africa Adaptation Summit in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to highlight the urgency of climate adaptation funding […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Tunde Bank-Anthony, has stated that the presidential candidate of the ruling party for the 2023 elections, Bola Tinubu, cannot take the credit for the successes recorded by the administrations of former governors Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode. “The people that succeeded Asiwaju (Tinubu), BRF succeeded […]
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, disclosed the commencement of recruitment of election staff for the 2023 general elections. To this effect, the electoral body stated that it had opened its portal for recruitment, saying that eligible applicants should begin applying for the role. INEC stated this in a post on […]
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

…..Says It’s Morally, Constitutionally Wrong (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some concerned citizens of Enugu state, have tongue lashed Chairman of Enugu East Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Julius Nnaji, and his colleagues in other parts of the state for endorsing the People’s Democratic party PDP Governorship Candidate in the 2023 election, Barr. Peter Mbah, saying it’s morally […]