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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coroner sitting in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday barred journalists and other interested parties from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. African Examiner reports that the registrar of the […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo on Monday adjourned the trial of owner of Hilton hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, and its six staff over alleged murder and interference with the corpse of a Master’s Student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke. The adjournment was hinged on the health condition of the […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested suspected billionaire drug baron allegedly behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT. The alleged drug baron is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu who is the Chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies. This is […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No few than six members of the Deeper life Bible Church, located at Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos state, were injured on Sunday, sustaining serious degrees of injuries when the building of the Church collapsed during heavy storm while the service was in progress. African Examiner reports that heavy rain which was […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government ( FG) to resolve the lingering crisis that has led to the closure of all public universities. Ajakaye said that the resolution should be in the interest of students, […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits were reported to have abducted a former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Ramatu Abarshi, and her daughter, Ameera, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the mother and daughter, together with a commercial driver conveying them, […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Pius Anyim, has assured Nigerians that no cabal in Nigeria’s seat of power would dictate to the country who the next president will be. Anyim said any Nigerian with the impression that some inner caucus arrangement would produce the president in […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some political heavyweights, including some presidential aspirants, are being hosted to an Iftar dinner by the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to available information, as at 6:20pm, some of the dignitaries had started arriving at the venue of the event, which […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, may recover his N500m mansion in Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his pardon by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Dariye, who was convicted for stealing N1.16bn while he was governor between 1999 […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NDLEA has successfully foiled a fresh attempt by Brazil-based drug cartels to smuggle cocaine into Nigeria in tea bags. Director, Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated in Abuja on Sunday that the latest attempts were foiled at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and at the Murtala […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five wedding guests abducted in Anambra last Monday have been released. A family source and the police confirmed their release when they spoke on Sunday in Awka. Assailants abducted the wedding guests at gunpoint on the Akpo-Nkpologwu Road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra while returning from a wedding. The family […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has endorsed Speaker of of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Francis Nwifuru as his successor come 2023. The governor who spoke on Saturday at Okposi , during the funeral ceremony of the father of the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Barrister Chioma Nweze, stated […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governors of the states in South-west Nigeria have paid tributes to the Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi III, who died on April 22. The late monarch was 83. The third from the Alowolodu Ruling House, Alaafin Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. He was the longest-serving […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rescheduled sales of expression of interest and nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will now begin nationwide on Tuesday. The exercise which was scheduled to have begun yesterday (Saturday) was postponed due to some logistics and administrative challenges. A party source who spoke in confidence told our correspondent […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will in May reveal his choice among those aiming to be his successor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, a presidential source has revealed to Sunday Punch. According to the source, the President is critically studying the aspirants, their attitudes, actions, backgrounds and […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has directed all public and private schools in the state to resume third term on Monday 25th April, 2022. The clarification became necessary following an unsigned statement credited to the Nigerian government directing all primary and secondary schools nationwide to resume on May 9. A statement issued by […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday approved the reopening of four additional land borders shut in August 2019 as part of efforts to curtail smuggling and boost local production of rice. A circular released by the Nigeria Customs Service, signed by Deputy Comptroller-General E. I. Edorhe, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has described the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as a loss to the entire Oduduwa race worldwide. This is contained in a statement by his Director of Media & Public Affairs, Otunba Moses Olafare, made available to newsmen […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After kidnapping ten herders and 300 cows in Anambra, gunmen have demanded a ransom of N4 million. Suspected gunmen kidnapped 10 members of the Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and 300 cows in Anambra State on Saturday morning. Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, the South East Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many were feared dead after an explosion at an illegal oil refining site in Ohaji/Egbema area of Imo state. According to available information, the incident, began around 11pm on Friday, which led to a fire outbreak at Abaezi forest in Ohaji/Egbema area. Speaking concerning the incident, Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, stated […]
