Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former governor of lmo State and Senator Representing Imo West senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha has stated that Gov Hope Uzodinma does not have the wherewithal to govern people in a democracy. Okorocha disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser Media, Sam Onwuemeodo in Owerri saying that the government […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first executive Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Rufai Sani Yerima, has made a formal declaration to join the 2023 presidential race. Yerima disclosed this in a BBC Hausa Service program “Gane Mani Hanya” saying that since President Buhari is ending his second term, he would continue to pursue his presidential ambition. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 2023 presidential aspirant, Orji Uzor Kalu, has opened up on how he got into problems with former President Olusegun Obasanjo because of his friendship with fellow aspirant, Bola Tinubu. Kalu, who is the Senate Chief Whip, disclosed this when he appeared on Silverbird Television on Friday saying that his problem with Obasanjo […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government says more than 18,000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded from inbound travelers to the country as of January 16, 2022. It blamed the development on the failure of travellers to strictly adhere to the travel protocols put in place by Nigeria. The director-general of the Nigeria Centre for […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has said leaders of the six geopolitical zones convinced him to join the 2023 presidential race despite having told other aspirants that he won’t be contesting for presidency. He said he had earlier told a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, January 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has expressed worry over the poor enrollment of youths from the South-East geo political zone of the country into the Nigeria Police Force NPF. Barrister Onyemuche Nnamani, who is the Commissioner, representing South-East in the PSC, stated this Friday in Enugu during a one day town hall/sensitization […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two frontline Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Connected Development [CODE] and YouthHubAfrica have urged the Zamfara State Government to re-strategise its security infrastructure to ensure safety in schools across the state. For over four months, schools all across Zamfara State were shut down, making any form of learning impossible and exposing children to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edwin Clark, leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, has stated that the Southeast “must” produce Nigeria’s next president in 2023. Clark made this known when a presidential aspirant, Anyim Pius Anyim, visited him on Friday. He tasked Anyim to collaborate with leaders across Nigeria to build consensus for equity and unity. Clark […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More revelations surrounding the death of a five-year-old, Hanifa Abubakar on Friday emerged as the principal suspect, a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko said he killed the innocent girl with N100 rat poison. Abdulmalik, who claimed he was the proprietor of the school, said he killed the girl owing to his financial constraints […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three suspected kidnappers, who have been terrorizing residents in Plateau State, have been gunned down by troops of Operation Safe Haven. They were shot dead around the Gyero community in Jos South Local Government Area with several items including one AK-47 rifle, 2 AK-47 rifle magazines, 101 live rounds of 7.62mm ammunition […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As some Christians continue to fast and pray in the New Year, the Anglican Bishop of Oyo, Rt. Rev. Williams Aladekugbe, has urged them to pray fervently and eschew unforgiveness. Aladekugbe disclosed on Friday in Ibadan that hatred and forgiveness could hinder answers to prayers. He admonished Christians to be focused, prayerful, […]
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company(IBEDC) Ltd over insolvency. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Engineer John Ayodele disclosed this in a memo to members of staff intimating them of the development. Ayodele, in the January 20 memo, said the company fell under receivership by a September […]
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill to repeal and re-enact the Nigerian Capital market, Investments and Securities Act. The bill seeks, among other things, to prohibit Ponzi schemes and other pyramid investments. If the bill finally becomes a law, promoters could face 10 years imprisonment if convicted […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cab drivers plying Warri-Abraka route and other routes such as Warri, Eku, Abraka to Agbor Road respectively in Delta State have embarked on a peaceful protest over alleged unbearable extortion and dehumanisation against them by some agents of the state government and the motor park touts. The protesting cab drivers took to […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, January 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and United States Government have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at protecting the cultural heritage of the West African nation. In Nigeria, cultural property continues to be subject to the threat of pillage, destruction, and loss due to excavation, criminal activity, natural disasters, and subsistence digging. Between 1969 […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst tight security, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), inaugurated projects executed by Governor Nasir el-Rufai during his two-day official visit to Kaduna State on Thursday. The President who flew in from Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of the state, landed at the rebuilt multi-purpose Murtala Mohammed Square at exactly 11.45am […]
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged missing 178,459 arms and ammunition in the Nigeria Police Force as contained in the 2019 report of the Auditor General for the Federation. This followed a motion of urgent Public importance moved by the Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Toby Okechukwu. African Examiner […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Delta Safe have discovered and immobilized a total of 39 illegal refining sites, 91 cooking ovens, 24 reservoirs, 17 large dugout pits and 96 storage tanks in the Niger Delta region in the last two weeks. Also, a total of 637,500 liters of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil; and […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A combined team of operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP and the Department of State Services, DSS Imo State Command, South- East Nigeria, have rescued a Burundian woman and her three kids suspected to be victims of human trafficking. NAPTIP, Spokesman, Adekoye Vincent, said in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, January 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has taken back his misleading comment on Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs). It could be recalled that the former Lagos State governor, had on Tuesday, tasked some of his supporters in Abuja to register ahead of the 2023 presidential election because their […]
