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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – K Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has stated that the Southeast deserves to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Ikpeazu stated this while addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari saying that the Southeast knows and understands Nigeria better than any other region. He, however, stated that the […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Chapter of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has formally collapsed its entire structure from the Ward to the State level into the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Former National Vice Chairman South East of the party, Dr. Lazarus Eze, alongside the state leadership made the announcement yesterday during s […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma, is sponsoring unknown gunmen carrying out the killings in the state. He also alleged that the controversial arrest of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, by the police during a church service on Sunday, was actually an assassination attempt […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A traditional Chief in Ijan Ekiti , Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti State, Chief Emmanuel Obafemi and two other kidnapped cocoa merchants have regained their freedom after the payment of N4 million ransom. They were said to have been released along Ikere road around 3am on Wednesday and had since reunited […]
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Chairman of Enugu South Council area of Enugu State, Hon. Sunday Ugwu is dead. He was said to have passed on yesterday, even as circumstances surrounding his demise was still sketchy as at the time of filing this report. However, Sources said he has been having health challenge for […]
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
…..Demands Immediate Withdrawal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The umbrella body of South East pro-democracy groups, the South East Democratic Civil Society Coalition (SEDSOC), has rejected “purported endorsement of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, for president by some South East politicians. Some prominent politicians from South East including ex- Senate […]
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa West) said on Wednesday that is happy President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. Adamu stated in Keffi that the National Assembly had no business passing a Bill to determine how parties nominate their candidates. “It is strange and unfair to come […]
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state Chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will review her performance in the November 2021 gubernatorial election, after which it will sanction any of its member who sabotaged their efforts during the poll. According to the party, its leadership would no longer tolerate its members […]
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 2019 governorship candidate in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, said his arrest on Sunday at St Peter’s Anglican Church Eziama Obaire in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state was sanctioned by the state sovernor, Hope Uzodinma. But the state government has since refuted Nwosu’s allegations that Uzodinma had […]
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven persons died in a boat mishap at Zhigiri village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Mr Silas Saba, the spokesperson of Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA) made available to journalists in Minna on Tuesday night. Saba, who decried […]
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senate Minority Leader has declared interest to contest the Abia governorship seat at the 2023 general elections. Abaribe made his interest known at a civic reception organised in his honour by Nzuko Ahiaba La Abayi, a sociocultural organisation in Ahiaba in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. He […]
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have killed 10 people and abducted 33 women in seven villages in the Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State. African Examiner learnt that other residents fled to Gusau town for safety, as there were no security agents in the villages to combat the bandits. An indigene, Malam Shehu Kura, who […]
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Monday, December 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Mr Uche Nwosu, a former governorship candidate in the state, was lawfully arrested rather than abducted. This is contained in a release signed by the APC publicity secretary, Mr Cajetan Duke, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Monday. Duke […]
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Monday, December 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bus loaded with passengers has plunged into a canal at the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State. It was learnt that some of the passengers were injured in the incident that happened on Monday. It was also gathered that the bus lost control before plunging into the canal with a yet-to-be-ascertained number […]
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Monday, December 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Monday released some names of top politicians who are likely to become Nigeria’s next president and vice in 2023. The cleric named the following governors, Aminu Tambuwal, Nyesom Wike, Samuel Ortom, Mohammed Bala, Emmanuel Udom, Seyi Makinde, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as […]
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Monday, December 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2019 gubernatorial candidate of the Action Alliance(AA) in Imo state, Chief Uche Nwosu , a son-in-law to former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has been released by the police after he was arrested during a church service at his country home, Eziama Obire in Nkwere council Area of the State. […]
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Monday, December 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven people were confirmed dead on Sunday in an accident involving three vehicles on Agulu Lake Bridge by Awka-Ekwulobia Road in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra. Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, confirming the incident to newsmen in Awka, said that the accident occurred […]
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Monday, December 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated US$ 73 million intervention fund for irrigation, to boost the Sugar backward integration programme aimed at making Nigeria a leading sugar producing country in Africa. African Examiner reports that to actualise this dream, an agreement between the federal government and the operators of the Sugar backward integration […]
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Sunday, December 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A woman and her two daughters were confirmed dead in an accident involving a Howo truck and a Ford jeep at old MRS filling station, Itako, Ijebu Ife, on the Sagamu-Benin expressway on Sunday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. […]
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Sunday, December 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, have arrested Godwin Nnamdi, a leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN). Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated in Enugu on Sunday that the troops of Operation Golden Dawn arrested Nnamdi on Christmas Day. Nwachukwu […]
