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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Sunday wiped out several Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an encounter at Forward Operating Base, Gajiram Nganzai Local Government Area of Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Nwachukwu […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that he is a proud member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, saying that he has no regrets making the move. It could be recalled that Fani-Kayode had a few months ago left the Peoples Democratic Party and defected to the ruling party, […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has lifted the ban on mobile telecommunication network in the state. Matawalle made the announcement at the state congress of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gusau on Saturday. Matawalle said the Nigerian Communication Communication (NCC) would release all the networks by Monday. He said his administration was […]
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Sunday, November 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 400-level student from the faculty of education, Bayero University, Kano (BUK), identified as Ms Binta Isa, has died in the hostel. The Deputy, Registrar, Public Affairs Directorate, Mr Lamara Garba, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Kano. Garba said the student died on Friday around 7p.m., after an […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 34-year-old man, Godwin Iroro, for allegedly defiling his friend’s 10-year-old daughter. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ajisebutu said that the suspect was arrested on Nov. 25 following a complaint at the Ajegunle […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has stated that the declaration of bandits as terrorists by the Federal Government ‘will cause more mayhem’. According to Gumi, the development would not end bandits’ aggression against the society. The cleric disclosed this after an Abuja division of Federal High Court declared the activities of Yan […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended some officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Saturday. Yakubu said the action was in line with management’s determination to rid […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Bichi, a son of the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Yusuf Bichi, has been gifted a five-bedroom duplex at Hilltop Estate, Apo, in Abuja, Daily Trust reported. The newspaper said the gift was announced during the inauguration of the junior Bichi as the youth ambassador of Home Titan Network, […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria has commended the declaration of bandits, (Yan Bindiga and Yan Ta’ada ) as terrorists by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court Abuja following an Ex-parte motion filed by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Justice. Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi however […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has announced the restoration of telecommunications services that were earlier suspended in some part of the state. The government had, on September 30, shut down the networks towards checking the activities of bandits. Kaduna had joined fellow Northwest states like Zamfara and Sokoto, who had earlier taken the […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested a 30-year old woman who specialises in supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states. The command also said that it had succeeded in arresting several gangs of bandits and their collaborators through the operatives in the Police Tactical […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has revealed that he would support the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s presidential bid in 2023. Tinubu had on Wednesday visited the elder statesman at his Abuja residence. Yakasai stated that the ex-governor […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mrs Ojukwu made the plea while speaking at the 10th memorial anniversary of late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, organised in Owerri . She urged […]
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Saturday, November 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government has suspended three staff members of the Oyo State Basic School, Ogbomoso, over alleged sexual harassment. This is contained in a statement, signed by the State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Rahman Abdu-Raheem, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. African Examiner reports that the Head teacher, […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says that 3,487, 298 eligible persons in Nigeria have been fully vaccinated against Coronavirus (COVID-19), having received their second jabs. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this during the inauguration of mass vaccination exercise for Nasarawa State on Friday in Lafia. Shuaib said […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mother of Adeola, daughter of Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has accused the king of abandoning her daughter. African Examiner recalls that in October, the monarch had celebrated Adeola’s 28th birthday with an emotional note wherein he talked about her birth. In the post, Ooni of Ife stated that having […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that the West African nation is currently building a world class mining sector that would be the toast of investors. The minister disclosed this while commissioning the Fire Assay Laboratory and Earth Quake Monitoring Centre in Kaduna today. The establishment of […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government has decried the refusal of 1,115 applicants of the Home Owners’ Charter to collect their duly signed Certificates of Occupancy (C of O). The state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development, Mr Emmanuel Olayiwola, has therefor appealed to the affected applicants to come forward to pick their C […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government may deduct at least N2.4tn from the Federation Account to fund the N5, 000 cash palliative that will be handed over to 40 million poor Nigerians after the fuel subsidy has been removed next year. The list of poor Nigerians on the Federal Government’s National Social Register had surpassed […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has enjoined the Federal Government and governors elected on the platforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to emulate their PDP counterparts. Atiku Abubakar stated that only states controlled by PDP governors are working based on projects that have […]
