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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko in Ondo State, yesterday, shut down the institution indefinitely following violent protest by the students over the ‘No school fees, No examination’ policy by the management of the institution. A statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Olugbenga Arujulu announced the indefinite closure […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Monday afternoon killed a military officer when they attacked some soldiers in Awo Mmamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. In reprisal, military men regrouped, stormed the town and allegedly burnt a hotel, cars, houses and shops. The incident which happened at Ishieke junction in the […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his performance while in office, and support to the Godfrey Okoye University Enugu, the faculty of law of the institution, has conferred on the immediate past Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye an award of Excellence in Leadership. Dr. Nwoye received the award […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have demanded the release of over 200 EndSARS protesters still being detained in various detention facilities across the country. The CSOs that made the demand on Monday in Lagos at a press conference include New Nigeria Network, Coalition for Revolution, Take it Back Movement and […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have attacked and macheted an EndSARS protester, Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, who testified before a Lagos judicial panel on the alleged role of the military and the police in the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2021, one of the panel members, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN)stated The senior advocate also raised alarm over the alleged […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder and Senior Pastor of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, David Ibiyeomie, has said anyone whose phone rings in a church is suffering from poverty mentality. The clergyman, who said this while delivering a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, said such can never be found with a wealthy person. “Anyone whose phone […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two persons died in an accident involving two vehicles on the Ore-Benin Highway Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Ahmed Umar, said on Monday that eight other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident. He disclosed that the accident occurred at about 9.30 p.m. after […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced the closure of Marina road from Apongbon Bridge due to the ongoing Blue Line Rail Project. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos entiled: “Traffic advisory from LASTMA.” Oreagba suggested alternative routes for motorists […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An APC governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, has been killed by unknown gunmen Sunday evening, A family source confirmed the incidence to our correspondent. African Examiner gathered from the deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he was returning for […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr C. Don Adinuba, the Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, has informed all public service workers in the state that Monday is no more a work- free Day in the state, effective from Nov. 22. He said that Anambra Government wishes to remind all individuals and organisations in the state […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder and General Overseer of Christ Pentecostal Mission in Ajao Estate Lagos is dead. A statement signed by REV. JOHN U.EZEH, Coordinator; CPM Int’l Imo state, Nigeria and member board of trustees said; “I am saddled with a responsibility to all sons, daughters, friends and lovers of Christian Pentecostal Mission International […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun says the autopsy on the slain post-graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, is delayed because his family’s insisted on being part of the process. The Police Public Relation Officer in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, in an interview in Osogbo, said that the […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, expressed happiness with the manner multiple award-winning singer, David Adeleke, raised funds for orphanage homes across Nigeria. African Examiner writes that Adeleke, also known as Davido, a few days to his 29th birthday, had raised over N250m through freewill donations from his friends, […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto state, has announced his retirement from politics after 45 years. Bafarawa was the governor of Sokoto between 1999 and 2007. Speaking in an interview , the ex-governor stated that he no longer has the will to be in active politics. Bafarawa who contested for the position […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of Voice of Nigeria, (Von), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has joined apex Igbo Socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo in applauding president Muhammadu Buhari for the recent warm reception he accorded some Igbo leaders, who recently visited him in Abuja. Speaking to journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Okechukwu appealed to President Buhari […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa Police Command has foiled an attempt to abduct Mr Umar Nasiru-Black, Nasarawa-South Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The attempt is contained in a statement signed by Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia. According to the […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has directed contractors to suspend work on road projects across Kogi to allow for free flow of traffic before and during the Yuletide. Mr Jimoh Kajogbola, the Federal Controller of Works in Kogi, stated on Sunday in Lokoja, that the directive came from the Minister […]
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Sunday, November 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, is dead. The Ode-Ekiti-born politician was said to have died on Saturday after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. According to Television Continental, he was rushed to a hospital where he passed on. TVC reported that one of Aluko’s aides who […]
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Saturday, November 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has directed immediate ban on sales of some categories of motorcycles across the state. Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Saturday. The SGF said the ban covered motorcycles such as: Bajaj Boxer,Qiujeng, Honda ACE, Jingchen, with […]
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Saturday, November 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, has announced the suspension of Greater Lagos Fiesta, due to the fourth wave of COVID-19 scare. Akinbile-Yussuf said in a statement on Saturday that the suspension was necessary just as Europe, the epi-centre of the COVID-19 pandemic, reintroduced restrictions to […]
