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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), called the Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, has decried the plan to sell pre-payment meters to electricity consumers in the country. The group’s position is contained in a statement issued by its President-General, Goodluck Ibem, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Monday. It called on the […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded two brothers, Sodiq Hamzat, 22, and Taoreed Hamzat, 22, for allegedly beating a motorcyclist to death. Sodiq and Taoreed, whose address was unknown, were charged on two-count bordering on conspiracy and murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa-Babalola, who did not take plea […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has condemned the attack of a female lecturer of Faculty of Life Sciences, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyyah, by a student of the institution. Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman of the association, made the condemnation during an interview on Monday in Ilorin. […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Jigawa have confirmed the murder of husband and wife in Malammadori Local Government Area of the state by suspected assassins. ASP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Command, confirmed the incident in Dutse on Monday. Shiisu said that the incident occurred on Nov. 13, at about […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeem Christian Church of God pastor, Sunday Adeniran, has regained freedom. Adeniran and two other persons were abducted on Saturday by yet to be identified gunmen in Calabar. A source who pleaded anonymity stated that they were released at about 2: am this morning near Scanobo filling station, Ikot Ekpo 8 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has enjoined former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Bode George to stop his rift with Bola Tinubu, APC National Leader. Igbokwe stated that George should stop attacking Tinubu and admit that the APC National Leader is better. He […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected ritualists for unlawful possession of a fresh human head. The suspects, Monday Karezu, 32, a national of Benin Republic, and Anagonou Kamelan, 44, a Togolese, were arrested at the house of a herbalist while attempting a money ritual. The state Police […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a flash flood caused by downpour on Sunday damaged several houses and vehicles in some parts of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. NEMA also advised residents and motorists in the area to exercise utmost caution as some electric poles fell due to […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina Police command says it has repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson who disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina, said […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The vice president of the Dangote Group, Sani Dangote, brother to Aliko Dangote, is dead. Mr Dangote died in the United States Sunday after a protracted illness. Relatively less popular than his billionaire brother, Mr Dangote had investments in manufacturing, agriculture, banking and oil services. He sat on the boards of several […]
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Monday, November 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. African Examiner reports that most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Sunday. A private car owner, Mr Emmanuel […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Kano State have rescued one Alhaji Nadabo, 80, from suspected kidnappers in Garun Mallam local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, on Sunday in Kano. “On Nov. 12, 2021, at about 19:57 hours, a report was […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted fresh consignments of cocaine and heroin weighing 16.85 kilograms and worth more than N4.9 billion in street value. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that NDLEA operatives […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 12-year-old Senior Secondary School (SSS) student, Miss Zainab Jimoh, has called on Nigerians to avail themselves of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to help the nation’s struggling economy. Jimoh, an SSS 1 student of Elite Comprehensive School, Auchi, made the call in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, at […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo Presidency come 2023 is possible and feasible, the apex sociocultural organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said. Ohaneze disclosed this in a statement signed by the factional Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Okechukwu Isiguzuro, saying that any attempt to scuttle the 2023 Igbo Presidential project on […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Chief Gboyega Oguntuase, has stated that Senator Biodun Olujimi’s governorship ambition will bring to an end the internal wrangling in the party in the state and ensure PDP’s return to Ekiti Government House through the 2022 election. Oguntuase, who is the Director for Campaigns […]
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Sunday, November 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Lawal Usman, a Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the party must zone its presidential ticket to the North for 2023 general elections for strategic reasons. Usman, popularly called ‘Mr LA’, said this when he spoke in Zaria . “For the strategic interest of the party and the nation, […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja Chapter, has rejected the account of the police on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and subsequent death of Vanguard Newspaper reporter, Tordue Salem. The Chairman of the NUJ FCT council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, while receiving a letter from the House of Representatives Press Corps at the NUJ […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan anti-terrorism police officers said on Saturday they are interrogating a terror suspect who was arrested at a shopping centre in Nairobi. The Police said the suspect, identified as Ali Abdullahi Hussein, had approached a police officer on patrol at around 2.00 a.m. and wanted to seek information about a certain club. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non – partisan political group under the platform of power shift 2023 movement, Championing youth participation in Nigerian politics, has said it will uplift and promote young political candidates less than 45 years of age ,come 2023 general Election in the country. Convener of the movement, Mr Nonso Nnamani, disclosed this […]
