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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army has been killed in an ambush by terrorists of the Islamic State of West Africa Province in Borno State. ISWAP had attacked troops at a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State on Saturday morning according to reports. Four other soldiers were […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ohanaeze Ndigbo has applauded the federal government for contemplating a political solution for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Yoruba successionist activist, Sunday Igboho. It could be recalled that the Nigerian government had stated that it is open to all kinds […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Goodluck Jonathan, former President of Nigeria, is among prominent Nigerians that will receive the Zik Leadership Merit Award on Nov. 16. Mr Chineme Onyeke, Director-General (D-G) of Igbo Nsukka United Front (INUF), disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Nsukka. Onyeke said the event, scheduled to hold at Shehu […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many people were feared dead and others burnt beyond recognition while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a ghastly auto accident on the Ore-Okitipupa axis of Ondo State. African Examiner reports that the accident which resulted into an inferno occurred due to a head-on collision involving a white Toyota Coaster […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Governorship candidate in the Nov. 6 election in Anambra, on Friday received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the state Governor-Elect. African Examiner reports that the INEC National Commissioner Supervising Anambra, Mr Festus Okoye, presented the certificate […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has remanded eight men for allegedly setting ablaze Makoko Police Station. The court ordered that they should be detained at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending advice from the state Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The defendants are Ebenezer Ayah, 27; Biola Rawa, 20; Jacob Safaru, 21; Yusuf Olowookere, […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has remanded Chima Igwe, a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, over alleged certificate fraud. African Examiner had reported that The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission would arraign a former Director-General of the Federal Institute of […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A hit-and-run driver, Itoro Clement has confessed to knocking down the missing Vanguard reporter, Tordue Salem. Salem had been declared missing since October 13. Parading the suspect on Friday at the IRT premises in Abuja, Itoro said he hit Salem at the Mabushi area on October 13 and sped off. Details later… […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Merchant Navy (NMN) in Lagos has claimed that one of its personnel was killed during the Police raid on its Ogudu camp on Wednesday. Cdr. Ichuku Agaba, its training commander in Lagos, stated on Thursday that four others were still missing after the raid. “The Police came to the camp […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government in Enugu state, has raised alarm over series of illegal connections of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) lines feeding government establishments to private offices and homes by unscrupulous individuals. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, Barrister Steve Oruruo made available to […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. According to available information, Igbinedion who finished his tenure as governor in 2007 is being grilled at the Abuja headquarters of the EFCC for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of N1.6 billion. […]
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Friday, November 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Anambra Governorship election, Senator Andy Uba, has rejected the outcome of the vote as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Uba also has decided to contest the election outcome in court. According to African Examiner, Uba, who came third after […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The non-teaching staff in University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) under the aegis of Joint Action Committe (JAC) on Thursday staged a peaceful protest demanding arrears of minimum wage and earned allowances. The Committee threatened to shut down UNN by embarking on an indefinite strike after Nov. 15, if their members failed to […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished alleged illegal property in Kuchibedna Community, Gwarinpa District, Abuja. The property, which included brothels, worship and trading centres were demolished over alleged encroachment on right of way for major road infrastructure. African Examiner reports that other structures affected included makeshift open markets, residential buildings, […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police on Thursday paraded 14 suspects involved in the raid of Justice Mary Odili’s Maitaima residence in Abuja. The police found out that the team who stormed the apartment were not security operatives. The men were said to have been led by a fake Chief Superintendent of Police, Lawrence Ajojo, who admitted […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A house wife, Mrs Ifebuchukwu Onyeishi has narrated how her husband, Chidi Onyeishi in connivance with a nonagenarian pastor, allegedly killed their seven-year-old son for money ritual in Enugu. Narrating the incident on Thursday at her residence in Enugu, Onyeishi said she was heartbroken and in disbelief that her beloved husband could […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has confirmed the arrest of 10 staff of the Local Education Authority (LEA), for allegedly diverting school bags donated by UNICEF in the state. SUBEB’s Chairman, Dr Salihi Ateequ, disclosed this at a news conference, in Yola. Ateequ said the board would not rest […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo Command on Thursday said it arrested 20 suspects in connection with illicit drug trafficking. Mr Buba Wakawa, State Commander of the agency disclosed this in an interview in Benin. Wakawa said the suspects who were arrested in October included 18 males and two females. […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of 108 Merchant Navy personnel over alleged operation of illegal military training camp. Parading the suspects before newsmen in Ikeja , the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, said that they were arrested during a raid. According to Odumosu, the command […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was on an official tour. “The commissioner intercepted a large group of marauding bandits on […]
