Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, November 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Gabriel Othong, the Returning Officer of the Idemili South Local Government Area in the Anambra governorship election, has stated that 41 of the 42 result sheets for 89 polling units were carted away. Othong, who is from the University of Calabar in Cross River, made the disclosure while submitting results for […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Voters who could not cast their ballots yesterday in the Anambra State governorship election because of technical issues and system failure on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will be given the opportunity to do so, today. Contrary to pre-election fears of apathy and violence, three was impressive turnout […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Emotions ran high on Saturday as families of those who died in the 21-storey building collapse on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, besieged Lagos Mainland Hospital morgue in the Yaba area of the state to identify corpses of their loved ones. This is just as the wife of Femi Osibona, the developer of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger State government has demolished the building of a suspected kidnapper, Mohammadu Umar, on Saturday at Nakagbe in Bosso Local Government Area of the state. Mr Emmanuel Umaru, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, told newsmen in Minna on Saturday that the suspect used proceeds of kidnap and other crimes to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Celebrity journalist, Dele Momodu, has stated that Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes and developer of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, wanted to live in the collapsed Ikoyi building and did not cut corners. It could be recalled that the collapsed building killed over 30 people, including Osibona. In an […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Panic gripped residents as hoodlums on Saturday allegedly made away with ballot boxes from two polling centres at the Immaculate Heart Catholic Church and the St Faith Catholic Church in Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State. The hoodlums, numbering about six, stormed the St Faith Catholic Church by Mbonu Ejike/Basden Junction in an unmarked […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kwara branch, has suspended its 7-day warning strike. Dr Saka Agboola, the Chairman of the association, told newsmen in Ilorin on Saturday that the suspension of the industrial action would take effect by 6 p.m. He said that members were expected […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Chris Ngige, Minster of Labour and Employment, has expressed shock over poor functioning of the Biomodal Verification Machine or Car Reader, of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ngige spoke to journalists at his Nkwoide Alor ward 1, in Idemili South Local Government Area, during the Anambra Governorship election on Saturday. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday. It is to enable those who could not vote on Saturday due to the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine to do so. The machine failed to work in many units. Addressing […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has expressed concern over the poor internet connectivity experienced by voters in the use of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine. Mr. Ozigbo lamented that it took him over 20 minutes to cast his vote and wondered what other voters would experience […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has expressed shock over the technology breakdown of the Bimodal Verification Accreditation (BVA) system. African Examiner reports the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been experiencing technical challenges in the use of the BVA device to capture voters in some […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov Willie Obiano and his wife Ebelechukwu have casted their vote, at ERI pri sch at 9:28am, Polling Unit 004, Otuocha Ward Ward 1, Aguleri in Anbra East LGA. The Governor who spoke to The Nation immediately after casting his vote said, “I ask Anambra people to come out and vote. Everywhere […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was large turnout of voters at the Amaesi Ward of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra at the Saturday Governorship election in the state. African Examiner reports that voters came out as early as 7.30am until arrival of electoral officers by 8.35 a.m at the ward, which is the ancestral home […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The voters at Ward 9 Ezimezi in Amawbia, in the Awka South Local of Anambra State, have protested the ‘No facemask, No voting’ instruction by the presiding officer, Ahmed Abdilahi. The voters who trooped out around 8:30 am to vote were asked to go back and bring their facemasks before they would […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Mr Ben Okolo, has confirmed the stabbing to death of a police officer by his colleague. Okolo said he had ordered the detention of the suspect and an investigation of the incident. The confirmation of the stabbing and the order for investigation are contained in a […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government said on Friday that bodies recovered from the building that collapsed at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, are ready for identification by families. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, while giving update to newsmen at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building, said the bodies were ready for identification […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than five people have died while several other persons sustained varying degree of injuries as a kerosene-laden tank exploded at popular Kubwa Village Market in Abuja. The incident happened, Friday night, at the junction leading to the L.E.A Primary School, Jaji Street, and few metres away from St Luke Catholic […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr C. Don Adinuba, Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, has refuted a public report of people leaving the state in large numbers is false . Adinuba said that instead, the opposite is the truth as a large number of people, especially qualified voters, are pouring into the state to participate […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun have arrested 18 suspects with dangerous weapons concealed in bags of tiger nuts and under the seats of three buses. The dangerous weapons intercepted include guns, 500 pieces daggers and different sizes of knives that were secretly concealed in bags filled with tiger nuts. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, (CP) Abubakar Lawal, has ordered the State CID and the Motor Traffic Unit of the Command, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding the fatal motor accident, involving a Water Tanker and parked tricycles, that occurred at Nza Street by Bush Bar, Independence Layout, Enugu, in […]
