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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The abductors of the six individuals that were kidnapped from the University of Abuja on Tuesday have reached out to their families demanding payment of 300m ransom. Sources familiar with the matter confirmed the new development to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. “They demanded N50 million naira for each person, they […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate posting of Bartholomew Onyeka to the Plateau State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police. This followed the redeployment of CP Edward Egbuka to the Force headquarters for other national engagements. This is happening five days after the Speaker, Plateau […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rescue officials have recovered 20 bodies buried under the rubble after a 21-storey building collapsed on Monday in the Ikoyi part of Lagos, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said. The building, situated on Gerard Road, trapped about 50 persons under the rubble, witnesses said. Residents and family members of persons […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two policemen on stop and search duty were on Tuesday night killed by gunmen who opened fire on them at the Okija axis of Mile One in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The two officers were attached to the Mile One Police Station, Diobu in Port Harcourt. The circumstances leading to the attack […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely three days to the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra ,visitors in the state are lamenting the difficulty in securing hotel accommodations. African Examiner on Wednesday reports that some of the visitors revealed that they have been in search of accommodation for several hours without success. Ismaila Oke, an electoral observer […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Awka, the Anambra State capital have expressed mixed feelings following the deployment of heavy security to the state ahead of Nov. 6 governorship election. The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) had earlier announced that it would deploy 34,000 personnel outside those serving in the state for the election. Apart from the […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has tasked the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, if that would bring back peace in the South-East geopolitical zone. Okupe disclosed this when he talked with journalists at […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu State High Court presided over by Honourable Justice Cyprian Ajah (PHD), has convicted and sentenced Mr. Anidiobi Oliver Chukwuka, a former Branch manager of Sterling Bank Plc, Enugu, to eight years Imprisonment for stealing the sum of 219 million naira deposits funds. He was found guilty of stealing and converting […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Billionaire businessman Obi Cubana has been released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The news about his release was shared by his colleague and friend, Instigator PH via his Instagram page. He wrote: “Thank u Jesus!! @obi_cubana is free. We gat Jesus!!! . Dis Dance is for […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A two-storey building has collapsed in Osapa London, at the Lekki area of Lagos State on Tuesday, a report said on Twitter. The building which was under construction reportedly caved in after the heavy downpour of Monday night. This comes barely 24 hours after a 25-storey building collapsed in the Ikoyi area […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has arrived the scene of the collapsed building in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The IGP on Tuesday came in an entourage of police cars and heavy security, to the venue of the incident. On coming, he went straight into the compound and is […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has given an explanation why former president, Goodluck Jonathan, was absent at the just concluded PDP convention. Speaking in a programme on Channels TV, Okowa stated that Jonathan was duly invited for the convention but was unavoidably absent due to prior engagements abroad. According to him, […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, has been impeached. He was impeached under tight security during the plenary on Tuesday. Ekene Nnodim, who represents Orlu state constituency, submitted a resolution signed by 18 out of the 27 lawmakers for the removal of Iwuanyanwu as the Deputy […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in FCT, CP Babaji Sunday, says a combined team of policemen and soldiers have been mobilised to the Staff Quarters of University of Abuja where gunmen abducted four persons on Tuesday. “The police have also dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the main and satellite campuses […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Troop of Joint Security Operatives have reportedly raided a hideout belonging to the militia wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) at Mgbowo in Awgu Council Area of Enugu State. According to Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed the development, said it happened in the […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The village head of Fagbohun community in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Simeon Fagbohun, has accused the officers of the Nigeria Customs Service of invading the settlement causing villagers to flee their houses. The accusation came days after the lifeless body of a customs officer was found in a […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen invaded the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and abducted a professor of economics, Obansa Joseph, two of his children, and other people. A source disclosed that the gunmen invaded the senior staff quarters at Giri in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at 1 a.m […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of 12 Field Engineering Regiment of Nigerian Army, Ijebu-Ode, in Ogun State, have handed over 20 suspected internet fraudsters to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Command. This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, is currently being interrogated by operatives of the commission. Though allegations […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dread has gripped residents around Adekunle village in Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja after mutilated remains of two young women were discovered within 72 hours. The first body, said to be that of a teenaged girl, was discovered at the weekend near a popular hotel at Adekunle Village with vital organs harvested while the […]
