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Sunday, October 31st, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (Unizik), Awka, Anambra state, South East Nigeria, has won the hosting rights of the 23rd International Conference/ Annual General Meeting of African Council for Communication Education, ACCE). According to the institution, the hosting right was awarded to the Department of Mass Communication of the University. Head of the […]
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Sunday, October 31st, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected Chairman of Enugu State Chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adolphus Ude, has mocked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its pledge to rescue Nigeria. Ude, said before rescuing Nigeria, PDP should first account for the uncountable underdevelopment obstacles the party is embedded in the system, prior […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits struck at Dangilmi community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where they abducted 9 villagers. While confirming the incident, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria ( CAN) in Kaduna state, Rev Joseph John Hayab,said the bandits had demanded for a N50 million ransom on the abductees. The affected […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe, says that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and his group never said that election should not be held in Anambra State. Abaribe disclosed this in a town hall meeting with the leadership and students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim says he will contest for presidency in 2023 whether the People’s Democratic Party will zone it to South East or not. Anyim made the disclosure on Saturday in an interview with newsmen. He said that the party was being repositioned. The former Secretary to the Government […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Northern states’ governments are indebted to the National Examinations Council NECO to the tune of N 2.8 billion, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive, NECO, has said. “State governments offer to pay examination fees for candidates from their states but when it comes to the actual payment, they don’t do it, […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has reacted to his alleged endorsement of a candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. Mbaka stated that he never endorsed any candidate for the governorship election in the state as almost all the candidates are his friends. According […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army conducting Exercise GOLDEN DAWN operation have killed four gunmen alleged to be members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra/ Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) terrorizing Anambra state and environ. The hoodlums were killed during a fierce encounter with security men at Nnobi Junction, Idemili South Local […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner for lands and Urban Development Enugu state, South East Nigeria , Dr. Victor Nnam, has given reason why he resigned his appointment, saying his action is in protest against the sudden removal of some departmental Heads under his ministry by the Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government. Nnam, a Surveyor by profession […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano Police Command has announced the arrest of no fewer than 59 suspected armed robbers and drug dealers during the just concluded ‘Eid-Maulud’ celebrations, according to the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa. In a statement issued in Kano, Haruna-Kiyawa said 35 suspects were arrested for armed robbery, while the […]
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Saturday, October 30th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, have reopened the institution closed on Oct. 2, following a protest by the students.. This is contained in a statement by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju on Friday in Ile-Ife. Olarewaju said that the decision to reopen the University was […]
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Friday, October 29th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has stated that Nigeria is “in a mess” and that the country is currently ”disintegrating before our very eyes”. Soyinka disclosed this during a media briefing held at the Freedom Park in Lagos . The elder statesman who was worried by the state of the nation stated that […]
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Friday, October 29th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has said that the Lagos Blue rail lines will be operational by Dec. 31, 2022. The Railway Engineer of LAMATA, Mr Joseph Akinpelu, said this when he led 57 Students of Leisure and Tourism Management (LTM), Yaba College of Technology (YabaTech), Epe campus, on sensitisation […]
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Friday, October 29th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has declared war against the operators of brothels and commercial sex workers in the territory as part of efforts to safeguard the health of residents. Malam Sani Amar, the Acting Director, Social Welfare Services, FCT Social Development Secretariat (SDS), made this known when he […]
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Friday, October 29th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, led other clergymen in praying against forces of evil, hate, division, injustice, insurgency and other issues working against the country. Osinbajo offered prayers while delivering a goodwill message at the 30th Anniversary Celebrations and 17th International Prophecy and Prayer Conference of ThroneRoom […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two persons were allegedly killed, Thursday, as an age-long boundary dispute between Owahwa and Okwagbe communities of Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State boiled over. The feud, according to a source, led to commotion as motorists and commercial tricycle operators took other routes with many commuters stranded. The Delta State […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor’s Forum, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said he, along with three other governors, were in Ondo State to woo Dr Olusegun Mimiko, a former Governor in the state, back to the party. Tambuwal, the Sokoto State Governor led Gov. Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Okezie […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Delta Safe have deactivated a total of 27 illegal refining sites across Niger Delta region, in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving an update on the operations of armed forces across the country between Oct. 14 and Oct. […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has stated that Nigeria’s next president must be selected on the basis of his capacity and not by ethnicity or regional sentiments. Governor Bello disclosed this during a radio interview in Lokoja saying that President Muhammadu Buhari’s replacement must be selected based on capacity instead of […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that the amount expended on the rehabilitation of its burnt office and materials is the cause for the high cost of the Anambra gubernatorial election. African Examiner recalls that on May 23, gunmen burnt the commission’s office in Awka, Anambra state, and also demolished […]