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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Honourable Abok Ayuba, has been impeached. Rt Hon. Yakubu Sanda representing Pengana Constituency in the state assembly has been elected Speaker by the members as the new speaker. Abok was reportedly impeached on Thursday morning following a vote of no confidence by some […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has unveiled a mass vaccination campaign, as part of the strategies to stave off re-emergence of the COVID-19 viral infection. Speaking during the unveiling, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said that the objective is aimed at vaccinating four million residents in Lagos before the end of 2021. […]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of an artist, Ifeanyi Kalu, has been thrown into mourning after personnel of the Nigerian Air Force, accused of driving on the Bus Rapid Transit lane in Lagos State, crushed him. African Examiner gathered that Ifeanyi was on his way to work in the Ilupeju area of the state when […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights organizations, operating under the platforms of International Society For Civil Liberties and rule of law, popularly known as (Intersociety), and Southeast Rights Coalition, have warned against the inherent danger of disrupting the November 6, Anambra governorship election by any group. It said “Anambra State is running at high speed and […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has stated what the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, can do to win next month’s governorship election in Anambra State. Saraki disclosed this when he appeared on Arise News saying that the PDP can only win the election if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ensures a free, […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ogun chapter ,in Sango-Ota, blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway over the deplorable state of the highway. African Examiner reports that the NLC Lagos State chapter of the congress joined their Ogun counterpart to stage the protest. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions: ‘’we don’t want palliatives,” ‘’we want […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has stated that he went to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja, on his own volition, on Sunday, he was never arrested contrary to public views. The senator disclosed that he heard his name was […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, has joined issues with his ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Precious instituted a fundamental rights enforcement suit against Fani-Kayode, the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP) and his officers, claiming N800 million as damages. Listed as respondents in the suit are Deputy Inspector-General […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai has directed security agencies to investigate the lynching of three suspected bandits’ informants in Zangon Aya village, Igabi Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna. He […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio-political organisation under the aegis of Igbo Elders Consultative Forum has criticized the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra in Anambra State, disagreeing that it would give the enemies of the people the opportunity to ‘cook’ the results of the governorship election scheduled for November 6. The organisation, […]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Ghalli Na’Abba’s opinion that northerners are opposed to the zoning of the presidency because they have not benefitted from the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari, has been described as irresponsible, unpatriotic and undignified of a political leader who once occupied one of the highest political offices […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The coalition of Northern Groups has filed a case asking the court to compel the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives to hasten the exit of the South-eastern region out of Nigeria. They pleaded that this should be done before the conclusion of the ongoing amendment to Nigeria’s constitution. […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed 16 worshippers at a mosque in central Nigeria, a government official said Tuesday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Scores of gunmen on motorcycles stormed Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state on Monday and opened fire during morning prayers, said Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the secretary […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Seun Abimbola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and past Commissioner for Justice in Oyo State, has cautioned leaders across various strata of the society to be wary of putting ex-convicts in any public position. Abimbola stated in Ibadan that the Nigerian constitution forbade an ex-convict from contesting an elective position […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has adequate manpower for the conduct of November 6 governorship election in Anambra. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nwachukwu Orji, disclosed this on Tuesday in Awka. Orji, who was reacting to viral media report that hundreds of adhoc workers recruited for the Anambra […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The FCT Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), says it will punish any of its personnel caught demanding bribes from motorists during road traffic control and vehicle papers verification within the territory. Mr Wadata Bodinga, Director of FCT VIO, stated on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the directorate would take serious actions against bribe […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A middle-aged man, Chibuike Ochie, has allegedly killed his sister-in-law, younger sister and a laborer in Uburu community, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ebonyi, DSP Loveth Odoh, confirmed the killings in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Monday. Odah said that the incident occurred on […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo State has warned that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in parts of the country being referred to as banditry, must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. Akeredolu declared this statement in Abuja, noting that infiltration of the country’s borders and the […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Executive Chairman of Nkanu West Council Area of Enugu state, South East East Nigeria, and Nolly Wood Actor, Mr. Afam Okereke who was abducted on Sunday by unknown armed men has been released . He was kidnapped on his way back from Port Harcourt, the River State capital, South – South […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church has stated that anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the North. Bakare disclosed this during a chat with Thisday saying that he doubts the north would willingly hand over power adding that “the north has a way of […]
