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Monday, October 18th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a coalition of Northern Youth has begun an awareness campaign to gather support for Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Kano. The group under the auspices of Osinbajo Awareness Campaign (OAC) stated that it will mobilize 20 million youths across the 19 Northern states and Federal […]
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Sunday, October 17th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Lagos State said on Sunday that they were clamping down on cultists in Ikorodu and other parts of the state. Police spokesman in the state, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said this in reaction to allegation of police illegal detention of some students of Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu Campus, over alleged cultism. […]
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Sunday, October 17th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara state Police Command has rescued five members of the household of Owalobbo of Obbo-Ayegunle in Ekiti local government area of Kwara state from gunmen on Thursday. Five members of the royal household of Oba Samuel Adelodun, the Owalobbo of Obbo were kidnapped by gunmen on Osi/Obbo-Ayegunle road. The kidnapped members includes […]
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Sunday, October 17th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People Of Biafran (IPOB) has disowned a purported statement that it has directed a sit-at-home next Monday and Tuesday. It, however, said that sit-at-home would be observed on October 21, in solidarity with its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is expected to be in court on that day. The separatist group […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -. There was tension at the Ogo-Oluwa area via Ladsol where the loyalists of Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola are holding the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Congress on Saturday. The loyalists under a group within the party named The Osun Progressives (TOP) gathered to endorsed the Caretaker Secretary of the party, Hon […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted the village head of Banye in Charanci local government area of Katsina State during an attack on Friday night on the community. The village head, Bishir Gide, is related to Bala Almu Banye, a federal Commissioner at the National Population Commission. Details of the attack are still sketchy but […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship election will be embarrassingly transparent as it has put facilities in place to achieve an all- inclusive electoral process. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Anambra state, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, made the assertion in Awka, on Saturday during a voter education […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, has stated that no political position is worth the blood of anyone. Fayemi disclosed this at the State programme lined up as part of activities to mark his third anniversary as governor, saying that “it is only God that enthrones leaders” and he tasked political parties […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians have decried the hike in cooking gas and have urged the Federal Government to check the frequent hike in price of cooking gas in the country. African Examiner reports that in Lagos , Abuja , Ibadan Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Kebbi state, are lamenting that the increase had almost become a […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ondo State Command, vowed on Saturday in Akure that it would impound vehicles without number plates and those with illegal registration. Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, State Sector Commander of the corps stated that the command would ensure that only duly registered vehicles ply on roads in the state. […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Campaign posters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have appeared at some strategic areas of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The posters, which bear the portrait of the Vice President, ‘Osinbajo for All 2023’ boldly written on them. Our correspondent observed that the posters were pasted at Dugbe, Mokola and University of Ibadan/Bodija […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of the ongoing State Congress in Oyo State due to forged documents meant for the exercise and other irregularities. Governor of Yobe State and Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon Mai Mala Buni, issued the command. In a […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, have arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan. This is contained in a statement signed by EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. The suspects were arrested at Alapata and Awotan areas of Ibadan in Oyo State. […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ogun said they will not tolerate any act of hooliganism and brigandage before, during and after the state congress, organised by All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Saturday. Police Spokesman in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated this in a press statement in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi warned miscreants […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Paul Enenche, the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, DIGC, says the plan to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for everyone across the globe is from the “pit of hell”. Eneche disclosed this during the “Early Will I Seek You” program at the church’s headquarters, Glory Dome, Abuja. According to the […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria, were on Thursday thrown into shock as a moving heavy duty vehicle crushed six persons to death, leaving three others who were critically injured hospitalized. The ugly incident happened at Ndi-Uduma village, Oso Edda community, in the Afikpo South Council Area of the state. African […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A consultant cardiologist, Dr Ramon Moronkola, has advised Nigerians to cut down their intake of seasonings to reduce the risk of having cardiovascular diseases. Moronkola, who works with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), gave the advice on Friday in an interview Lagos. He said the major component of most seasonings […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Democratic Party (ADP), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the Nov.6 Anambra governorship poll to test run electronic transmission of results, ahead of 2023 election. Yabaji Sani, National Chairman, ADP made the appeal on Friday in Abuja during the inauguration of the party’s campaign council for […]
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Thursday, October 14th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of […]
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Thursday, October 14th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Enugu State, says it has arrested three suspects in connection with alleged murder of Mr Chika Nwobodo at Ogbozinne-Ndiagu in Akpugo community of Nkanu West Local Government Area. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed this in a statement in Enugu. Ndukwe said that Nwobodo […]