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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State governor, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has warned perpetrators of violence in the state of retribution, assuring citizens of his determination to protect the lives and property of citizens in the state. The warning is coming on the heels of violent attacks on the State capital on Friday by thugs allegedly […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday handed over 56,000 feeding utensils to Niger state government for the benefit of pupils under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in the state. Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, handed over the utensils to the government at the […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu says 19 families have so far submitted names of those suspected to be trapped in the collapsed Ikoyi building. Sanwo-Olu said this while updating newsmen at the site of the collapsed Ikoyi building, adding that register had been opened for such purpose. The governor was at […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Widow of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu, has described the All Progressives Grand Alliance as a secret cult, expressing worry over the party’s dwindling political fortune. “APGA is now like a secret cult, and this has reduced our once vibrant party to a shadow of its former self,” she lamented. Bianca […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police have reportedly rescued the six staff of the University of Abuja abducted by gunmen on Tuesday and reunited them with their families. Details of the rescue operation were sketchy but the Federal Capital Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement this morning. African Examiner had reported […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(African examiner) – The Ondo State Police Command has deployed its men in the checkpoints on the highways following the withdrawal of soldiers from the roads. The state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party and the All Progressive Congress-led government had traded words over the alleged withdrawal of the soldiers. While the PDP accused the […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali has ordered the restriction of non-essential vehicular movements in Anambra from 11:59pm on Friday to 11: 59pm Saturday. Akali said the measure was aimed at protecting the sanctity of the Nov. 6 governorship election in the state. CP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, […]
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Thursday, November 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has cancelled its one-week sit-at-home order it issued across the South-East. IPOB said it called off the order after consultations with elders, traditional, and religious leaders from the region. The group’s Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday after […]
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Thursday, November 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The body of the Managing Director, Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, has been recovered from the rubble of the collapsed Ikoyi building. Fourscore Homes is the firm constructing the 21-storey building which collapsed on Monday, on Gerrard Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed this to TheCable on Thursday evening […]
