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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A vigilante group in Kogi State have neutralised 11 bandits terrorising various communities in Koton Karfe Local Government Area of the state. The operatives also arrested a security officer and his accomplice alleged to be supplying weapons and rescued abductees from the kidnappers den. Mr Onogwu Muhammed, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, on Sunday began seven days of seclusion preceding the annual ‘Olojo’ Festival in the ancient city. ‘Olojo’ in Yoruba means ‘the day of the first dawn’, but in the lores of Ile-Ife, the Olojo Festival is an annual cultural festival created to celebrate […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun has counselled the public against organizing prayer sessions at night, especially in forest area, to avoid being victims of kidnappers. Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the warning in a statement made available to newsmen, in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi noted that the Ogun state police command has […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a pregnant woman, a fake soldier and an Italy-bound lady for drug offences. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja, noted that the operatives had continued their nationwide “offensive action” against drug traffickers […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foundation members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State have sent a “Save Our Soul“ (SOS) message to President Muhammadu Buhari over the alleged hijack of the party by members who joined recently. The state APC Publicity Secretary, Mrs Kate Ofor, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Enugu on Sunday […]
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Monday, September 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), has explained why some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are protesting against the defection of Mr Femi Fani-Kayode to the party. He gave the explanation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while reacting to the recent defection of Fani-Kayode to the […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has removed the ban placed on flights coming into the country from India. THEWILL had reported that the government had banned passengers, who visited India, Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey in the last 14 days from entering the country as part of precautionary measures to contain the virus in […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will pay N35,000 in each of the next two terms. Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, made the clarification in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Ganiu Lawal, an assistant director in the ministry. Adefisayo said the “experimental […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen invaded a place of worship in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday, killing one person and abducting two worshippers. The place of worship located at Okedayo Area on Kabba-Okene Road was invaded at about 10.15a.m. as the day’s worship went underway. Police’s spokesman in Kogi, DSP William Aya, confirmed the incident. He described […]
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Sunday, September 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsonists set the INEC office at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State ablaze on Sunday. The Chief Fire Officer in Enugu State, Chief Okwudili Ohaa, confirmed the incident in Enugu. Ohaa said that a distress call was received by the Enugu State Fire Service at about 1.30 a.m. “As usual, when […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An employee of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, Akinlolu Ajayi, will be prosecuted for attempting to commit suicide . The 54-year-old man was seen on September 15 on the Third Mainland Bridge trying to jump into the lagoon at the University of Lagos waterfront. Ajayi was, however, stopped when the […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has called for a political solution for the crisis which caused the arrest and detention of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Metuh disclosed this in a statement . The former PDP spokesman was quoted to […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, says that the secessionist agitation of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra has been taken over by criminals and kidnappers. The governor disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television saying that IPOB is no longer in control of the whole agitation due to the alleged […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police have arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts and other crimes in Niger in August. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, stated in Minna on Saturday that crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state. “We have charged 119 suspects […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Sokoto State on Saturday confirmed the killing of one person and the abduction of several others, as a result of an attack by some unknown gunmen in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, who confirmed the attack in Sokoto, […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given erring contractors handling parts of the LagosHoms, Sangotedo in Eti-Osa one week to improve the level of work or have their contracts terminated. Sanwo-Olu gave the deadline on Friday when he inspected the housing project to assess the pace of the construction work. He […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, also known as Danbardi, the association’s Chairman in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The association announced this in a statement by its National Secretary, Othman Ngelzarma, and made available on Saturday, in Abuja, saying that […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has suspended its strike and directed its members at Enugu depot to resume supply of petroleum products. “As a result of the intervention of higher authorities in the unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of our secretariat at Enugu depot, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Benin (UNIBEN) said the growing worrisome trend of students’ late registration was reason for introduction of the N20,000 late registration fee. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Lilian Salami, made the assertion at a news conference in Benin. Salami explained that the behaviour amongst students had continued to have […]
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Saturday, September 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ebonyi said it has recovered two Ak-47, 40 rounds of live ammunition and some charms from suspected murderers in the state. In a press statement, issued to reporters in Abakaliki by the Spokesman of the Command, ASP Levi Phillips, the police said also recovered were two locally-Improvised Devices […]
