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Monday, September 13th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular music promoter, Ola Ibironke, popularly known as Dudu Heritage is dead. The socialite, a prominent golfer in Ibadan, and husband to top actress, Bimbo Oshin reportedly died some few hours ago. ‘Dudu’ lived in the United States some years ago where he was a music promoter before relocating to Nigeria […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, (PDP-Enugu), Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, has called for an end to the ‘sit-at-home’ order, by the proscribed IPOB in the South East. Nnamani, who made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Abuja, noted that the order had brought […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits trying to escape the ongoing military operation in Zamfara and Katsina states met their waterloo in the hands of soldiers at Maganda village near Allawa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits, who were said to be escaping through the notorious Allawa Forest in their hundreds, ran into […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the expulsion of a former Military Governor of Gombe state, Chief Joe Orji, ex- Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odoh, and 39 other members, over their alleged violation of the provision of the party’s constitution. Also […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Commissioner of police (CP) Abubakar Lawal has ordered immediate investigation and sanction of a Policeman recently involved in physical assault of a lady in Enugu. He however, warned the Command’s personnel against acts of unprofessionalism under his watch, stressing that his administration will not condone any conduct capable of dragging […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state Police Command have arrested and killed two suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, during a gun due in Orlu. They were apprehended in an uncompleted building situated in a valley at Amaifeke, Orlu. Commissioner of Police in the state, Rabiu Hussaini, made this known in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has praised the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) for securing the long-awaited promotion to the elite Nigerian Premier Football League. Makinde says the promotion was in line with his campaign promise to get the club promoted to the elite. Taiwo Adisa, Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary, in a […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau State and its environs, has constituted a Board of Enquiry to investigate the alleged murder of one Abdullahi Karafa, a taxi driver in Jos, the state capital, by its personnel. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, its Media Officer, disclosed this in a […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded two additional fatalities from the COVID-19 with 547 fresh cases reported across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday morning. The additional 547 COVID-19 infections on Sunday […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has stated the federal government has spent N6 trillion on the war against insurgency since 2008, and lost N5.4 trillion to tax evasion by multi-national corporations operating in the country between 2011 and 2021. This was disclosed in a statement According to a statement by […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi states are top of the list of schools involved in examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was announced by the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Dantani Wushishi. According to Wushishi, examination malpractices are rampant in northern states and high in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi States in […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday, has stated that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is not interested in Igbo presidency but a Nigerian President. Uzodinma said this as he refuted claims of APC zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Appearing on Channels Television, the Imo governor stated that APC […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said that the state government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits as they rejected the olive branch stretched at them earlier. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces would flush them out of the state. “My administration will no longer grant amnesty to […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, Dr. Usman Salisu Ogbo, has announced the suspension of a lecturer in the institution for allegedly forcing students to buy textbooks before they would pass their examinations. Dr. Ogbo disclosed this when the President, National Association of Nigeria Students, Sunday Asefon; alongside his entourage, paid […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Police Command has rescued the kidnapped traditional ruler of Wawa in Borgu Local Government of Niger. Dr Mahmud Aliyu, the victim, was kidnapped by heavily armed gunmen on Sunday at his palace at about 10pm. The Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP. Wassiu Abiodun, made this known in Minna […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has vowed to remain vigilant against all forms of cyber-criminal activities, including the fake website for passport applications. Mr Abdukmalik Ahmed, Consul-General of Nigeria to South Africa, stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. He observed that […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide adequate COVID-19 vaccines for all the corps members in the state. Masari made the pledge on Friday in Katsina when he received the Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, who paid him a courtesy call at […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s frontline civil society organization, Connected Development (CODE) has called for the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the recently instituted Health Sector Reform Committee approved by the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari’s approval of the Committee and appointment of Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo as Chairman offers an avenue for intersectional […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the state Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill into Law. The State House of Assembly had on Thursday, Sept. 9, passed the bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services. Sanwo-Olu, who assented to the Bill at about […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government says it will not acquire any land for the purpose of of ranching in the state as reported in certain quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mt Charles Aniagwu, made the clarification in a statement he issued on Friday in Asaba. He said that ranching and livestock breeding, rearing and […]