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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Dorathy Bachor, lied that she was at home when the anti-graft operatives broke into her residence in the Lekki area of Lagos State. EFCC in a statement on Monday also said “nine alleged internet fraud suspects were apprehended in […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ebonyi and other security agencies said they would embark on a state-wide intensive patrols as part of efforts to protect lives and property over the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). African Examiner recalls that IPOB had fixed Monday every week for its sit-at-home […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the current insecurity challenge facing Nigeria continues unabated, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. (Dr) Agustine Akubueze Sunday declared that the change of service chiefs by the Federal Government was yet to produce the desired effect. He spoke during the ongoing second plenary of their Conference […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has harped on the need for Nigeria to maximize the progress that has been achieved in the digital technology space. Prof. Danbatta made the observation at the weekend while delivering the first Annual Lecture of […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police says 22-year-old Gloria Okolie was arrested after she spied for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, who stated that Gloria was arrested in […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has refuted claims linking the killings of five farmers in Toronto village of Osun to the long-resolved Ife/Modakeke dispute. It could be recalled that there was tension among residents of Ile-Ife and Modakeke of Osun State on Friday after the death of five farmers from […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed worry over the way states and the Federal Government are accumulating debts as well as over the low foreign direct investment into the country. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, when he hosted some members of the National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, led […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness, following recent attack on their people. African Examiner recalls that about 23 people from Ondo passing through Jos were killed on Aug. 14, while 23 were reportedly 23 injured. The commuters were attacked enroute Ondo along Rukuba […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will begin implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday (Aug. 23) to end the indefinite strike by Resident Doctors across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen before a closed […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A social cultural organisation Amokwe Development Foundation (ADF, in Udi Council Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria, has empowered a blind man, Mr. Chukwuma Onyia, and 49 other indigent people of the Community to set up their own small scale business. Our Correspondent reports that they were given unspecified sums of […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALE) has announced its partnership with the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in order to get rid of illegal arms and light weapons, especially at the maritime and land borders of the […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 3 storey building under construction has collapsed at Nweke Okuzu Street, Ugbene two, in Abakpa Nike area Enugu. The building which is number 36 on the street is located behind the popular Timber Market, Abakpa Nike Enugu . A visit to the scene of the incident by our Correspondent revealed that […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A second year student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (UNIZIK ) Awka, Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, David Ogbonna has reportedly committed suicide after seeing his last semester result. African Examiner gathered that the deceased, hanged himself in the schools hostel wardrobe on Friday. A Source closed to the hostel who confirmed the […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent attacks and unrest in Plateau, the Kogi state government has successfully evacuated its indigenes studying at the University of Jos and other institutions in the State. Mr Muhammed Onogwu, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to Onogwu, the students were […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Military Administrator of Oyo State and a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead. Olurin, who died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, according to family source, was 77. The deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Plateau State government has returned undisclosed number of the surviving victims of the Jos attack to Ondo State . About 28 people were reportedly killed in the attack. The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr Sonni Tiyoden, disclosed this when he accompanied the survivors to the Ondo State government house in […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the rising spate of insecurity in Jos and its environs, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities in the institution till further notice. Mr Monday Danjem, the Registrar of the university, unveiled this development in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Danjem, the decision […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Kano for the wedding ceremony of his son, Yusuf Buhari, who is getting married to Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State. The wedding will be taking place today at the palace of the […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed five indigenes of Modekeke town in Osun state, who were said to be going to their farm in Toro Village in the early hours of Friday. A community leader in Modakeke, Mr. Femi Eluyinka, who confirmed the incident , said some people from the community and […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON) says it supports the Federal Government’s three per cent allocation provision in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed into law. The National Chairman, HOSCON, Mike Emuh, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja, said “for 13 years, we have been waiting’’. […]
