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Thursday, August 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of 31 lawyers from northern Nigeria on Wednesday volunteered to render free legal services to the former commander of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, is facing allegations of corruption leveled against him by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the […]
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has suspended the Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Clement Nweke, over alleged insubordination and dereliction of duty. The commissioner’s suspension was announced in a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government/Coordinating Commissioner, Dr Kenneth Igwe, on Wednesday in Abakaliki. The suspension, according to the […]
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An inferno on Wednesday gutted a shopping plaza on llofa Road in the GRA area of Ilorin. The Director, State Fire Service, Mr Falade Olumuyiwa stated that the fire, which began at about 1am, destroyed valuables worth millions of naira. Olumuyiwa said the fire was immediately put out by men of the […]
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned until September 27, the trial of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha charged with alleged defilement. African Examiner reports that the trial which was scheduled to continue on Wednesday did not hold due to the absence of the presiding judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, who currently […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has reaffirmed its resolve begin the distribution of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), by the end of this year. Vice President, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo gave the assurance at the 6th Anniversary Lecture/Niger Delta Awards, which was organized in Lagos by Gbaramatu Voice Newspaper. Speaking on the theme of the event, […]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the replacement of the state’s logo as requested by the Gov. Aminu Bello-Masari. The assembly approved the request at its plenary on Monday presided over by the Speaker, Alhaji Tasi’u Maigari. The request, which was forwarded to it in a letter signed by […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) Youths Vanguard has issued a 7-day ultimatum to a former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, daring him to make do his plan to quit the party for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Gombe chapter of the APC youth group said Senator Goje was […]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 200 political thugs on Tuesday invaded the Enugu state office of All Progressive Congress, APC to disrupt the State Caretaker Executive Committee meeting, just as the party has slammed indefinite suspension on Ex-speaker of the state House of Assembly, Barr. Eugene Odoh, and three other members of the party […]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday said its operatives have arrested one Ikechukeu Umaefulem, the “Chief Priest” of the Eastern Security Network, the security arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The command’s spokesperson, Micheal Abattam, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital, said that the suspect was arrested in […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood Star, Rita Daniel from Delta State, South- South Nigeria, has emerged National woman leader of the Apex Igbo Socio Cultural body, Ohaneze Ndigbo. Mrs. Daniel, who is also a Nollywood Actress herself, was unanimously elected unopposed yesterday during the Women wing election of the Igbo umbrella body held at its national […]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 14 persons were feared killed while hoodlums attacked commercial vehicles and residents in IPOB sit at home order IPOB had announced a sit-at-home to protest the arrest and detention of its leader Nnamdi Kanu. It said the 6 am to 6 pm “stay-at-home” would be observed every Monday “until […]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) patrol vehicle on Monday lost control and killed five persons in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State. Dalha Wada-Chedi, the acting Controller of NCS in the state, confirmed the incident to Journalists. An eyewitness said the customs vehicle was chasing a J5 vehicle suspected to have […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, says he will never resign. The PDP Chairman stated that he would not resign his position in a statement signed by Ike Abonyi, his Special Assistant on Media on Monday as he pointed out that nothing so far warrants […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra Police Operatives on Monday repelled attack on Nnewi Police Area Command on the Okigwe road area of Umudim, Nnewi. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) stated in Awka that operatives successfully repelled the attackers who came in vehicles in the afternoon. Ikenga said police and other security agencies […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Justice Fred Njemanze of the Imo State High Court has ordered a permanent forfeiture of Royal Spring Palm Estate and other properties linked to the former governor Rochas Okorocha and his wife. The judge also ordered that the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko belonging to the Rochas Foundation to be surrendered permanently to the […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government says that all primary and secondary schools will remain close until security situation improves across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad, stated this on Monday in Kaduna at a joint press conference with the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan. Muhammad […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, says that traffic diversion towards rehabilitation of the burnt Airport flyover bridge in Lagos will begin on Friday, Aug. 13 until Sept. 22. Popoola disclosed on Sunday night that traffic on Apakun axis on Oshodi Expressway would be diverted to Ladipo service […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Mohammed Idris, Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, was on Sunday kidnapped by gunmen at Baban Tunga village of Tafa Local Government Area of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Monday. Matane said that the gunmen who came […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arraignment of 21-year-old Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, is set to begin at the Yaba Magistrate Court in Lagos State. Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos, is presently in court and would be arraigned with […]
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has approved suspension of the Coordinator, Ohaozara Development Centre, Mr Obinna Ekezie. Umahi gave the approval in a statement issued to journalists on Sunday in Abakaliki by Dr Kenneth Igwe, Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner. He said the suspension was as a result of […]
