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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police from parading suspects before the media henceforth. The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern Governors fixed September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the endorsement of anti-open grazing law among its member states. They jointly agreed on the date during their meeting on Monday in Lagos. During the meeting, the governors also deliberated on insecurity, constitution amendment, PIB and anti-open grazing law in all member-states. […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern governors have resolved that security agencies must notify them as the chief security officer of their states before any operation can be carried out within their domain . This was contained in a communiqué issued today at the end of the governors’ meeting in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. It was signed […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagum has reportedly slumped during an official engagement in Bauchi State. Our correspondent gathered that Katagum was in in the state to launch an empowerment program in Bauchi metropolis on Monday, before she suddenly slumped while delivering her speech. It […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received 16 of his colleagues from the Southern part of the country. Sanwo-Olu arrived at Alausa, Ikeja, venue of their meeting which is holding eight weeks after the governors met in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on May 11, 2021. According to available information, the governors […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticized the Petroleum Industrial Bill newly passed by the National Assembly. Clark, who was represented at a press conference in Abuja by PANDEF’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, declared that the region has had enough of the colonial oppression and will be resisting it. But the […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said he is not floating any political party . He said reports that he picked three ex – Governors to help actualise the dream ahead of 2023 general elections were false. Obasanjo said the report in a national newspaper that he had formed a new party […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has refuted claims that its members in the Eastern Security Network (ESN) used girls for rituals. Benjamin Emeoyiri, a commander of the ESNh had confessed to killing 10 girls. “We went in 10 vehicles. We tied white and red clothes on our bodies for protection against […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMIN) – Suspected bandits on Monday kidnapped unspecified number of students of Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi town of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State. African Examiner reports that the bandits invaded the school at about 2 a.m. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Kaduna, ASP Mohammed Jalije, who […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four people were confirmed dead on Sunday as a result of multiple accident involving a truck at Bode Market in Molete area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Chukwurah said: […]
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Monday, July 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama Sunday in Enugu when Operatives of a private security outfit allegedly acting on the instruction of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr.Geoffery Onyeama, during a Stakeholders meeting of Enugu West Senatorial zone,manhandled some top officials of the Buhari Support Group (BSO) and other Chieftains of the All Progressive […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olowu of Owu-Kuta in Osun, Oba Adekunle Makama, has condemned secessionist calls in Nigeria, describing it as unpatriotic. The traditional ruler, while fielding questions from journalists in his palace on Sunday, said as a royal father, he would never support the idea and call for separation or secession of any part […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Improvised Explosive Device that was detonated in Kaduna Saturday, was concealed in three empty yogurt containers, the police revealed on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Saturday incident, which occurred in badarawa area of Kaduna metropolis, resulted in the death of one adolescent child, aged seven and […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna State on Sunday confirmed the kidnap of eight persons at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Quarters, in Zaria town of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammed Jalige confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Jalige said, in the […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of residents escaped death at Totoro area in Abeokuta metropolis on Sunday after a tanker laden with diesel fell at the roundabout spilling its content on the road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesman, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta said that […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 71 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 167,803, as at July 3. The figures were made available at the official website handle of NCDC on Sunday. The new infections indicated a rise from the 40 cases […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Jigawa has arrested nine armed robbery suspects believed to have been terrorising residents in Gumel Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Shiisu Lawan, spokesperson for the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the suspects were arrested on June 30. […]
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Sunday, July 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has relieved all his Special Advisers of their appointment. This is contained in a statement by the acting Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe in Gusau. Balarabe, however, said the Special Adviser on Security, retired DIG Mamman Tsafe was not affected […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the defection of Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, to the All Progressives Congress as an unpardonable act of betrayal. The party disclosed this on Saturday in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. The statement partly reads, “Governor Matawalle must, however, […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he has been given an assurance that there will be no APC congress in Kwara until all members of the party are duly registered and have revalidated their membership. The minister said the APC Caretaker Chairman and governor of Yobe, Mai-Mala Buni, […]
