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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali has launched an operation, codenamed Operation Restore Peace (Operation RP) in the Southeast geo-political zone. Speaking while launching the Operation RP at the Okpara Square in Enugu in the company of the Southeast Governors led by Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the acting IGP, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), operating under the plartform of Women Information Network (WINET), with headquarters in Enugu, South- East Nigeria, has urged the state government to enforce the Discrimination against Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) (Prohibition) Act 2018 in the state. African Examiner reports that the organization, which has bias on women […]
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai has declared National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Ayuba Wabba and other members of the union wanted. They were declared wanted for economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure under Miscellaneous Offences Act. El-Rufai, in a tweet on Tuesday, said: “Ayuba Wabba & others of @NLCHeadquarters […]
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in oyo State has intercepted baked cakes made with cannabis sativa on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The NDLEA Commander, Mrs Josephine Obi, made this known in an interview in Ibadan. “We also arrested a delivery man who was in possession of a birthday cake infused with […]
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Audu Ogbe, the Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has advised the Federal Government to stop herders from West African countries from entering Nigeria as advocated by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje. The ACF chairman said in a statement made available on Monday in Kaduna, that the suggestion by Kano State Governor would […]
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, has directed its members to join the ongoing warning strike by public sector workers in Kaduna State. The ASUU Chairperson, Dr Peter Adamu gave the directive in a circular to the members of the union, issued in Kaduna on Monday. Adamu […]
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers Government has redeemed its pledge of N280 million to families of 14 security personnel murdered during a recent attack on security formations in parts of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, on behalf of the state governor, presented cheques to 11 widows of Police officers […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lady identified as Prisca Aniemeke says that her father was arrested by the police over allegations levelled against him by billionaire Ned Nwoko. In a statement she issued on Twitter, Prisca stated that her father, Godwin Aniemeke, is being accused of terrorism, murder and others. According to her, he was arrested […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to exercise calm and restraint in its engagement with the Kaduna State Government. The forum made the call in a statement signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday in Abuja. Fayemi called for […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, for questioning. The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via an SMS on Monday. Uwujaren gave no further information on reasons for the invitation. […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2021
5 Vehicles Burnt, INEC Headquarters Main Building Safe, Says Enugu Fire Chief (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Fire Officer of Enugu State, Mr Okwudili Ohaa, said timely intervention of Fire Service saved INEC headquarters from burning down completely. Ohaa told the African Examiner in Enugu , that five INEC operational vehicles were completely burnt and […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two days after a mid-night fire disaster gutted the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Obollo Afor, Udenu Council area of Enugu state, its headquarters in Enugu was on Sunday Razed by fire. As at the time of filling this report, men of the Enugu state fire Service were still […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Igboho, says governors of the south-west have shown their support concerning the demand of a Yoruba nation. Igboho, who had earlier announced that the Yoruba are no longer part of Nigeria joined supporters on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun state capital, for a pro-Yoruba nation […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nsukwa Divisional Police Station in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State has been razed down by unknown gunmen leaving three police officers reportedly killed. According to available information, the hoodlums attacked the Police Station around 2.am Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that the building and vehicles were razed while the […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called for more synergy among the state governors in order to resolve the numerous challenges affecting the country. Jonathan spoke in Benin after a thanksgiving service organised to mark the 59th birthday anniversary of Pastor Charles Osazuwa, General Overseer of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As agitation for self-determination by various ethnic groups in the country continues unabated, the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS) Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has declared that it has the capacity to address the issue in Southeast Nigeria if given the mandate. It noted that the […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Saturday said that the decision of the Southern Governors on open grazing and other issues remain irrevocable and must be respected. NAN reports that the Forum of Southern Governors in one voice, recently announced a ban on open grazing in all the 17 Southern states. Wike […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing, Uche Okah, is dead. She reportedly died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja, where she was getting treatment over an undisclosed illness. Governor David Umahi on Saturday condoled with the husband of the deceased, Celestine Okah, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Government is yet to respond as the opposition People’s Democratic Party berated Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for not participating in the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum meeting held in Delta State earlier in the week. African Examiner recalls that governors from the southern part of the country had at the meeting discussed […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavy rain and thunderstorm on Saturday dispersed agitators of Yoruba Nation at the popular Nelson Mandela Freedom park via Old garage area of Osogbo capital of Osun State on Saturday afternoon. African Examiner reports that scores of Yoruba Nation agitators stormed the streets of Osogbo on Saturday after they changed the venue […]
