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Friday, May 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is reportedly behind the sack row of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, AFRICAN EXAMINER has learnt. According to Persecondnews, the minister had sworn that Bala-Usman would not get a second term but was jolted when in January that the president […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is conflict in Ogba, Lagos over the alleged shooting of a motorcyclist also known as Okada rider by a police officer. A source disclosed that the unrest started yesterday when a police officer refused to pay for the service rendered to him by an Okada rider. The anonymous source stated that […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, May 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives made a breakthrough for the first time in Imo this year as they successfully resisted and repelled an attack on Orlu Divisional Police Headquarters by unknown gunmen. The incident, which happened Thursday night, saw the joint security operatives killing about eight hoodlums in the gun duel. The Police Spokesperson in […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many lives were lost in an accident that occurred along Lagos -Ibadan expressway where unspecified number of persons were burnt to death. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for TRACE, said this at a media briefing in Abeokuta on Friday. He said the accident involved a silver Toyota RAV 4, with registration number, […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the state government would connect no fewer than 100 schools to internet by the end of May. Sanwo-Olu said this during the inauguration of Lagos State Schools Infrastructure Projects and four school buildings. He said that the state government had started to roll […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation of the Ministry of Transportation under Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. A statement issued by the President’s media aide stated the Managing Director, Hadiza Bala Usman […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that gunmen had abducted an undisclosed number of students from Abia State University, Uturu has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner reports that gunmen on Wednesday night had ambushed some of the students and abducted them. The Abia State Commissioner for Information, John Kalu, confirmed the development in a statement […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
….. Calls For Atonement, Reparation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop Calistus Onaga of Catholic Diocese of Enugu has reacted to Wednesday’s invasion of the Bishop’s Court and the Holy Ghost Cathedral Church by the followers of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka. Enugu city was on Wednesday thrown into pandemonium as followers of fiery Catholic Priest, Rev. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another policeman was killed when gunmen in the early hours of Thursday invaded Obiozara police station in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state. The gunmen, who invaded the station around 3am, razed office of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and the admin building. A source within the area noted the main […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Anambra have confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by unknown gunmen who attacked and razed the Divisional Police Station in Obosi, Idemili North of the state. African Examiner gathered that the attackers had after burning down the station, moved to the quarters where they killed the two personnel […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Enoch Adeboye, is dead. African Examiner gathered that the 42-year-old, who was the third surviving child of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government said troops rescued 13 kidnapped persons from bandits after fierce gun duel in Chikun Local Government Area of the ctate. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kaduna. “Troops have reported the rescue of […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remaining abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna have regained their freedom after spending 55 days in captivity. The students were released on Wednesday and are currently undergoing medical examination at a health facility in Kaduna. The spokesman of the Police Command in Kaduna state, ASP Mohammed […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rector, of Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, Prof. Austin Uchechukwu Nweze, has said that the school has zero tolerance for cultism , examination malpractice and all manner of misconducts. He said his vision is not only to make the school one of the best in Nigeria, but to ensure before […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it has placed 4,000 unemployed graduates on N40,000 monthly salary for six months. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, made this known on Wednesday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in Commemoration of the Second Year in Office of Gov. Bababjide Sanwo-Olu. Arobieke […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu residents on Wednesday trooped out in thousands to jubilate the reappearance of Spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), Rev Father Ejike Mbaka. African Examiner had reported there was tension in Enugu over his whereabouts on Wednesday. Many youths protested, alleging he had been picked up by security operatives or […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesting youths on Wednesday vandalised the official residence of the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Callistus Onaga in demonstration of the alleged arrest of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka. African Examiner reports that the irate youths suspected to be members of the Adoration Ministry and numbering over 1,000 stormed the residence of […]
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
(FRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has advised that Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha), should be charged with child molestation. According to a statement signed by the Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), and made available on Tuesday, a prima-facie case has been established against the […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of Mr Abutu Yaro as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Imo. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mba also announced that the I-G […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
The presidency says some “disgruntled religious and past political leaders” together with “external forces” are trying to overthrow the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday saying that it has “unimpeachable evidence” of a plan to recruit leaders […]
