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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has reacted to the hijab crisis in Kwara state, describing it as “nasty development.” Recall that Kwara recently closed 10 schools following their refusal to allow Muslim female students to wear hijab as part of their school uniform. The refusal came after Christian […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is about to marry the daughter of Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasir Bayero. Zahra Bayero, the prospective bride is presently an undergraduate student in the United Kingdom, studying architecture. Yusuf is a 2016 graduate of University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. According […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court has ordered that a 500-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Adebowale Abiola to be jailed for one year over $104,500 fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Abiola following a report on the activities of […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) 28 year old Abubakar Suleiman was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for trafficking 30 women to Libya by a Federal High Court in Kano The National Agency for the Prohibition In Persons (NAPTIP), charged Suleiman, who resides in Kadawa Miltara Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano, with one count of trafficking […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was wild jubilation by some residents of Maiduguri town following the restoration of electricity on Wednesday evening after two months of total blackout. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two months blackout was caused by the destruction of some of the towers supplying electricity to the city from the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
…It’s Pure Vendetta, Says Ani (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a week after the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, demolished a residential building belonging to the Chancellor of Coal City university, Mr. Chinedu Ani, the Agency has completely withdrawn the building approval it issued to the (latter) in 2016, for erection of his residence […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disturbed by the sorry state of facilities in Nigeria’s health sector, a non governmental organization, Millennium Center For Training, and Leadership, with headquarters in Lagos, has identified lack of political will and mismanagement of resources by those in authorities as the key factors responsible for the mess in the sector. It noted […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – JAMB says it has started the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) registration. A statement issued in Bwari, FCT, by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocols, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday says all potential candidates must provide their National Identity Number (NIN) at the point of registration. “This […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has blasted the style of government of President Muhammadu Buhari saying the President is too slow and Nigerians cannot wait for him to fix the county at his own pace. Baba-Ahmed stated this on Wednesday when he appeared on Arise Television saying […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
…Says Secession Not The Solution (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, says those calling for secession are doing so because of frustration. Fayemi disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on Arise Television, saying that the agitation by some for the breakaway of the South-West region from Nigeria and the establishment […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State, some Nigerians are of the view that former Central Bank Governor, Charles Soludo, is not capable to lead the state. African Examiner reports that Soludo has declared his intention to run for the number one political position in the state under the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of Ishi-Ozalla Autonomous Community Town Union in Nkanu West Council area of Enugu state, South East, Nigeria, has dismissed allegation of Ostracization of some people in the locality as claimed recently by some individuals. African Examiner reports that former Nigeria’s minister of information and National Orientation, Mr. Frank Nweke hails from […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has received and accepted the petition filed by the Mutual Union of Tiv in America; a petition earlier rejected by the deputy speaker. However, at a plenary session on Tuesday the speaker called on Hon Mark Gbillah, Gwer-East/Gwer-West Federal Constituency in Benue State […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State will not be part of the sovereign Yoruba State being agitated for by some groups, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu declared on Monday in Akure Akeredolu said this while swearing in Princess Oladunni Odu as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and other Special Advisers in Akure “Our people are […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is sick and on life support going by recent happenings, Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has stated He spoke on Sunday at the 37th priestly anniversary thanksgiving Mass in honour of Reverend Father Donatus Ugema and during a solidarity visit on him by members of the State Executive Council, traditional rulers and […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
……. Woos Electorate to Join Party (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All progressive Congress APC Enugu state chapter, has joined other Stakeholders in condemning the recent controversial bill proposing life pension for ex- governors of the state and their deputies, being championed by the state House of Assembly. The Executive bill which had gone through […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Sunday attacked another police station in Anambra State Efforts by the gunmen to burn down the police station located at Mgbakwu in Awka North local Government were met with stiff resistance from the policemen on duty. It gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically into the air to scare people away […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said the suspects behind the violence in Saturday’s bye-election in Ekiti East Constituency 1 of the State House Assembly have been arrested Fayemi said this in a statement which he shared on his verified Twitter handle with pictures from his visit to the persons […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Plateau Governor, Jonah Jang and Sen. Istifanus Gyang (PDP, Plateau North) have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to facilitate the release of former Gov. Joshua Dariye from prison. The duo made the appeal on Sunday at the finals of Sen. I. D. Gyang Peace, Unity and Reconciliation Football Tournament in […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new leader of the Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has vowed to continue pressing for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying those opposed to restructuring are enemies of Nigeria. Adebanjo, who was announced Afenifere leader by Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the immediate past leader, said he was surprised when the […]
