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Saturday, April 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than a month after the Imo state police headquarters and Correctional Service facilities in Owerri were violently attacked by unknown gunmen, the country home of the state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, at Omuma, Oru East Council area was on Saturday attacked and set ablaze by unknown hoodlums. It was gathered that […]
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Saturday, April 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, on Saturday proscribed all labour unions and shut down the institution indefinitely following a protest over poor staff welfare. The university authorities have also instructed the students to vacate the campus without delay. These are contained in a statement by Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, Head, Directorate of […]
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Saturday, April 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola says he is committed to clearing the backlog of Passport applications and issuance latest May 31st, emphasising that the Nigerian Passport is the strongest instrument of Sovereignty, Nationality and Citizenship. The Minister stated this when he received the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon Abike […]
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Saturday, April 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tuesday, April 13, is a day 24-year-old Chinaza Azuatalam will not forget. It’s the day her 29-year-old husband, Chinonso Azuatalam, who is a welder, lost his life. The artisan on that day took breakfast with his wife and two daughters, Munachi, aged three years and Amara, one year, and left for his […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, April 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority has distanced itself from the demolition of some structures at the crisis- ridden New Artisan livestock market in Enugu. Our Correspondent, reports that traders at the market, mostly dominated by Nigerians of Northern extraction, had on Thursday, paralyzed commercial activities in the market, as they staged […]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three students of the abducted Greenfield University, Kasarami in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been killed by bandits. The Greenfield University, a privately-owned institution, is located along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. African Examiner had earlier reported that some unspecified numbers of students and a staff of the university were abducted […]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says normalcy has been restored to the Kurmawa Custodial facility in Kano metropolis following violent protest staged by the inmates on Thursday. The Public Relations Officer, NCoS Kano State Command, DSC Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Kano. It was gathered that the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, April 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra MASSOB, has rejected the United Kingdom (UK’s) offer of asylum for its members, saying it’s a ploy to frustrate the agitators from further agitation. The group, however, said the offer is an arrangement between Nigeria’s President Muhamadu Buhari, and his Government to […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed the ongoing call for the sack of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, saying the Buhari administration stands behind all Nigerians including the minister against unfair treatment. Reacting to calls in some quarters for Pantami to resign or be sacked over his past extremist […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stated that there is a new feature in the ongoing registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam body disclosed this on Thursday in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, saying the feature, ‘Know Your […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some bandits in the early hours of Thursday stormed Idon General Hospital in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting two nurses on night duty. According to available information, the hoodlums entered the hospital through the fence, shooting indiscriminately and in the process took away the two nurses. The incident […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(African examiner) – The Lagos State government on Thursday has shut down all COVID-19 vaccination centres across the State. This was because the state officially ended the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination campaign with 257, 756 persons vaccinated. The government took the decision after the directive of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA, directing […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
….As Govt. Marks Building For Demolition. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, has apprehended a suspected notorious supplier of illicit drugs, particularly Cannabis in Abia State, Chibuike Apollos, and equally marked his residence for demolition. He was arrested on Wednesday during an early morning raid on […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Chapter of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has decided to resume partially. This, it said, was based on a meeting with stakeholders during which 70 percent of their demands were met. JUSUN Lagos Chairman, Asiwaju Shobowale Kehinde, confirmed their axillary demands are being speedily looked into and results […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUESTI), Ikere-Ekiti, has denied involvement of any student of the institution in the cult clash in the town over the weekend. This is contained in a statement, signed by the Public Relation Officer of the institution, Mr Temitope Akinbisoye, on Wednesday […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A-29-year-old man, Mr Chukwudi Chukwu, has been shot dead by a vigilante at Okposi community, in the Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The deceased was said to be attending a wake with his friend at Nediokpa village, when the gun-wielding Hosanna Aju allegedly opened fire on him on Tuesday. It […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
…………. Vows To Track Down Offenders (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Rachael Shelleng, Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Rivers, has restated the agency’s commitment to track down drug law offenders in the state. Shelleng, who restated the commitment, on Wednesday, in Port Harcourt, when members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union […]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A cross section of lawyers in Ekiti has criticized the long “stay out of court” due to the strike embarked upon by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). The lawyers said the strike has caused pending cases in various courts in the state. The lawyers spoke at different interviews […]
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person has died as gunmen attacked Greenfield University in Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday. According to Aruwan, the victim is a staff of the private university. He disclosed that the number of students kidnapped is yet to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
……Confirms Killing Of 2 Operatives (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The state Commissioner of Police, (CP) Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Command’s operational and intelligence assets to identify and apprehend the yet to be identified gunmen, who violently attacked and set ablaze Adani Police Station in Uzuwani Council area of Enugu state […]
