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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Police orderly attached to Mr Shoban Tikari, Chairman of Takum local government council of Taraba, was on Saturday killed by suspected bandits who opened fire on the chairman’s vehicle in Dogo-Gawa village in Takum LGA. The deceased policeman was of the 67 Mobile Police Squadron, located in the area. Tikari, who […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Atiku Bagudu says his administration has secured a 70 million dollars World Bank Grant to strengthen Adolescent Girl-Child Education. Bagudu disclosed this at the 5th Kebbi State Women Ramadan Lecture Series held in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital on Saturday. Bagudu said with the grant, women in the state, especially adolescent […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has renounced his past controversial comments on terrorist groups including Taliban and Al-Qaeda. According to the Punch, the minister reportedly said he was young when he made the radical comments, adding that he is now mature and knows better. The minister spoke while answering […]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Anambra State says it would continue to support the prolonged nationwide strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) though it is affecting the justice system. Chairman of the Committee of Chairmen of the eight branches of NBA in Anambra, Kingsley Awuka, made the assertion […]
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Saturday, April 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State topped other states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020, realising a total of N418.99 billion in the year. This is indicated in the National Bureau of Statistics’ Published Internally Generated Revenue for State level for Fourth Quarter and Full Year […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the disqualification of Sir Frank Ibezim as the authentic candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) for the Dec. 5, 2020 Imo North Senatorial election. Justice Emmanuel Agim delivering a unanimous judgment held that the suit which led to Ibezim’s disqualification for allegedly supplying false information […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAAMINER) – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has come under attack on social media over his alleged link with terrorist groups, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The African Examiner reports that a viral video which was recorded years ago saw the minister engaging the late Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, in a […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than six people were killed by gunmen and three wounded in a fresh attack at Wereng community in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack happened days after eight people who were mining at a neighbouring Kuru community were killed in the same council area. The attack in Wereng […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Bello Matawalle has disclosed that Nigeria’s armed forces will not defeat Boko Haram insurgents and bandits unless President Muhammadu Buhari flushes out criminal elements from the country’s security forces. “The nation will not defeat the criminals with such bad eggs within the security architecture,” he stated . He stated this while […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Enugu State, have arrested one Nnenna Egwuagu, 29, for allegedly administering harmful substance on her three-year-old stepson, one Wisdom Egwuagu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the administration of the substance allegedly led to the death of the stepson. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All-Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is now re-energised and recommitted to executing the party’s lofty developmental objectives after his medical trip abroad. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary of the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja while […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has clarified the issue of payment to Cartil Construction Nigeria Limited in respect of the rehabilitation of Ife-Ifewara road in Osun. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) had alleged that payment was made to the contractor by the ministry for rehabilitation of the […]
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Friday, April 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some parts of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have been thrown into darkness, following an explosion that shattered a transformer at the transmission station. The management of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) confirmed the incident in a statement by spokesperson Chioma Aninwe. The statement listed the areas affected as […]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Delta has apprehended five suspected cultists at Eyara Community in Otu-Jeremi, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. The acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, DSP Edafe Bright, said this in a statement on Thursday in Warri. Bright said the suspects were arrested between […]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress,( APC) , has zoned the 2023 governorship ticket in Enugu State to the Enugu East Senatorial zone. This was disclosed by the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Party in the State, Dr. Ben Nwoye on Thursday. Nwoye stated this during a meeting between the membership registration and revalidation […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a way of assisting government in conserving wildlife in the country, a philanthropist, Mr Innocent Onwubiko, has formally adopted three lions from the Imo Zoological Garden and Wildlife Park, Owerri. Speaking with newsmen on Wednesday in Owerri shortly after signing a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the management of the […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Benin Division, set aside the dissolution of the Edo State Law Review Commission for the past 13 years over failure to follow due process. The commission was dissolved in 2008 by the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole. In a unanimous judgment, the court ordered that the commission’s members […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security has been beefed up in Benin ahead of the 20th National Sports Festival closing ceremony on Wednesday evening. This is seen in an increase in security personnel’s presence, though African Examiner could not get the actual figures. The security measure may not be unconnected with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead. He was said to have died around 3.00am on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, during an illness. It was gathered his remains were being moved to his village, Okura-Lafia, Kogi State for burial according to Muslim rites. Usman […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said Nigeria’s victory against insecurity is around the corner. Pastor Adeboye, who made this known yesterday when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State at the Government House, told the governor that he […]
