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Sunday, October 2nd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi does not observe `sit-at-home’ directives on Mondays and this has made our job easier, Mr Felix Gbolade, State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Saturday in Abakaliki. Gbolade made the observation while parading an electricity cable theft suspect arrested around Amike-Aba part of the Ebonyi […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, October 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following recent red alert against flooding by the Federal Government through NIMET and NIHSA , states on the course of River Niger and Benue will experience flooding, officials of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA Owerri Operations Office were at Oguta Lake and the Urasi River both in Imo State to inspect […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, September 30th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nurse educators serving under the Federal Ministry of Health have filed a suit against the Federal Government of Nigeria, seeking an interpretation of the newly signed harmonized retirement age for teachers in the county. A Nurse Educator, who is an Assistant Director, Mrs. Abba Ugo Cecelia, in the suit No. FHC/183/2023, filed […]
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Friday, September 30th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN) has announced a date for resumption of activities at the spiritual centre. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and credited to Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of AMEN, saying that activities would resume at the facility on October 2. “Dear Adorers, To the glory […]
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Friday, September 30th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos has begun investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some injections were allegedly administered to him in a hospital in Ogombo area of Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the situation on Thursday. Hundeyin said that […]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Government has sacked all the park touts and banned all unions of tricycle and shuttle buses. The decision was taken after Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s meeting with State Executive Council. A statement in Awka by Commissioner for Information Paul Nwosu said the decision was with immediate effect. Soludo asked all the […]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Thursday has defeated his contender gallantly Dotun Babayemi, who challenged his emergence as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship election which was held on July 16. Babayemi had prayed the Apex Court to set aside the decisions of the lower […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers steam, the Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers has prayed and presented ‘ofo’, a traditional symbol of authority, to the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Dr. Peter Mbah. The Royal father’s, blessing was giving to the PDP gubernatorial hopeful yesterday […]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, said the Federal Government would soon officially declare the proposed Ondo Sea Port facility as a Deep Sea Port, to herald commencement of other processes at the facility. Sambo, in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr Eric Ojiekwe, gave the indication when […]
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Thursday, September 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than three members of a rival group belonging to the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, were feared dead while several others sustained injuries during a clash at Iyana-Iba, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday. African Examiner gathered that a similar clash happened in the Surulere area […]
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a suspect in custody were killed during an attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters in Iganna in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State on Wednesday by hoodlums. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed the incident, stating the Divisional Police officer (DPO) of the station (name […]
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed five soldiers and one unidentified civilian. The incident happened opposite one of the new generation banks in Umunze, Orumba South local government area. A source disclosed the incident happened around 2pm on Wednesday. The soldiers, the source said, were in a Sienna vehicle when the hoodlums attacked them. The […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mainstream Members of the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, have applauded the inclusion of former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani, of the People’s Democratic party PDP into the All progressive Congress APC presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Senator Nnamani, a close ally of the 2023 APC […]
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of “Operation Forest Sanity’’ rescued seven kidnapped persons during a fighting patrol between Birnin Gwari and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the rescue in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He stated that […]
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) ,Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,on Tuesday said he would actualise Igbo presidency if elected in 2023. Abubakar made the pledge during the PDP South-East Zonal Stakeholders’ Meeting in Enugu on Tuesday. He said his love for Ndigbo was so great that in the 2011, […]
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered the closure of a new generation church, The New Jerusalem Deliverance Ministry, Okene for allegedly defrauding members by selling “bulletproof water” and running an unapproved medical facility. The Pastor of the church, Peter Adeiza, is said to have been operating the facility since 2008 […]
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday sentenced a dethroned ‘Baale’ (Chief) in Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare and his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed to 15 years imprisonment each for faking his own kidnap. Our correspondent reports that the court had on June 15 discharged and acquitted the third defendant, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, September 26th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has informed her esteemed customers of a system collapse which occurred at 10:51am today, 26th September, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement issued by its Spokesman, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, and made available to African Examiner in Enugu on Monday. The document read: “This has […]
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Monday, September 26th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that seven passengers were burnt to death in a commercial bus that gutted fire at Iyana Oworo in Lagos. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving. “Upon […]
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Monday, September 26th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Governor-elect Ademola Adeleke are at war over election petition, as the tribunal is set to begin sitting today. Oyetola filed against Adeleke and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking the cancellation of 749 polling units because of alleged over voting. He wanted the tribunal to declare […]