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Monday, September 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun have arrested a pastor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old choir member at Agbado area. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated on Sunday that the 38-year-old pastor is the General Overseer of the church. His arrest followed a complaint lodged at the Agbado Divisional Headquarters of the […]
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Monday, September 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Saturday abducted scores of travelers on Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon , the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The number of victims could not be ascertained as some sources said the victims were over 40 while others gave their number as 32. One of the sources at […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that the goal of the state government is to be the home of culture and tourism in the whole of West Africa. The governor disclosed this at opening ceremony of the maiden edition of the Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF), […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Education, has directed all nursery, primary, and secondary schools in the state to resume Monday, September 5, 2022, for the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic session. This was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, in a circular issued by the Director-General, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, September 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An 18-year-old man, Adamu Musa of Unguwar Magina, Buji town, in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State, drowned in a pond as he tried to rescue his Cow that slipped and fell into the pond during grazing around the area. The Jigawa State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has refuted claims that he was present at the rally organised in Ibadan by supporters of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. It could be recalled that supporters of Peter Obi, fondly called Obidients, thronged the streets of Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Saturday, September 3, […]
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Sunday, September 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ten buildings were consumed by fire when a tanker laden with 45, 000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit crashed, spilling its content at Ifo in Ogun. A statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the incident occurred at about 7.00 […]
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, (CP) Ahmed Ammani, has ordered a thorough investigation over alleged sexual assault of a 17 year old girl, Precious Ojanukwu in police custody by Vincent Oke, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), serving in Awgu Police Division of the Command. He gave the assignment to the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters. They were apprehended at their hideout in Benin City, Edo State capital, following actionable intelligence received by the Commission A statement made available to African Examiner weekend by Spokesman of the Nigeria’s […]
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria, have arrested a woman for allegedly conniving with some men to abduct her husband. The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this in Uyo, on Friday, while briefing reporters on the successes recorded by the police in the state. Mr Durosinmi […]
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Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National and States Assembly Election Petition Trial Tribunal sitting in High Court 4, Jos on Friday, nullified the election of Hon. Musa Avia Aggah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Court held that Hon. Agah was not validly nominated by the PDP for the Bye-Election conducted on February 26, 2022. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
… Presents Study Report (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- governmental organization, Women Information Network (WINET), has stressed the need for continued awareness creation for the inclusion of more Women in Traditional Rulers Cabinet of Enugu State. The organization, which has bias for Women and girl’s rights, posited that this is necessary because it would be […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenneth Okonkwo, the Nollywood actor-turned-politician, has tasked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu to step down for Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, Okonkwo stated that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has come under severe criticism on social media after he tasked Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate to desist from dragging the church into politics. Okowa, who spoke with reporters in Kano State on Wednesday, said he does not believe in dragging the church into […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers momentum in Nigeria, the Enugu State chapter of Inter- party Advisory Council has appealed to all the political parties and their gubernatorial flag bearers in the state to direct their campaign energies on issues that will improve all sectors of the economy . The state Chairman […]
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Kukah has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recruitment process is the cause for the religious and ethnic divide Nigerians are presently facing. Kukah said this recently in a discussion of his new book, “Broken Truth” at Rovingheights Bookstore, Abuja. According to him, when you give […]
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police on Tuesday arraigned three persons before an Osun State Magistrate Court in Osogbo for allegedly invading a palace and attempting to dethrone the monarch. The defendants, Adebayo Mutiu, 40, Sikiru Oloyede, 46, and Habib Oloyede, 28, were said to have invaded the palace of the Alawo of Awo with dangerous […]
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums on Wednesday pelted the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, with sachets of water while on a visit to Kogi State. Kwankwaso was in Lokoja, the state capital to inaugurate the party’s secretariat and his campaign offices. On getting to a popular hotel where he was […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, September 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- governmental organization NGO, Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI) has urged Enugu State Government to as a matter of urgency, domesticate the National Discrimination Against Persons with Disability , NDAPD, Prohibition Act which 20 states in the Federation have already done. Executive Director of the organization, Barr. Catherine Edeh, made the […]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government has faulted the autopsy result reportedly released by the family of Chidiebere Iloka, wife of the Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area, Mbazuluike Iloka. Mrs Iloka slumped and died on 7 August after reportedly serving her husband breakfast. The family of the deceased was said […]
