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Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Northwest states of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto and the neighbouring Niger may resort to hiring mercenaries if the federal government fails to end the ongoing reign of terror within their territories speedily. The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i, who issued the threat yesterday, also said the devastating attack on the […]
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Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The military authorities have handed over luggage, valuables and other belongings of some passengers who were on board the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train AK9, which was attacked by terrorists on March 28. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, stated this in a press release issued on Friday in […]
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Saturday, April 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ebonyi, on Friday, confirmed the killing of a 26-year-old man, Christian Iboko, by gunmen. DSP Loveth Odah, the Command’s spokesperson, stated in Abakaliki that Iboko, an operative of the Ebubeagu Security Network in the state was murdered on Thursday night. Odah said that the deceased was trailed and […]
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal Enugu Division, on Friday, affirmed the judgment of Ebonyi High Court, Abakaliki, which quashed a suit challenging the defection of Governor David Umahi and his deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe, to the All Progressives Congress. Governor Umahi and his Deputy had on November 2020 left the PDP, a platform […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Imo State, South- East Nigeria, have foiled an attack on Mbieri Police Division of the Command by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network, ESN. The Command said the attack occurred in the early hours of Friday. A statement […]
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fears rise as number of passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train, missing, is getting clearer. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) said yesterday that it has not been able to establish contact with 136 people among the 362 onboard the train at the time terrorists struck on Monday night. The questions being asked […]
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pastor with The Apostolic Church, Umuahia, Salem Chigozirim, has been arraigned before a High Court sitting at Umuahia, Abia State, for allegedly strangling a 45-year-old housewife, Virginia Ndife, and a lady, Chioma Nwoke. He was arraigned on three counts bordering on murder and demanding a ransom. Chigozirim was said to have […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- governmental organization (NGO), Women Empowerment Education and Peace Building Initiative (WEPBI) has urged the Nigerian media to assist in providing enabling atmosphere to improve visibility of women in politics. It noted that women had over the years not been given the desired space in the media to showcase their potentials, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers momentum, prominent Igbo leaders on Thursday met in Enugu, with a call on the two major political parties in Nigeria, the ruling All progressive Congress APC and people’s Democratic party PDP to zone their presidential tickets to South East zone of the country. They insisted that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, April 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of young professionals has obtained expression of interest and nomination forms for Mr Peter Obi to vie for the presidential election under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The group, known as “Like Minds for Peter Obi” bought the N40 million form for Obi on Thursday at the National Secretariat of […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has told residents of the state to defend themselves after the state government said that ‘several people’ were killed by suspected herders who attacked farming communities in three local governments in the state. Mr Ortom made this call in a statement released on Wednesday by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen on Thursday morning burnt down Nnewi South Local Government Area in Anambra State. According to available information, the secretariat was set on fire and It is yet to be confirmed if anyone died or injured. Anambra State Police Command says “It is a suspected case of arson”. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train and abducted unspecified number of passengers on Monday, have contacted their families. They are yet to demand ransom, the families said yesterday. A member of one of the families told our correspondent that the abductors informed them that their family members and many other passengers […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged Nigerians, especially the youths, to join the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to restore Nigeria and provide the fresh air desired by citizens. Kwankwaso made the call at the National Convention of the party in Abuja, saying NNPP is well placed to restore the nation […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, March 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, wife of immediate past embattled governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has formerly tendered an unreserved apology to the state Governor, professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Igbo nation, over the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu in Awka during the inauguration programme of Soludo on March 17, 2022. The […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has highlighted that lack of knowledge among those in the corridors of power is the cause for the lack of good governance in the country and not politics. Kukah disclosed this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Doyin Okupe, the former spokesman of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. Okupe announced this at a press conference at the NUJ Secretariat, Iwe Iroyin, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, saying it would not be good for the PDP to jettison zoning adding that he would […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Rivers State based non- governmental organization (NGO) Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), and the Enugu State branch of Nigerian Union of Local government Employees NULGE, have expressed concern over the nonchalant attitude and delay by governors and State Houses of Assembly towards the realization of the local government Autonomy in […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eighty (80) suspects for alleged internet- related activities in Ibadan, Oyo State and forty (40) others apprehended by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission for same offences. They were all arrested based on verified intelligence […]
