Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has stated that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has several corruption cases to answer. Sadiq Radda, executive secretary of the committee, disclosed this on Thursday at the 26th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) assessment held in Abuja. It could be recalled that Hafsat, wife of […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has kicked against the impeachment of Alhaji Mahdi Ali as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, adding that the development falls short of democratic tenets of due process. In a statement on his Facebook page, on Friday, the former lawmaker claimed that Barr. Mahdi Ali was impeached by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja stated that he was not having any ambition in 2023 and he would support any candidate who comes up from APC wants to zone the presidency to South – El-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja stated that he was […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, seeking royal blessings for his 2023 presidential ambition. Tinubu, whose first point of call was the Ooni’s Palace in Ile-Ife, said he […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Katsina State have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Hajiya Fatima Alhaji, suspected to be a supplier of charms to bandits terrorising the state and its environs. Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen on Thursday in Katsina that Fatima was also found to be an informant for the […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites. The unmasked gunmen […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that his administration will sack more under qualified secondary school teachers in the state this year. Governor El-Rufai made this known on Thursday in his weekly ministerial briefing organized by his media team. The former FCT minister lamented that some secondary school teachers […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has failed saying that the People’s Democratic Party will reclaim the state come 2023. Gov. Wike disclosed this in the special grand reception organized to celebrate the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Akwa Ibom police command says it has rescued a medical doctor, Dr Felix Expo, who was kidnapped on Tuesday by yet-to-be identified gunmen. The command’s Spokesman, SP Odiko Macdon, made the disclosure in an interview on Thursday in Mkpat Enin, the headquarters of Mkpat Enin Local Government Area (LGA). Macdon said […]
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Secretary-General António Guterres, on Wednesday, strongly condemned the arrest of four members of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), who were arrested in the capital, Bangui. UN Spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, in a statement, said the secretary-general called for their release. Local gendarmerie arrested the personnel on Monday […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, February 24th, 2022
…. Seeks Compensation For Victims (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned in strong terms Wednesday’s attack by gunmen on some journalists covering the local government area election in the state. Chairman of the Council, Comrade Sam Udekwe, issued a statement made available to Newsmen by […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday swore-in Sen. Hassan Nasiha as the state new deputy governor, following the impeachment of Mahdi Aliyu by the State House of Assembly. Speaking at the ceremony in Gusau, Matawalle said that the action was to fill the vacuum created by Aliyu’s exit. He said that […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State local government election held on Wednesday turned bloody as unknown armed men attacked some polling Centers, killing four persons and setting two vehicles ablaze at Akpugo in Nkanu West Council area. The hoodlums, who also invaded Obeagu ward 3 in Enugu South Council area, disrupted the exercise and chase voters […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Controller of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Adewale Adebisi, says 352 inmates are on death row at the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre. Adebisi made the disclosure on Wednesday while delivering his address of welcome at the 2022 Correctional Centres Decongestion Exercise. African Examiner reports that the Decongestion Exercise […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Gusau, has been removed from office by lawmakers in the State House of Assembly on Wednesday. This followed the report of the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to probe the deputy governor. Those in the committee include […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A policeman, Sergeant Adeleke Ogunsola, has died after being hit by an unnamed driver of a former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel. African Examiner gathered that the incident happened on Saturday at Daniel’s Asoludero residence at Sagamu, Ogun State. Our correspondent learnt that Ogunsola was one of the policemen posted to the […]
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Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture ECCIMA, has said Exhibitors and participants at the forthcoming 33rd Enugu International Trade Fair, will be insured to see that they do not suffer loses during the exercise scheduled to take place between March 25 and April 4, 2022. President of ECCIMA, […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment. Ochekpe, who served as Minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People Democratic Party in Plateau state, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau State […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara House of Assembly on Monday expressed confidence in the witnesses presented at the investigative panel hearing for the impeachment process against the state’s deputy governor, Mahadi Aliyu-Gusau. A counsel to the lawmakers/complainant and Director, Legal Matters of Zamfara of the Assembly, Nasiru Jangebe, stated this while speaking with newsmen after […]
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Oyo State, says it has arrested two suspected vandals of rail tracks at Omi-Adio area of Ibadan. The command made this known in a statement issued by its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, on Monday in Ibadan. Osifeso said the arrested persons, who were caught in […]
