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Monday, May 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abubakar Bello, governor of Niger state, has reportedly travelled abroad amid perennial insecurity and fresh kidnap of schoolchildren of Salihu Tanko Islamic School in Rafi Local government of the state. The African Examiner reports that bandits had invaded the school on Sunday evening. According to reports, the bandits arrived in their numbers […]
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Monday, May 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given two weeks’ extension to candidates genuinely unable to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The deadline for registration was May 29, 2021. A statement by JAMB’s head of information and protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, noted that such candidates […]
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Monday, May 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command on Monday said it has launched a manhunt for the killers of former Enugu State High Court Judge, Justice Stanley Nnaji. Justice Nnaji was reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be assassins on Sunday evening. A statement by the Enugu State Police Command, however, could not identify […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the N200 billion facility earmarked for the Federal Government’s Social Housing Scheme was ready to commence disbursement for the project. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. The presidential aide […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has stated that the only way to avert the death of Nigeria is to restructure. The forum on Sunday enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to address Nigerians on the numerous challenges facing the country. Edwin Clark, national leader of the SMBLF, disclosed this at a […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member representing Nasarawa central, Ismail Danbaba, in the state house of assembly, has been abducted by suspected gunmen. According to news reports, Danbaba was kidnapped on Saturday evening along Akwanga/Jos road close to the forest in Sanga LGA of Kaduna state. Dangba was said to have been on his way to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sixty two out of the sixty-three newly promoted Senior officers of the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) have been decorated with their new ranks. Speaking weekend during the colorful ceremony held at the Conference Hall of the Federal Secretariat Complex, Independence Lay Out, Enugu, the State Comptroller […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Imo State, Sunday night, announced that it has captured and neutralized the armed men responsible for the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a former political Adviser to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Gulak, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was gruesomely murdered in a cold blood by unknown gunmen in the […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Imo says gallant officers killed four bandits who allegedly attacked Izombe police division in Oguta Local Government Area of the state on Saturday night. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abutu Yaro disclosed this in a statement signed by the command’s Spokesman, SP Bala Alkana on […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday elected a new leadership to pilot its affairs for the next two years. The executive council of ASUU would however spend a maximum of four years. They were elected at the national delegates conference of ASUU held in Awka, Anambra State. While Prof. Victor […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A onetime Military Administrator (MILAD) of Delta State, Air Commodore Luke Ochulor (rtd) has said that the recent pronouncement banning open grazing by Southern Governors must be promptly backed with implementable and effective laws promulgated by the various State Houses of Assembly. He said that is the only way to make it achieve […]
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former aide to Ex- president Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmed Gulak, has been reportedly shot dead in Owerri, the Imo state capital, by unknown gunmen. He was allegedly ambushed and shot (Sunday) morning on his way to the Sam Mbakwe Cargo airport after concluding a visit to the state. Sources who craved anonymity […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the swapping of positions by two heads of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said Mrs Imaan […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. Major General Yahaya replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash last Friday. Prior to his appointment, […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots on Wednesday grilled the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) over recovered loots. Others grilled by the House Committee include; the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Sovereign […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc on Wednesday commended theManagement of the company for an impressive performance despite the economicchallenges in the year under review. Unanimously, theshareholders approved N272.6 billion as dividend, translating to N16 per sharefor the year ended December 31, 2020. The 16 per cent increase in the company’srevenue led to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu revealed that the National Assembly in the past made frantic efforts to review the constitution, but their efforts were frustrated by bottlenecks. He said “It will be unfair to say we have not achieved anything’ The former Speaker, ECOWAS parliament disclosed this Wednesday […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not interested in running for a third-term in 2023. Shehu also stated that the burning of police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission won’t stop the 2023 general elections. He […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe government on Africa Day unveiled a statue of Mbuya Nehanda, a spirit medium who fought the war of liberation against colonialists using spirit, as the country begins the process of immortalizing liberation heroes and heroines. Mbuya Nehanda was a spirit medium until her hanging during the first war of liberation in […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
… Describes Late COAS as Patriotic, Committed to Nigerian Project (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has expressed sadness over the recent unfortunate incident of air crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 officers while on official duty in Kaduna […]
