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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, says he met with President Muhammadu Buhari to talk about progress made on the issue of insecurity in Imo State. Afrcian Examiner writes that Buhari received Uzodinma at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking to State House correspondents, Uzodinma stated that he invited the […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A drama happened on Tuesday at the National Assembly during plenary after Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC, Kogi) described Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State as a “drunkard”. It all started when Adeyemi contributed to a motion on Safe School Initiative in Nigeria alleging that Abia state is governed by a “champagne drinking […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde is set to reopen the Shasha market. This is coming two weeks after the market was shut down due to a communal crisis between traders in the market. The governor dropped the hint during a meeting with the leaders of the two warring communities at the House […]
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Monday, February 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has slammed Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, for saying that the ethnic crisis that erupted recently in Oyo State which led to the killings in Shasha area of Ibadan, were caused by South-West governors due to their inciting statements. The African Examiner reports that the Senate President […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, February 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner, Federal Character Commission, (FCC), representing Enugu State, Hon. Mrs. Ginika Tor has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, has become a household name in every nook and crannies of Enugu state, and Southeast, Nigeria. She noted that the overwhelming manner people of the state and South East in […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state All progressive Congress APC, Committee on the ongoing membership revalidation/ registration has urged people of South- East geo political zone to embrace the exercise massively, saying that it will boost the chances for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2023. It suggested that the zone’s desire to occupy […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Military Aircraft king 350 has just crashed in Abuja runaway after reporting engine failure. Six persons were reportedly aboard the ill fated aircraft which is on its way to Minna, Niger state. The incident was also confirmed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who identified the military aircraft as King […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Government has stated that it has confiscated the Royal Palm Estate on Akachi Road, Owerri, which belongs to the state government from wife of Former Governor ,Rochas Okorocha The land in question was given to Nkechi Okorocha, Wife of Rochas Okorocha during his administration as a GovernorThe Commissioner for […]
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Saturday, February 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Republic of Benin is not aspiring to be the 37th State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this disclaimer in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, in Abuja. The ministry is reacting to […]
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
(African Examiner) – The Managing Director Of The Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Yomi Omomuwasan, Has Stated That He Does Not Know The Amount Of Money The Company Generates In A Month At The Tollgate. Omomuwasan Made This Revelation On A Television Programme In Nigeria Info 99.3 Fm. Asked By The Presenter What Lcc, The Company […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Obunagu village in Obeagu Community, Enugu South- Council area of Enugu State, have dragged two police officers, Stanley Kwaphoor, Garba Alhassan, and one Kingsley Eze of private Estates international West Africa to the state Panel on # Police Brutality over alleged harassment and use of their positions to commit […]
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Thursday, February 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, says that the present ethnic tensions rocking the country is a replica of the same tensions that led to the civil war in 1967. Abubakar disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared on ARISE News programme, The Morning Show. He stated that the governors […]
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Thursday, February 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has responded to the statement made by the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, urging Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits The African Examiner recalls that Magashi, in the wake of the abduction of 27 students in Kagara, Magashi has enjoined Nigerians to have the courage and defend […]
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Thursday, February 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the rise in the price of crude oil in the international market, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in February, 2021. This was disclosed in a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency in the country due to security challenge. The Senate’s resolution was followed to a Point of Order during Wednesday’s plenary by Sen. Sani Musa (APC-Niger) on “The abduction of students of Government Science School (GSS) Kagara, Niger.” The upper […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced a temporary closure of runway 18R/36L at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Yakubu said that the closure was due to a landing incident involving a Boeing 737 […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has congratulated the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on her 50th birthday celebration. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday, described the First Lady as a courageous and amiable woman, kindhearted and strong pillar of support for President […]
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday, said that accidental detonation of an object injured seven children in Igabi Local Government Area of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, confimed the incident in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said: “Security agencies have reported the accidental detonation […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC and Director- General of Voice of Nigeria, (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu has faulted the criticism of the ongoing revalidation/ membership registration of the party by two ex- national Chairmen of the party Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Pa Bisi Akande and it’s national leader, Asiwaju […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, has left the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Daniel, who was the campaign manager for PDP’s former Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, disclosed this on Tuesday. According to him, his decision to defect was due to his support for Governor […]
