Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, February 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Enugu state chapter, All Progressive Congress APC membership registration/ revalidation committee, Senator Jonathan Zwingina, has wooed civil servants and residents of the state and South- East zone in general to take advantage of the ongoing exercise to join the Nigeria’s ruling party. He said it is no longer news […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, February 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. Omisore contested in the 2018 governorship poll on the platform of the Social Democratic Party but he later went into coalition with the APC in the rerun of the September 28 rerun. He […]
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Sunday, February 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola Sunday said the Third Mainland Bridge will no longer be opened on Monday but at the of February. Popoola said this in a telephone interview that the bridge would experience one more total closure from Feb. 19 to 21 before completion of […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered the indefinite closure of Shasha Market Ibadan in Akinyele Local Government Area, sequel to traders’ clash in the market. Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan. The governor equally imposed 6p.m. to […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police operatives have arrested no fewer than 10 protesters at the Lekki toll gate One of the coordinators of #OccupyLekkiTollgate, Kunle Ajayi, confirmed this saying: “Police have just arrested 10 protesters – Four ladies and six guys. They were beaten mercilessly and injured,” he said. The Federal Government and the police had […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular comedian Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has been picked up by Police operatives at Lekki toll gate. Macaroni joined the protest against the planned reopening of the Lekki toll gate following alleged killing of protesters on October 20, 2020.
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has described the ongoing Revalidation/Registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a period of evangelism to sterilize up the party. Fashola, who undertook the Revalidation/Registration of his membership at his polling unit in Surulere, said APC was a progressive party and described […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alh. Lateef Jakande was on Friday, interred at Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi under strict observance of COVID-19 protocols. The burial was preceded by Islamic prayers at his residence, number 2 Bishop St., Ilupeju, Lagos state in the morning. Several dignitaries from […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako has locks out staff over lateness and issues mass queries to the affected staffs working in the ministry He disclose that most staff of the ministry had cultivated a lackadaisical attitude towards their duties. “They come to work at […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president of Nigeria Senate, Senator Ken Nnamani, has revalidated his membership of the ruling All progressive Congress APC, calling on people of South East Nigeria to use the ongoing exercise to embrace the party enmass The ex- Senate boss, who is the member of the party’s national Caretaker Committee representing South […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team to resolve Apapa gridlocks and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team have identified seven parks as holding bay for trucks around the metropolis. The Chairman of the state team, Mr Oluwatoyin Fayinka, said this in a statement signed by the Assistant Director Public […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says no governor has surpassed or come near the achievements of late Lateef Jakande as first civilian governor of the state. The PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Gani Taofik, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos, while reacting to the death of Jakande on Thursday […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died Thursday morning in Lagos at 91. He was a former journalist who became governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983. He later emerged Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime (1993–98).
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has warned land speculators encroaching on heritage sites, including mountains to desist from it, or be ready to face the music when apprehended. It restated its vow to deal decisively with all those involved in such act. There has been a gradual encroachment on heritage sites in the […]
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is set to repatriate 9, 800 refugees from Cameroon to Nigeria as representatives have arrived in Marwa, in Cameroon to complete the move. The 9,800 refugees are those in the first phase of the repatriation from Cameroon from the 46,000 Nigerians taking refuge in Minawao camp in the country. According to […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor (Dr) Sampson Igwe, President, The Apostolic Church Nigeria, says the raging global pandemic, COVID-19 is not a threat to the Church’s forthcoming quadrennial convention. Igwe said at a press briefing ahead of the convention on Tuesday in Lagos that the church had put in place plans for delegates to observe all […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara Government has said that its sustained dialogue with gunmen was yielding results with more bandits surrendering their arms. The Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, stated this on Tuesday during a joint press briefing with the Police at the Police Command Headquarters in Gusau “This has been possible […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Super Eagles of Nigeria defender , Yisa Sofoluwe is dead. Sofoluwe passed away after a battle with a brain ailment. Reports say the ex-footballer died on Tuesday at the Intensive Care Unit of the University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. He was diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy Yisa Sofoluwe was born on […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Joe Biden has issued a presidential directive targeted at promoting and expanding protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people worldwide, including potentially through the use of financial sanctions. African Examiner notes that Nigeria’s anti-gay laws have come under attack by global rights groups […]
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to join in working towards reducing operations cost to achieve the $10 or less per barrel production cost target. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that […]
