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Enugu, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
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 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) – The Federal Ministry of Finance Headquarters located in the Central Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is currently on fire. The details of the inferno as of the time of filing this report are sketchy. However, our correspondent learnt that firefighters had arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire. The […]
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Enugu, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
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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Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Saturday, February 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, urged Lagos lawmakers, both at the federal and state levels, to work assiduously to actualize the presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress National Leader, Chief Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Ikeja, during the 17th Edition of the Executive/Legislative Parley, with the theme: ”Mobilizing […]
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Friday, February 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat the Cote d’Ivoire senior women national football team 2-0 in the first leg match of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers’ final round on Friday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. More details later. NAN
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Abuja, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State Security Service (SSS), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), cannot wear clothes with an insignia of a lion’s head. Mr Kanu was accused of various offences, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed […]
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Abia, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Government has confirmed the killing of eight persons by gunmen at new Cattle Market in Omuma-Uzo in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to reporters in Aba on Wednesday, condemned the attack. […]
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Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen by The Punch […]
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Abuja, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Monday, February 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Precious Chikwendu, was docked in a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja for attempted murder of her former husband, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, The police charged before Justice Inyang Ekwo with attempted culpable homicide . In a charge number: FHCABJ/CR/1/2022 filed by the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), against Ms Chikwendu and […]
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Sunday, February 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel Adesanya beats Whittaker to retain UFC 271 middleweight title Detail Later
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Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Sunday, February 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One more dead body has been recovered from the three-storey building that collapsed in Yaba area of Lagos on Saturday afternoon. This raised the death toll to three, while the number of rescued persons remained two, just as rescue efforts are still on. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management […]
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Saturday, February 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed thugs have attacked the Soka residence of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho in Ibadan. Some supporters were reportedly attacked and injured during the face-off. Igboho is being detained in a prison facility in the Republic of Benin after he was arrested at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, […]
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Enugu, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Saturday, February 12th, 2022
Barely 48 hours after unknown armed men attacked and killed three policemen on duty in Enugu, four officers of the Command were on Saturday evening shot dead at a police check point by yet to be identified hoodlums at Amodo area of Enugu South Council area of the state. Meanwhile, tension has enveloped Enugu city […]
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Saturday, February 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Head of Sokoto Kingmakers, Magajin Garin Sokoto, Alh. Hassan Danbaba, is dead. The influential kingmaker, who was the grandson of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, reportedly slumped in his hotel in Kaduna around 11.30 am. But he died on his way to a hospital. He died barely a year after […]
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Abuja, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Saturday, February 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Police (FCT) Command has re- announced restriction of movement of residents from 8a.m. to 3p.m. during the FCT Area Council Elections slated Saturday, Feb. 12. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen, on Friday in Abuja. African Examiner […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was total outrage in the House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday over the recent importation of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into Nigeria. The House consequently resolved to investigate the matter, insisting that the government officials in the import and distribution chain, whose action or inaction led […]
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Breaking News, Europe, Latest Headlines
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, has tested positive for COVID-19, Clarence House announced on Twitter on Thursday. “This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating,” the statement read. “HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today’s events in Winchester and will […]
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Enugu, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Northern traders at the recently demolished new Artisan Goat market, Enugu, Alhaji Sani Na Dada and Alhaji Lawan Ayavgar, have appealed to the Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to pay them 47 Million naira compensation for the destruction of their shops in the market by his administration. They said the ugly […]
