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Friday, December 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have murdered the traditional ruler of Atta ancient kingdom in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Edwin Azike. His corpse was found at the market square in the community on Friday morning after he was abducted on Thursday. A community source, who craved anonymity said that four persons were […]
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Thursday, December 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected hoodlums have attacked and killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the victim, Pastor Babatunde Dada, was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town. […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be visiting Lagos on Thursday, December 9, 2021. He will be attending the public presentation of ‘My Participations,’ the autobiography of Bisi Akande, a former interim national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Tunde Rahman, media aide of APC chieftain Bola Tinubu, the event […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with parents, relations and friends of Ojodu Grammar School students who lost their lives in a tragic accident on Tuesday, along Isheri Road, Ojodu, in Lagos State. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement released by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja. […]
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Delta, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four students of Delta State University (DELSU) and five others abducted on Saturday, have regained their freedom. Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the release of the abductees in Warri . The victims were kidnapped on the Abraka-Eku Road in Ethiope East Local Government Area of […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School until January 2022. A trailer had on Tuesday crushed some pupils of the school. Some of the students died on the spot, while some others were injured. The incident sparked outrage among the students and inhabitants […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was great outburst of emotions as some mothers protested on Wednesday at the gate of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos where a 12 year old Sylvester Oromoni was allegedly beaten to death by some students of the school. In the video , monitored on BBC News Pidgin, the group also called on […]
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Enugu, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Touched by the untold hardship currently facing Nigerian workers as a result of the present economic instability in the nation, the Enugu State Branch of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Civil Society organizations CSOs have urged Council area Chairmen in the state to consider payment of the […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 15 students have lost their lives by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to […]
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has confirmed that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody while the other two are at large for alleged assault of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. Odumosu, disclosed this Tuesday morning that two other students of […]
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Friday, December 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Friday ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, following the investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of the school. This was contained in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, of the Lagos State Ministry of Education The statement read, “The […]
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government threw its weight behind the Lagos State government’s White Paper on the report of the judicial panel set up to probe cases of police brutality and shooting at the Lekki tollgate, promising to take further actions. The Lagos State government, on Tuesday, rejected key recommendations of the panel’s report […]
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Imo, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Exercise Golden Dawn of the Nigerian Army has foiled an attempt by alleged members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to kidnap some medical personnel in Imo. This is contained in a statement signed by Brig.- Gen.- Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations and made available to newsmen […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. African Examiner reported that the Omicron variant, a new strain of the coronavirus […]
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called on youths to join him on Peace Walk, for healing of Lagos State. He made the call in Lagos, during a news conference on the State Government’s position on the recommendations of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on EndSARS, submitted on Nov. 15. He […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, said he visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services on Monday afternoon. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, said […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA has arrested a businesswoman, Mrs Olayinka Adisa, a Saudi Arabia-bound passenger who ingested 80 pellets of cocaine. She was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while on her way to perform Umrah (Lesser Hadj). NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Monday in Abuja that Adisa, 46, lives in […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, has announced a six-day traffic diversion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, starting from Monday, to speed up construction works. Popoola, in a statement, said the diversion is to enable Julius Berger, contractor handling section one of the project, to lay asphalt between Arepo […]
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Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened to shut down the country should the Federal Government proceed to remove subsidy from petrol. The organisation called on Nigerians and all its allied structures to be on the alert for further directives on the next action. The President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, issued […]
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Enugu, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, November 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 72 female Students of Comprehensive Secondary School, (CSC), Mbulu- Owo, in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu state, went home smiling, as a non- governmental organization NGO, Women Information Network, (WINET), in partnership with a Spanish body, Mundo Cooperante awarded them Scholarship. The gesture is part of the Spain […]
