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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Jigawa have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife to death in Babura Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said the suspect was arrested after the police received […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco’s liberal RNI party has won most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections followed by another liberal party, PAM, while co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists suffered a crushing defeat, preliminary results showed on Thursday. RNI, led by billionaire agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament, followed by PAM with 82 […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Thursday visit Guinea which has been gripped by a military coup, according to a communique issued late Wednesday. The communique was issued after a virtual meeting of the organisation, convened by ECOWAS Chairman Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to discuss […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has refuted claims that it issued a sit-at-home order in the Southeastern part of the country because of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday. The African Examiner writes that there are reports that the secessionist group had ordered residents of the region particularly, Imo State to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in Imo State has berated President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that his scheduled visit to the state is a huge mockery on the people of the state. APGA disclosed this in a statement issued to the press on Wednesday saying that President Buhari must be taken to […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has approved the appointment of Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, as Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari appoints Fatima Waziri-Azi as […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Counsel for the Department of State Service, I. Awo, told the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, that the case file relating to the Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement application filed by the aides to Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was stolen by armed robbers. He told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced resumption guidelines for the 2021 to 2022 academic session for public and private schools across the State. Schools are expected to resume on September 13, while for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools students are to resume in batches from September 19. African Examiner in Lagos […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is receiving briefings from the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, and other heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Also attending the meeting are the Ministers of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Value Added Tax (VAT). The Special Assistant to the Chairman of the FIRS on Media and Communications, Johannes Wojuola, gave the advice in a statement […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, enforcing the unlawful sit at- home order in Southeast region of Nigeria, on Monday took laws into their hands as they set on fire a lorry loaded with motorcycle spare parts. The incident occurred at Eluagu Obukpa, in Nsukka council area of […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Monday threatened to re-imposed the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Wike said this in a broadcast in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that both the transmission and death […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aiyede-Ekiti, a community in Oye Local Government Area, Ekiti State, has protested the omission of its name as the headquarter of newly-created Local Council Development Area (LCDA) by the state government. The community addressed a news conference on Monday in Ado-Ekiti, and distributed a document titled: “Aiyede-Ekiti Rejects It Omission from the […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Internal Revenue Service (NGSIRS) on Monday shut down eight commercial banks and the state head office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over alleged N456 million tax debts. Mr Mohammed Etsu, the Executive Chairman of the internal revenue Service, told journalists following the exercise that it was carried […]
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Monday, September 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, Taskforce, on Monday, impounded over 200 okada at 2nd Rainbow – inward Mile-2, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, over violation of traffic laws. According to the source, men of the task force arrived in the area at about 10.30 am and went after the okada riders […]
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Monday, September 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and other church leaders on Sunday prayed for the nation’s progress. The leaders made the prayers at the inauguration of Prophetess Esther Ajayi’s Love of Christ (LOC) ultra modern worship centre on Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island, […]
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Monday, September 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo on Sunday was suspended due to a breach of Brazilian coronavirus restriction rules. In extraordinary scenes, health officials entered the pitch early in the game to object the participation of three Argentinian players who have allegedly broken the coronavirus […]
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Sunday, September 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 22-year-old National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member, Arnold Maniru, for importing four kilograms (kg) of drugged candies from the UK. Its Director Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the corps […]
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Sunday, September 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Niger, on Sunday, confirmed the abduction of Dr Mahmud Aliyu, the District Head of Wawa in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. The district head […]
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Sunday, September 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed five state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). INEC disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Festus Okoye, its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. Okoye said that those affected included Mr Olusegun Agbaje, who was redeployed from Osun […]
