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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has come under severe criticism on social media after his claim that a “transparent primary election” returned Sen. Andy Uba as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. The African Examiner recalls that Uba was declared winner of the APC governorship primary […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Lagos State Accountant General, Mr David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU). Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said in a statement that the appointment was based on the report of the Special Visitation Panel on […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven of the 14 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra have said the June 26 governorship primary in the state did not hold. Dr George Muoghalu, spokesperson for the aspirants, made the position of the group known in a press conference on Saturday in Awka. Muoghalu said that […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed men believed to be kidnappers have abducted another traditional ruler in Ekiti, Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in Ekiti East Local Government Area. A source told newsmen on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, that the traditional ruler was returning from farm with his wife on Friday, when he was […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saliu Adetunji, the Olubadan of Ibadan, says Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will make a good president. Although Tinubu is yet to express his interest in running for the highest office in the land, NAN reports that the monarch says he will support him if he chooses […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe faces another national lockdown as Covid-19 cases continue to rise, with selected towns and districts already on localized lockdown. As at 24 June 2021, the country had a total of 44, 306 confirmed cases including 37 524 recoveries and 1 709 deaths. On Thursday 24 June, there were 826 new […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Eze Ude, State Coordinator, International Society for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP), said that Ebonyi was being rated highest in substance abuse among states of the federation. Ude disclosed this to newsmen on Friday during conclusion of a three-day workshop. The workshop was organised by officials of National Drug […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Oyo State, has confirmed the killing of Mrs Olayemi Odetomi, wife of a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, in the state by unknown gunmen. Mrs Odetomi was shot dead on Friday in her residence at Ashi, Bodija Area of Ibadan, when unknown gunmen invaded her […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has postponed his scheduled trip to London, the United Kingdom (UK), for a medical follow-up visit. According to the President’s Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the Presidency would subsequently announce a new date for the scheduled trip. His words: “The medical follow-up […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has issued a final warning to people involved in the unlawful logging and deforestation activities around the popular Milliken Hill, in Ngwo, Enugu North Council Area of the state, asking them to desist from such illegal acts or be ready to face the music if apprehended Commissioner for […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for medicals. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday. The statement titled ‘President Buhari off to London Friday for medical follow-up,’ read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 21 year old chidinma ,an undergraduate of the university of Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said Chidinma has confessed to committing […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday emerged the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. Soludo scored a total of 740 votes out of 792 valid votes cast by delegates. Declaring the results of the exercise, […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, has approved the appointment of 34 additional Sharia Court Judges in the state. The Kano State Judiciary Spokesman, Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano, on Thursday. According to the statement, the approval was sequel to having successfully […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday said it shared a total of N605.958 billion as May 2021 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments as well as other relevant agencies. Mr Charles Nwodo, Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in a statement in Abuja, said the […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(ARICAN EXAMINER) – Ahmad Gumi, Islamic cleric, says it is not right to compare the activities of criminal herdsmen with those of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Gumi disclosed this when he appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday as he called for “fairness” in the comparison between the two groups, saying one “is killing […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, in conjunction with the International Trade Center (ITC) has launched a new initiative aimed at boosting the export capacity of women entrepreneurs in Egypt. Dubbed, “Women in Global Trade: SheTrades”, the initiative which is implemented by the […]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Schools and businesses were shut in Ebonyi on Wednesday in compliance to the state Government declaration of public holiday in honour of the two civil commissioners in the state that died. African Examiner recalls that Governor David Umahi had on Tuesday declared Wednesday a state public holiday in honour of the commissioners. […]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government has approved the relocation and establishment of the College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources of the Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) from Ogbomosho to Iseyin. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, disclosed this to newmen shortly after the weekly State Executive Council meeting. The […]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old labourer, Philip Ikechi, to life jail for committing murder. Lagos State Government in 2015 charged Ikechi before the court on a two-count charge of murder and causing bodily harm. He had pleaded […]
