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Thursday, April 18th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has lamented on further decline in the standard of education and called on the Nigerian Police to parade the ‘’professional examination writers’’ allegedly involved in the writing of Joint Admissions Matriculations Board (JAMB) just concluded 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). . These were contained in the MURIC reaction to […]
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Thursday, April 18th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, South East Nigeria, has upgraded the Imo state polytechnic Umuagwo to a full-fledged degree awarding university. Following the development, the institution is now to be known as Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo. The governor also inaugurated an implementation committee to oversee the immediate take […]
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police command on Wednesday in Awka, arrested a man, identified as Mr. Onyeachonam Chinwuba, for allegedly bathing his wife Mrs. Añurika Chinwuba, with harmful substance believed to be acid. According to the state Commissioner for Children and Women Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, who disclosed to newsmen in Awka, […]
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22, as Public Holidays to mark the 2019 Easter celebration. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, announced the holiday Wednesday in a statement issued in Abuja, on behalf of the Minister, Lt. Gen (rtd) Abdul Rahman Dambazau. The Minister […]
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Ebonyi state, southeast Nigeria has apprehended five suspected hoodlums for allegedly beheading a herdsman, and masterminding the burning to death of six family members from Ikwo council Area of the state. According to the force, the suspects beheaded the herdsman at Onunwakpu, in Izzi local Government Area of the […]
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria Wednesday defeated their Angolan counterpart 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing U-17 AFCON tournament in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Similarly, Nigeria has also qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup slated for Brazil later in the year. The Manu Garba-tutored Eaglets had earlier beaten the […]
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Former Peruvian President Alan García has died hours after shooting himself as police arrived at his home to arrest him over bribery allegations. Garcia’s death was confirmed by the incumbent President Martín Vizcarra. In a post from his Twitter handle, President Vizcarra said he was “shocked” by the former President’s death and […]
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested two biological children of an accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) centre owner in Lagos, over alleged examination malpractice. The arrest was made during a monitoring tour of various CBT centres in Lagos State on Tuesday by the board’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede. Prof Oloyede […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State House of Assembly has banned a former Deputy Speaker and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, Hon. Segun Adewumi for six weeks over alleged unwarranted interruption of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adeniran Alagbada. The Assembly’s action followed verbal exchange between the Speaker and Adewumi at the plenary Tuesday, a development which […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pledges to rebuild the French historic cathedral, Notre-Dame partially destroyed by a devastating fire have been pouring in droves. French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday vowed to reconstruct the building even as the fire still burned, while a number of companies and business tycoons have so far pledged about €600m ($677m; £519m) between them. Offers of […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, and International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on data and information sharing under West African Police Information System (WAPIS) platform. Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (Retd), who signed for the government at the ceremony in Abuja, said that the agreement and implementation of […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson on Monday gave workers in the state a special gift ahead of this year’s May Day celebration, as he lifted the embargo on implementation of promotion in the state. The governor as a show of commitment directed the immediate implementation and payment of promotion […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has directed all political appointees in his cabinet to resign by Tuesday, April 30, 2019. The directive however excluded certain appointees. El-Rufai who gave the order Tuesday also instructed that such appointees should forward the resignation letters with handover notes to his Principal Private Secretary. In a […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), under the aegis of Justice Reform Project (JRF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to subject all other judges to the same type of probe the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Mr. Walter Onnoghen went through. The body said its advocacy was […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first ever continental blind women football competition took place at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium Enugu, with Nigeria’s National Blind Women Football Team known as “Star Falcons” defeating a selected Africa Blind Women Football team from three countries 2-0. African Examiner sports reports that Players of the visiting African Team were selected from Ivory Coast, […]
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Says 18 People Killed, 530 Injured in Southeast (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based nongovernmental organization (NGO), Women’s Aid Collective (WACOL), has released its final report on the just concluded Nigeria’s 2019 general elections, with a revelation that a total of 18 persons were killed in various electoral related violence in south east region […]
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Sunday, April 14th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -A spectacular strike from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool maintain their two-point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League title race with a crucial 2-0 win over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday. City won 3-1 at Crystal Palace earlier on Sunday meaning Liverpool have 85 points with four games to go and City […]
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Sunday, April 14th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets won their opening match at the 13th Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 5-4 against hosts Tanzania in Dar es Salaam on Sunday. It was a match which saw the hosts collapsing in the latter part of the match against the five-time world champions. The Eaglets missed several scoring […]
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Saturday, April 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured investors and the international community that the country having gone through a successful election, was ready for investments. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Friday night in Washington DC, held an informal meeting with potential investors where he enticed them with the Nigerian […]
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Friday, April 12th, 2019
By Tajudeen Balogun and Niyi Adeyi (with Agency Report) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2019 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) took off across the country Thursday, but with many logistics and technical loopholes. While few candidates complained about challenge of systems malfunctioning in some accredited Computer Based (CBT) centers, many other were […]
