Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ibadan took to the streets on Friday to protest against the lingering fuel and naira scarcity in the country. According to available information, the protest started around the state secretariat and the government house spread to Iwo road, Gate, and other busy areas around the state. Commercial activities were grounded […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State says he has faith, trust, and confidence in the judiciary to right the wrongs as the chamber of justice and remedy. A statement by Mallam Rasheed Olawale, spokesperson to the governor, issued on Friday in Osogbo, said Adeleke made the remarks while receiving Unit-to Unit Ambassadors […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Friday announced the suspension of his political campaign until further notice due to the current currency crisis and fuel scarcity. Governor Abiodun stated that this was done in order to identify with the plight of the people of Ogun State battling hardship due to the problems, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Igbo-Eze South Division of Enugu State Command, have arrested one Joseph Chinenye aged 39 and Onyeka Kenneth Ezeja aged 29, both male of Iheakpu-Awka in Igbo-Eze South LGA and Onicha Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North LGA, in possession of suspected counterfeit one hundred and eighty (180) pieces of the Central […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, West Africa
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Chief Economist of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Kevin Urama has harped on the need to effectively maximize the enormous advantages of Africa’s huge youth population, saying that they are innovation enthusiasts. Urama made the observation during a recent meeting between AfDB delegation and Swiss ambassadors in the West Africa region, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday urged citizens to give him seven days to resolve the cash crunch that has become a problem across the country from the policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria to change high value Naira notes with new ones. According to a statement signed by his Senior Special […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, media and civil society stakeholders have launched a new tracking group that will play the role of a watchdog over the conduct of the elections. Dubbed, “Alliance for Deepening Democracy (A4DD)”, the group is a coalition of organizations from various sectors working collaboratively to engage […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool travel to face struggling Wolves, desperate to pull themselves out of a slump that has left them playing catch-up, while Tottenham host champions Manchester City. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The clock is ticking for Chelsea manager Graham Potter to turn unprecedented spending into results, starting against Fulham on Friday, as new Everton manager […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
The 21-year-old was also included in Manchester United’s latest Premier League squad list following the release of the statement. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United have launched an internal investigation to decide the future of Mason Greenwood after attempted rape and assault charges against him were dropped The England striker was arrested in 2022 over the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has taken possession of the assets of Stallion Nigeria Limited in Lagos and its sister firms, following a N13 billion judgment debt in a suit filed at the Federal High Court, Lagos. Possession was taken through the receiver/manager appointed by GTBank, Mr. Temilolu Adamolekun. Officials from his office […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Crime Watch, Enugu, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu state police Command have arrested three male armed Robbery Suspects in the state. It said “one Chukwuneku Monday (a.k.a “Boss”) aged 39 and Agu Emmanuel (a.k.a “Fuckoyor”) aged 22, were arrested in their criminal hideout at New Artisan Enugu, on 23/01/2023; while Nnamani Monday (a.k.a “Sewa”) aged 21, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, Politics
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has defended his administration’s action to cancel the approval it earlier granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council to use a stadium in the state for its rally. The State Government January 11 approved the use of the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium for the PDP presidential […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three Police Officers who were attacked, seriously wounded and disarmed by unknown gunmen in Abia State, have cried out over their continued detention for about five months without trial, Petitions the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Akali Baba. Counsel to the detained officers, Barrister Godwin Onwusi , raised the alarm on […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State has accused a Labour Party chieftain, Prof Pat Utomi, of “invading” its office in the Oshodi/Isolo Local Government Area and holding an illegal press conference inside its conference room INEC Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in the state, Olusegun Agbaje, said he didn’t expect […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai, has described the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as “a Nollywood actor” that has zero chance of winning the 2023 presidential polls El-Rufai made the comparison in an interview on TVC program, Journalists’ Hangout, on Thursday, February 2, 2023. The Kaduna Governor, who spoke on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, Politics
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to make use of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo to share the election materials. The African Examiner writes that the National […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
education, Latest Headlines, World News
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a new $1.2 million grant to enhance education opportunities for children and adolescents with disabilities. Around the world, children and adolescents with disabilities are 49 percent more likely to have never attended school – […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, Politics
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has fixed February 15, 2023 for judgement in the suit seeking the disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag bearers in Enugu State from participating in the 2023 polls. The matter was instituted by the Enugu North Senatorial District candidate of the African […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Southern and Middle-Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has tasked Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to resign as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate. In a letter dated February 2, 2023, and addressed to Okowa, the elder statesman advised the Delta State […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured Contributors/Columnists, Latest Headlines
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – From its inception in 1960, one of the nation’s premier and prestigious universities, the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, founded by Nigeria’s first Civilian President, and Owelle of Onitsha, Anambra State, South East Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, has continued to contribute her quota both in capital and human development in the country. […]
