Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director, Strategic Communications of PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation Otunba Dele Momodu, in a terse message yesterday, described Atiku as the leading candidate in the February presidential election. He added that “an internal source is quoted saying an internal poll by the British government shows AA (Atiku Abubakar) as the leading candidate and […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Business News, Latest Headlines, World News
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global economic growth was projected to slow to 1.7 per cent in 2023, 1.3 percentage points below the forecast made in June last year. Marking its third-weakest pace in nearly three decades, the World Bank Group said in its latest Global Economic Prospects release. Given such adverse shocks as high inflation, rising […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite security threats, the Federal Government has assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will be held across the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed gave the assurance on Tuesday at the 17th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari scorecard series from 2015-2023. “Let me use this opportunity to respond […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Turkish Airlines plane destined for Istanbul, Turkey had to return to Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday morning after it struck a group of birds during take-off. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), the country’s air transport regulator said the plane hovered in the Ugandan airspace for more than an hour. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun inaugurated an 11-man ad hoc committee on Tuesday in Osogbo to review the establishment of Ilesa University by his predecessor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola. Former Gov. Oyetola announced the upgrading of the state’s College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-fledged university on March 31, and signed the bill […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) , when he paid an official visit to Alausa Passport […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
African News, Crime Watch, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A teacher (name withheld), on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how her neighbour, Jubril Zakari, allegedly defiled her two-year-old child in his room. The witness, a resident of Ojo in Lagos, said she met the defendant naked in his room with his penis erected while her […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Hans Kluge, head of the World Health Organisation for Europe, says the ongoing COVID-19 surge in China is not expected to significantly impact the European region. Kluge, in a statement on Tuesday, explained that this was because the two variants circulating in China were already present in European countries, according to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Echeng Echeng, today Tuesday, on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, presented cheques worth forty-three million, two hundred and eighty-nine thousand, four hundred and seventy-one naira, seventeen kobo to twenty (20) families of deceased Police officers attached to the Command. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Business News, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will monitor commercial banks to ensure that they comply with the directive of loading the redesigned Naira notes in their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). CBN Director, Currency Operations, Mr Ahmed Umar, made this known in Abuja on Monday at the Training Session for State Directors, National […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has stated that he would not force his choice of a presidential candidate on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Ortom also refuted claims that he endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. African Examiner writes that Governor Ortom […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that there is a plot by some unnamed politicians to smear its director-general, Yusuf Bichi and some of its key officials. In a statement on Tuesday, Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, stated that the politicians, as well as “disgruntled elements” within and outside the government, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue State Government has refuted claims that Governor, Samuel Ortom and his counterparts in the G-5 have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a statement issued to the press and signed by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Terver Akase, […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
….Says He Has Fulfilled His Promise On Boko Haram (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has said that nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied media reports that its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar was flown to London, over health challenges. Sen. Dino Melaye, the spokesperson and Director, Public Affairs, PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, said this in a statement in Abuja. “Disregard the lies of unrepentant liars. Atiku is 100 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has raised alarm concerning the increase of insecurity across the country and its effect on the 2023 general elections. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while speaking during the validation of election security training resources held in Abuja on Monday stated that the forthcoming election faces a serious […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, Sports News
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France’s goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, has retired from international football. The Tottenham FC 2018 World Cup and 2022 finalist announced his retirement from international football on Monday. In a statement, the goalkeeper stated that it was time to hand over to the younger one to carry on. “There comes a time when you […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from a purported final list of candidates for the 2023 general elections, purportedly released on Sunday. The commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye in Abuja on Monday, said INEC did not […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gareth Bale announced his retirement from club and international football at the age of 33 on Monday, bringing to an end one of the most decorated careers in British football history. Wales’ record appearance holder and goalscorer led his country from the international football wilderness to qualify for two European Championships, reaching […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two police officers have been shot by Yoruba nation agitators in the Ojota area of Lagos State during a rally on Monday. This is according to the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who said the two injured officers are receiving treatment while a yet-to-be-identified male adult was killed […]
