Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Wednesday, gathered at the residence of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta as the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu visited the former President. Tinubu arrived at the Penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke- Mosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The picture of veteran Nigerian singer, Femi Kuti and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has made many supporters of the former governor of Anambra State happy. African Examiner recalls that Femi Kuti had earlier stated that he disliked the name “Obidient”, which is the name supporters of Peter Obi called themselves. […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with family of veteran journalist and former Chief Press Secretary to military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Chief Duro Onabule, who passed on Tuesday at 83. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari condoled with […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll from the recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 75, the country’s National Council for Civil Defense said Tuesday. In addition, 30 people were injured, while 12,551 homes destroyed and 20,751 others damaged during the rain, the council said in a statement. The UN Office for […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rotation of peacekeeping troops in and out of Mali has resumed after a month’s suspension by the Malian government, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. The rotations began Monday with a contingent from Bangladesh, said Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. No fewer than 400 soldiers from Senegal […]
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Morocco police have arrested four suspects, aged between 20 and 30, for deliberately starting a huge forest fire in the north of the country on Monday, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. The fire has burned more than 90 hectares of the Kodiat Tifour forest in the province of […]
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan security authorities on Tuesday appealed to the citizens and the business community to resume their normal daily activities following the conclusion of the Aug. 9 general elections. Joseph Kinyua, Head of the Public Service and Chairperson of the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC), made the call in a statement. “I, therefore, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again gunmen unleash terror in kwara state, abducting six travelers . The abductors, numbering about five, were said to have waylaid the vehicle conveying the victims around Obo-Ile/Osi road, Ekiti local government area of the state on the fateful around 11.15pm. However, four of the victims on board the Hummer Bus with […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission. “The meet with the […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Rear Admiral Yaminu Ehinomen Musa (retired) as the pioneer Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. The NCTC is established in […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder and creative director of Lagos-based brand Lohije, Gift Raji who won Fashionomics Africa’s $3,000 prize for sustainable fashion, has said that her brand’s emergence as winner of competition is more that money. Fashionomics Africa is an initiative of the African Development Bank to increase Africa’s participation in the global textile […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s electricity supply crisis could go from bad to worst Wednesday as the organised labour has directed workers in the power sector to drop their tools and begin an indefinite strike over pending labour issues with the Transmission Company of Nigeria. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Tuesday gathered on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ibrahim Babangida, former military head of state, has stated that Nigerians should seek God’s intervention for guidance in the country’s political activities. Babangida made this known on Tuesday while speaking with journalists in Minna, as part of activities to commemorate his birthday. The former head of state will be 81 on August […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disgruntled aspirants who participated at the March 26 National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress have vowed to take the leadership of the party to court over its failure to refund the payment for their Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms. The development is coming four months after they were asked […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has described boundaries between Nigeria and her neighbours as artificial. Speaking at a reception organised in honour of two principal officers of the President recently honoured by the President of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum, Gambari said Buhari’s foreign policy was concentric. Those […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism by gunmen. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia, the state capital. According to the PPRO, “On […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World governing football body, FIFA, suspended India on Tuesday for “undue influence from third parties”. The country was also stripped of the right to host the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled for October. “The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa Divisional Police Officer in Kano State, SP Daniel Amah, has been issued a certificate of commendation by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, after the former rejected a bribe of $200,000 in a case of alleged armed robbery. According to available information, the armed robbery case involved a Kano-based […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), projecting that the successful implementation of the Council’s agenda and savings from the estimated economic burden of the disease would save Nigeria about N687 billion in 2022 and N2 trillion by 2030. The President told the 16-member Council headed […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command have arrested 45 suspected internet fraudsters from different locations at Trans Ekulu, Enugu. It gave the names of the suspects, to include, Michael Chidiebere, Ogbu Chekwube, Edeh Peter, Nweze Ifeanyi, Emeka Nwankwo, John Chibuike, Paschal Tochukwu, Eze ifeanyi, Raphael Chukwuemeka […]
