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Sunday, July 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, has obtained the highest number of votes from 17 of the 30 local governments in Osun State. The results were officially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Saturday governorship election in Osun State. His closest rival, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is to undergo surgery on a leg injury. His spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement, explained the surgery became necessary because of recurrent pain in the leg from an injury possibly while playing squash. Akande, on his verified Twitter handle, said: ‘’VP Osinabjo is in the hospital today […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons have been arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission for alleged vote-buying. The suspects are Jimoh Kazeem, Adeyemo Bahir, and Abidogun Ismail. They were arrested at Polling Unit 002, Ward 2, Ababu, Isale Osun, Osogbo. Meanwhile, CLEEN Foundation alleged that security agents deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, won his polling unit in the ongoing governorship election in the state. He polled 218 votes to defeat his main contender, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress. Oyetola scored 23 votes while Dr Akin Ogunbiyi of the Accord party had […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen in the early hours of Saturday, kidnapped a top official of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Kingsley Okorafor,. Okorafor was kidnapped close to his residence in Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Imo. A Traditional Ruler of the community, Eze Patrick Uwalaka confirmed the incident to the News Agency of […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced uploading of results for the Saturday governorship election in Osun into the commission’s results viewing portal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the uploading of election results started shortly after the close of voting and sorting of votes in some polling units […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos state on Saturday announced its resolve to enforce the ban on the use of Police Spy Number Plates. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced this on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. African Examiner reports that the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), on Wednesday ordered a ban […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Osogbo has restrained operatives of the Amotekun Corps from deploying officers to polling units for Saturday’s election. The People’s Democratic Party in Osun State had filed a suit before the court, seeking an order to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from seeking the assistance of […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja on Friday ordered a substantial increment in the salaries of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and other Nigerian judges. The trial judge, Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, gave this order in her judgment, saying “judges have been victims of great injustice” and describing their poor […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has charged all Muslim faithful in Osun State to vote for the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola, to continue his tenure as governor for the second term because he is a Muslim like them. This is as he stated that Oyetola was the only Muslim governor in […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shtudy, a developer-focused career platform, co-founded by a 27-year-old African American and serial entrepreneur, Geno Miller, is demonstrably committed to helping minority software engineers land tech jobs in the United States. The platform is leading the charge for diversity in tech by connecting 10,0000 pre-vetted software engineers with job opportunities at companies […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government has announced more than $592 million in additional assistance to respond to humanitarian needs in Africa. Throughout Africa, response efforts to address under-recognized humanitarian crises are facing dire funding constraints. The intervention fund which will be supervised by the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of $5.39 million to the Central African Republic for the implementation of the country’s food security project. The grant will assist the production of an additional 32,000 tonnes of foodstuffs and enhance food security for 100,000 people. It will also help the Central African […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has refuted claims concerning the alleged plot to Islamize Nigeria after the APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. Oshiomhole disclosed this on Friday when he appeared on TVC as he assured Nigerians that the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu can’t Islamize Nigeria […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, has sparked reactions on social media after his interview on Friday on Arise TV where the actor talked about his support for the Labour Party’s presidential aspirant, Peter Obi’s movement, “the Obident”. According to the actor who also doubles as a lawyer and a politician, the ruling […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Funke Akindele, the Deputy Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State has stated that she will defeat the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election. African Examiner recalls that the APC had stated that Funke had nothing to give as the PDP deputy gubernatorial candidate and that […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammad Buhari on Friday in Daura, Katsina State, lauded farmers in the country for the record production of rice and other food commodities, expressing satisfaction that the agricultural policies of the administration are working to good effect. The President said his administration had taken various decisions including the closure of land […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers momentum in Nigeria, a Chieftain of the All progressive Congress APC Enugu State and Mainstream leader of the party in the area, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has cautioned the embattled State Chairman of the party, Barr. Ugochukwu Agballa against engaging in campaign of calumny and Mudslinging of […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, on Thursday, sentenced a man, Michake Ogbar, to life imprisonment for defiling and raping his three daughters aged 10 years, 20 years and 24 years. African Examiner reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement and […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) at the ward level in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, following attack on its officials in the area. This is contained in a statement by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, […]
