Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has proposed a six-point agenda to nudge the country’s prospective political actors towards meeting the immediate yearnings of Nigerians and effecting sustainable economic change. The NESG’s six-point agenda urges government to rethink what socio-economic development outcomes mean for […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State governor, Professor Charles Soludo, has expressed deep shock over the barbaric murder of a member of the State House of Assembly Hon. Okechukwu Okoye by yet to be identified Gunmen, even as he placed bounty of 10 million naira on any one with useful information that can lead to the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have continued to mourn the death of Hon. Okechukwu Okoye, the Anambra lawmaker who was beheaded by unknown gunmen and his severed head was found at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. African Examiner recalls that the deceased lawmaker, who was representing Aguata II […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of the Senate and presidential aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party, Anyim Pius Anyim, says that he will stabilise Nigeria in six months if he becomes president in the 2023 election. Anyim stated this when he visited a chieftain of the party and former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have beheaded the lawmaker representing Anambra Governor Charles Soludo in the Assembly. Hon Okechukwu Okoye’s head was found at Nnobi in Idemili South local government area where it was hanged. His body was not there with indications that the killers made away with it. The lawmaker was kidnapped last week with […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person has been declared dead after a building collapsed on Freeman Street, Lagos Island, on Saturday. According to available information, the building collapsed following the heavy rainfall at Freeman Road, Lagos Island. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Agency disclosed this in a preliminary report titled, ‘Situation report on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State governor who is an aspirant in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that if he becomes president, he can make Edo state as “beautiful” as Lagos. Tinubu disclosed this on Saturday at a meeting with APC delegates in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Diocese of Gboko, Benue state, has suspended one of its priests, Hyacinth Alia after he joined the 2023 governorship race. African Examiner writes that Alia had, in April 2022, announced his intention to contest the 2023 governorship election in Benue State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday evening, returned to Abuja after concluding a two-day condolence visit to Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital. He returns amid uncertainty in the governing All Progressives Congress over the signing of the Electoral Amendment Act, especially the section pertaining to the eligibility of statutory […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Ogun have arrested a 25-year-old class teacher of a nursery and primary school in Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu North Local Government Area for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old pupil. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, police spokesman stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the teacher was arrested on Thursday. He stated […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State says it will arrest both motorcyclist and passenger as part of measures to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycle operations in the state. Its spokesman, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, announced this on Saturday in his Twitter handle . “Under the new total ban of motorcycles in the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of 34 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Service DSS on Friday dislodged a training camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Okporo in Orlu Council Area of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State Chairman of All progressive Congress APC Enugu Mainstream, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has accused the Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the State, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, of trying to promote Illegality by accepting to sign lists of delegates for the party’s governorship congress ahead of […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his determination to do more to ensure the growth and intensification of the strategic partnership between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a short interaction with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE during a […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted Chairman of Keffi local government area in Nasarawa State, Hon Muhammad Baba Shehu and his driver. The gunmen killed the police orderly of the chairman Sergeant Alhassan Habibu Nasir. The incident occured along Gudi district of Akwanga local government around 6:30pm on Friday when the chairman was heading to […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, North Africa
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tourism has returned to centre stage in Egypt after the country’s deadly coronavirus experience, which restricted tourists from visiting tourism sites in the country since the outbreak of COVID-19. African Examiner reporting from the Mediterranean City of Alexandria in northern Egypt on Saturday, saw hundreds of people finding their ways to the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a former Special Assistant to Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC), Goerge Turnah, to four years’ imprisonment. According to a press statement by the spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Pan-African enterprise, Paradigm Initiative has launched its 2021 annual report on digital rights and inclusion. Paradigm Initiative works to ensure digital empowerment and promote a positive rights environment, supporting public policy toward Internet Freedom in Africa through a diverse team of 29, working out of sub-regional offices in Cameroon, Kenya, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Sokoto State and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, stated that the next president of Nigeria must pay attention to the call for restructuring, devolution of power and fiscal federalism by Nigerians. Tambuwal disclosed this on Friday in Asaba when he addressed the PDP delegates, saying that […]
Posted by African Examiner
Business News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, May 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has Stated that paper currency will soon be out of circulation tasking market men and women to key into the e-Naira. The Delta State Branch Controller of CBN, Mr Godwin Okafor, disclosed this on Friday at the popular Ogbogonogo market in a market sensitisation on e-Naira. Okafor […]
