Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – APC presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Gombe State that he will curb hunger and ensure shared prosperity in the country if elected President of Nigeria in 2023. Tinubu said this in Gombe when he paid homage to the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar III. Tinubu was in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dennis Otiotio, has stated that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is officially not yet a member of the party in the state. Otiotio made this known during a telephone chat Thursday morning. According to him, Jonathan could only join the ruling party if […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has stated that actors, professionals and musicians are some of those who have ‘sold their souls to politicians’. The 39-year-old son of music legend, Fela Kuti stated this in an Instagram post on Wednesday as he explained why ‘poor Nigerians sell their […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing, has hit back at Opeyemi Falegan, her ex-lover, who claimed that she lacks personal hygiene. African Examiner writes that in April, the politician who was widely known to be the actress’s husband had announced their separation. Since their separation, the pair have been in the eyes of […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Cossy Orijiakor, has demanded for justice, years after rumours of her having sex with a dog went viral on the Internet. African Examiner recalls that in 2002, Cossy’s career suffered a setback when a certain journalist, Tunde Moshood, claimed that the actress had sexual relations with a dog. Moshood, the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent leaders in Igboland on Wednesday gave president general of Apex Igbo Socio cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor thirty days from today (May 11, 2022) to reconstitute the executive of the body or face rejection by Ndigbo. But the organization in a swift response, via its National Publicity Secretary, Dr […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested 36 suspected internet fraudsters. The names of the suspects were given as Chukwuma Destiny, Emenalom Precise, Nwaeze Obinna, Ogbonna Monday, Raymond Chigozie, Mmadu Bright, Chigozie Sixtus, Ike Joachim Uchechukwu, Ifeanyi Uzor, Iwuanyanwu Divine, Nwoke Udojah, Patrick […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reverend Father Joseph Akete of the St. John Catholic Church, Kudenda in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who was abducted eight weeks ago, has died while in his captors’ custody. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu Emmanuel, announced this in Kaduna on Wednesday. African Examiner recalls […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman and former Federal Information Commissioner, Chief Edwin Clark, has berated former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, calling him a “traitor”. Clark accused Kalu of betraying the Igbo cause, adding that despite the fact that Kalu was one of the oldest vocal frontline politicians in the South-East, he doubted […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Kyari, former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the police has claimed that there is a threat to his life in the Kuje correctional facility. Kyari cried out that he is not safe staying in the same correctional facility with criminals. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, made […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen and robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident . He said that […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ministers aspiring to be President in 2023 to resign immediately. He applauded the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest. But other Ministers seeking to be Governors, Senators and House of Representatives members were busy trying to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt. The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) through one of its flagship initiatives is currently helping women and children in Burkina Faso to overcome food insecurity. Despite its tremendous agricultural potential, Burkina Faso has long grappled with the thorny problem of food and nutrition security. Regrettably, in a country, where 82 percent of the population […]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Football federation is about to announce a new Super Eagles coach on Thursday. The president of the association, Amaju Pinnick, told a local media that Portuguese tactician, Jose Peseiro is one of the leading contenders. It could be recalled that the NFF had sacked Gernot Rohr in December 2021 after […]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shehu Sani, a popular Nigerian activist and former federal lawmaker has stated that Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, did not purchase the much talked about N100 million All Progressives Congress, APC’s nomination and expression of interest forms for former President, Goodluck Jonathan. According to the former lawmaker, Miyetti Allah was only […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday vowed to join the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the federal government failed to address issues raised by the union and put an end to their action. President of TUC, Quadri Olaleye, who made the vow on behalf […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Portuguese chair umpire Daniel Zeferino has been banned from tennis for life after being found guilty of match-fixing and helping betters, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Tuesday. The London-based agency said Zeferino had been “manipulating” scores inputted into his electronic scoring device at an ITF M15 event in 2020, […]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed Chief Roberts Clarke’s call for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by six months. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He restated that Buhari would handover to democratically elected winners of the […]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will not face criminal charges after punching a man multiple times before a flight out of San Francisco last month. The announcement came on Tuesday following an investigation by the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. It says the circumstances preceding the April 20 confrontation led […]
