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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested suspected billionaire drug baron allegedly behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT. The alleged drug baron is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu who is the Chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies. This is […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No few than six members of the Deeper life Bible Church, located at Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos state, were injured on Sunday, sustaining serious degrees of injuries when the building of the Church collapsed during heavy storm while the service was in progress. African Examiner reports that heavy rain which was […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government ( FG) to resolve the lingering crisis that has led to the closure of all public universities. Ajakaye said that the resolution should be in the interest of students, […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits were reported to have abducted a former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Ramatu Abarshi, and her daughter, Ameera, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the mother and daughter, together with a commercial driver conveying them, […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Pius Anyim, has assured Nigerians that no cabal in Nigeria’s seat of power would dictate to the country who the next president will be. Anyim said any Nigerian with the impression that some inner caucus arrangement would produce the president in […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany defender Antonio Rüdiger will leave Chelsea at the end of the season after turning down the offer of a new contract, manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed on Sunday. “The situation is that he wants to leave the club,” Tuchel said after their 1-0 English Premier League (EPL) win over West Ham. “He […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said Africa, which currently has lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates, had lost as many as 30 million jobs on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on Friday, Dr. Adesina […]
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Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) said the focus of its Annual General Meetings thus year, will be on the impact of climate change on Africa and the need for a just energy transition on the continent. The event which is the 57th Annual Meetings of the AfDB and the 48th Annual Meeting of […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some political heavyweights, including some presidential aspirants, are being hosted to an Iftar dinner by the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to available information, as at 6:20pm, some of the dignitaries had started arriving at the venue of the event, which […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, may recover his N500m mansion in Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his pardon by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Dariye, who was convicted for stealing N1.16bn while he was governor between 1999 […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six soldiers were killed and 20 injured in simultaneous attacks targeting three army bases in central Mali Sunday, the army said. Targets in Sevare, Niono, and Bapho were all hit by “armed terrorist groups (who) used suicide vehicles packed with explosives”, the Malian army said in a statement. A group linked to […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NDLEA has successfully foiled a fresh attempt by Brazil-based drug cartels to smuggle cocaine into Nigeria in tea bags. Director, Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated in Abuja on Sunday that the latest attempts were foiled at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and at the Murtala […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five wedding guests abducted in Anambra last Monday have been released. A family source and the police confirmed their release when they spoke on Sunday in Awka. Assailants abducted the wedding guests at gunpoint on the Akpo-Nkpologwu Road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra while returning from a wedding. The family […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has endorsed Speaker of of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Francis Nwifuru as his successor come 2023. The governor who spoke on Saturday at Okposi , during the funeral ceremony of the father of the Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Barrister Chioma Nweze, stated […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governors of the states in South-west Nigeria have paid tributes to the Alaafin of Oyo, Lamidi Adeyemi III, who died on April 22. The late monarch was 83. The third from the Alowolodu Ruling House, Alaafin Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti. He was the longest-serving […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rescheduled sales of expression of interest and nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will now begin nationwide on Tuesday. The exercise which was scheduled to have begun yesterday (Saturday) was postponed due to some logistics and administrative challenges. A party source who spoke in confidence told our correspondent […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will in May reveal his choice among those aiming to be his successor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, a presidential source has revealed to Sunday Punch. According to the source, the President is critically studying the aspirants, their attitudes, actions, backgrounds and […]
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Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown on Saturday, stopping former sparring partner Dillian Whyte in round six of the all-British bout at a delirious Wembley Stadium. The win for the self-styled ‘Gypsy King’, fighting on UK soil for the first time in four years, was witnessed by 94,000 fans. Unbeaten Fury, […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has directed all public and private schools in the state to resume third term on Monday 25th April, 2022. The clarification became necessary following an unsigned statement credited to the Nigerian government directing all primary and secondary schools nationwide to resume on May 9. A statement issued by […]
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday approved the reopening of four additional land borders shut in August 2019 as part of efforts to curtail smuggling and boost local production of rice. A circular released by the Nigeria Customs Service, signed by Deputy Comptroller-General E. I. Edorhe, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, […]
