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Abuja, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State Security Service (SSS), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), cannot wear clothes with an insignia of a lion’s head. Mr Kanu was accused of various offences, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed […]
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Abia, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Government has confirmed the killing of eight persons by gunmen at new Cattle Market in Omuma-Uzo in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to reporters in Aba on Wednesday, condemned the attack. […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unidentified lady has expressed love for one of the PSquare duo, Mr P by inking him on her thigh. A video recently saw a young lady happily put her thigh on display as she danced to Phyno’s song playing loudly in the background. The video showed the initial of the Okoye […]
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Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen by The Punch […]
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Central America, Latest Headlines
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haiti is once more at a ‘crossroads’, six months after a devastating earthquake hit the south-west of the country, according to the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed. Mohammed was speaking at an international event hosted by the Haitian government in the country’s capital Port-au-Prince on Wednesday. The event is aimed at supporting […]
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Latest Headlines, Sports News
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Red Bull Salzburg came within minutes of a famous victory on Wednesday in the last 16 of the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League. But Kingsley Coman’s late equaliser rescued a 1-1 draw for former champions Bayern Munich. Coman, who got the winner in the 2019/2020 final match, converted at the back post in […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, Southern Africa
Thursday, February 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Sara Nyanti, has strongly condemned killing of a nurse in South Sudan, working with an international aid organisation. Nyanti, in a statement, condemned the continued violence across the country, which is affecting the safety of civilians and humanitarian workers, constraining humanitarian access, and disrupting the […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A middle aged widow, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Virginia Ngene, a native of Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu -South Council area, has cried out to the state Commissioner of police for help, over alleged continued harassment, intimidation, and threat to eject her and children from her late husband’s country home by some members of the […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and the Convener, Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, have met to discuss concerning issues bordering on Nigeria’s wellbeing, and also plan on the success and possible outcome of 2023 general elections. This was disclosed in a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi on Wednesday. […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A senior advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, on Wednesday, claimed that former Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari may be reabsorbed into the Nigeria Police Force, NPF. Adegboruwa disclosed this when he accused the Nigerian Police of treating Kyari’s case with levity. The activist lawyer who was reacting to Kyari’s indictment […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome(SAN), who is the lead counsel to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, raised the alarm that his client’s sight had deteriorated. Ozekhome told the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that Kanu, who is currently in custody of […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Black marketers on Wednesday took advantage of the lingering scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to make brisk business from residents and motorists in Lagos State. African Examiner reports that the ongoing scarcity of PMS, also known as petrol, is due to the withdrawal of the off-spec products imported into the country […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday night reportedly killed several persons during an invasion of the newly constructed Abia cattle market in Omumauzor in Ukwa West local area of Abia State. African Examiner gathered the midnight attack kept the villagers anxious. It was gathered that security operatives have taken over the area to maintain peace. […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, has grounded commercial activities in Onitsha, Nnewi, Oba, and some parts of Awka in Anambra State. African Examiner correspondent went round some major cities, observed that banks, motor parks, filling stations, markets and shops were shut. The roads were also […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO), a non-profit organisation has decried the recent killing of Police and custom Officers in Enugu State. The Executive Director of CAPIO, Rev. Fr. Jude Isiguzo, condemned the killing in a statement in Enugu on Wednesday. Isiguzo noted that public assassination of citizens and security agents in […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
…Delivers Judgment Against Enugu East Council Area (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice Cyprian Ajah on Tuesday delivered a judgment that it is illegal for local government areas in the state and country in general to be collecting business premises levies from citizens. A human Rights group, Civil Rights […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Singer Davido has made true his promise of donating N250 million to 292 orphanages in 27 States. The final disbursement occurred exactly 89 days after he announced his decision to donate generously to orphanages across Nigeria. The award-winning singer announced that the five-man committee, which was set up in November 2021 to […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the final forfeiture of 24 landed property belonging to a top military officer. The anti-graft agency said the property valued at N10. 9bn were controlled through proxies. According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Justice N. E Maha of […]
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African News, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN senior official in Somalia, James Swan, told the Security Council on Tuesday that some 7.7 million Somalis require humanitarian assistance in 2022, with 4.3 million impacted by drought and more than 270,000 displaced. Swan, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), told the Council […]
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Europe, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organsiation (WHO) says progress in the overall survival rate for children with cancer is uneven across Europe, with a significant proportion of the thousands diagnosed with cancer each year still dying. The new WHO report sets out for the first time the scale of childhood cancer inequalities in the European […]
