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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Building Control Authority (LASBCA) has told an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that the late Femi Osibona, Managing Director of Fourscore Heights Ltd., prevented its officers from gaining access to the construction site of the collapsed 21-storey building. African Examiner reports that Oluseun Randle, an Assistant Director in charge of the […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has deferred decision on the case involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba A. Kyari, who until his suspension by the Commission was the Officer in charge of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Recalled that Kyari had earlier been indicted by a Report […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria cannot progress as it is struggling with a large population of children battling hardship and out of school. “At the heart of the At-Risk Children Programme is the idea that every Nigerian child counts. A nation will be measured ultimately by how it treats […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Friday, denied writing Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to solicit support for a proposed wedding in Kano State. A letter had gone viral on the internet where the royal father purportedly solicited money for the Kano wedding. The letter dated February 8, 2022, addressed […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani (PPD-Enugu) has revealed that Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi brought him back to the political limelight in the state after 15 years as governor. Nnamani, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, stated this during the PDP campaign in Nkanu West for Feb. 23 2022 Local Government Elections in the state on […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspension of Rev. Fr. James Anelu, the priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ewu-Owa, Ikorodu, is eliciting reactions. Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos suspended Anelu for banning Igbo songs during mass in the church. Onyema Onyemankeya, Coordinator, Catholic Deanery of the Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), FESTAC chapter, warned against […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imam Tawhidi a.k.a Imam of Peace has called for support for the actualization of the Republic of Biafra. The cleric took to his Twitter handle as he talked about the killings within Nigeria’s Southeast saying that Biafra must be free. Imam Tawhidi wrote: “The images coming out of #Biafra are horrific. I […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman has had his application to change nationality to represent Nigeria instead of England approved by FIFA. The 24-year-old is on loan at the King Power Stadium from RB Leipzig, having previously represented Everton and Charlton Athletic. Lookman has not represented England’s senior team, but was an Under-19, […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, yesterday, embarked on a protest over the murder of one Hassan Adedeji, who just graduated from the school and was preparing for his one-year mandatory youth service. It was gathered that the HND Banking and Finance graduate was on a commercial motorcycle around the Agbale-Bode […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A train bringing containers into the Apapa port derailed yesterday, ramming into a truck carrying containers loaded with cargoes. Eyewitnesses stated that for several hours there was no access into the ENL Terminal, APM Terminals and the ABTL Terminals through the railway crossing. There were efforts to salvage the situation by the […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 325 million dollars in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2003, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled. ICJ stated this in a statement issued after delivering a judgment between the two countries from […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool closed the gap on English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City to nine points as Diogo Jota’s double earned them a 2-0 victory over Leicester City on Thursday. After Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday extended their advantage at the top to 12 points, second-placed Liverpool needed to issue […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar’s bank accounts and repeatedly stole small sums of money totaling more than 40,000 dollars, officials in Sao Paulo said. Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris St-Germain (PSG) and Brazil player and his business manager […]
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited may need an estimated N201bn worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to bring 170.25 million litres of adulterated product imported the country up to standard, an analysis of industry data has shown. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority had said on Tuesday that […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has said the Second Niger Bridge is named after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and not his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Ahmad had shared a video of the 1.6km bridge on social media, describing it as a major connection point between two economically vital regions in Nigeria. […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium as armed robbers reportedly hijacked a bullion van, killing people in the attack at Idi Ape area in ibadan . It was gathered that the Idi-Ape area of Iwo Road was deserted while the operation by the hoodlums lasted. A resident of the area, who identified himself as Waheed Adegoke, told […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu and environ following the killing of three policemen by unknown gunmen at a police check point in Enugu. The ugly incident occurred Thursday along timber junction, Maryland axis in Enugu South Council area of the State. African Examiner learnt that the criminal elements also abducted a woman and […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has said their members are fully mobilized to begin another round of industrial action as soon as they get directive from its national headquarters in Abuja. Chairman of ASSU in UNN, Comrade Christian […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was total outrage in the House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday over the recent importation of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into Nigeria. The House consequently resolved to investigate the matter, insisting that the government officials in the import and distribution chain, whose action or inaction led […]
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Thursday, February 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, has tested positive for COVID-19, Clarence House announced on Twitter on Thursday. “This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating,” the statement read. “HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today’s events in Winchester and will […]
