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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria in the 19 Northern states and Abuja has refuted claims that it has endorsed Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for the 2023 presidential election. The organization disclosed that it had never endorsed any individual for any elective position in the history of elections in Nigeria since […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Rochas Okorocha has tagged Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, as an intelligent smart man who took advantage of the Igbo’s unhappiness and naivety. The former Imo governor disclosed this while speaking with Arise TV as he commented on IPOB’s secessionist agitation in the Southeast. According to him, […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Tuesday, repeated gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. As of the time of filing this report, it is not yet clear those responsible for the gunfire, as soldiers are said to have surrounded the building where President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is reportedly presiding […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja pledged his commitment to hand over a strong repositioned agriculture-led, diversified home-grown economy, stable democracy and revamped armed and security forces to the next administration. Speaking at a dinner in honour of the 2022 Committee of Business, Political, Media and Civil Society Leaders, the President […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mango plantation belonging to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by unknown hoodlums at Howe community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue state. African Examiner gathered that the 140 hectares plantation was torched at about 2 pm on Saturday by the arsonists following probable disagreements with the […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has taken into custody, the managing director of Medview Airline, Mr Muneer Bankole. He was reportedly detained yesterday afternoon at the headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi, Abuja. A source familiar with the case disclosed that Bankole, who arrived at the EFCC complex at 11 […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers Mr Hope Ikiriko, said no fewer than 82 illegal crude oil refineries across communities within the area have been destroyed. Ikiriko, in a statement released in Port Harcourt by Mr Madu Madueke, the Press Secretary of the council, said the destruction was […]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife chapter, yesterday embarked on indefinite strike over unpaid allowances of members. African Examiner reports that the union sought the permission of its national secretariat to embark on strike during the last emergency congress on January 11. The union announced the […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. This is coming hours after the former governor officially declared his presidential bid for 2023. Okorocha was charged alongside Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law (Inte-rSociety), has accused the police and Ebonyi state government of dangerously covering up the abduction and disappearance of five Engineers working with Enugu based NELAN Engineering firm in Abakaliki. It posited that the “failed policing is the most undoing of […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Police Service Commission PSC, has frowned at the recent forceful shutting down of its offices and chasing away of Staff by protesting workers of the organization. It said even though, the leadership of the establishment is not against workers protest, such exercise should not be carried out in a […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of aggrieved members of the Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, may soon dump the Nigeria’s ruling party for the opposition Peoples Docratic party PDP. Our Correspondent gathered that the development is as a result of the lingering inreconcilable internal wrangling that has bedeviled and splinted the party […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has officially declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023.Okorocha, who is presently a senator, represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate.While declaring his intentions to run for the office of President at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, the […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union (AU) has suspended the membership of Burkina Faso’s after the coup that took place in the country. The AU stated that the suspension would be effective until constitutional order is brought back in the country. “Council decides in line with the relevant AU instruments to suspend the participation of […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In apparent reflection of the improved liquidity in the interbank money market, banks’ borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, fell by 46 per cent, month-on-month, MoM, to N1.3 trillion in January. On the other hand banks increased deposit of idle funds with the CBN by 29 per cent, MoM, to […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six people died on Monday when a minibus was destroyed by a roadside bomb during an ambush by armed men in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police have said. The assailants opened fire on the 14-seater vehicle after it ran over the explosive device about eight kilometres (five miles) from […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly gang-raped and killed a housewife, Mrs Roseline Joguntan at Igbokoda in Ilaje council area of Ondo State. African Examiner gathered that the victim, a fruit seller was murdered at her farm. The deceased was said to have gone to the farm to gather fruits as usual for […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst has died at the age of 30 after falling from her high-rise New York City apartment. Cheslie’s body was found at 7:05 a.m. Sunday 30 January on the sidewalk just outside the Orion Condominium building in Manhattan where she resided. The attorney’s devastated family confirmed the […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan radio presenter, Maureen Imbai, aka Black Cinderella, has called out Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, for embarrassing Kenyans. Black Cinderella, took to her Instagram story on Monday to berate the Zazzu crooner concerning a video posted by the latter, where he was jeering at a lady in Kenya […]
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Monday, January 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adebayo Ridwan Abidemi popularly known as BaeU Barbie, Isbae U or just BaeU by teeming fans, has come under criticism for allegedly demanding sex from ladies before featuring them in his skits. On Sunday, Isbae U became a subject of discussion, topping social media trends especially on Twitter with over 10,000 tweets. […]