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Sunday, January 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists have struck in Niger state again killing three people and abducting 28 in Farin-Shinge, Kulho, Jigawa, Dogo Fadama communities of Mashegu local government area of Niger state Our Correspondent gathered that the operation was carried out between Friday afternoon and lasted till Saturday morning. The gunmen are demanded seven 50 litres […]
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Sunday, January 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom State Steering Committee of the Tinubu Support Group on Sunday tackled the Peoples’ Democratic Party stalwart, Bode George, saying his comment on the presidential declaration of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is an indication that he (George) is a primitive critic still living in […]
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Sunday, January 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali has said it will seek to overturn in international courts what Bamako calls “illegal sanctions” imposed by a West African economic bloc over delays to the country’s elections. “These measures are illegal under several international conventions” including those which “prohibit sanctions against landlocked countries” like Mali, interim Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla […]
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Sunday, January 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Federal Government commenced full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in earnest, the new legislation has been tipped to provide business opportunities that will enable the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) earn more revenue for the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Mallam Mele Kyari disclosed […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi has said his recent meeting with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had nothing to do with the 2023 presidential election. Fayemi said he was not in any clandestine meeting with Tinubu to discuss his chance of becoming President but rather a […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Bauchi State have arrested a man for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter in Kirfi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Ahmed Wakil, the command’s spokesman, stated this in a statement he made available to journalists on Saturday in Bauchi. He said the arrest was part of the effort […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, saluted members of the Nigerian Armed forces for their courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and resilience in defending the nation, particularly in the face of resurged insecurity in the last six years. In a statement issued to mark the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day signed by Debo Ologunagba, the […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be ISWAP group have been killed by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in an attempt to infiltrate Biu Local government area of Borno state on Saturday. Biu is south and about 180km drive along the easiest Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was shut down […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria defeated Sudan 3-1 in their AFCON 2021 encounter at the Stade Roumdé Adjia in Garoua, Cameroon, on Saturday. The victory assures the Super Eagles of a place in the Round of 16. With the victory, the Super Eagles won their opening two matches at an Africa Cup of Nations in consecutive […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has expressed shock and dismay over the allegations levelled against the anti-vandal unit of Rivers State Command of the Corps by Governor Nyesom Wike. Wike had accused the NSCDC unit and police of aiding and abetting vandals and illegal bunkers […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that there will be a sit-at-home protest in the south-east on January 18. It could be recalled that IPOB had suspended its sit-at-home directive in the region, including the days when Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, appears in court. However, in a statement issued to […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has tasked Nigerians to show proof that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is not fit to vie for the Presidency in 2023 on health ground. Spokesman of ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, made this known on Friday against the backdrop of the APC stalwart’s […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced plans to immortalise late Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi aka Sound Sultan. The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Solomon Bonu, said the state will celebrate Sound Sultan every December for four days in Lagos. Bonu stated this at the just-concluded […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has said his team would play Sudan in their second group game of the Africa Cup of Nations with the utmost respect. Nigeria would take on the Falcons of Jediane in their second Group D game of the AFCON, at the Stade Roumdé Adjia in Garoua […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the 23 local government chairmen to provide a comprehensive list of illegal refineries and their operators within their jurisdiction. Wike gave the ultimatum at a meeting with the council chairmen and heads of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air force, Nigerian Navy, […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wives of the five engineers declared missing in Effium Community of Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east, said they marked Christmas and the New Year in grief and pain over the fate of their husbands, who went missing about two months ago. African Examiner reported that an Enugu-based engineering firm, Nelan Consultants, had […]
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Saturday, January 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun 1 Area Command who were pursuing some suspected rice smugglers Thursday night have shot a two-year-old girl. The incident occurred at Itawaya, near the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. Photos made available to this newspaper showed the bullet […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “I’d think twice about it,” Uxbridge resident Veronika Machu said of voting again for her local MP Boris Johnson, after a slew of lockdown partying allegations. Voters in suburban Uxbridge, on the fringes of Greater London, feel anger, disappointment and resignation at the ongoing accusations, including that the prime minister’s staff partied […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, have reportedly been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the university premises and whisked them away to an unknown destination. The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Ibrahim, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to our correspondent in […]
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Friday, January 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops and armed men have exchanged fire in the Cameroonian city of Buea, leaving several injured in the capital of a region hit by separatist violence and a host for teams in the Africa Cup of Nations, the local mayor said Thursday. “The security forces rapidly intervened and an investigation is under […]
