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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has confirmed the arrest of 10 staff of the Local Education Authority (LEA), for allegedly diverting school bags donated by UNICEF in the state. SUBEB’s Chairman, Dr Salihi Ateequ, disclosed this at a news conference, in Yola. Ateequ said the board would not rest […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, died on Thursday aged 85, his foundation announced. De Klerk and South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for leading the “miracle” transition from white rule in the country. He died after a battle with cancer, his […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr, has stated that the team is missing three players ahead of their Saturday’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying tie against Liberia on Saturday. The Super Eagles men are presently camping in Morocco, the venue of the next FIFA World Cup qualifiers against the Lone Stars. Rohr’s men […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo alongside several captains of the Nigerian industry have been selected to drive discussions pivotal to entrenching corporate governance principles at the 2021 Annual Directors’ Conference. Alhaji Lamis Dikko, Chairman, National Organizing Committee, Annual Directors’ Conference (ADC) disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos on Thursday. African Examiner […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo Command on Thursday said it arrested 20 suspects in connection with illicit drug trafficking. Mr Buba Wakawa, State Commander of the agency disclosed this in an interview in Benin. Wakawa said the suspects who were arrested in October included 18 males and two females. […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of 108 Merchant Navy personnel over alleged operation of illegal military training camp. Parading the suspects before newsmen in Ikeja , the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, said that they were arrested during a raid. According to Odumosu, the command […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was on an official tour. “The commissioner intercepted a large group of marauding bandits on […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN agencies has raised alarm over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling for an urgent scaling-up of assistance. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that without help, widespread and unabated food insecurity could worsen in the coming months. […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 22 persons were killed in Kaduna, Katsina and Taraba communities by suspected bandits and herdsmen. Eight natives were killed by suspected herdsmen, who invaded two villages of Kibori and Atagjah, in Atyap chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. This came as suspected bandits raided two […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular disc jockey DJ Cuppy has stated no man will ever be able to control her. Cuppy, in an interview with Zeze Millz on the “ZEZE MILLZ SHOW”, said she believes every woman should be totally independent and have her money. She said most persons call her bluff when she speaks on […]
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Thursday, November 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor-elect of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo, says he has enough experience as he is not coming on the job to learn. Soludo, who emerged as the next governor of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, disclosed this during an interview on Arise TV. According to […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The EU General Court on Wednesday upheld on a 2.4-billion-euro (2.8-billion-dollar) European Commission competition fine from 2017 against Google for abusing its market dominance by promoting its own shopping service. Dismissing the U.S. tech giant’s appeal, the European Union’s second highest court backed the conclusions drawn by the EU executive branch. The […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Integrity Youth Alliance has thrown its weight behind the plan by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to reconstruct 21 federal roads across the six geopolitical zones. The National Coordinator of the group, Kelvin Adegbenga, gave the support in a statement released in Abuja titled: ‘Why South-South Study Group Nescience Should […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that Twitter was not banned in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, stated that Twitter was suspended in Nigeria and not banned. The minister disclosed this when he responded to a question from a participant at the Nigerian International Partnership Forum in Paris. According […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Victor Oye, national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has stated that the Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in 2019 election, Peter Obi “cannot achieve anything” unless he comes back to the party where he was elected as Governor of Anambra state in 2006 and also ended […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says the security situation in the State is now back to normal, following skirmishes witnessed last week. Fielding questions from State House Correspondents on Tuesday, the Governor blamed a former Governor of the State, Danjuma Gole, who is a serving Senator representing Gombe Central for […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Wednesday approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s External Borrowing (Rolling) plan for the Federal Government to the tune of $16,230,077,718, €1,020,000,000 and a grant component of $125,000,000.00 under the 2018-2020 External Borrowing (Rolling) plan” for the Federal Government. Senate’s approval was sequel to the consideration of the report of the Senate […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu till January 19. The adjournment came on a day Kanu’s team of lawyers, staged a walk-out over refusal of operatives of the Department of State Services, […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Onitsha the commercial city and Nnewi the industrial town of Anambra State, were completely deserted on Wednesday, as residents and traders observed another sit-at-home in solidarity with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB who appeared in court today. As usual, reminisce of the IPOB’s suspended Monday weekly sit-at-home, markets, […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government told a Federal High Court, Abuja that a team of lawyers of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on a Wednesday, staged a walkout before the trial opened. Counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Abubakar, told Justice Binta Nyako, following non-appearance […]
