Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has berated the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, concerning Shehu’s recent comment on the resolutions of the 17 southern governors made at a meeting in Asaba Delta State.Shehu, in a statement claiming to come from the presidency, was quoted to have […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahmad Isah, popular human rights activist and broadcast journalist, has been arrested for slapping a woman who allegedly assaulted a child by the police. Isah, better known as “ordinary president”, hosts a long-running radio and television programme known as “Brekete Family”. He recently came under public scrutiny after he was seen in […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
…. Hail Uwumi’s Appointment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Footballers in Nigeria, operating under the platform of Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), has frowned at the continued use of novice in the game in administering affairs of the Sport in the Country. It noted that the engagement of non- core professional in piloting the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A suicide bomber was on Tuesday blown to pieces when a suicide vest he was wearing exploded on his body. The incident happened in Afikpo town, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi state. A source in the area said the incident happened around 12noon. “He made an attempt at entering Amaizu/ Amangballa […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night, received chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and pioneer Interim Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner reports that the duo were in the villa to console the president over the death of the Chief […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, and multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister, Souleymane Doucoure, were all taken to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has identified illiteracy and impatience by riders as the major causes of motorcycle and tricycle accidents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The FRSC Sector Commander in the FCT, Mr Samuel Ochi stated on Tuesday in Abuja that Okada and Keke NAPEP riders had low level […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on Tuesday morning crashed and exploded at Banire/Ejigbadero Bus Stop, in Egbeda area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development in Lagos. Farinloye said NEMA received an alert at 12.20a.m. that the […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has effected a ‘minor’ cabinet reshuffle, redeploying three commissioners. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Danjuma Ali on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Ali said the Commissioner for Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, Juliana Bitrus moves to the Ministry of Health and […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services institution, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu to its Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2021. Caroline Anyanwu holds a First-Class degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria and has worked extensively in the fields of accounting, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday morning attacked Iwollo Oghe Police station in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. African Examiner gathered that no fewer than five persons, including police personnel were feared killed in the attack that saw the police facility totally razed. It was also learnt most of the vehicles and other […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 150 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The defectors handed over their APC membership cards, brooms and posters in replacement for the umbrella of the PDP. Mr Godwin Poyi, leader of the defectors and former […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The long barrel of a howitzer cannon aims into scrubland around a military base in conflict-hit central Mali. After a countdown, a soldier pulls the firing lanyard, but no round shoots to the horizon. Instead an officer shouts: “BOOM!” From the shade of a nearby tree, four European Union military trainers watch […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of a warlord charged with war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region began before an international tribunal on Monday, about 15 years after investigations into the alleged atrocities started. Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said as the case kicked off, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was accused of murder, rape and torture in […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has expressed reservation over the position of Southern Governors’ Forum on open grazing, saying their decision to ban open grazing in their states is of questionable legality. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, observed that the governors’ […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has been awarded the 2021 ‘’Retail Banking CEO of the Year Nigeria’’, ‘’Most innovative Retail Banking App Nigeria’’ and ‘’Best CSR Bank Nigeria’’ awards by Global Banking and Finance magazine. The respective awards conferred on the Bank are in recognition […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers have increased Nigeria’s security challenges. Buhari disclosed this when he welcomed a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum at the presidential villa, Abuja who came to condole with him on Friday’s […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have burnt the Igboeze South Local Government Area office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu State. This development is coming barely a week after the INEC State Headquarters was invaded and vehicles and other valuables burnt. According to available information, the hoodlums arrived at the INEC office located in […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have set a wedding date for next year after delaying plans due to the pandemic. Known for his colourful love life, Johnson will be only the second prime minister ever to marry while in office, following Robert Jenkinson in 1822. The couple […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has declared that the former Speaker of the state Assembly, Barr. Eugene Odoh, and other Chieftains of the party in Enugu North Senatorial zone lacks the constitutional power to conduct any form of election in the district without the knowledge of the […]
