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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the 32 newly elected chairmen of the local government council areas in the state. The presentation was held on Monday at the OYSIEC headquarters in Ibadan. Afrrican Examiner reports that 32 chairmen were elected during the local government election […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 20 people have been killed and many others injured when suspected herdsmen attacked communities in three local government areas of Plateau State. Some residents in the affected communities confirmed the attacks and the casualties to reporters. Eyewitnesses said the bandits invaded the three communities of Kwi, in Riyom Local […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesting youths have blocked vehicular movements at the Suleja, Niger State end of the popularly Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. The youth, mostly from villages adjoining the highway, are said to be protesting against incessant attacks by bandits and kidnappers on their communities. They were said to have been angered by the early Monday fresh […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Sunday urged the people of the state to obtain dane gun licenses from local government areas for self-defence. He spoke at an interdenominational church service this evening at the Chapel of Grace in Government House, Makurdi to round up a seven-day prayer and fasting programme for […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler elect of Ubogidi,/Ozalla proposed autonomous community and Philanthropist, in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State, High Chief Samuel Ikechukwu Asadu, has enrolled 300 students for the next Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination, just as he embarked on repairs of Ugwu-Ajie road devasted in the locality by a terrible […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo says he is not in support of any individual or group agitating for Yoruba nation secession. This is contained in a press statement by Mr Richard Olatunde, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, on Sunday in Akure. Olatunde said some groups of persons, who held a […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has invited ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government as well as top officials, the private sector and civil society organisations to explain the status of looted funds and public assets recovered in the last 18 years. The Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) district of Goma were at risk after the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption. The sky turned red and lava spewed from the volcano on Saturday, causing thousands to flee the city of […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO), USA Chapter, has called on the Federal Government to urgently probe the recent recurring military plane crashes in the country. NIDO, in a statement by its Chairman, Dr Eromosele Idahosa, and the Executive Director, Ms Patience Key, on Sunday said the incident was a “national disaster”, […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen Sunday evening attacked B Division of the Nigeria Police Divisional Station and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa, Anambra. Our correspondent gathered that the fully armed attackers came in three Hilux trucks at about 8pm on Sunday, May 23. An eyewitness who almost ran into the troubled area […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu West Senatorial District Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has applauded the Dr. Ben Nwoye’s caretaker committee of the party in the State for zoning the chairmanship position in the forthcoming party congress to the zone, saying the idea will help in reducing the rancour that would be associated […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South West All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains have kicked against clamours for Yoruba nation and other secession moves across the nation. In a meeting on Sunday in Lagos, the politicians threw their weight behind one united Nigeria and true federalism, reallocation of resources to states and local authorities. A communiqué at the […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool and Chelsea claimed the last two remaining UEFA Champions League spots in Sunday’s English Premier League (EPL) finale. Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Anfield from Sadio Mane’s brace to place third behind Manchester City and Manchester United while Chelsea could afford a 1-2 loss at Aston Villa. The Blues finished […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of a former Senate President, the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, over the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari said: ”It is very sad to lose […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has declared People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of 32 out of the 33 councils of the south west State in the Council elections held Saturday. OYSIEC Chairman, Mr. Isiaka Olagunju made the declaration Sunday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. However, OYOSIEC boss announced […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders in the aviation sector have expressed grave concern over a recent spate of air mishaps involving a military aircraft. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, the aviation players expressed the belief that the Air Force should properly investigate the Beechcraft King Airplanes […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has said that there is no going back on the agitation for Yoruba nation and there won’t be an election in 2023. Igboho disclosed this when he joined some of his followers in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The Yoruba activist, who spoke at the palace of […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has warned that anyone who obstructs or undermines Libya’s forthcoming elections on 24 December 2021, could be subject to sanctions. Speaking on Friday evening at the UN Security Council in New York during a session dedicated to the situation in Libya, the US Permanent Representative, Linda Greenfield, affirmed that […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians in New York under the aegis of the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN Inc.) has met with the new Consul-General Amb. Lot Egopija to discuss ways of improving consular services to the community. OAN, in a statement by Mr Yinka Dansalami, Chairman, Board of OAN, said that the organisation […]
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, the chief of army staff (COAS) Others are: Sgt Umar (Aide to COAS) Sergeant Adesina (CREW) ACM Oyedepo (CREW)
