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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit […]
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the death of a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Sen Jubril Martins-Kuye. The PDP in a statement by its Ogun State Chairman, Sikirulai Ogundele, on Sunday stated that the death of the former minister was a “devastating blow below […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some aggrieved members of the apex- Igbo socio cultural organization Ohaneze Ndigbo, led by one Chidi Ibeh- who was defeated by Professor George Obiozor during its recent election in Owerri, Imo state, have dragged the new leadership to court. The faction, has asked a High Court sitting in Bwari Abuja to restrain […]
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a total export receipt for crude oil and gas valued at $120.49 million for the month of September 2020. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that the figure is contained in […]
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Sunday, January 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti Government, on Sunday said it was not taking anything to chance in 2021 addressing the growing insecurity in the state, particularly kidnapping. It therefore voted N1.4billion for the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in its 2021 budget. The Commissioner for Budget, Mr Femi Ajayi made this known at a […]
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Sunday, January 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday reported 1,598 new cases of COVID-19 with seven deaths. The NCDC, on its official Twitter handle, said the total infections in the country is now 108,943 with 22,156 active cases and 1,420 fatalities. The country has so far tested 1,147, 523 people since […]
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Sunday, January 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abusers in Uganda following Thursday’s general elections in the country. The U.S. position came in a statement by the Department of State through its spokesperson, Ms Morgan Ortagus, on Saturday. Ortagus said the government was “deeply troubled” […]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali kicked off their 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 win over a tough Burkina Faso side in Cameroon on Saturday. The Eagles won the West African clash in Group A thanks to an amazing 70th minute header by enterprising left-back Siaka Bagayoko at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium […]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi state police Command in South- East Nigeria, says it has begun full scale investigation into the recent alleged murder of Mr. Kyrian Nwoke, a lecturer at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) in the state. African Examiner reports that the University teacher, was allegedly murdered recently by yet […]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the public to be aware of a fake recruitment form, circulating on social media, warning that the commission was currently not recruiting. “Scammers bent on defrauding hapless job seekers, have been active in the social media, providing link for unsuspecting members of the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A body, Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition, PANPIEC, has urged former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ashwaju Bola Tinubu, to drop their presidential ambitions in the 2023 election. PANPIEC, disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Planning and […]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s long-time president, Yoweri Museveni, has been re-elected with 58.64 per cent of the vote, according to the country’s electoral commission. The commission announced this on Saturday afternoon. Provisional Presidential results from the announcement from Uganda Electoral Commission on Saturday around 9:00 am showed that Museveni was leading. Election results from 86 […]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) has denied the allegation that he collected gratification from the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio in respect of the appointment of a Sole Administrator for the NDDC. Malami made the denial in a statement issued by Dr […]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-three residents of a nursing home in Norway died within days of receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Norwegian Medicines Agency revealed this development in a press release issued on Friday adding that of those deaths, 13 have been autopsied, with results suggesting that common side effects from the […]
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Friday, January 15th, 2021
Photo Credit @SundayAghaeze (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent critics of the administration of President Buhari have again used the opportunity of the doves not flying during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day to criticise the government. African Examiner writes that President Buahri had released the doves as known as white Pigeons during the event but the birds […]
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Friday, January 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine said the country’s election has seen “widespread fraud and violence”, as votes trickled in Friday under an internet blackout. The 38-year-old former popstar-turned-MP did not give details about his accusations, which contradicted the government’s account that Thursday’s vote had been largely peaceful. The internet remained down for […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, January 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, presided by Justice R. O Dugbo Oghoghorie Thursday sentenced the duo of Ugwunwani Louis and Enudu Keneth to seven years imprisonment each on a two- count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of One […]
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Friday, January 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Ogun has directed all primary, secondary, as well as Government Science and Technical Colleges across the state to resume academic activities on Monday, Jan. 18. Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, the Commissioner for Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, gave the directive in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta. Arigbabu appealed […]
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Friday, January 15th, 2021
By Niyi Adeyi, with Agency Reports (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The incumbent Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has taken an early lead in the country’s Presidential election. The development is according to preliminary results released Friday morning by the electoral commission. However, his main rival, Bobi Wine, is contesting the results, arguing that he had proof that […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, January 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the six months extension of the tenure of Mr. Abdullahi Gana, as the Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) by the President expires this week, a Civil Society group, African Law Foundation (AFRILAW) working on Security Sector Governance in Nigeria has appealed to the President […]
