Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT), a grant making non-profit organization, has announced the hosting of the 5th edition of its annual Breakfast Dialogue on the role of innovation in national development. Established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non-profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent, […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has stated the federal government has spent N6 trillion on the war against insurgency since 2008, and lost N5.4 trillion to tax evasion by multi-national corporations operating in the country between 2011 and 2021. This was disclosed in a statement According to a statement by […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi states are top of the list of schools involved in examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was announced by the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Dantani Wushishi. According to Wushishi, examination malpractices are rampant in northern states and high in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi States in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday, has stated that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is not interested in Igbo presidency but a Nigerian President. Uzodinma said this as he refuted claims of APC zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Appearing on Channels Television, the Imo governor stated that APC […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said that the state government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits as they rejected the olive branch stretched at them earlier. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces would flush them out of the state. “My administration will no longer grant amnesty to […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 1,000 students have been abducted from Nigerian schools this year, Save the Children International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has observed. The group said increasing cases of attacks on schools between 2020 and 2021 have led to many schools being shut, thereby putting the education system of the country at “extreme risk.” […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, Dr. Usman Salisu Ogbo, has announced the suspension of a lecturer in the institution for allegedly forcing students to buy textbooks before they would pass their examinations. Dr. Ogbo disclosed this when the President, National Association of Nigeria Students, Sunday Asefon; alongside his entourage, paid […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Police Command has rescued the kidnapped traditional ruler of Wawa in Borgu Local Government of Niger. Dr Mahmud Aliyu, the victim, was kidnapped by heavily armed gunmen on Sunday at his palace at about 10pm. The Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP. Wassiu Abiodun, made this known in Minna […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has vowed to remain vigilant against all forms of cyber-criminal activities, including the fake website for passport applications. Mr Abdukmalik Ahmed, Consul-General of Nigeria to South Africa, stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. He observed that […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide adequate COVID-19 vaccines for all the corps members in the state. Masari made the pledge on Friday in Katsina when he received the Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, who paid him a courtesy call at […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s frontline civil society organization, Connected Development (CODE) has called for the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the recently instituted Health Sector Reform Committee approved by the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari’s approval of the Committee and appointment of Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo as Chairman offers an avenue for intersectional […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges on Jan. 24 after the Chester Crown Court set a trial date on Friday, British media reported. The 27-year-old, who was denied bail last week after he was charged with four counts of rape and one count of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has fired his foreign minister Beatrice Khamisa Wani, replacing her with Mayiik Ayii Deng who once served as minister for presidential affairs. Khamisa, who was appointed last year when the transitional unity government was formed, was relieved of her duties through a presidential decree Thursday evening aired […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the state Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill into Law. The State House of Assembly had on Thursday, Sept. 9, passed the bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services. Sanwo-Olu, who assented to the Bill at about […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government says it will not acquire any land for the purpose of of ranching in the state as reported in certain quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mt Charles Aniagwu, made the clarification in a statement he issued on Friday in Asaba. He said that ranching and livestock breeding, rearing and […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police, Ogun Command, says it has rescued three workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Farm, from their kidnappers’ den, three days after they were abducted. The Police Spokesperson, DSP. Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, on Friday evening. NAN reports that […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Friday ordered the Rivers Government, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation to maintain status quo, pending the hearing and determination of applications before it in respect of the Valued Added Tax (VAT). The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, had […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Queen and the royal family are supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, one of Her Majesty’s representatives has said. Sir Ken Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant for London, revealed to Channel 4 that he had discussed the topic of racism with members of the royal household in the wake […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Secretary of National Land Development Authority, Mr Paul Ikonne says the establishment of 109 Integrated Farm Estate by the Federal Government has nothing to do with Ruga or ranches. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed NALDA to establish integrated farm estates in all the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian local authorities have extended a telecom shutdown in northwest Zamfara state to a neighboring Katsina State as part of an ongoing military crackdown on gangs behind a series of mass kidnappings, an official said Friday. Nigerian security forces in Zamfara last week began one of their largest recent operations against the […]
