Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco’s liberal RNI party has won most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections followed by another liberal party, PAM, while co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists suffered a crushing defeat, preliminary results showed on Thursday. RNI, led by billionaire agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament, followed by PAM with 82 […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Bank Plc, a multinational commercial bank has announced its partnership with SME.NG to launch a new initiative, Ebi Marketplace, an online platform to support the digitization of women-owned businesses in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, Access Bank said Ebi Marketplace, which will be Nigeria’s first all-women’s e-market place with a […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Thursday visit Guinea which has been gripped by a military coup, according to a communique issued late Wednesday. The communique was issued after a virtual meeting of the organisation, convened by ECOWAS Chairman Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to discuss […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has refuted claims that it issued a sit-at-home order in the Southeastern part of the country because of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday. The African Examiner writes that there are reports that the secessionist group had ordered residents of the region particularly, Imo State to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in Imo State has berated President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that his scheduled visit to the state is a huge mockery on the people of the state. APGA disclosed this in a statement issued to the press on Wednesday saying that President Buhari must be taken to […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst growing anxiety trailing the submission of the forensic audit report on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last week, a civil society organization, Media Initiative against Injustice, violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) has invoked the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Mr. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Government has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Network for Nigeria. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant on Information Technology to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja. Adeluyi said in a statement that the 5G policy implementation would take immediate […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, says that security agencies have requested the shutdown of telecommunication services in Zamfara to curtail banditry. This is as he said that the directive did not originate from his ministry and that the Federal Government did not object to the request either. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Allied Political Parties for Good Governance has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order. Mr Raph Nwosu, National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the call on behalf of the parties, at a news conference on the state […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service has set up a committee to investigate alleged shooting of a motorcade of a Katsina State commissioner by its operatives. The motorcade of Katsina State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy affairs, Alhaji Umar Gwajo-Gwajo, was alleged to have been shot at on Tuesday by Customs operatives of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has approved the appointment of Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, as Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari appoints Fatima Waziri-Azi as […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Facebook, Big Cabal Media and Comic Republic on Wednesday announced the launch of #NoFalseNewsZone, a campaign aimed at minimising the spread of fake news in Nigeria. Facebook, in a statement, said #NoFalseNewsZone is an educational campaign focused on helping people identify false news and educate them on the actions to take to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits suspected to be fleeing Nigerian Air Force attacks in the Bakura – Talata Mafara axis of Zamfara State stormed Dange Shuni local government area of Sokoto and abducted 20 people. There is an ongoing clampdown on bandits in forests in Zamfara State. The military operation has been supported with the shutdown […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of new chief executives for some agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. The appointments were rolled out in continuation of the sustained efforts by the federal government to further strengthen effective service delivery in the education sector. The appointments were made known in a […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State Security Service (SSS) has filed five terrorism charges against two associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Jamiu Oyetunji and Amudat Babatunde were accused of committing acts of terrorism, including being in possession of prohibited firearms, and over […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some experts have decried what they called disappearing zoo culture in the country, attributing it to poor maintenance of most zoological gardens and the current state of the nation’s economy. Answering questions during a survey, the experts said that the poor state of the economy had compelled most Nigerians to consider visiting […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Counsel for the Department of State Service, I. Awo, told the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, that the case file relating to the Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement application filed by the aides to Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was stolen by armed robbers. He told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has refuted claims by the governor of kaduna state Nasir El Rufai of awarding special privileges or lower cut-off marks to students who sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination from the northern part of the country. The board also said the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Delta has arrested six additional suspects in connection to the alleged murder of Prince Eric Takerere and two mobile policemen in the state. The acting spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Warri. Edafe said the suspects are Onoriode Shefo, Omagbeosa […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party Candidate , Senator Ademola Adeleke has challenged Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to start preparing his handover notes, saying his days as osun state governor are numbered. He made this declaration at a welcome rally in osogbo as he stated that he is ready to flag off his campaign for […]
