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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atiku Abubakar, former Vice-President of Nigeria, has frowned at the abduction of students of Government secondary schools in Kaya, Zamfara State. African Examiner recalls that gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday attacked a secondary school in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State and abducted 73 students. Reacting to this development, […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has assured Nigerians that the conduct of the next Airborne Geophysical Survey will be very beneficial to the country. The minister gave the assurance on Thursday, when he inspected the two aircrafts at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which have been […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Uche Secondus, National Chairman, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), says only National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party has powers to discipline him or any member of the National Working Committee (NEC). Secondus stated this in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Ike Abonyi, in Abuja while reacting to his suspension […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Presidency alleged that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has amassed a substantial stockpile of weapons and bombs across the country. The allegation was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja. The Presidency in a statement […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress has endorsed the expulsion of the party’s Caretaker Chairman of Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Sulaiman Adamu. His expulsion takes immediate effect. This was contained in a statement titled, “APC Expels Yola South LGA Caretaker Chairman, Alhaji Sulaiman Adamu,” signed […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), will head its newly inaugurated Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based in Berlin, Germany. Outgoing German Federal Chancellor, Dr Angela Merkel, and the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, inaugurated the hub on Wednesday to better […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oba Jimoh Titiloye, the Olu of Igbo-Ora in Oyo State, has announced that the 2021 edition of the World Twin Festival would hold Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 in the ancient town. Oba Titiloye disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement he made available to the media in Lagos. He said that […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four billion people live without any welfare protection globally to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said. ILO stated in a new report on Wednesday that COVID-19 crisis had also pushed up government spending by some 30 per cent. It stated that […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, has appointed Jean Damascene Bizimana, Minister of the newly created Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement. This is contained in a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office. Until Tuesday, Bizimana was the executive secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), where he […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for relieving two ministers in the federal cabinet of their appointments. The group in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, on Wednesday and made available to African Examiner, urged President Buhari to “hasten action in overhauling his […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
An Enugu based non-governmental organization NGO, Women Information Network (WINET) has stressed the need for the involvement of men folk in dealing with issues on ending Sexual and Gender based violence in Enugu state, South East Nigeria. To this end, the organization on Wednesday organized a one day community dialogue on the issue at Ugwogo […]
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bag containing bundles of local and foreign currencies, jewelry and other valuables worth millions of Naira forgotten inside one of the buses for conveying passengers at the Airside of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), has been returned to the owner by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Divisional Police Officer of Igarra Police Station in Akoko-Edo Local Government of Edo State, Suleiman Muhammed, has been reportedly shot by suspected kidnappers along the Auchi-Igarra-Ibillo road. The incident, which happened a few metres before Sasaro around 7 pm, resulted in scarcity of commercial vehicles and commuters were stranded. The local […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo revealed his relationship with former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson played the key role in convincing the Portuguese to return to Old Trafford. Ferguson retired as boss of the Red Devils in 2013, four years after Ronaldo departed for Real Madrid in a then world record £80 million move. However, […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that due to periodic “self-reviews,” more members of his cabinet may be made to leave. This is as he explained that the significant review steps are meant to identify and strengthen weak areas, close gaps, build cohesion and synergy in governance, manage the […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian reality television show, Gulder Ultimate Search has returned to the television screen after a seven-year break. The show which borders on the survival instincts of its contestants dominated the Nigerian airwaves in the early 2000s. The show which began in 2004 ran for 11 seasons before its break in 2016. […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jamb has adopted the minimum cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions sent by heads of tertiary institutions across the country. The adoption signifies that there will be no uniform cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions, as was done in the past. Every institution is expected to maintain its minimum score during the admissions. These […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ActionAid Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has decried the reported directive of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to increase their tariffs as from Sept. 1, 2021. ActionAid Country Director, Ene Obi, who stated this to newsmen in Lagos, added that the increase in tariff […]
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Etim Ene, Head of the Bakassi Returnees in Cross River, has appealed to the Federal and Cross River Government to assist them return their children to school. Ene made the appeal in an interview in Calabar on Wednesday. He said that, as displaced people, it was hard for them to afford […]
