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Friday, September 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman on Thursday in Abuja set up a nine-man committee to intervene in the impeachment crisis rocking Ondo State Government. Mr Edwin Olofu, Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary announced this in a statement. He said the committee which would be under the leadership of Aminu […]
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Friday, September 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the current spate where civil governments are being overthrown across the African continent shows that democracy needs to be ”rejigged” and put in a proper direction. Jonathan made this known during a Democracy Dialogue 2023 organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) with theme: “Breaking New Grounds […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police on Thursday raided Spain’s football refereeing headquarters as part of a probe into claims FC Barcelona paid for favourable decisions in a fresh blow for Spain’s scandal-hit football association. The search was ordered by the judge investigating the so-called Negreira case involving payments allegedly made to a firm owned by a […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Google on Thursday called for applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund, a N75 million equity-free fund dedicated to the Nigerian Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). Head, Brand and Reputation, Sub Saharan Africa, Google, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, said in a statement that the initiative would offer N5,000,000 to 15 Nigerian small business owners. […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 50 people were poisoned at a wedding in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk due to spoiled food, local media reported. According to the report, the incident occurred in the town of Hawija, west of Kirkuk, the capital city of the cognominal province. The provincial health chief, Ziyad Khalaf, said […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burkina Faso’s military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened. In a statement, it said, “a proven coup attempt was foiled on Sept. 26, 2023 by Burkina Faso’s intelligence and security services. “At […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Hisbah Board has stated that over 4, 000 prospective couples have registered to participate in the state-planned mass wedding fixed for next month involving 8,000 men and women. The board disclosed that it had succeeded in getting 1,800 couples and plans are on the way for medical screening which […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has urged stakeholders within the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises’ (MSMEs) ecosystem to create a more supportive environment for MSME’s to grow, thrive and contribute to the economy. The Chief Executive Officer, SMEDAN, Dr Olawale Fasanya, gave the advice at a two-day […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Air Force has bombed camps housing members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its paramilitary wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). Air Force spokesman Gabriel Gabkwet, in a statement on Wednesday, said several strikes were carried out on Tuesday at separate locations of the two eastern states. He […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF Nigeria has raised the alarm on the urgent need for widespread vaccination in the country. According to the Organization, the outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A refugee arrival centre in the Reinickendorf district of Berlin was quarantined on Monday, due to an outbreak of measles. The roughly 600 residents were not allowed to leave the building for the time being, the spokesman of the State Office for Refugee Affairs, Sascha Langenbach, told dpa. There were two children […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About two months after heavy clashes around his home in Sudan’s capital drove Sherif Abdelmoneim to flee, soaring rent and food costs forced the 36-year-old and his family of six to return to a city where fighting still rages. Most of those who fled Khartoum after the war between the army and […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), says industrial food fortification is a critical strategy for addressing micronutrient deficiency in Nigeria. Mr Dianabasi Akpaninyang, Thematic Lead, Input and Distribution Thematic Group, Agriculture and Food Security Policy Commission, NESG, said this during the group’s visit to Dangote Salt, on Tuesday in Lagos. The News […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called on the Muslim Ummah in the state to continue to pray for the leadership of the country and the state. Makinde, according to a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju, made the call in a message […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roberto Calendar, the agent of Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, on Tuesday said he “reserves the right to take legal action” against the club. Calenda’s threat came after a video mocking the player was posted and then deleted from the Serie A side’s official TikTok on Tuesday. He released a statement on messaging […]
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
— Urges Continent’s Anti-Narcotic Agencies To Consolidate Partnerships (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has implored heads of national drug law enforcement agencies in Africa to renew the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in their respective countries. Specifically, the Nigerian leader warned vehemently that the African continent would remain in chains till […]
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate will on Tuesday screen former Chairman of the Board of Citi Bank Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso for the position of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The senate will also screen four nominees for the positions of CBN Deputy Governors, who will join forces with Cardoso to […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Korea will allow foreign nationals to enter the country from Monday, Chinese state media reported, after over three years of Covid-induced isolation. North Korea has been largely closed off from the outside world since early 2020, when it shut its borders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with even its own […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Election Petition Tribunal on Monday declared as dead on arrival, a petition of the state Governorship Candidate of PDP, Dr Abdulazeez Adediran (a.k.a. Jandor), against Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s election. The tribunal held that evidence before it showed that the petition lacked merit. Adediran had contended that Sanwo-Olu was wrongfully nominated […]
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Monday, September 25th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angel, Soma and Venita, housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, have been evicted from the show. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, announced the eviction of the trio during the eviction night on Sunday. According to the vote percentage revealed after the eviction process, Venita had the least […]
