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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia and Germany signed a Financial Cooperation Agreement that would see the latter providing about 170 million U.S. dollars in a loan on favorable terms to support economic development in Namibia. This is disclosed in a joint statement by the two governments on Friday. According to the statement, the loans will be […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira on Friday appreciated at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N420.12 to the dollar, a 0.01 appreciation against N420.17 traded on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N419.79 to the dollar on Friday. An exchange rate of N444.00 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets on Friday edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 to win the WAFU B Under-17 Championship at the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana. African Examiner reports that the victory for Nigeria has come barely few weeks after they claimed the WAFU B Under-20 Championship. Then, they […]
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Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The anxiety to save the life of their daughter yesterday landed former Senate Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka, in London detention. They now face charges bordering on organ harvesting, which attracts a 10-year jail term. The alleged offence involves removing parts of the body against the will of […]
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Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has struck out the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami seeking to void the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London has detained a former Senate Deputy President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. According to Sky News, the two suspects were arrested for alleged conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child. But the child has been taken into protective custody. […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police have formally charged two Nigerians with conspiracy to facilitate travel of another person for organ harvesting. The suspects were arrested and charged over their plan to bring a child into the country to allegedly harvest the said child’s organs. The two arrested suspects were identified as Beatrice […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Darius Khobo of the High Court, Kaduna on Thursday ordered that Peter Samson, be remanded in a correctional centre, for alleged possession of 400,000 counterfeit dollars. Khobo gave the order after the Prosecution Counsel, Precious Onyeneho, prayed that Samson be remanded pending the completion of investigation. The judge ordered Samson’s counsel, […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of no fewer than seven travellers by suspected kidnappers at Geregu-Ajaokuta road in the state. Those abducted include a lawyer, a doctor, and five others traveling in different vehicles by 2 pm last Tuesday when they were attacked by their abductors. An eyewitness […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps said it has arrested some persons involved in the attack of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Owo local government area. It said it also recovered some weapons and vehicle used to perpetrate the terror act. About 40 persons were killed in the attack […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that its troops of 13 Brigade operating under command of 82 Division, Nigerian Army on Tuesday 21 June 2022, intercepted a Toyota Camry car with registration number JAL 492 AA, ladden with assorted ammunition while enroute Utanga village towards Obudu Mountains in Cross River State. A […]
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said contrary to insinuations that the federal government was not engaging with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), there have been a series of meetings between all parties with the next one coming up on Thursday. Mr Ngige stated this while speaking […]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mary Dauda and Hauwa Joseph, the two rescued girls abducted from the GGSS Chibok in Borno in 2014, have revealed that more than 20 missing others are still in Gazuwa camp in Sambisa Forest, eight years after being kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents. African Examiner Reports that Gazuwa camp was is acclaimed […]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over virtual weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC)at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner reports that the Ministries of Power; Works and Housing; Trade, Industry and Investment; Health as well as Finance are expected to make presentations at the meeting. […]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2022 National Para Sports Federations elections will hold in Abuja on July 15, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development announced on Tuesday. Manga Mohammed, the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, in a statement in Abuja said this was necessary with the dissolution of seven para sports federations […]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The plight of motorists and commuters in many cities across the country worsened yesterday. An end to the lingering petrol scarcity appears not in sight. The product was sold at between N180 and N220 at independent stations in Lagos, Abia and Zamfara states. An end to the lingering petrol scarcity appears not […]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the government continues to review the issue of the kidnapped railway passengers and making all efforts to trace and bring back the 51 or more still being held in custody, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed increased efforts – kinetic and non-kinetic to bring the case to a closure. A statement issued […]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Monday, bombed the popular Izombe Market in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The gunmen were said to be members of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) enforcing the suspended sit-at-home order. They were said to have stormed the market earlier to warn the traders not to […]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has nominated seven persons for screening and confirmation by the Senate for appointment as Ministers. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate, in Abuja, on Tuesday. In the letter read by Lawan, the president said the nominees […]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of demonstrators defied the downpour on Tuesday to protest the controversial Muslim-Muslim ticket being proposed by the All Progressives Congress at the party secretariat in Abuja. Barring a last-minute change, the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, would announce a Muslim as his running mate after picking Ibrahim Masari as […]
