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Sunday, May 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students have commenced mass mobilisation across States, including Lagos, Ilorin and Imo against the continued strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and non-teaching staff unions. African Examiner gathered that students have decided to embark on peaceful march on the streets because there seems to be no end in […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary politician Senator Arthur Nzeribe is reportedly dead. A source from the family, who preferred anonymity, confirmed the incident. The source hinted the family is preparing a statement to announce the demise of Nzeribe said to have passed on Saturday evening. Nzeribe has been on life support for sometimes. Nzeribe, a First […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it would monitor campaign finances including the legitimacy of funds used to purchase political parties’ nomination forms ahead of the 2023 general elections. The EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, said this when he featured on a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, on Friday. Mr […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has suspended the operations of ad-hoc teams of the Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC) operating in all council areas with immediate effect. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, announced this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said that Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu gave the […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A United States-Nigerian Technology Company, WRKR Technology Inc., has promised to train 50,000 Nigerians on its skills that would make them globally competitive for employment opportunities. WRKR is a technology company that unlocks access to work opportunities, making it easier for people to securely store and share their skills and employment data. […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called on the Federal Government to effect the resignation of the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Tambuwal, a Presidential aspirant on the platform of PDP, made the call on Saturday, in Jalingo, shortly after interacting with the party delegates ahead of PDP presidential primaries. The governor […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, says resignation of its Campaign Director General (DG) Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin from membership of the APC, has nothing to do with Sen. Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the party. The Source who spoke on the grounds of anonymity, said the former federal lawmaker’s […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, if he refuses to resign from his post. Mr Akeredolu made the demand in a statement on his Twitter handle on Friday after Mr Emefiele was reported to have obtained the All Progressives […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the African Development Bank and former minister of Agriculture, Dr Akiwumi Adesina, on Saturday, obtained copies of his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket. This is as a coalition of 28 groups consisting of Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in Diaspora […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has dumped the All Progressives Congress. The announced this via his Twitter handle on Saturday. The former federal lawmaker said he would announce his new party soon. Director-General of the Bola Tinubu Support Group Council “I have done my best for APC. Its time to move […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele, has dispelled widespread rumours that he would be contesting for office of the president in the 2023 general elections . This is coming on the heels of widespread, diverse reactions to his purported purchase of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nomination […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Todd Boehly’s consortium has signed an agreement to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich, according to the English club. This was announced by Chelsea on Saturday after Abramovich put the club for sale in March. According to available information, the deal is expected to be completed in late May after all necessary regulatory […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nigerian actor Lere Paimo will return to the screen for the late Lamidi Adedibu’s biopic by Seun Oloketuyi. Oloketuyi, the founder of the Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards and Ultimate Communications, announced that the biopic entitled ‘Adedibu, Alagbara Ibadan’ is a story about the life and times of Chief Lamidi Ariyibi […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, on Friday, cautioned presidential aspirants from the zone to guard against their utterances. It was gathered that the meeting, which was held behind closed doors at the Lagos House, Marina, also resolved that name calling and other personal attacks should not be encouraged […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Lagos State and APC chieftain, Sen. Bola Tinubu on Friday, endorsed Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat for second term in office. Tinubu gave the approval as he raised the hands of Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat at an APC Stakeholders’ Meeting in Ikeja, Lagos. He said […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has pledged to tackle the insecurity plaguing the country. Amaechi made the promise on Friday when he visited Oba of Benin, Oba Ewaure II, in his palace. He further promised to give priority to education as his major focus if given the opportunity to serve […]
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Friday, May 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South-west presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will meet at the Lagos State House in Marina on Friday ahead of the party primaries which holds later this month. The meeting is expected to begin at 6 p.m. The aspirants billed to attend include Vice President Yemi […]
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Friday, May 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, confirmed the death of third Ebola patient in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the latest fatality in an outbreak first reported in April. The first case was reported on April 23 and a total of three deaths have been confirmed so far. A 48-year-old man […]
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Friday, May 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Sani Yerima, a former governor of Zamfara has joined the 2023 presidential race on the platform of the APC, with a pledge to holistically address the country’s security challenges. Yerima spoke on Friday in Abuja, when Sen. Bala Adamu, Director-General Yerima Support Organisations presented the APC Expression of Interest and Nomination […]
