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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adebayo Shittu, a former Minister of Communications, has stated that the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari is flawed. According to Shittu, the anti-corruption war of Buhari is flawed because the anti-graft agencies depend on the Executive to initiate new laws. He spoke during a national anti-corruption conference in Abuja over the […]
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms. This was disclosed in a statement by the South African presidency saying that Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after he left a state memorial service for former deputy president F W de […]
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A professor of political economy and management expert, Pat Utomi, has stated that Nigeria is now poorer and more corrupt than it was before the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari came on board in 2015. The don stated that Nigerians are hardly in the conversations around how they should be governed. “Political […]
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The banditry in Zamfara State has taken a more dangerous dimension as bandits have demanded over N1 million as levies from different communities in Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local government areas of the state. Communities affected by this include Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki. Residents of […]
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency said on Sunday that there is no provision in the Finance Bill (2022) that states that banks will be required to request for Tax Identification Number before opening bank accounts for individuals and existing account holders must provide their TIN to continue operating their accounts. A top Presidency said this […]
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Europe, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The British High Commission on Sunday said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of a threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, said this in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH on Sunday over a statement […]
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Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned Miss Universe 2021 on Sunday, marking the end of a controversial pageant hosted this year in southern Israel. In a speech on stage during the pageant, Sandhu urged young people to “know that you are unique and that’s what makes you beautiful, stop comparing yourself to […]
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, says no fewer than 16 people died in a road crash that occurred in the state on Sunday. Abdullahi confirmed the incident in an interview on Monday in Bauchi. According to him, the accident which involved an articulated truck and […]
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Monday, December 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director of Coaching Education of the Football Coaches Association of African Nations (FCAAN), Henry Abiodun, has resigned his appointment. This is contained in his letter of resignation, dated Dec. 10. Sunday in Akure. Abiodun said he resigned because he felt like moving on and trying other things and that there was […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United and Aston Villa are the latest Premier League clubs to be affected by outbreaks of coronavirus cases, according to reports on Sunday. United’s Premier League clash with Brentford on Tuesday is in doubt after multiple positive cases were detected among players and staff on Sunday morning, the BBC reported. All […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA has arrested a Ghanaian and two Nigerians at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja, and at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, respectively for drug trafficking. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that of 9.953kilograms of cocaine and Methamphetamine were intercepted from the […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has reaffirmed his position on the rumour making round the media that he is was begging to return to the PDP, noting that “nothing can take him back to Egypt, called PDP.” Umahi made the remark during 2021 Special Thanksgiving Service of Government House Chapel in Abakaliki […]
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Business News, Latest Headlines
Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced a huge leap in trading surplus of ₦141.96billion recorded in June 2021 compared to a deficit of ₦37.46Billion in May 2021. This is contained in the June 2021 figures of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR). A trading surplus or trading […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bisi Akande, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, rejected Bola Tinubu, APC National Leader as his presidential running mate in 2007. Akande, who was a former National Chairman of Action Congress, AC, stated that despite the nomination of Tinubu, Atiku opted […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated that his senior brother has been abducted by bandits, saying they demanded ransom to regain his freedom. Gumi disclosed this in an interview with some journalists in Gusau, saying his senior brother was abducted because he made a case for bandits and for visiting them […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said the Federal Government, unconsciously, promotes corruption whenever it allows paltry sums of money, in its yearly budget for a project, instead of the entire money required to complete such projects within the agreed time. The governor made the observation while speaking at the inauguration […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of youths in Ogun State under the aegis of Ogun Youth Network has called on Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to contest for the Presidency in 2023. The group argued that Osinbajo, having worked closely with President Muhammadu Buhari in the last six years, remains the best candidate to succeed […]
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Sunday, December 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives foiled bandits attack in Sabon Tasha in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna. Jalige […]
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Saturday, December 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Medical Association has said the recent travel ban on Nigeria by the United Kingdom and Canada in the wake of the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 shows that many Nigerians are not taking vaccination against the disease seriously. The NMA said the situation would not only affect […]
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Saturday, December 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Yobe State have refuted a report that 20 officers were rescued by the military following their abduction by terrorists during an attack on November 30 in Gujba Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Abdulkarim Dungus, an assistant superintendent of police, said in a […]
