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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angolan private bank, Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) on Saturday signed a financial agreement with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) worth 30 million Kwanzas ($50,000) to combat malaria. Anya Fedorova, Population Services International Angola representative, who spoke to the press said her organisation’s co-funding agreement with BFA was aimed at helping in fighting […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), Kwara branch, has suspended its 7-day warning strike. Dr Saka Agboola, the Chairman of the association, told newsmen in Ilorin on Saturday that the suspension of the industrial action would take effect by 6 p.m. He said that members were expected […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Chris Ngige, Minster of Labour and Employment, has expressed shock over poor functioning of the Biomodal Verification Machine or Car Reader, of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ngige spoke to journalists at his Nkwoide Alor ward 1, in Idemili South Local Government Area, during the Anambra Governorship election on Saturday. […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday. It is to enable those who could not vote on Saturday due to the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine to do so. The machine failed to work in many units. Addressing […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, has expressed concern over the poor internet connectivity experienced by voters in the use of the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine. Mr. Ozigbo lamented that it took him over 20 minutes to cast his vote and wondered what other voters would experience […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two suspects in the mysterious killing of four women in Afghanistan’s northern Mazar-i-Sharif city have been arrested, the Taliban’s interior ministry spokesperson Qari Saeed Khosty said Saturday. The suspects had confessed during initial interrogation that they had invited the victims to a house before the killings, Khosty said, but declined to give […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has expressed shock over the technology breakdown of the Bimodal Verification Accreditation (BVA) system. African Examiner reports the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been experiencing technical challenges in the use of the BVA device to capture voters in some […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 99 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the capital of Sierra Leone late on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, local authorities said. The accident occurred in a busy street in the capital Freetown. According to eyewitnesses, “many people rushed to the tanker to […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov Willie Obiano and his wife Ebelechukwu have casted their vote, at ERI pri sch at 9:28am, Polling Unit 004, Otuocha Ward Ward 1, Aguleri in Anbra East LGA. The Governor who spoke to The Nation immediately after casting his vote said, “I ask Anambra people to come out and vote. Everywhere […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was large turnout of voters at the Amaesi Ward of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra at the Saturday Governorship election in the state. African Examiner reports that voters came out as early as 7.30am until arrival of electoral officers by 8.35 a.m at the ward, which is the ancestral home […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The voters at Ward 9 Ezimezi in Amawbia, in the Awka South Local of Anambra State, have protested the ‘No facemask, No voting’ instruction by the presiding officer, Ahmed Abdilahi. The voters who trooped out around 8:30 am to vote were asked to go back and bring their facemasks before they would […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has described as “fake news” the report making rounds that its staff posed for photograph with the popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana. The commission in a statement issued by Commission’s spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren in Abuja, described the report […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Mr Ben Okolo, has confirmed the stabbing to death of a police officer by his colleague. Okolo said he had ordered the detention of the suspect and an investigation of the incident. The confirmation of the stabbing and the order for investigation are contained in a […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government said on Friday that bodies recovered from the building that collapsed at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, are ready for identification by families. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, while giving update to newsmen at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building, said the bodies were ready for identification […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than five people have died while several other persons sustained varying degree of injuries as a kerosene-laden tank exploded at popular Kubwa Village Market in Abuja. The incident happened, Friday night, at the junction leading to the L.E.A Primary School, Jaji Street, and few metres away from St Luke Catholic […]
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Saturday, November 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr C. Don Adinuba, Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, has refuted a public report of people leaving the state in large numbers is false . Adinuba said that instead, the opposite is the truth as a large number of people, especially qualified voters, are pouring into the state to participate […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun have arrested 18 suspects with dangerous weapons concealed in bags of tiger nuts and under the seats of three buses. The dangerous weapons intercepted include guns, 500 pieces daggers and different sizes of knives that were secretly concealed in bags filled with tiger nuts. […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State governor, Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has warned perpetrators of violence in the state of retribution, assuring citizens of his determination to protect the lives and property of citizens in the state. The warning is coming on the heels of violent attacks on the State capital on Friday by thugs allegedly […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday handed over 56,000 feeding utensils to Niger state government for the benefit of pupils under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in the state. Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, handed over the utensils to the government at the […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday, called on the international community to raise awareness about tsunami threats and share innovative approaches to decreasing risks. The UN chief said this in a message marking World Tsunami Awareness Day. “We can build on the progress achieved, ranging from better outreach to tsunami-exposed communities […]
