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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is working with agricultural scientists at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) to improve Tela maize production in Nigeria. Dr Rufus Ebegba, Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), made this known in Abuja at the public presentation of the drought tolerant and fall armyworm resistant maize known as Tela […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown on Saturday with a spectacular 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder as their trilogy fight delivered a boxing classic. In an epic battle in front of 15,820 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, both fighters were knocked down on multiple occasions in a contest […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says its Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) will commence strike on Monday over the deplorable state of the nation’s highways and other issues. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the South-West Zonal Chairman of NUPENG, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi has advised the public to disregard the widely-held notion that the Ember months are different from other months of the year. The Sector Commander of the Corps in the state, Anthony Okore, gave the advice in Abakaliki while flagging-off the 2021 Ember months road safety […]
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Sunday, October 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has stated that the naira is not appreciating because Nigeria is not a productive economy. Moghalu disclosed this in Abuja as he announced his defection to the African Democratic Congress, the party on whose platform he is expected to […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four Thugs have attacked Mr Waziri Enwongulu, the Legal Adviser, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Wakama ward, Nasarawa State. Enwongulu while narrating his ordeal on Saturday in Wakama when officials of APC and stakeholders visited him, said that he don’t know why the unidentified men attacked him and burnt his brother’s house. […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) is a process that has the host communities and stakeholders fully involved, Ahmed Dikko, Managing Director of the company has disclosed. Dikko in a chat with Vanguard said a critical element for the successful rehabilitation of the refinery is the support of […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the recent decision to declare seven of the Organisation’s staff persona non grata and expel them from the country. Guterres said this while addressing the Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 55 people died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities confirmed . Many of people were still missing, spokesperson Jose Misiso said. The overcrowded boat was travelling on the Congo River and capsized close to the town of Bumba in the northern Mongala province in […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is heavy presence of security personnel at various polling units and flash points in Jos the Plateau state capital, and evirons, as all is set for the conduct of elections across the 17 Local Government Areas on Saturday. Our correspondent who visited some of the areas, reports that personnel of the […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A policeman reportedly sustained bullet wounds when unknown gunmen attacked Aguobu Owa Police Station in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday. It learnt that what would have been a bloody attack was repelled by officers on duty who put up appreciable resistance. An eyewitness said the gunmen stormed the […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has cancelled 62,698 voters card requests in Anambra State for multiple registrations. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known in his remarks during an emergency meeting of political parties in Abuja on Friday. The discovery of double or multiple registrants […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Malaria Control Programme in Jigawa, says it has treated 1.5 million children in the just concluded Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in the state. Malam Bilya Haruna, Coordinator of the programme, disclosed this in an interview on Saturday in Dutse. Haruna said that the exercise was conducted with the support of […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that its newly introduced Visa on Arrival (VOA) facility was to attract foreign investments to the nation. Mr Abdullahi Dalhatu, the Controller of immigration in charge of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos. He explained that the […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited had made history for being the company with the highest share capital in the country. The Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, revealed this in Abuja, while presenting the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to President […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has discredited the viral rumour circulating round that Senator Ademola Adeleke had promised him a private jet gift. The statement was issued by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs of the Ooni of Ife’s Palace, Mr Moses Olafare, on Friday in Ile-Ife. […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu returned back to Nigeria after a three month medical trip to the United Kingdom. His media spokesman, Tunde Rahman, confirmed the return of the APC stalwart last night. In a statement he said: “His Excellency, Asiwaju […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – From Hello Fresh to the Spotify, subscription services are now so commonplace they’ve almost become the norm. Subscriptions started life in the media world, with newspaper and magazine subscriptions dating back centuries. But in the last ten years, the subscription business model has exploded in popularity across consumer industries including fashion, food […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than three persons were feared dead on Friday as soldier’s raided Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. African Examiner also gathered that many houses, including the palace of the traditional ruler of the Aborshi-Izombe community, Pius Muforo, was razed down. Although the exact cause of the raid […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – California has made it illegal to remove a condom during sex without verbal consent, a practice popularly known as “stealthing.” Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Thursday that classifies the removal of a condom without consent as “sexual battery.” “By passing this bill, we are underlining the importance of consent,” the […]
