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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja received the certificate of incorporation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Speaking at the event, the president noted that with the certification of the company the country expected nothing less from the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara Government has warned health officials against issuing COVID-19 vaccination cards to people who refused to be vaccinated, but wish to acquire the cards. Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, gave the warning on Friday at a news conference at University of Ilorin […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has been released from Army custody a day after he was arrested for putting on an outfit with semblance to the Biafran flag. This was made known via a video posted by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, on his Instagram page on Friday, where Agu was filmed with two […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Motorist , communities have abandoned markurdi- Aliade road due to deplorable condition of the road and armed men who pose as kidnappers , bandits armed robbers who terrorize and kill with reckless abandon . The road has been in bad shape and nothing has been done to salvage it thereby leaving the road […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Zamfara have handed over a total of 187 rescued abductees, comprising males, female adults and children, to the state government. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, said in a statement issued in Gusau. “Following the implementation of the new security measures by the Zamfara state […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has assured that there was no plan to reinstate the disbanded Special Anti -Robbery Squad (SARS) into the Nigeria Police. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday, in Abuja. Mba said the clarification followed reports […]
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ActionAid Nigeria has called on the government to step up efforts to stamp out tax evasion by the elites This is contained in a statement signed by Lola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator, ActionAid Nigeria. ActionAid recalled that it had been five years since the Panama Papers exposed the dodgy tax dealings of a […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday harassed Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, for wearing a Biafra outfit . In the viral video, 65-year-old Agu is seen around Upper Iweka Bridge donning the Biafra outfit and walking near a green bus when two armed soldiers wrestle him to the ground and drag him. […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the country’s debt profile is rising because the federal government had to spend its way out of recessions. Buhari disclosed this on Thursday when he addressed a joint session of the national assembly saying that the economy would not have recovered without the government’s expenditure that […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three-hundred-and-seventy-five persons lost their lives to road crashes in Osun, Oyo and Ondo States in the second and third quarters of 2021. Mr Emmanuel Abe, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of the three states disclosed that in Osogbo on Thursday that 184 deaths were recorded in the second quarter of the […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The century old tree that fell on Monday due to heavy windstorm at Sabo area of Oyo in Oyo State, killing four people instantly, has reportedly risen again. Sources confirmed that the fallen tree rose back mysteriously on Tuesday, after all its branches had been hewn off. A driver, Saheed Balogun, who […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Command said 70 per cent of crashes recorded between January and September were caused by speeding and night travels. The Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Ochi, said this during the commencement of the Ember Months campaign on Thursday in Abuja. African Examiner […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner reports that the meeting came barely 24 hours after the Federal Government had threatened to invoke emergency rule as part of measures to address security challenges and safeguard electoral process in […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday has convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Faisal Maina, to 14 years imprisonment. Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, was found guilty on three counts of money laundering filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is heavy security operatives presence within the environs of the the National Assembly Complex in Abuja as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is due to present the 2022 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly at 12noon. Buhari had on Tuesday written to both the Senate […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury vowed to knockout Deontay Wilder when the two meet for the third time on Saturday in Las Vegas with the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title on the line. The undefeated Fury (30-0-1), who battled Wilder (42-1-1) to a draw in 2018 before taking the belt from the American 20 months ago, […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has flagged off the “Exercise Golden Dawn”, an initiative of the Nigerian Armed Forces, to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. The governor performed the flag-off at the 34 Artillery Brigade Forward Operation Base in Orlu Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Speaking […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates suspends renewal Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE in the […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global health agency Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Wednesday, welcomed the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation for a wider routine use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The recommendation was based on data gathered through the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Abia chapter, has shut Aba North Local Government Area (LGA) Secretariat over the battering of a staff, Mrs Chidimma Nwanosike, by the LGA Chairman, Mr David Ikonne. The NULGE, Abia Chapter President, Mr Ikechi Nwigwe, announced the shutdown of the secretariat by the union […]
