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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, says that security agencies have requested the shutdown of telecommunication services in Zamfara to curtail banditry. This is as he said that the directive did not originate from his ministry and that the Federal Government did not object to the request either. […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Allied Political Parties for Good Governance has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to call the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order. Mr Raph Nwosu, National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), made the call on behalf of the parties, at a news conference on the state […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service has set up a committee to investigate alleged shooting of a motorcade of a Katsina State commissioner by its operatives. The motorcade of Katsina State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy affairs, Alhaji Umar Gwajo-Gwajo, was alleged to have been shot at on Tuesday by Customs operatives of […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has approved the appointment of Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi, as Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari appoints Fatima Waziri-Azi as […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Facebook, Big Cabal Media and Comic Republic on Wednesday announced the launch of #NoFalseNewsZone, a campaign aimed at minimising the spread of fake news in Nigeria. Facebook, in a statement, said #NoFalseNewsZone is an educational campaign focused on helping people identify false news and educate them on the actions to take to […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits suspected to be fleeing Nigerian Air Force attacks in the Bakura – Talata Mafara axis of Zamfara State stormed Dange Shuni local government area of Sokoto and abducted 20 people. There is an ongoing clampdown on bandits in forests in Zamfara State. The military operation has been supported with the shutdown […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of new chief executives for some agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. The appointments were rolled out in continuation of the sustained efforts by the federal government to further strengthen effective service delivery in the education sector. The appointments were made known in a […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State Security Service (SSS) has filed five terrorism charges against two associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Jamiu Oyetunji and Amudat Babatunde were accused of committing acts of terrorism, including being in possession of prohibited firearms, and over […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some experts have decried what they called disappearing zoo culture in the country, attributing it to poor maintenance of most zoological gardens and the current state of the nation’s economy. Answering questions during a survey, the experts said that the poor state of the economy had compelled most Nigerians to consider visiting […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Counsel for the Department of State Service, I. Awo, told the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, that the case file relating to the Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement application filed by the aides to Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, was stolen by armed robbers. He told Justice Obiora Egwuatu that […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has refuted claims by the governor of kaduna state Nasir El Rufai of awarding special privileges or lower cut-off marks to students who sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination from the northern part of the country. The board also said the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Delta has arrested six additional suspects in connection to the alleged murder of Prince Eric Takerere and two mobile policemen in the state. The acting spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Warri. Edafe said the suspects are Onoriode Shefo, Omagbeosa […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party Candidate , Senator Ademola Adeleke has challenged Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to start preparing his handover notes, saying his days as osun state governor are numbered. He made this declaration at a welcome rally in osogbo as he stated that he is ready to flag off his campaign for […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed monthly salary. The Minster of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this at the opening of the meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna Government has said it has no plan to shut down telecommunication services in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Kaduna by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication. According to the statement, the government has not made such a decision, neither has […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the curfew in Jos North Local Government. This is contained in a statement issued by Lalong’s Director of Press and Public Affairs , Dr Makut Macham in Jos. Lalong said the curfew in Jos North is now to be enforced from 10p.m. to 6a.m., with […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said it has taken its investment portfolio further into Africa’s fast-growing technology infrastructure landscape in order to make far reaching development impact across the continent. Afreximbank is a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and promote intra-and extra-African trade. The bank deploys innovative structures to deliver financing […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo Information Commissioner Declan Emelumba says the state government is set to receive President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday in Owerri. African Examiner reports that the president is scheduled to pay a working visit to the state to inaugurate some state-executed projects. Emelumba disclosed on Tuesday in Owerri that the president would inaugurate […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has dismissed Dr. Adebayo Mosobalaje, a lecturer at the Department of English Language in the Faculty of Art, who was allegedly found guilty of sexual misconduct against a female student. This was announced in a statement by the university’s Public Relations Officer of the […]
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles continued their 100 per cent record against Cape Verde in their second match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. The Nigerian team won the game 2-1 after staging a comeback. While Victor Osimhen scored Nigeria’s first goal in the 28th minute, the Super Eagles got their second […]
