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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Masari says the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections is a forgone conclusion. He made this declaration when he got the mid-term report of last Saturday’s Local Government Congress of the party from the National Working Committee chaired by Aliyu Kumo at the Government House, […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has reopened its Embassy in Libya after it was closed in 2014 when the North African nation descended into civil war. German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas presided over the reopening of the Embassy in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya today, during his short visit intended to show support […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Value Added Tax Bill, with Speaker Mudashiru Obasa directing the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for assent. The House also passed the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing in the […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai says that with political will and right determination, electronic voting is possible in future elections in Nigeria. El-Rufai disclosed this during a statewide broadcast on Wednesday after the Council election in the State last Saturday. According to El-Rufai, the success recorded in the last Local Government election via electronic […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Plateau has said that it would sanction recalcitrant corps members in line with the NYSC Bye laws. Ms Caroline Embu, the State Coordinator of the NYSC in Plateau, said this during the formal opening and swearing in ceremony of the newly-posted 2021 batch “B” stream […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), met with leaders and stakeholders in South-East on Thursday. The meeting held during the president’s visit to Imo State – amid agitation for an Indigenous People of Biafra. Since the return of IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to detention in Nigeria, separatists have continually ordered a […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An 18 seater commercial bus was attacked by some bandits along Ido Ani-Ifira Expressway, Ondo State on Wednesday evening. It was gathered that the bus was heading towards Abuja from Lagos State when it was attacked. The bandits were said to have dragged the victims into the bush to an unknown destination. […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A medical doctor, Morenikeji Oluwaniyi, has been reportedly strangled by a four-man gang in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The 27-year-old was said to have converted his Toyota Corolla to a Uber ride to raise money for his sustenance. African Examiner gathered that one of the hoodlums, identified only as […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Imo State. He landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, the state capital where he was received by dignitaries. The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, in a post on Facebook, stated that the President is in the state to commission […]
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Jigawa have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife to death in Babura Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said the suspect was arrested after the police received […]
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Government has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Network for Nigeria. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant on Information Technology to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja. Adeluyi said in a statement that the 5G policy implementation would take immediate […]
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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 […]
