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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on security. The governor gave the advice when he received the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Ali Janga, on a courtesy call in Gusau. Matawalle said declaring a state of emergency […]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau has condemned the killing of innocent citizens in Yalwa Zangam community of the locality. The association condemned the killing in a statement jointly issued in Jos on Wednesday, by the Chairman of the association in the area, Rev. […]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kathy Hochul has been sworn-in as first female governor of New York, promising to change the state’s political culture and work to ensure that New Yorkers believe in their government again. Hochul, a Democrat from Buffalo who turns 63 this week, officially became New York state’s 57th governor in a private ceremony. […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started his season with a hat-trick as Arsenal forgot their 2021/2022 English Premier League (EPL) troubles to hit second-tier West Bromwich Albion 6-0 on Wednesday. The emphatic victory helped them to reach the third round of the 2021/2022 League Cup. Southampton went two better, dealing fourth-tier Newport County an 8-0 […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday denied claims that military personnel monitoring the closed-circuit television at the Nigerian Defence Academy were fast asleep when the attack on the facility happened. It also said a board of enquiry has been constituted to ascertain the incidents that led to the security breach. The DHQ disclosed […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba,has called for calm and restraint over Tuesday’s attack on Yelwa Zangam community in the state by gunmen. Abok made the call when members of the Yelwa Zangam community took corpses of their loved ones killed in the attack, to the Assembly. Yelwa Zangam, a […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are to hold an emergency meeting on Thursday in Abuja to discuss the party’s leadership crisis. The Director-General, PDP Governors’ Forum, Hon. C.I.D Maduabum, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement noted that the emergency […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -An Ex-CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi, , says he does not know why IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemi, and separatist advocates want Nigeria to be divided. He described them as making ignorant demands. “I hope that my story and the story of many of us here is one that […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Irabo gave the advice in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyer, Director, Defence Information at the end of an interactive session which the […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed no fewer than 36 persons while several others were injured in a fresh attack which occurred in Ahwol Ward, Naraguta community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community with sophisticated weapons around 10 pm on Tuesday night and […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s U.S. Open due to her torn hamstring that has not completely healed ahead of the final Grand Slam of the year, the American said on Wednesday. Williams, a six-times winner at Flushing Meadows, has had an injury-marred season and limped out of her first-round match […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion tax backlog to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, the Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the FIRS, made this known in […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Delta government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the state, with 164, 173 birds reported dead. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing a newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. ”Government has taken action to curtail the spread of the disease. ”So far, some poultry […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK Government has awarded Five Persons with Disabilities the prestigious Chevening Scholarship for the 2020 to 2021 session, to foster their inclusion in the society with equal opportunities as others. Ms Gill Atkinson, Acting Head of British High Commission in Nigeria disclosed this in Abuja, during a presentation to showcase the […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has said that it had not and would not enlist former or repentant Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists into the service. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said an online video circulating in […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, was on Tuesday factionalised with the emergence of two acting national chairmen. The two Deputy National Chairmen of the party, Yemi Akinwonmi (South) and Senator Suleiman Nazif (North), in separate announcements on Tuesday, claimed to be the party’s acting National Chairman. Our correspondent gathered […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – If you think that the problems of Haiti do not concern you, I am afraid, you may be mistaken. Haitian’s are descendants of slaves mostly from West Africa, including Nigeria. Some of these slaves might well have shared the same lineage with your ancestors hundreds of years ago. Besides, as a country […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US Department of Justice has agreed to hand FIFA $201 million (171m euros) confiscated from corrupt football administrators, the governing body of world football announced on Tuesday. Most of the cash comes from US legal actions in the wake of the “FIFAgate” scandal, which erupted in May 2015 with the dramatic […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed its excitement over the emergence of a youthful Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, Tsola Emilio. In its congratulatory message to the monarch on his ascendancy to the throne as the 21st Olu of Warri, said his emergence is line with their […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension on Tuesday as the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) split into two factions. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. Akinwonmi and Nazif are laying claim to the […]
