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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of late Michael Okpara, Premier of Eastern Nigeria during the First Republic, on the passing of Adanma. Adanma, who hailed from Afugiri Ohuhu clan in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia, died at 97. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has been ordered to suspend its ongoing National Industrial Court, Abuja division suspend its nationwide strike. NIC’s judge John Targema, gave the order while ruling on an ex parte application by the Federal Government, The Cable reports. The government had asked the court for an order […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife Of Ex- Head Of State, Mrs. Ironsi is dead. She died Monday 23rd August 2021 at the age of 97. Mrs. Aguiyi-Ironsi who would have been 98 years on 21st November, died when her family members and all well- wishers were preparing for her birthday bash. Fondly called “Ironside”, her husband […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Customers on Monday were stranded as banks failed to open in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State. This is even as markets, schools, eateries, shopping malls and supermarkets also failed to open for the day. Our correspondent who monitored the situation around the state capital saw bank customers stranded at Bank […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline multinational commercial bank, Access Bank Plc has decried the declining statistics on blood donation in Nigeria. Access Bank’s Group Head of Corporate Communications, Amaechi Okobi stated this in a statement made available to the media today. Okobi said Nigeria’s National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) revealed that only about 25,000 blood […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Igbokwe, an aide to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has alleged that his life is being threatened by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Igbokwe alleged that IPOB was threatening his life since he is against the philosophy of the group and the Eastern Security Network, ESN. In an open […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said Big Brother Naija Lockdown housemate, Dorathy Bachor, lied that she was at home when the anti-graft operatives broke into her residence in the Lekki area of Lagos State. EFCC in a statement on Monday also said “nine alleged internet fraud suspects were apprehended in […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ebonyi and other security agencies said they would embark on a state-wide intensive patrols as part of efforts to protect lives and property over the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). African Examiner recalls that IPOB had fixed Monday every week for its sit-at-home […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the current insecurity challenge facing Nigeria continues unabated, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. (Dr) Agustine Akubueze Sunday declared that the change of service chiefs by the Federal Government was yet to produce the desired effect. He spoke during the ongoing second plenary of their Conference […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Industry experts and stakeholders have appraised the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the entertainment business in Nigeria with a view to finding the way forward. The music industry in Nigeria and other African countries has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as it has compelled performing artists, executives, and other key […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Big Brother Naija housemates, Khafi Kareem and Gedoni Ekpata, have welcomed their first child following their marriage in 2020. This was disclosed by Khafi on her instagram page as she displayed the picture of herself and her new born. She wrote: “Our miracle is here and he is perfect. Thank you […]
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reassured regional institutions and leaders of the Central African States of its support and partnership in tackling their economic challenges. Managing Director of IMF, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva gave the assurance in Washington DC after her virtual participation in a Heads of State of Central Africa summit. The […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA and the player’s union FIFPRO are cooperating to evacuate male and female footballers who wish to leave Afghanistan, the global body’s secretary general Fatma Samoura told AFP on Sunday. Last week, hardline Islamist militants the Taliban took control in Kabul with tens of thousands of people trying to leave in what […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister says all assets of NIPOST scattered all over the country would be fully utilised to maximise revenue generation for the emerging business enterprises. The Federal Ministry of communication and digital economy, has said that it is 90 per cent ready to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST). It said that […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police says 22-year-old Gloria Okolie was arrested after she spied for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Aremu Adeniran, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, who stated that Gloria was arrested in […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has refuted claims linking the killings of five farmers in Toronto village of Osun to the long-resolved Ife/Modakeke dispute. It could be recalled that there was tension among residents of Ile-Ife and Modakeke of Osun State on Friday after the death of five farmers from […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed worry over the way states and the Federal Government are accumulating debts as well as over the low foreign direct investment into the country. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State, when he hosted some members of the National Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party, led […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson was hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19, despite having been vaccinated, representatives said Saturday. Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline Jackson, 77, were in treatment at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, the reverend’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition organization said in a statement on Facebook. “Doctors are […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness, following recent attack on their people. African Examiner recalls that about 23 people from Ondo passing through Jos were killed on Aug. 14, while 23 were reportedly 23 injured. The commuters were attacked enroute Ondo along Rukuba […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Civil Rights Advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked state governors not to surrender their lawful authority over land administration to actualize the controversial grazing reserves recently approved by President Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari had approved a review of 368 grazing sites across 25 states in […]
