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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will begin implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday (Aug. 23) to end the indefinite strike by Resident Doctors across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen before a closed […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anita Okoye, wife of Paul Okoye of the now defunct music group, P-square, has demanded a monthly payment of $15,000 (about N7.8m) for spousal support. The estranged wife of the popular singer made this known in her petition for divorce, which was signed before the Abuja High Court. “Payment of a monthly […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Saturday morning agreed to pay N4.8bn Residency Training Fund to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in the next seven days. The government also agreed to clear the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the National Minimum Wage from April when the bill was signed by President […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says contrary to the misleading report attributed to him, repentant insurgents can be prosecuted. The minister, who spoke in Washington DC. on Saturday, said he was misrepresented in the report claiming “the decision of the Federal Government not to prosecute repentant insurgents was […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of people are besieging the entrances to the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, which is the main lifeline for Afghans and foreign citizens trying to flee the country as the Islamist Taliban take over. Shots continued to be fired almost continuously outside the heavily armed airport compound, a witness at […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent attacks and unrest in Plateau, the Kogi state government has successfully evacuated its indigenes studying at the University of Jos and other institutions in the State. Mr Muhammed Onogwu, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to Onogwu, the students were […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Uzoma Emenike, the new Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., has pledged to collaborate with the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation-Americas (NIDOA) to promote patriotism and cooperation among Nigerians in the U.S. Emenike made the pledge when NIDOA Board of Trustees and officials, met with her at Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC. In […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Military Administrator of Oyo State and a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead. Olurin, who died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, according to family source, was 77. The deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N760.717 billion as federation allocation for the month of July. This is contained in a statement by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on Friday. The statement noted that the meeting was held virtually. He said that […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to begin the second phase of its metering programme, tagged “National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP)”. This information is contained in a statement from the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr Ahmad Zakari, in Abuja on Friday. The statement said that NMMP […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Plateau State government has returned undisclosed number of the surviving victims of the Jos attack to Ondo State . About 28 people were reportedly killed in the attack. The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr Sonni Tiyoden, disclosed this when he accompanied the survivors to the Ondo State government house in […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he is already a failure in governance and will leave a failure at end of his second tenure. PDP made this pronouncement while responding to the recent statement by President Buhari that he will not leave office as a failure. The […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the rising spate of insecurity in Jos and its environs, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities in the institution till further notice. Mr Monday Danjem, the Registrar of the university, unveiled this development in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Danjem, the decision […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in Kano for the wedding ceremony of his son, Yusuf Buhari, who is getting married to Zahra Bayero, the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State. The wedding will be taking place today at the palace of the […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed five indigenes of Modekeke town in Osun state, who were said to be going to their farm in Toro Village in the early hours of Friday. A community leader in Modakeke, Mr. Femi Eluyinka, who confirmed the incident , said some people from the community and […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar General/Chief Executive Officer of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has allayed fears that some staff of the Commission might lose their jobs because of the ongoing digitization of its registry operations. A statement by Rasheed Mahe, Head, CAC’s Media Unit, quoted the registrar general as giving the […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s former President Goodluck Jonathan and former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, met on measures to further promote initiatives fostering peace and political stability in West Africa. Sirleaf disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after her closed door meeting with Jonathan in Abuja. She said that the meeting was also to […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON) says it supports the Federal Government’s three per cent allocation provision in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed into law. The National Chairman, HOSCON, Mike Emuh, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja, said “for 13 years, we have been waiting’’. […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – officials on Friday reported that a terrorist attack, following fighting in a remote area of Burkina Faso near the border with Mali, has left over 120 people dead. According to a government statement issued on Thursday night, 65 civilians and 58 jihadists are known to have been killed in the attack which […]
