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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Thursday inaugurated the Board of Trustees (BoT) for the J.K. Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History to restore the lost glory of the centre. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony in Lagos House, Ikeja, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, who is the Chairman of the Board, […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has reiterated the Nigerian Army’s commitment to prompt and adequate attention to the medical needs of wounded troops at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. The COAS gave the assurance when he visited wounded personnel in the hospital on Thursday in […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director Africa Centre for Desease Control (CDC) on Thursday said that only 1.19 per cent of Africa’s population have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as third wave hits. A paltry number that is worrying experts as the continent experiences a third wave of cases. The current rise in infections is […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda has reopened the Central Corridor to transport cargoes across Lake Victoria from the Tanzanian town of Mwanza to the Ugandan capital Kampala, its transport authorities said on Wednesday. “The revitalisation of the Central Corridor after many years of inactivity is a clear testimony of Uganda’s commitment to strengthen our economy,’’ Fred […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lauretta Onochie, presidential aide, has stated that she is not a member of any political party. Onochie made this known when she appeared before the senate committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Onochie was on Thursday screened as an INEC commissioner. It could be recalled that Buhari nominated her for […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. It however declined promotion of former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Commissioner of Police (CP), Ibrahim Magu. The Commission’s Head of Press and […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma has been jailed. He will on Thursday (today), begin a court-ordered prison sentence despite days of protests by his supporters. The 79-year-old had long tried to resist, and veterans’ associations supporting him also threatened to destabilise the country if he was arrested. Dozens of them had posted […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Olubadan Refutes Claim Of Collecting N50m To Aid Sunday Igboho’s Arrest (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has refuted claims that he got N50million from the Federal Government to facilitate the arrest of Sunday Igboho. The monarch disclosed this as Yoruba Nation agitators embarked on a peaceful protest on Wednesday in […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) says five persons lost their lives in a traffic accident around Christopher University on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday. Mr Olusola Ojuoro, the Mowe-Ibafo Divisional Commander of TRACE, who disclosed this in Ota, Ogun, said that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries Ojuoro […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 950 pupils have been abducted from their schools by gunmen in the last six months, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. The United Nations (UN) agency expressed concern about the attacks and abduction of children in some parts of West and Central Africa. Its concern was […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
….Recovers Items (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command has arrested three male suspects for their involvement in the vandalization of Rail tracks and Sleepers. Spokesman of the Command, Daniel Ndukwe ASP, who disclosed this to African Examiner via a statement in Enugu Wednesday, said the operation was part of efforts towards the realization […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three frontline social accountability initiatives, Follow The Money, BudgIT and Global Integrity, have jointly launched a website to track funding for COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Dubbed, “COVID-19 Africa website”, the initiative which is aimed at providing African citizens with access to evidence on COVID resources, is part of the COVID-19 Transparency and […]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2021
(African examiner) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 203,497 eligible Nigerians had completed online pre-registration as fresh voters, seven days after the commencement of the exercise. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in an update on the CVR issued on Tuesday, in Abuja.He said that […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, has expressed alarm at the spate of attacks against children and their abductions, including students, in Nigeria and parts of West and Central Africa. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric stated this while briefing correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York, on […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A penalty kick rebound converted by Harry Kane gave England a deserved 2-1 win over Denmark in Wednesday’s Euro 2020 semi-final. Victory helped them to set up a home showpiece against Italy on Sunday. Kane saw his 104th minute penalty kick controversially not overturned by video review in spite of Raheem Sterling […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited will hold its SMEConnect Webinar by 11am on Thursday, 8th July 2021 with “The ABCs of Accessing Finance for your Business” being the topic to be discussed at the event. Participants are required to register for the event via […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
…Describes Their Entrance as Progressive (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At the just concluded meeting of the Nigerian Council of Registered Brokers (NCRIB), which was held on Tuesday, July 6, President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, Dr. Mrs. Bola Onigbogi endorsed Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance Limited (HLA) describing both companies […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be an acquittal from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did not breach any law by being appointed to the ministerial position in 2015 without participating […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his private residence by yet to be identified gunmen, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph, said on Wednesday. “At about 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of unknown individuals, some of whom spoke Spanish, attacked the president’s private residence and lethally wounded the Head […]
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari has decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya with a new rank of Lieutenant General. African Examiner reports that Yahaya takes over from former Chief of Army Staff, late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash along with ten military officers in […]
