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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Electricity consumer groups on Sunday, kicked against the planned review of electricity tariffs for the 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). They maintained that there was no justification for any upward review of electricity tariffs due to the current economic realities and challenges being faced by […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some suspected armed hoodlums on Saturday attacked Abaomege Police Division in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi and carted away valuables and destroyed property. The Ebonyi Commissioner for Internal Security, Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha, however confirmed the incident in Abakaliki on Sunday. Okoro-Emegha described the attack as ‘worrisome’. “The police division was attacked […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven youths were on Saturday morning killed in an accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said. The accident, it was gathered, occurred around 1am at Shapati (Fragend). The deceased comprising two men and five women, all occupants of a Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Plc is expected to pay a total of N40.39 billion in taxation to the nation’s treasury from its operational result in the first quarter of 2021. According to the financial result published by the country’s largest cement manufacturer on Friday, April 30, 2021, the amount is due from corporate […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC), says the government of Uganda has officially received the Nigerian delegation of Technical Aid Volunteers (TAV), in a grand ceremony. Mr. Mohammed Shehu, Special Assistant to the Director-General (D-G), of DTAC, Dr. Pius Olasunkanmi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, in Abuja, […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A train loaded with water pipes from Lagos to Zaria has derailed in Kaduna, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN gathered that no one was injured in the accident which occurred at about 5:50pm on Saturday around Unguwar Kanawa axis, opposite Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna. “There was no casualty […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
By Etim Etim (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The banking industry will make a huge donation of cash, vehicles and equipment to the Nigerian Army, Police and other law enforcement agencies in the next few weeks to support the federal government’s fight against insecurity, Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank’s Group Managing Director & chief executive announced to shareholders […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –As Bodija market traders are still counting there loss, men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice African Examiner gathered again that the officers broke into shops and […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned against any attempt by leaders to politicise the country’s increasing security challenges. The state Chairman of the congress, Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, gave the warning, while speaking with journalists on the 2021 Worker’s Day celebration warning on Saturday in Abakaliki. Nwafor said […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has declared his intention to negotiate with bandits to ascertain their grievances and the way forward. Umahi made the declaration on Friday in Abakaliki at the presentation of 40 Toyota Sienna vehicles and 20 Hilux vans to security agencies for enhanced operations in the state. The governor […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of Mr Christopher Owolabi, as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Police Command in Anambra. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
A Kenyan doctor, Stephen Karanja, who became a vociferous opponent of the Covid-19 vaccine has succumbed to the virus, weeks after saying the jab was “totally unnecessary”. Dr Stephen Karanja, chairman of the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association, advocated steam inhalation and hydroxychloroquine tablets. He clashed with the Catholic church over the safety of the Covid […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. mission in Nigeria, on Friday announced plans to prioritise student visa applicants. This, the mission said in a statement, was to ensure that Nigerian students resuming in the fall of 2021 got visa interview appointments in advance of their programme start date. Susan Tuller, U.S. mission Country Consular Coordinator said […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – According to UN figures, 125 minors were among the refugees and migrants prevented from fleeing to Europe off the coast of Libya earlier. A total of 114 were travelling unaccompanied by adults, the UN children’s agency UNICEF reported in Geneva on Friday. Libya’s coastguard took most of those picked up to controversial […]
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Saturday, May 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Health officials say 44 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival in Israel. The Health Ministry said on Friday 150 others were and have been taken to six different hospitals. The mass gathering was organised to celebrate the Lag B”Omer, an annual religious holiday marked with all-night bonfires, prayer […]
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Friday, April 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has explained why the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry (AMEN), Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, turned against President Muhammadu Buhari after supporting him in 2015 and 2019. Mbaka, it alleged, wanted contracts for supporting Buhari but was rebuffed. The Presidency said rejection of Mbaka’s contract request was why the Enugu-based […]
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Friday, April 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has prohibited illegal occupation of abandoned buildings and properties under construction as part of measures to address security challenges. Dr Idris Salako, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos. Salako said the measure became necessary […]
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Friday, April 30th, 2021
…Pledges to Optimize Cost, Boost Remittance to FAAC The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that the revenue projection contained in the letter to the Accountant General of the Federation being cited in the media pertains only to the Federation revenue stream being managed by the Corporation and not a reflection of the overall […]
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Friday, April 30th, 2021
Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has since resumed work as CEO of the First Bank in line with the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a corporate statement issued by the Bank has stated. The statement reads in full as follows: “We refer to the Central Bank of Nigeria Limited (CBN) pronouncement on the reconstitution […]
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Friday, April 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Yekini Nabena has threatened to report Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka, to the Pope and Vatican for committing acts capable of destabilizing the country. The APC leader alleged the recent call for impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari […]
