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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N19billion for various projects for the Ministries of Transportation, Aviation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Aviation, Hadi Sirika and FCT, Muhammed Bello made these known at the end of the Council meeting which was chaired by […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Supporters trooped out on Wednesday, as former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole officially registered as a member of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State. Bankole who recently joined the APC, validated his membership at his ward 10, Iporo-Sodeke unit in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state. […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom known as Ofcom, has penalized religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome over mis –information on COVID 19 Ofcom disclosed that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6m) for breaching the country’s broadcasting code by disseminating misinformation on COVID-19. The statement read in […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers next month. The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, asked operators to block all SIM cards not linked to NIN by April 6, 2021. […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has condemned the attack on some communities in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state by suspected gunmen. The attack took place on Monday night in Nkalaha, Obegu, Amazu, Nkalagu and Umuhuali Autonomous Communities. At least 15 persons were reportedly killed during the attack, allegedly carried out […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has guaranteed that the killers of Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Ngugban would be arrested and prosecuted. Ortom made the promise in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase in Makurdi. Ngugban, the assistant parish priest of St. Paul Catholic Church, Aye-Twar village in Katsina-Ala Local […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Toyin Lawani a Fashion artist, has lashed back at critics condemning her of the vulgar nun outfit. The fashionista sparked outrage over her controversial dress for the premiere of ‘Prophetess‘, a movie by Niyi Akinmolayan. Many critics who took to social media , professed the outfit as an slight to Christianity […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia state Government has announced the death of Chief Ukpai Agwu, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Kalu, in Umuahia on Tuesday, Agwu passed on in the early hours of the day, following a brief illness. Kalu described […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has sacked the State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Igbiks Tamuno. The Governor directed the sacked Commissioner to submit all Government Documents and Property in his possession to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment. A statement issued by the governor’s special assistant (Media) did not […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, says the comment made by the former governor of Lagos State that the Federal Government should recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army was an error. AFRICAN Examiner reports that Tinubu made the statement in Kano on Monday in a […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The code of conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar lost his temper in a viral video trending on social media when he slapped a helpless private security guard at the Abuja shopping mall. The chairman was seen in the undated video fuming with the security guard overpowering those restraining him before slapping and […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-five world leaders have thrown their weight behind a proposal from European Council President Charles Michel to draw up a new international treaty on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 55-year old woman Mrs Eunice Odoba suspected to be the wife of a Lord Chosen pastor has been stabbed to death in her home . The mother of three, whose husband is a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church but is on faith mission to Equatorial Guinea, was said to have […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has warned Malawians against complacency, especially during Easter activities, amid falling COVID-19 test positivity rates. Average COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week was 6.3 per cent, down from around 30 per cent in February, Chakwera said during his regular monthly update on developments in the country. […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Stefan Hesse, the Archbishop of Hamburg who was linked to abuse scandal. Hasse offered to leave after a team of German lawyers released a major 800-page report on sexual abuse cases in the city of Cologne. The Hamburg Diocese confirmed the Vatican’s decision on Monday. […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, today (Tuesday) for a ‘routine’ medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress chieftain and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, says Kano is the most peaceful state in the country. Tinubu disclosed this at the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Kano held in commemoration of his 69th birthday in Kano State on Monday. He heaped praises on […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 4 persons lost their lives in an accident at Iwo Road Ibadan when a lorry rammed into a motorcycle with 5 persons on board with one person injured. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State confirmed the incident. “The accident involved a lorry and a motorcycle, the lorry was […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo state governorship election petitions tribunal on Monday dismissed the petition filed by Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its governorship candidate, Iboi Emmanuel against the election of Godwin Obaseki. Details shortly..
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has frowned on attacks on enforcement agents and would no longer condone such acts on its officials implementing building construction standards in the state. The warning was issued in a statement by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, spokesman for Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) in Lagos. The General Manager […]
