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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has dismissed a publication of N2.5 billion misappropriated military pension fund as a fake rumor alert saying its derogatory and outrageous The Public Relations Officer of the Board, Flt.-Lt. Olayinka Lawal, in a statement in Abuja, said the publication alleged that funds were shared or looted by […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
……..As upper chamber holds an emergency close door session (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A new Bill sponsored to solicit for the creation of Armed Forces Service Commission has caused commotion in the Senate. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to give effect to Section 219 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examination Council has delisted 42 schools in Benue over examination malpractices. The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi. “Let me inform the public that WAEC has delisted 42 schools in the state and most of […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has disclosed that foreign investors are excited about the juicy mining prospects in Nigeria. The minister said the Federal Government of Nigeria had discovered gold along the Abuja-Nasarawa axis through the National Integrated Mineral Exploration Project (NIMEP), programme undertaken by the ministry. Adegbite added that […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former world golf number one Tiger Woods is home from the hospital After shattering his ankle and other leg bones in a rollover crash, the golf great is recuperating at home, he said on Twitter “Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery,” he wrote on Twitter “I am […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two policemen were tagged thieves and nearly lynched by angry youths who are suspected to be traders at computer village ,Ikeja Lagos State In a viral video trending, the angry youths were seen hitting the policemen and yelling ‘Ole! Ole!’ – thieves – on them. One of the youths was seen […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
…….Talks tough on cybercrime (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, says from June 1, 2021, all bankers in the country must declare their assets in line with the Bank Employees Declaration of Asset Act. Bawa stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has remanded the alleged notorious Fulani warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili, in a correctional facility. The police charged Wakili 70, alongside his sons Abu, 45; and Samaila, 27; as well as Aliyu Manu, 20; with six counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retired) on Tuesday ordered the agency to completely flush out drug cartels in Lagos State Marwa gave the order when he visited the agency’s command in Lagos for an on-the-spot assessment of its facilities It […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the House of Representatives and the organised labour are now in a meeting over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking an amendment to the 1999 Constitution by removing matters relating to wages from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List. If passed and signed into […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
…. … as Ayo Adebanjo takes over (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Ayo Adebanjo has emerged as the new leader for the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political Group, Afenifere as Pa Reuben Fasoranti bows out Pa Fasoranti who is 95 years old said he is now aged and retiring He is a former deputy leader, Chief Ayo […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has temporarily closed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport E-Finger departure screening point to carry out some routine maintenance on the screening machine. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the authority, disclosed in a statement in Lagos. Henrietta said that the process was […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria on Monday has appealed to commercial drivers in Nigeria to join hands in fighting against insecurity by exposing ,robbers kidnappers and bandits boarding vehicles at various points in the country and alerting security agencies for immediate action The Chairman of the RTEAN in Ogun State, […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A health worker in Norway has died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca anti-Covid vaccine, though no direct link to the jab has been established, health authorities said Monday. This is the second such fatality within a few days in the Nordic country, which had suspended the use of the […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unknown gunmen killed a family of 6 in a mosque at the weekend at wasinmi village ikire , osun state, while one person sustained bullet wound The Chairman, Committee on Peaceful Co-Existence between Fulani/Bororo and Crop Farmers in Osun State, Mr. Oguntola Toogun, confirmed the incident He said: “The deceased are Alhaji […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
…… Kano, Enugu, Port Harcourt airports to reopen for international flights (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has announced a ban on Emirate Airlines from inbound and outbound flights, subsequent to the continuous denial of the airline to fly out passengers from Nigeria The ban takes effect from midnight on Wednesday. Emirate […]
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that over 23 million Nigerians are jobless as the unemployment rate hits 33.3%. The NBS in a statement released on Monday stated that the unemployment rate in the country rose from 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 to 33.3 per cent in […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is presently meeting with the newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It reports that the Nigeria’s former finance minister, who is on a four-day official visit, was accompanied to the villa by the Ministers of Industry, Trade and […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti government, on Monday, commenced the payment of N507.4 million as compensations to victims of defunct SARS brutality and other segments of the society. It reports that Gov. Kayode Fayemi, at different ceremonies in Ado Ekiti, presented cheques, covering the sum, to victims of human rights violations and those whose lands were […]
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Monday, March 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, have eliminated scores of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said the encounters, which took place around the […]
