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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has described the ongoing Revalidation/Registration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a period of evangelism to sterilize up the party. Fashola, who undertook the Revalidation/Registration of his membership at his polling unit in Surulere, said APC was a progressive party and described […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called on Nigerians to support the current call for ranching as against open grazing in order to permanently end the lingering herders-farmers clashes across the country.Okowa made the call on Friday, when the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, paid him […]
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Saturday, February 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the first Civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alh. Lateef Jakande was on Friday, interred at Vaults and Gardens Cemetery, Ikoyi under strict observance of COVID-19 protocols. The burial was preceded by Islamic prayers at his residence, number 2 Bishop St., Ilupeju, Lagos state in the morning. Several dignitaries from […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump’s defense lawyers will make their case on Friday why the former president is not guilty of inciting last month’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, as the Senate races toward a final vote in his impeachment trial as soon as Saturday. Trump’s lawyer David Schoen said the defense team would […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Salihu Lukman, Director- General, Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), says former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode, lacked values required for All Progressives Congress (APC) membership. Lukman said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “The issue of Fani-Kayode’s drifted attempt to join the APC is a clear instance of attempts to manipulate […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako has locks out staff over lateness and issues mass queries to the affected staffs working in the ministry He disclose that most staff of the ministry had cultivated a lackadaisical attitude towards their duties. “They come to work at […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has threatened to stop the salaries of non-teaching workers of universities for embarking on an indefinite strike. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen Chris Ngige noted that Section 43 of the Trade Dispute Act 2004 and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) statutes permit the government to stop the salaries […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXANINER) – Alhaji Aminu Sani, former House of Representatives member for Kaura-Namoda/Birnin-Magaji Federal Constituency in Zamfara, has called for genuine and coordinated effort by governors to tackle the spate of banditry and kidnapping in the northern part of the country. Sani gave the advice on Thursday in Kaduna when he spoke to reporters on […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State newly constituted Traffic Management Enforcement Team to resolve Apapa gridlocks and the Nigerian Port Authority Security Team have identified seven parks as holding bay for trucks around the metropolis. The Chairman of the state team, Mr Oluwatoyin Fayinka, said this in a statement signed by the Assistant Director Public […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Air Peace on Thursday announced that the UAE Government had stopped the airlifting of passengers from Nigeria to Dubai as part of its COVID-19 measures. Air Peace Spokesperson, Mr Stanley Olisa, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos. Olisa, however, said that flights bringing Nigerians back from UAE […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State says no governor has surpassed or come near the achievements of late Lateef Jakande as first civilian governor of the state. The PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Gani Taofik, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos, while reacting to the death of Jakande on Thursday […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commence investigation into alleged expired sweet and chocolate, it recently received from Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Jimoh Abubakar, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja that the expired items were in 4,907 cartons. The […]
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Banking & Finance, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, ICT and Cybercrimes and Capital Market to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to brief it on the recent ban on crypto currency in the country. The Senate also invited the Director General of […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has prohibited the #Occupy Lekki Toll Gate protest scheduled for Saturday over intelligence report that it will be hijacked and used to destabilize the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing to address issues on the […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died Thursday morning in Lagos at 91. He was a former journalist who became governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983. He later emerged Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime (1993–98).
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has warned land speculators encroaching on heritage sites, including mountains to desist from it, or be ready to face the music when apprehended. It restated its vow to deal decisively with all those involved in such act. There has been a gradual encroachment on heritage sites in the […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks and other financial institutions to, henceforth, accept Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRCTD) and Refugee Identification Card, as means of identification for financial transactions. The directive was given by Dr Kevin Amugo, Director, Finance Policy Regulation Department, on Wednesday, in Abuja, through a […]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Awa Town in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra has urged Gov. Willie Obiano to save the community from an impending crisis over an attempt to impose a traditional ruler on them. The people, on Wednesday at the Government House, Awka, cried out against the proposed traditional ruler […]
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is set to repatriate 9, 800 refugees from Cameroon to Nigeria as representatives have arrived in Marwa, in Cameroon to complete the move. The 9,800 refugees are those in the first phase of the repatriation from Cameroon from the 46,000 Nigerians taking refuge in Minawao camp in the country. According to […]
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the anniversary of the 50 years of diplomatic relations between Nigeria and China. The congratulatory message of Jinping to Buhari was made available to newsmen by the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. According to […]
