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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for another five-year tenure. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, revealed that the president also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive Board of […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia mobile provider, MTC’s plans to have 100 per cent network coverage throughout the country under the 081Every1 project had been dealt with a blow due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A company executive said on Thursday that 081Every1 which is a 104-million-U.S.-dollar project officially launched in July 2017 with the aim of […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An agrometeorologist, Dr Adewale Adetayo, has recommended mitigation and adaptation strategies as part of measures to reduce the effects of climate change on the environment. Adetayo, who works at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR &T), Ibadan, made the recommendation in an interview on Thursday in Ibadan. He said mitigation […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Onitsha Community in Anambra has commenced the training of no fewer than 100 men and women as members of the Neighborhood Security Watch. The training which began on Thursday at the Ime Obi (Palace) was sponsored by the Chairman of Onitsha North Local Government (LGA). Declaring the event open, Mba explained […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Kola Ajayi, Lagos State Chairman, Alliance for Democracy (AD), has urged Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to check activities of miscreants across the state to create a better thriving economy. Ajayi, also a former Chairman, Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) in Lagos, made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Business institutions and budget specialists in the country have agreed to constitute implementation, monitoring and supervision body, so as to influence the economic policies makers to be more proactive, disciplined and efficient, as well as ensure excellent budget performance in every fiscal year. The Abeokuta Business […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Biden has taken over as the 46th President of the United States of America after he took oath of office. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts conducted the swearing-in ceremony as Biden placed his hand on a family Bible. There ceremony took place on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – Technology has been a veritable gift to mankind, and over the years, it has been responsible for creating amazingly useful resources which put all the information individuals need at their fingertips. The development of technology has also led to so many mind-blowing discoveries, better facilities, and better luxuries, which has in-turn helped […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara Government has denied an online media report that it gave Hilux trucks to “repentant bandits’’ in the state. Addressing journalists in his office on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, described the report as “unfounded’’. “This is certainly untrue, a fabrication of the writer […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,301 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 113,305. The NCDC disclosed figures on Tuesday on its official website. Reports say 1,191,866 people have so far been tested since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion had been […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City claimed top spot in the ongoing 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) on Tuesday with a 2-0 win against Chelsea at the King Power Stadium. Wilfred Ndidi fired the hosts in front after six minutes and James Maddison added the second four minutes before half time to secure the triumph. Leicester […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the Extended Special Public Works (SPW) programme tagged “temporary employment of 774,000 youths across the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.” The flag-off took place on Tuesday, at Peace Park Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. The scheme entails temporary employment of 774,000 youths […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Tuesday banned fuel tankers and other articulated vehicles from plying flyover bridges in the state. Abiodun announced this decision during his assessment visit to the scene of tanker explosion, which occurred on Monday in Abeokuta, claiming three lives with many others injured. The News Agency of […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control recorded 1,617 new cases of the CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Monday. The country has so far tested 1,172,234 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded on Feb. 27, 2020 in the country. […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has constituted a 15-member committee to look into the boundary dispute between Aguleri and Umuleri communities in Anambra East Local Government Area. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, pointing out that the committee would be […]
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion […]
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country ahead of elections the opposition says were rigged. The gradual easing of internet curbs came as police announced dozens of arrests for alleged election-related violence, and surrounded the headquarters of the […]
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit […]
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Monday, January 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a total export receipt for crude oil and gas valued at $120.49 million for the month of September 2020. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that the figure is contained in […]
