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African News, North Africa
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan announced the decision to close 13 diplomatic missions and four consular missions abroad due to a financial crisis, the official Sudan News Agency reported. Al-Bashir issued a decree to restructure Sudan’s external representation and directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to close select diplomatic and consular missions abroad. […]
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African News, East/Central Africa
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tanzanian Government has suspended 22 senior staff of the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), the country’s education watchdog, for reportedly printing error-laden textbooks for secondary schools. Joyce Ndalichako, the Minister for Education, Science and Technology told the National Assembly in the capital Dodoma that the government would take legal action against […]
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South Africa, Southern Africa
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Thirteen miners were trapped underground at a South African gold mine on Thursday after an earthquake that measured 2.2 caused a cave-in, mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said. The firm said it had made contact with three of the workers trapped in the Masakhane mine west of Johannesburg and had mobilised rescue teams. “All efforts […]
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group under the umbrella of “Concerned Ebonyi Elders” has berated the state governor Dave Umahi, for recently making some negative statements against his predecessor Chief Martin Elechi. The governor, was reportedly quoted as calling Elechi, a “useless elder.” while addressing stakeholders from Ikwo and Izzi areas of […]
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The media has been urged to always ensure fairness, impartiality, truth and accuracy in reporting the activities of government, in line with the principles of ”responsible journalism”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal Thursday in a statement issued in Abuja to mark the 2018 World Press […]
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Kogi State Senator Dino Melaye Thursday arrived in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and was arraigned before a Magistrates’ court in the city. Melaye, who has since last week, been hospitalized in Abuja due to scuffle he had with the Police was brought to the court 2 […]
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
…Pledges to Partner MRA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), has affirmed its readiness to partner with the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to ensure that the examinations body fulfills its constitutional mandate fully, uncompromisingly, and faithfully. Chairman of the newly inaugurated Governing Board of NABTEB, Professor Leonard Karshima Shilgba, gave the assurance on […]
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Latest Headlines, Sports News
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool have reached the Champions League final for the first time since 2007 –now advancing with 7-6 on aggregate. This is despite losing a dramatic second leg to Roma. Leading 5-2 after a devastating semi-final first leg at Anfield, Liverpool went further ahead when Sadio Mane finished from Roberto Firmino’s clever pass. […]
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki Wednesday declared that failure of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris’s to appear before the upper Legislative Chamber is a threat to the Nigeria’s democracy. Saraki made the declaration on his twitter handle after the plenary Wednesday. The IGP was […]
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Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a month that, Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, inaugurated a 2Km road project built at Amukwa community in Nsukka council Area of the state, by Chairman of Peace Mass Transit (PMT) company Limited, Evangelist Sam Maduka Onyishi, the governor has commissioned yet another 600 km road constructed […]
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Major Stakeholders in Imo State, South East Nigeria, including politicians, have vowed to resist the N3000 levy being imposed on every taxable adult in the state by the Governor Rochas Okorocha-led administration. The Governor is being accused of attempting to extort the 637 autonomous communities in the […]
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
OSUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The main gate and the administrative block of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU Ile-Ife, have been sealed by the officials of Osun State Internal Revenue Service over alleged tax debt of N1.8 billion. Reports confirmed that the State tax officials, who arrived the University’s premises with the heavily armed security […]
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Sports News
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Title-holders Real Madrid reached the UEFA Champions League final for a third year in a row after drawing 2-2 in their semi-final second leg match on Tuesday. Real Madrid took advantage of Bayern Munich’s carelessness in attack and defence, winning 4-3 on aggregate. Bayern Munich defender Joshua Kimmich put them in front […]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
Photo: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage to expedite the task before it with regards to workers’ new minimum wage. Prof. Osinbajo made this call Tuesday in Abuja at the 2018 May Day celebration with the theme: “Labour […]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s International Nwankwo Kanu has been listed among the ex-Arsenal players billed to grace the outgoing Manager of the club – Arsene Wenger’s last English Premier League (EPL) home game. The match is between the Gunners and Burnley and it is scheduled for Sunday, May 6, 2018. According to reports on their […]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Almost 40 people have been reportedly killed, while many others were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in Mubi, Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria. A local volunteer confirmed that following the bloody attack, many victims including the dead and injured have been […]
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has captured no fewer than 31 million account customers in its Bank Verification Number (BVN) project aimed at ensuring unique identifier in the Nigerian banking industry. CBN Director, Banking and Payment System, Mr Dipo Fatokun, disclosed this in a paper titled, `Nigeria’s progress towards the creation […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2018
Photo: President Buhari (L) and President Trump (R) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Donald Trump welcomed the first leader from sub-Saharan Africa to the White House on Monday nearly 15 months into his term. The discussions with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari centered around security challenges, including the nearly decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of two properties in the FCT linked to the wife of the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The properties in question are located at Plot No. 1960, Cadastral Zone A05, Maitama District and Plot No. 1350, Cadastral […]
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Sunday, April 29th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan- African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa Plc, last thursday, ended its annual Group Chairman’s Forum, a platform for group integration, re-strategising and knowledge sharing with the overall aim of putting the bank on firm standing to actualize its goals and targets for the financial year. The theme of this year’s […]
