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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu The new media are referred as contents that available on-demand New media most commonly refers through the Internet, accessible on any digital device, usually containing interactive user feedback and creative participation. The new media include websites such as online newspapers, blogs, wikis, video games and social media. The basic distinguishing characteristics […]
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Sunday, July 30th, 2017
KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Shehu San\ni of the Kaduna Central Senatorial District has confirmed that he and a co-Senator Suleimon Hunkuyi were attacked in Kaduna on Sunday. The attack according to him allegedly occurred while he and his colleague were about to hold a press conference. Report stated that the press briefing was […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
REDTV, the dynamic online lifestyle channel that spotlights Africa with a distinct global appeal is set to drop the second season of its original series, Here and Now: The Adventures of TASA. The show, which documents the experiences of 4 young women, Taje Prest, Ajifa Atuluku, Seyitan Atigarin and Amiola Aguda, focuses on the real […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
Photo caption: Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State and Chairman of NGF, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State recently visited ailing President Buhari in London By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
ONDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the parents of the six abducted students of the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla Epe smiled, as their children regained freedom Friday. Reports said the children, whose parents have been agonized due to the missing over two months ago, were released by their abductors in Ajakpa Community in […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
Photo caption: Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman National Caretaker Committee of the opposition PDP, Ahmed Makarfi on Friday survived an auto crash. The multiple auto accident according to a release by the party’s National Publicity Secretary Mr. Dayo Adeyeye occurred along Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Adeyeye confirmed […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
AFRICAN EXAMINER — The Nigerian Army on Friday warned Nigerians against the activities of fraudsters claiming to be recruiting candidates on its behalf. A statement issued on Friday by Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot NA/Nigerian Military School, Capt. Hussaini Sani warned aspiring recruits against falling prey to the fraudsters. It sad: “It has been […]
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Friday, July 28th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent attacks unleashed by the suspected Boko Haram terrorists and the latest onslaught on NNPC workers and military at the Lake Chad Basin, Borno State, the Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the Military Chiefs relocate to the Command base in the North East State. Minister […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protracted Crisis bedeviling the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu has assumed another twist, as the workers have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alleging monumental fraud in the hospital, under the watch of its incumbent Medical Director, Dr. JoJo Onwukwe. Operating under the auspices of Association […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Explosive Ordinance Unit of the Enugu State Police Command has successfully evacuated an object suspected to be bomb used during the Nigerian/ Biafran civil war. According to its Spokesman, Ebere Amarizu in a chat with the AFRICAN EXAMINER on Thursday in Enugu, the object which was […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
Photo caption: Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) At last, Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has reshuffled his cabinet, sacking of three Commissioners. The affected commissioners, included, Godwin Udeuhele commissioner for Information, Charles Ndukwe Youth and Sports, and Barrister Smart Ogbe (commissioner for Inter-Governmental Affairs). African Examiner reports that this is […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
Photo caption: Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and the United Nations (UN) on Thursday signed a five-year Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) (2018-2022) which is a successor programme to the current United Nations Development Assistance Framework III (UNDAF III) (2014-2017) in Nigeria. The signing ceremony, […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s foremost conglomerate, has announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2017, showing significant growth in key financial indicators. The company recorded N4.2bn as profit after tax (PAT) for the half-year ended 30th of June 2017, translating into 134 per cent growth compared […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crisis presently looms at the Echara community in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria, as the people have vowed to resist the State government plan to create autonomous community out if the existing one. AFRICAN EXAMINER reports that resident of the area had on […]
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Thursday, July 27th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has sealed an Enugu multi-billion naira Park and Shopping Mall, located beside the state House of Assembly. African Examiner recalls that it was the second time the commission was sealing the mall allegedly owned by the immediate […]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Photo caption: DR Congo warlord Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka One of the most notorious “warlords” in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered to UN peacekeepers. The UN mission in the DRC said Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, who leads a militia known as the Mai-Mai Sheka, gave himself up near his stronghold in eastern DR Congo. He will […]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Photo caption: Rebel leader Riek Machar (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civil society activists say a move to exclude South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar from a regional peace process will ensure that South Sudan remains engulfed in war. Ministers of the East African bloc IGAD said Monday that Machar will not be invited to the next […]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic says two Moroccan peacekeepers have been killed in a southeastern town where another Moroccan was killed Sunday. A statement says the two peacekeepers were killed by suspected anti-Balaka militia while another peacekeeper was injured. They had been restocking water for the town’s humanitarian needs […]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Mr. Donald Trump has declared that ”transgender” people will no more be engaged in “any capacity” in the Military. In a series of tweet, Mr. Trump said he had consulted with military experts and cited “tremendous medical costs and disruption”. “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, […]
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed that the death toll of collapse building in Lagos Island has risen to six, the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has warned building Owners and Developers to desist from adding other floors or structures to old and existing […]
