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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger government has directed public schools in the state to reopen from Monday. The state commissioner for education, Hannatu Salihu, disclosed that schools with day students will resume studies on March 29 and boarding secondary schools in urban areas will reopen on April 6. African Examiner recalls that the schools have […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A special investigative team of the Nigeria police force has been sent to Benue state to probe the recent attack on Governor Samuel Ortom, the Benue state governor. The team, which has arrived in the state, is spearheaded by a deputy commissioner of police and crack investigator, Abba Kyari. This was announced […]
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Sunday, March 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, says he will resign from office first before he will do anything unlawful Bawa disclosed this on Saturday when he appeared on One-on-One, a programme on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Bawa enjoined Nigerians to stop “worshipping people that have money”, […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirusThe Everton player was sidelined for the match against Benin Republic at 5pm because of this and he has gone into isolationIwobi will also miss next Tuesday’s clash against Lesotho at the Teslim Balogun stadium in LagosOur correspondent reports that Benin’s […]
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Saturday, March 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President, Joe Biden, has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to a virtual climate change summit fixed for April Biden extended the invitation to President Buhari to attend the summit alongside 39 other world leaders including four presidents from Africa The White House in a statement on Friday disclosed that the ‘Leaders’ summit […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed says the presidency has run out of ideas and is only looking for excuses Baba-Ahmed made this known in an interview with Channel Television Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, who was also interviewed, stated that the opposition was using the challenges experienced by […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo has been confirmed as the deputy secretary of the treasury department by the US senate which makes him the first African American to hold the position Adeyemo’s appointment was announced after a voice vote which is usually deployed when there is little to no opposition Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has said that Nigerians are presently enjoying freedom of speech under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, made this known when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Shehu said: “The fastest way to reach President Buhari is to reach […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has reacted to the hijab crisis in Kwara state, describing it as “nasty development.” Recall that Kwara recently closed 10 schools following their refusal to allow Muslim female students to wear hijab as part of their school uniform. The refusal came after Christian […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is about to marry the daughter of Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasir Bayero. Zahra Bayero, the prospective bride is presently an undergraduate student in the United Kingdom, studying architecture. Yusuf is a 2016 graduate of University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. According […]
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Thursday, March 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court has ordered that a 500-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Adebowale Abiola to be jailed for one year over $104,500 fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Abiola following a report on the activities of […]
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has blasted the style of government of President Muhammadu Buhari saying the President is too slow and Nigerians cannot wait for him to fix the county at his own pace. Baba-Ahmed stated this on Wednesday when he appeared on Arise Television saying […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
…Says Secession Not The Solution (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, says those calling for secession are doing so because of frustration. Fayemi disclosed this on Tuesday when he appeared on Arise Television, saying that the agitation by some for the breakaway of the South-West region from Nigeria and the establishment […]
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State, some Nigerians are of the view that former Central Bank Governor, Charles Soludo, is not capable to lead the state. African Examiner reports that Soludo has declared his intention to run for the number one political position in the state under the […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo’s election, died on Sunday, a day after the country went to the polls. Kolelas was hospitalised on the eve of the elections and died of Covid-19 as he was being taken to France for treatment, his campaign director Christian Cyr […]
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Monday, March 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has refuted claims that it is responsible for the assassination attempt on Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, by gunmen on Saturday. It had reported that gunmen suspected to be herdsmen had on Saturday attacked the governor in his farm at Tyo-Mu community, near Makurdi, […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder of Stanbic IBTC and Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside, says the approval of $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers state should be put into “an informed national debate”.It recalls that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday announced the rehabilitation exercise of the refinery.According to the minister […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Internet and social media access was short down in the Republic of Congo on Sunday as polls opened in a presidential election which veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso is expected to win The internet went down just after midnight, several hours before the opening of polling stations at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), […]
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Sunday, March 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police broke up demonstrations by opposition movements and civil society groups in Chad’s capital N’Djamena Saturday, three weeks ahead of a presidential vote expected to be won by 30-year incumbent Idriss Deby Itno. With large numbers of officers on the streets, few were able to answer calls to turn out from opposition […]
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Saturday, March 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.),has stated that the South-West has the highest cases of drug abuse in Nigeria. Marwa disclosed this on Friday during the inauguration of a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts built by a group known as Ogbomoso First Initiative. According […]
