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Sunday, March 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former River State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has sparked social media reactions concerning his statement that he is more Igbo than the senator representing Abia South in the National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe. It all started when Amaechi who is now the minister of transportation in an interview while reacting over Abaribe’s criticism […]
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Saturday, March 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu, has enjoined the federal government to convene a stakeholder meeting to resolve the issue of farmer-herder crisis in the country. The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made this known on Saturday in a statement he issued to the press saying that farmers and herders […]
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Saturday, March 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived in Nigeria for a one-week working visit. This will be her first visit to the country since she assumed office as the first female and first African WTO DG on March 1. Okonjo-Iweala was welcomed by the permanent […]
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Friday, March 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Adviser to the President, Maj.-Gen Babagana Monguno (retd.), has revealed that some funds meant for the acquisition of arms to help in combating the anti-terror war bedeviling the country was missing under the leadership of the ex-service chiefs. The NSA, in an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday, said, […]
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Friday, March 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that he can’t guarantee if the three projects that were officially inaugurated on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari will be completed during his tenure. President Buhari, in a virtual ground-breaking ceremony of three projects namely the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt– Maiduguri Eastern […]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko, is dead Authorities disclosed that Bakayoko passed on in an hospital in Germany, while receiving treatment for cancer on Wednesday, just days after his 56th birthday. He was appointed prime minister in July, following the sudden death of his predecessor Amadou Gon Coulibaly. Aside […]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has enjoined the federal government to stop the disbursement of the £4.2m loot of former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori. It was earlier reported that the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria to return £4.2 million assets stolen by James […]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, says 2023 is the right time for the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s President. Okorocha, who is the senator representing Imo West made the remark on Tuesday in Abuja when he hosted a pressure group, Ndi Igbo Good Governance Initiative (NGGI) saying that the mood of […]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has stated that former Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is not under investigation. Malami said this during an interview with Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Tuesday. The AGF, however, disclosed that he could not say if […]
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Oodua Peoples Congress arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for nabbing popular Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, have been released on bail. Police released the three detained OPC operatives for them to seek medical attention. Rotimi Olumo, the OPC Coordinator in Oyo State, disclosed this in a telephone interview […]
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom says it is committed to assisting Nigeria in returning £4.2 million loot recovered from former governor of Delta state, James Ibori and his associates. British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to that effect with attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, in Abuja […]
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian lady based in Kano, Saadat Aliyu, has created an android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting sexual abuse cases.The app, ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020, on Playstore.She said: “You can go to the Play store, search for it and install it. After Installation, you can sign up using […]
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, says former president Olusegun Obasanjo is Nigeria’s best president since 1999. Moghalu, who was a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed this on Monday saying that irrespective of the flaws of the former president, he was a […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down as president of coup-prone Niger after two terms in office, on Monday won Africa’s top prize for leadership. He was awarded the 2020 Mo Ibrahim Prize for facing “seemingly insurmountable challenges”, ranging from deep poverty to jihadism and desertification. Despite these enduring problems, “Issoufou has led […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has denied claims that there is a zoning arrangement by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Governor Bello disclosed this over the weekend while speaking with reporters saying that anyone from any zone was free to contest the presidency as […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, Matthew Kukah, says nobody will gain anything if Nigeria breaks up. Kukah disclosed this during a virtual interview on Sunday. According to him, Nigerians are bound together and nobody should pretend about it. “I don’t think any Nigerian, in his right sense, should pretend nothing binds us […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that he is proud to have picked Yemi Osinbajo as his running mate in 2015. Buhari disclosed this in a congratulatory message to celebrate the vice-president’s 64th birthday. This was contained in a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman. Buhari stated that Osinbajo is “a reliable and […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In solidarity with the United Nations International Women’s Day 2021 (IWD 2021) themed as “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World” and the offshoot #ChooseToChallenge campaign, the All African Music Awards, AFRIMA, on Monday, March 8, is joining the rest of the world to honour the strength of […]
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to some media reports that the two students of the Federal university of Science and Technology (FUTO) Owerri, Imo state, who died weekend in their hostel room passed on as a result generator fume, police in the state has said only medical autopsy would reveal the actual cause of their deaths. […]
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Sunday, March 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, has again stressed on the need for the establishment of state police to curtail the nation’s security challenges. Osinbajo disclosed this in a statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande. Osinbajo spoke at the opening of an international conference on Patriotism, Security, […]
