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Saturday, March 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Internet connectivity was restored in Niger late Friday, an AFP journalist found, after ten days of interruption following unrest over official results handing the ruling-party candidate a win in last month’s presidential elections. Neither the government nor the west African country’s four telecoms firms explained the outage, which hobbled communications and the […]
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Saturday, March 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the commencement of Nigeria’s Nationwide league one (NLO) league season for 2021 which begin from 7th March, 2021 across all centres, Director of the competition in South- East zone, Ebere Amarizu, has reminded participating teams and officials of the need to operate within laid down stipulated rules and regulations of […]
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Friday, March 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party in the South-West has denied claims that former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called for a reconciliation meeting to resolve the political differences between Governor Seyi Makinde and former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose. The South-West Zonal Director of Media and Publicity of PDP, Lere […]
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Thursday, March 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women account for a slightly smaller proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths compared with men, a preliminary analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 28 African countries shows. WHO Regional Office for Africa said this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Brazzaville, Congo on Thursday. According to the statement, […]
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Thursday, March 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission says no part of Nigeria has been deliberately ignored in the recent promotion of officers of the Nigeria Police Force. The Police Service Commision disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani. According to the statement, […]
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says he was taken to a shrine to swear a loyalty oath 24 hours before his inauguration as Deputy Governor in 1999. African Examiner recalls that Abaribe was deputy to former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu from May 29, 1999 till March 2003 […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday said that the abduction of school students by bandits is a lesser evil. Gumi disclosed this when he featured on BBC Pidgin saying that it is better for school children to be abducted than the residents of villages to be killed. He said: Gumi: “Kidnapping […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 policemen of the Rapid Response Squad in Bauchi State’s Governor Bala Mohammed motorcade were involved in a road accident on Monday. The accident occurred while Governor Mohammed was inspecting a 60- kilometer Burga-Yelwan Duguri road project in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area (LGA) currently being constructed by the […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a public apology from Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe over his negative utterances against Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Mr Yekini Nabena, APC Acting Deputy National Publicity Secretary made the demand in a statement on Monday in Abuja, while reacting to the development. Abaribe is the Minority […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of state for health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, has stated that Nigerians who have received COVID-19 vaccines abroad will also perform the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on arrival in the country. Mamora made this known when he appeared on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, saying that getting the vaccine […]
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Saturday, February 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular activist, Aisha Yesufu, says that the “body language” of President Muhammadu Buhari is making banditry and terrorism increased in the country. Yesufu disclosed this when she featured on popular television show, ‘Politics Today’ on Channels Television as she reacted to the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls from Jangebe in Zamfara State […]
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Saturday, February 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, former presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, has charged former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu and former Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi to speak up concerning the abduction of the Zamfara school girls just like they did during the abduction of Chibok girls which happened during the era of Goodluck Jonathan. […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, says the state has received “little or no support” from the federal government for the rescue of the abducted students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara. The African Examiner had reported that bandits had abducted over 27 students, three staff, and 12 family members […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Governors Forum says that it will intervene in the rift between two of its governors, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom. It would be recalled that the two governors have engaged in a rift over the issue of open grazing and Fulani herdsmen carrying […]
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana is the first West African Country to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX. This was disclosed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) According to WHO, Ghana received 600,000 doses of the vaccine from COVAX. It said: “Ghana becomes the first African country to receive #COVID19 vaccines from the COVAX facility. […]
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has criticized the senate for the confirmation of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. Wike, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that Nigerians are not happy that the same lawmakers who had called for the sack of the former service chiefs for the poor […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says that Nigeria is experiencing terroism and not banditry or kidnapping. The chairman of NGF and Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this on Tuesday when some governors paid a solidarity visit to the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello concerning the abduction of several students, members of […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A drama happened on Tuesday at the National Assembly during plenary after Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC, Kogi) described Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State as a “drunkard”. It all started when Adeyemi contributed to a motion on Safe School Initiative in Nigeria alleging that Abia state is governed by a “champagne drinking […]
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Monday, February 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of State for Works and Chairman of Southwest Agenda 23, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, says that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, is the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Adeyeye disclosed this on Sunday when members of the group paid a courtesy […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has lifted the ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft in the Nigerian Airspace after the two accidents involving the plane model. This was announced in a statement issued at the weekend and signed by the Director General/CEO of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu. According to […]
