Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020. The achievement of this feat is largely attributable to the Bank’s […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa, Uncategorized, West Africa
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
Former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings has died at the age of 73. According to reports from Ghana, the former president died in hospital in the capital, Accra, after a short illness. He died of COVID-19 complications African Examiner writes that Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001 He led two coups, first in 1979, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 180 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health agency said that two coronavirus-complicated deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll in the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Libyan ministry of foreign affairs of the Government of National Accord on Wednesday announced it had agreed with its Tunisian counterpart to open their air spaces and land borders from Saturday, after months of suspension. A letter from the office of the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian traders in Ghana on Wednesday called on the Nigerian government to evacuate them from Ghana. The traders, in a Save-Our-Soul letter delivered to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said they were seeking a secure and peaceful return to Nigeria. In a statement signed by Gabriel […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bona Panek Biar, governor of Warrap on Wednesday said 16 civilians were killed and scores wounded in South Sudan’s northern Warrap region following clashes over cattle. Biar disclosed that the civilians were killed during clashes over cattle that erupted from Sunday until Tuesday between the Jalwau and Luanyjang clans of the Dinka […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a supra-national organization comprising countries around the greater horn of Africa region on Wednesday warned that the region may fail to realize food and nutrition security for farmers and herders amidst suppressed October to December rains. IGAD, which comprise Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda as member states, made […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The proposed bye election for Isi-Uzo state Constituency of Enugu state recently postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), following the violent #ENDSARS protest that rocked the entire nation, will still remain on hold, until policemen return to their duty posts. It would be recalled that the election earlier scheduled for […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos on Wednesday announced the dismissal of 10 police officers for various offences. The command’s spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement he signed and released to newsmen in Lagos. According to the spokesperson, the dismissal was in a bid to promote discipline and core […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to boost the morale of officers and men of the Enugu state police Command so that they can return to their duty Posts, the Professor Felix Asogwa, led Institute For Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS), Enugu state University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has begun a 2- […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has expressed worry over the alarming spate of food and Nutrition related issues in Nigeria due to its population. It, however, urged various state governments in Nigeria to take the issue very seriously, by domesticating the 2016, national policy on Food and Nutrition because of its […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has tested positive for COVID-19, an aide disclosed in a statement on Monday in Minna. Chief Press Secretary to Bello, Mary Noel-Berje, who signed the statement, said that the governor’s sample was taken for test, and the result came positive. Noel-Berje said the governor made this known […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona legend, Samuel Eto’o, was involved in a car accident around Nkongsamba-Douala road in Cameroon but he is in stable condition. According to reports, the ex- Inter Milan star coming from a wedding celebration when his car was hit by a public transport bus on Sunday morning. The car was badly damaged […]
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a directive which will allow members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to be enrolled into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This was disclosed on Monday by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, at a press briefing in Abuja. Ibrahim stated that the NYSC mobilises […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday enjoined that 2021 budget which is still being analysed by the National Assembly to put into consideration the rate of youth unemployment in the country. Lawan stated this in Abuja due to the just ended End SARS protests in the country, during a public […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 48-year-old Bus Rapid Transit, (BRT) driver, Bohan Abiodun, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged reckless driving and causing the death of three pedestrians. The police charged Abiodun, whose residential address was not given with reckless driving and manslaughter. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his contribution to the development of his domain, especially in area of job creation, the traditional ruler of Obimo Community in Nsukka Council area of Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, Igwe, Spencer Ugwuoke, weekend conferred the Chieftaincy title of (Onwa Obimo), meaning, “Moon that shines for others on a Chinese National, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, says his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. Biden stated this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night. “Our work begins with getting Covid-19 under control. “We cannot […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News
Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spanish giants, Real Madrid, have disclosed that Eden Hazard and Casemiro have both tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus. The Brazilian midfielder and the Belgian winger were part of a group of players and staff who were tested on Friday morning. Their tests came out positive, while other players and members of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely few weeks a group Championing the 2023 Igbo presidency project was dragged to court by an indigene of the zone, over alleged financial scam. An Abuja based lawyer, Barrister Nkem Okoro, has also petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP,) Mohammed Adamu, asking him to investigate the said fraudulent activities of the […]
