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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos N5 million for hate speech. The fine, according to the commission, was for providing its platform to be used to promote unverifiable and inciting views that can incite crime, public disorder. A former presidential aspirant, Obadiah Mailafia, had while speaking on the station alleged […]
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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Photo: The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II (AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Wednesday celebrated the International Youth Day with some Nigerian youths in his palace at Ile Ife, Osun. Ooni Ogunwusi, who played host to scores of Nigerian youths from all parts of the country […]
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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), a pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, has commemorated this year’s International Youth Day with a call on governments across the continent to provide youths with equal opportunities for education and employment. The 2020 International Youth Day is being commemorated under the theme, “Youth Engagement […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked. The sack decision was reached and announced at the institution’s Governing Council at a meeting which was held in Abuja Wednesday in the premises of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The announcement was contained […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
By Our Reporter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fasakin Emmanuel Adedayo is a professor of fisheries who specializes in fish nutrition and utilization. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the young Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji in Ondo State where he has ruled and reigned in an eventful first five-year tenure. Although, his appointment was for a […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As media reports filtered in about the sentencing to death of a kano-based SINGER, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, for blasphemy, Nigerians have taken to their social media accounts to express their views. According to reports, the musician was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging over a song that was […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi, Akure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has inaugurated 192 pioneer corps members of the South West Security Network Agency – Operation Amotekun. Speaking at the inauguration which held Tuesday at the Gani Fawehimi Arcade in Akure the state capital, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu expressed hope that no criminal element would trouble […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos based human rights group – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has decried the allegation by the Sahara Strategy Group (SSG), on collection of the sum of $200,000 from a terrorist group – the Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP). MURIC while speaking through its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola described […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instrument of accession of the agreement for the establishment of the African Trade Insurance Agency. The Agreement and the Agency are registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Charter of the United Nations. The agreement recognizes the fact […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Dangote Refinery Group in collaboration with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has begun a six-month skills’ acquisition programme for the second batch of 200 youths in Ibeju-Lekki Community in Lagos State. The training, which was flagged-off by Dangote Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development, Mr. Devakumar Edwin, […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, Northwest, Nigeria on Monday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death by hanging after his conviction for blasphemy. The convict, who resides at Sharifai Quarters of Kano Municipal, was dragged before the court by the police on a count charge of inciting religious creed […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
Photo: Prime Minister Hassan Diab. credit: @Aljazeera (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lebanon’s government has resigned amid mounting anger over the explosion on Tuesday that devastated parts of Beirut and left more than 200 people dead. The announcement was made in a national TV address by Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday evening. Many people have accused […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sacked the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure, and Transport, Prof. Raphael Afonja, from his position. Governor Makinde, in a letter dated August 10, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination of appointment takes immediate effect. “I wish to convey […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has warned Non-Government Organizations against going into any of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state under any guise. Masari who issued the warning on Monday at the Army Special Super Camp IV, Faskari, stated that “we will not allow these NGOs under whatever […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Daniel Jones, Harare A defiant Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed he will continue to deal ruthlessly with the “country’s detractors” who he accused of causing the prevailing socio-economic and political unrest. For the first time in 40 years, the Southern African country celebrated its Heroes Day online as Mnangagwa, under fire to deal […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French and Nigerien soldiers on Monday combed a wildlife reserve in Niger and the surrounding area for traces of the gunmen who killed six French aid workers a day earlier, a French military source said. The unidentified gunmen, who rode on motorbikes, attacked the group who worked for the humanitarian charity ACTED […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has come under heavy criticism for saying that internet fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo Boys have become role models in Nigeria. The former minister, while delivering a lecture at a virtual event organised by the Ijaw National Development Group, cautioned that the new […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the directive last week, by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), petroleum tankers’ drivers in Lagos state have withdrawn their services. In an interview Monday, the state’s NUPENG Chairman, Mr Tayo Aboyeji confirmed the incident. Comrade Aboyeji explained that the strike began in the early hours of […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown armed men Sunday killed the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Anambra state governor, chief Willie Obiano on Security matters, Mr. Azubuike Ekweabalu at his residence in Awka. The state Commissioner for Information chief Don Adinuba who confirmed the sad news in a statement in Awka, said governor […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola says it will maintain closed borders to fight and prevent a spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. According to a Presidential Decree, which updates the measures adopted during the prevailing ‘State of Calamity’, only nationals and foreign residents can return to the national territory. The decree also stated that […]
