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Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Directors of the National Coordinating Institutions of Fifteen West African Countries are currently meeting in Abuja under the umbrella of West African Health Organisation (WAHO) to validate the regional Epidemic and Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan. The West African Health Organisation meeting will also focus on the ECOWAS inter institutional […]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabon President Ali Bongo made his first appearance since falling ill nearly six weeks ago, in a video shared by the presidency from his medical leave in Morocco. The video was released on Monday but did not mention when it was recorded. Bongo suffered a stroke while at a conference in Saudi […]
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Thursday, November 29th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of victims of windstorm diaster in Agbogugu community, Awgu council Area of Enugu state, South East Nigeria, knew no bound Wednesday, as the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, presented them with lorry load of assorted relief materials valued several million of naira. Our Correspondent reports that the […]
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Thursday, November 29th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s representatives in the Confederation of Africa football CAF’s 2018/2019 confederation cup, Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu Wednesday thrashed visiting Defence Force S.C of Ethiopia 2-0 inside the mail bowl of the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium Enugu in the first leg of the preliminary round. African Examiner Sports reports […]
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 14 Nigerian art masters will showcase their works to spur creativity amongst youths during a two-week expo in Lagos. The artists told journalists on Tuesday that the art exhibition, which would also showcase modern and contemporary art works, would run from Dec. 8 to Dec. 22 at Alexis Galleries, Victoria […]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Visiting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday expressed confidence in Conakry that blossoming relations between Zimbabwe and Guinea would translate into greater economic cooperation. “I am confident that the friendship and fraternal relations will translate into strong economic ties through our bilateral relations. “As well as the various frameworks within the African […]
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Saturday, October 27th, 2018
Photo: Mr. Gerald Eke, Injured Police Office attached to Enugu APC Chairman By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state chairman of the All progress congress APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, narrowly escape death in the early hours of Saturday, as heavily armed suspected assassination invaded his Enugu residence. According to Nwoye, the hoodlums, who gained entrance […]
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African News, West Africa
Monday, October 15th, 2018
…As Pirates Hack Vessel in Ghana, Abduct 3 Korean Crew in Nigerian Waters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the current President of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has urged member countries of the West African sub-region to ensure that all vessels plying […]
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All eyes are on the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, following the successful presidential primary election that produced former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s standard bearer in the scheduled February 16, 2019 election. The excitement that greeted the victory of Atiku was so sensational that one would think it was […]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) has strongly condemned the Cameroonian government over its decision to introduce travel permits requirement and restrictions in the Anglophones regions of the country. The CHRDA, the leading human rights organization working to realize human rights in Cameroon, said […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – New cases of deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) city of Butembo, near the Ugandan border, where it has claimed three lives. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed on Friday saying they have stepped up community-based efforts to […]
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plan to postpone the 2019 general elections. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, made the clarification in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday. Oyekanmi said the clarification became necessary following a story with the headline, “We […]
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, and Burkina Faso were on Sunday, welcomed and congratulated as new members of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). They were welcomed at the Seventh Ministerial Conference of the FOCAC, which was held on Sunday in Beijing. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Chinese Minister […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has reiterated its commitment to ensure that every pregnant woman in the state has access to free and qualitative health care. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson gave the indication while speaking at Angalabiri in Sagbama Local Government Area during the sensitisation of pregnant women on the […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One week after its inauguration, the sensitization committee for the campaign on the Safe Motherhood Initiative, on Thursday began a state-wide tour to 11 communities spread across Kolokuma/Opokuma and Yenagoa local government areas. The committee made up of information officers from the Ministry of Information and Orientation were received by traditional rulers, the leadership […]
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Monday, August 20th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Lokoja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the ruling All progressive Congress APC, has commiserated with the national woman leader of the party, Hajia Salamatu Baiwa Umar- Eluma of the demise of her mother, Hajia Zainab Abdulahi. Late Hajia Abdulahi, who passed on last Wednesday 15th August, 2018 in a […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi, state governor, chief Dave Nweze Umahi, has berated operators of Ethiopian and Emirate Airlines over alleged use of sub-standard aircrafts in Nigeria. He accused owners of the foreign airlines of using only aircraft’s that are not in proper condition in Nigerian air space. Umahi, who is […]
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African News, North Africa
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Libyan court has sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad for killing protesters during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, according to the ministry of justice. They were convicted of opening fire on anti-Gaddafi protesters in the capital Tripoli, in August 2011. Another 54 defendants were sentenced to five years […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2018
Photo: President Yoweri Museveni (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ugandan legislator, Francis Zaake, detained after the president’s convoy was stoned, has been “brutalised” by security personnel, an opposition figure said on Wednesday as images of the bruised lawmaker emerged on social media. Supporters of an independent candidate running in a parliamentary by-election threw stones at President Yoweri Museveni’s […]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
By Ignatius Okpara ….attributes success of Restoration Government to leadership of Gov. Dickson (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Wednesday said it will work with security agencies to ensure that the state remains safe and peaceful throughout the electioneering period. It therefore appealed to all aspirants not to hit up the polity with […]
