Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide adequate COVID-19 vaccines for all the corps members in the state. Masari made the pledge on Friday in Katsina when he received the Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, who paid him a courtesy call at […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s frontline civil society organization, Connected Development (CODE) has called for the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the recently instituted Health Sector Reform Committee approved by the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari’s approval of the Committee and appointment of Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo as Chairman offers an avenue for intersectional […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges on Jan. 24 after the Chester Crown Court set a trial date on Friday, British media reported. The 27-year-old, who was denied bail last week after he was charged with four counts of rape and one count of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has fired his foreign minister Beatrice Khamisa Wani, replacing her with Mayiik Ayii Deng who once served as minister for presidential affairs. Khamisa, who was appointed last year when the transitional unity government was formed, was relieved of her duties through a presidential decree Thursday evening aired […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the state Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill into Law. The State House of Assembly had on Thursday, Sept. 9, passed the bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services. Sanwo-Olu, who assented to the Bill at about […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government says it will not acquire any land for the purpose of of ranching in the state as reported in certain quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mt Charles Aniagwu, made the clarification in a statement he issued on Friday in Asaba. He said that ranching and livestock breeding, rearing and […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police, Ogun Command, says it has rescued three workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Farm, from their kidnappers’ den, three days after they were abducted. The Police Spokesperson, DSP. Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, on Friday evening. NAN reports that […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Friday ordered the Rivers Government, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation to maintain status quo, pending the hearing and determination of applications before it in respect of the Valued Added Tax (VAT). The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, had […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling. Guterres made the call at a virtual event to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack globally celebrated on Sept. 9. “Schools must […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, says Nigerians are solidly behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as long as its choice for the 2023 general elections reflects their aspirations for a new beginning. Elumelu stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 93rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Masari says the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections is a forgone conclusion. He made this declaration when he got the mid-term report of last Saturday’s Local Government Congress of the party from the National Working Committee chaired by Aliyu Kumo at the Government House, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned visit to the State. The State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Ogubundu Nwadike, stated that Buhari’s visit is a mockery on the people of the State. It could be recalled that Governor Hope Uzodinma had recently announced […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five more people have died from COVID-19 complications as Nigeria recorded 559 fresh cases on Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in its infections update published on its Facebook page on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the additional 727 COVID-19 infections, on Thursday, indicated an […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has reopened its Embassy in Libya after it was closed in 2014 when the North African nation descended into civil war. German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas presided over the reopening of the Embassy in Tripoli, the capital city of Libya today, during his short visit intended to show support […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ESOA, the EMEA Satellite Operators Association and the Smart Africa Alliance (Smart Africa) have announced their partnership which is aimed at advancing digital transformation across Africa. ESOA represents 22 global and regional satellite operators and is recognised as the representative body for satellite operators by international, regional, and national bodies including regulators, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Jigawa have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abdulmumini Abdullahi, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife to death in Babura Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said the suspect was arrested after the police received […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco’s liberal RNI party has won most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections followed by another liberal party, PAM, while co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists suffered a crushing defeat, preliminary results showed on Thursday. RNI, led by billionaire agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament, followed by PAM with 82 […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Bank Plc, a multinational commercial bank has announced its partnership with SME.NG to launch a new initiative, Ebi Marketplace, an online platform to support the digitization of women-owned businesses in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, Access Bank said Ebi Marketplace, which will be Nigeria’s first all-women’s e-market place with a […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will on Thursday visit Guinea which has been gripped by a military coup, according to a communique issued late Wednesday. The communique was issued after a virtual meeting of the organisation, convened by ECOWAS Chairman Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to discuss […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 9th, 2021
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has refuted claims that it issued a sit-at-home order in the Southeastern part of the country because of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday. The African Examiner writes that there are reports that the secessionist group had ordered residents of the region particularly, Imo State to […]
