Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has described as unfounded and untrue, the report connecting him to the purchase of a property in London, United Kingdom. Oyetola disclosed that he resigned from the company, ‘Aranda Overseas Corporation’, that was allegedly used to buy the said property in 2011 when he was appointed as […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attairu Jega, says that the two major political parties in the country have led Nigeria astray in the last 21 years of democratic governance. Jega disclosed this at the maiden inaugural lecture of Kwaravisioners Network for Rural Development, in Ilorin the Kwara State […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, has stated that no candidate from the south will be able to win the 2023 presidential election. Dokpesi disclosed this during an interview with Daily Trust saying that if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decides to zone the presidency to the south, it will be […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the recent decision to declare seven of the Organisation’s staff persona non grata and expel them from the country. Guterres said this while addressing the Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, […]
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Saturday, October 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 55 people died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities confirmed . Many of people were still missing, spokesperson Jose Misiso said. The overcrowded boat was travelling on the Congo River and capsized close to the town of Bumba in the northern Mongala province in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno state Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated facilities that would facilitate cross border trading between Borno and Cameroon. African Examiner recalls that the violence in northeastern Nigeria has affected more than two million people to vacate their homes and disrupted livelihood opportunities. It has also erased access to basic services, like […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates suspends renewal Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE in the […]
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Thursday, October 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global health agency Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Wednesday, welcomed the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation for a wider routine use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The recommendation was based on data gathered through the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says the number and duration of droughts also increased by 29 per cent over the past two decades in Africa as floods and droughts contribute to global water crisis. WMO and partners in a report published on Tuesday said improved water management, monitoring and forecasting were needed […]
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 538 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week. “From Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 538 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya,’’ IOM said. So far this year, a total of 25,823 […]
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Monday, October 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Ambassador to Guinea Bissau, Mr John Usanga says there is no record of any Nigerian in any prison in Guinea Bissau. The Envoy disclosed this at the sidelines of the inauguration of a newly constructed Nigeria Chancery building in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau. Usanga said official record of […]
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Sao Tome and Principe is an important and strategic partner to Nigeria. The vice president said that Nigeria’s relationship with the twin-island Central African nation had been growing over the years and would be further strengthened. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the […]
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has reacted to claims linking the death of Dr Chike Akunyili to its members. IPOB in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, claimed that the death of Chike was a pure political assassination adding that those responsible are contesting for the upcoming governorship election […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown armed men have reportedly killed Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of late Ex- Nigeria’s Minister of information Prof. Dora Akunyili, in Anambra state, South East Nigeria. It was gathered that Dr Akunyili, who was the Chief Medical Director of the popular St. Leo hospital Enugu, was murdered at Umuoji in […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, September 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) has reaffirmed its commitment to contribute, alongside the regional institution and other actors, to the preservation and promotion of democracy in the West African sub-region. With more than 1000 Member Organizations, WACSOF is the umbrella network of the Civil Society in West Africa, covering 18 thematic […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali may push back presidential and legislative elections from late February to avoid their validity being contested, the country’s prime minister, Choguel Maiga, handling a post-coup transition, has said. Mali’s progress back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is being closely monitored in a region that […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As President Mohammadu Buhari of Nigeria prepares to address the ongoing United Nations General Assembly, there are barrage of protests planned to embarrass him at the global event. African Examiner gathered that various organizations, dissidents, activists, self-determination groups have mobilised Nigerians in the US to troop out to demonstrate against the president […]
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the involvement of the Traditional ruler of Ihekwuenu Aku Autonomous Community in Igbo-Etiti Council Area of Enugu state, Igwe Christopher Okwor in the Demolition of the house belonging to a 60 year old virtually impaired man in the locality, the state government has announced the immediate suspension of the Monarch. […]
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano have arrested a female resident of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters who sends fake bank credit alerts to traders after taking their goods. This is contained in a statement issued in Kano on Tuesday by the police command’s spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa. “On Sept. 12, at about 6:30p.m., three traders, Jamilu […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President, Joe Biden on Tuesday, called for a new era of global unity against the compounding crises of COVID-19, climate change and insecurity. Biden made the call in his inaugural address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN General Debate of the 76th session of the General Assembly […]
