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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he has been given an assurance that there will be no APC congress in Kwara until all members of the party are duly registered and have revalidated their membership. The minister said the APC Caretaker Chairman and governor of Yobe, Mai-Mala Buni, […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), Field Commanders and other key staff officers to provide the needed vigour in his command of the Nigerian Army (NA). The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, has provided €20 million to further strengthen private sector development in Burkina Faso. This is coming under the aegis of ITFC’s Murabaha financing agreement with Coris Bank International (CBI), which is aimed at improving access to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Etiti Ngwo Community in Enugu South Council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, have disagreed with a petition written to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, by landlords of Olympic layout, Enugu, alleging threat, demolition of properties and intimidation by the natives. African Examiner, had recently reported that Landlords of the […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pan-African fintech company, Carbon has announced its strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to offer both digital and physical issuance of Visa cards to its customers. The firm which currently provides access to basic financial services for Africans, said it is launching Visa debit cards in […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan government has denied involvement in the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, describing the allegation as spurious, derogatory and libelous. Kenya High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Dr. Wilfred Machage added that the claim was nothing but fictional, imaginary and deliberately concocted to fuel antagonistic feelings among certain sections of the Nigerian […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has suspended all sporting events as the Southern African country experiences a surge in new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. Only the athletes that are preparing for the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic games as well as the cricket national team’s encounter with Bangladesh, senior national soccer team’s COSAFA […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Italy underlined their status as Euro 2020 contenders again on Friday with a 2-1 victory over world ranking leaders Belgium in an exciting quarter-final match. Also, in the first match of the quarterfinal, Goalkeeper Unai Simon saved two penalty kicks as Spain beat Switzerland 3-1 in a shootout on Friday to secure […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 52-year-old trader, Fatimat Busari, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over her alleged failure to produce the two defendants she stood surety for. The defendant, whose house address was not given, is being tried on a one-count charge of perversion of justice. The […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have called on President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow to speedily sign the Access to Information Bill 2021 into law. In a joint statement by Ms. Ann Iyonu, Executive Director of the GJF, and Mr. Edetaen Ojo, MRA’s Executive Director, the two […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its partners in the Oil Mining Lease (OML 130) Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) and Production Sharing Contract (PSC) are set to earn over $760m from fresh Gas Supply Purchase Agreements (GSPAs) and Gas Entitlement Agreement (GEA) executed Thursday at the NNPC Towers. The agreements which […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has opened up on where its leader, Nnamdi Kanu was arrested. African Examiner had earlier reported on the arrest of the secessionist leader and there have been many theories regarding the location he was arrested. However, in a statement by IPOB’S media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of the State Security Service (DSS) has confirmed that its operatives stormed the home of a leader of the Yoruba separatist group, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan in order to arrest him. Addressing journalists at the headquarters of the SSS on Thursday, Peter Afunanya, the service spokesperson, said […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host communities will receive half a billion dollars annually, as funding from the three per cent approved for Host Communities Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the Senate has said. Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen. Mohammed Sabo said this when he briefed newsmen on Thursday shortly after the […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Ferry Service Company (LAGFERRY) has distributed 100 cowry cards to encourage customers as it starts a promo to woo Lagos residents to be travelling by water. The Managing Director of LAGFERRY, Mr Ladi Balogun, made the distribution at the Day One of the Sailing’ N Smiling Promo raffle draw in […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Transcorp Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading power producers, announced an alternative energy solution to Nigeria, as part of its broader integrated energy strategy. Unveiling Transcorp’s alternative energy plan at a meeting with the Honourable Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Peter […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has emphasized its unwavering commitment to the support of businesses and financial inclusion in Africa through its array of consumer lending products. There has been clear evidence that credit remains a major economic stimulant and growth driver; but this has been largely […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative, a social enterprise that works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures protection of their rights, is currently galvanizing support for digital rights and freedoms in Tanzania. Paradigm Initiative connects under-served African youth with improved livelihoods through its digital inclusion and digital rights programmes. Its other programmes […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has approved $130 million additional financing for the Kenya COVID-19 Health Emergency Response Project. The grant is to facilitate affordable and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for Kenyans. This is the second additional financing for the East African country’s COVID-19 Health Emergency Response Project. Together with the $10 million […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over forty-four Nigerians will be deported for different offences, including illegally staying in Ghana. African Examiner writes that the deportees were reportedly sentenced to 99 days imprisonment and will be deported after they served their sentence. The prisoners are 43 males and one female According to Ghana news outlet, Joy News, a […]
