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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 […]
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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 […]
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Onsi Sawiris, the patriarch of a family of billionaire businessmen who launched a group of multinational companies under the Orascom umbrella, died on Tuesday at the age of 90. Chairman of Coptic Christian General Authority Sherif Doss announced on Facebook. Sawiris received an engineering degree from Cairo University and started his construction […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has apprehended Nnamdi Kanu, acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who has been on the run after jumping bail. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, at an emergency media briefing in his office confirmed the arrest of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced its provision of additional $97 million humanitarian support to countries in Africa to enable them tackle the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. USAID Assistant to the Administrator, Sarah Charles disclosed this during the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Humanitarian Affairs Segment. Charles said nearly […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has come under severe criticism on social media after his claim that a “transparent primary election” returned Sen. Andy Uba as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. The African Examiner recalls that Uba was declared winner of the APC governorship primary […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated. The team was in isolation after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. Uganda Rugby Union in a statement said the player, James Odong, was […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Lagos State Accountant General, Mr David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU). Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said in a statement that the appointment was based on the report of the Special Visitation Panel on […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 45-year-old man simply identified as Mr Christopher, on Saturday night beat his 39 year-old wife to death over N2,000. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the incident happened at No.1, Agbontaen Street, beside Ebvareke Secondary School, off Agboniro Street, Uselu, Benin City. The man was said to have beaten […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven of the 14 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra have said the June 26 governorship primary in the state did not hold. Dr George Muoghalu, spokesperson for the aspirants, made the position of the group known in a press conference on Saturday in Awka. Muoghalu said that […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed men believed to be kidnappers have abducted another traditional ruler in Ekiti, Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in Ekiti East Local Government Area. A source told newsmen on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, that the traditional ruler was returning from farm with his wife on Friday, when he was […]
