Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, May 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A onetime Military Administrator (MILAD) of Delta State, Air Commodore Luke Ochulor (rtd) has said that the recent pronouncement banning open grazing by Southern Governors must be promptly backed with implementable and effective laws promulgated by the various State Houses of Assembly. He said that is the only way to make it achieve […]
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Saturday, May 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Sunday, go to Ghana for an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) . Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesman, stated that the one-day summit will discuss the recent political developments in Mali. Mali’s interim President, Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested […]
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Friday, May 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President, Emmanuel Macron has publicly acknowledged France’s role in the 1994 genocide of Rwandans but stopped short of apologizing. In a statement on Thursday, May 27, following a visit to the Gisozi memorial in the Rwandan capital Kigali, Macron acknowledged France’s “overwhelming responsibility” in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and said […]
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Friday, May 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged disputing parties in the ongoing political crisis in Mali to solve their differences and unite for the peace and unity of the country. Buhari disclosed this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday when he received his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who is presently serving as a Special […]
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Friday, May 28th, 2021
…As Dangote Sugar Records 13.7 Percent Increase In 2020 Production (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has urged government to faithfully follow through the Backward Integration Policy in the sugar industry as the nation stands to rake in foreign exchange up to $700millon yearly from Sugar production self-sufficiency. Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Aliko […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the swapping of positions by two heads of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. He said Mrs Imaan […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. Major General Yahaya replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash last Friday. Prior to his appointment, […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spanish side Villarreal beat Manchester United 11-10 in a penalty shootout to win the Europa League on Wednesday in Gdansk. Edinsob Cavani had canceled out Gerard Moreno’s opening goal before 9,500 fans, sitting in the stands of the stadium in the Polish city. Manchester United made a strong start to press high […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc on Wednesday commended theManagement of the company for an impressive performance despite the economicchallenges in the year under review. Unanimously, theshareholders approved N272.6 billion as dividend, translating to N16 per sharefor the year ended December 31, 2020. The 16 per cent increase in the company’srevenue led to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Prof. Ike Ekweremadu revealed that the National Assembly in the past made frantic efforts to review the constitution, but their efforts were frustrated by bottlenecks. He said “It will be unfair to say we have not achieved anything’ The former Speaker, ECOWAS parliament disclosed this Wednesday […]
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not interested in running for a third-term in 2023. Shehu also stated that the burning of police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission won’t stop the 2023 general elections. He […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe government on Africa Day unveiled a statue of Mbuya Nehanda, a spirit medium who fought the war of liberation against colonialists using spirit, as the country begins the process of immortalizing liberation heroes and heroines. Mbuya Nehanda was a spirit medium until her hanging during the first war of liberation in […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
… Describes Late COAS as Patriotic, Committed to Nigerian Project (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has expressed sadness over the recent unfortunate incident of air crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 officers while on official duty in Kaduna […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane tendered resignation. Agence France-Presse reported this on Wednesday, citing military and diplomatic sources. Late on Monday, a source told Sputnik that Malian military arrested the interim president and the prime minister and transported them to an army base near the capital of […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election monitoring group, has described as worrisome the rate at which offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Southeast were being destroyed. The group raised the concern in a statement by its Executive Director, Ms Faith Nwadishi, on Wednesday in Abuja. “CTA […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
…Deal To Yield Over $780million In Immediate Revenues To Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) – have […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), including the Presidents of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum; Central African Republic’s President Faustin Touadera; and Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby. Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, though absent, is represented at the meeting. […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has kicked against the detention of interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane of Mali. The African examiner writes that both officials who are in the transitional government of Mali were reportedly arrested by soldiers to the Kati Military Camp, near the capital, Bamako on […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, and multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister, Souleymane Doucoure, were all taken to […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has effected a ‘minor’ cabinet reshuffle, redeploying three commissioners. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Danjuma Ali on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Ali said the Commissioner for Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, Juliana Bitrus moves to the Ministry of Health and […]
