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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services institution, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu to its Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2021. Caroline Anyanwu holds a First-Class degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria and has worked extensively in the fields of accounting, […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 150 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The defectors handed over their APC membership cards, brooms and posters in replacement for the umbrella of the PDP. Mr Godwin Poyi, leader of the defectors and former […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The long barrel of a howitzer cannon aims into scrubland around a military base in conflict-hit central Mali. After a countdown, a soldier pulls the firing lanyard, but no round shoots to the horizon. Instead an officer shouts: “BOOM!” From the shade of a nearby tree, four European Union military trainers watch […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of a warlord charged with war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region began before an international tribunal on Monday, about 15 years after investigations into the alleged atrocities started. Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said as the case kicked off, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was accused of murder, rape and torture in […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has expressed reservation over the position of Southern Governors’ Forum on open grazing, saying their decision to ban open grazing in their states is of questionable legality. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, observed that the governors’ […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has been awarded the 2021 ‘’Retail Banking CEO of the Year Nigeria’’, ‘’Most innovative Retail Banking App Nigeria’’ and ‘’Best CSR Bank Nigeria’’ awards by Global Banking and Finance magazine. The respective awards conferred on the Bank are in recognition […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that hundreds of children and families in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) district of Goma were at risk after the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption. The sky turned red and lava spewed from the volcano on Saturday, causing thousands to flee the city of […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu West Senatorial District Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has applauded the Dr. Ben Nwoye’s caretaker committee of the party in the State for zoning the chairmanship position in the forthcoming party congress to the zone, saying the idea will help in reducing the rancour that would be associated […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South West All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains have kicked against clamours for Yoruba nation and other secession moves across the nation. In a meeting on Sunday in Lagos, the politicians threw their weight behind one united Nigeria and true federalism, reallocation of resources to states and local authorities. A communiqué at the […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool and Chelsea claimed the last two remaining UEFA Champions League spots in Sunday’s English Premier League (EPL) finale. Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Anfield from Sadio Mane’s brace to place third behind Manchester City and Manchester United while Chelsea could afford a 1-2 loss at Aston Villa. The Blues finished […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of a former Senate President, the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, over the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari said: ”It is very sad to lose […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has declared People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of 32 out of the 33 councils of the south west State in the Council elections held Saturday. OYSIEC Chairman, Mr. Isiaka Olagunju made the declaration Sunday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. However, OYOSIEC boss announced […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders in the aviation sector have expressed grave concern over a recent spate of air mishaps involving a military aircraft. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, the aviation players expressed the belief that the Air Force should properly investigate the Beechcraft King Airplanes […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has said that there is no going back on the agitation for Yoruba nation and there won’t be an election in 2023. Igboho disclosed this when he joined some of his followers in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The Yoruba activist, who spoke at the palace of […]
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has warned that anyone who obstructs or undermines Libya’s forthcoming elections on 24 December 2021, could be subject to sanctions. Speaking on Friday evening at the UN Security Council in New York during a session dedicated to the situation in Libya, the US Permanent Representative, Linda Greenfield, affirmed that […]
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Assistant Commander General (ACG) of Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN), Ambassador (Dr) Augustine Nwangwu, has expressed concern over the current alarming spate of insecurity in parts of Nigeria, declaring that if not tackled, may spell doom for the nation. He, however, urged Perpetrators of all forms of criminalities such as kidnapping, […]
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has described as a rude shock the death of the 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, barely four months in the saddle. Magashi said that the mishap that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, alongside others senior officers and […]
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Friday, May 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointment into the National Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Manga, the Director Press and Public Relations for the ministry, announced the appointment. The statement explained […]
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Friday, May 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says the data of Nigerians is not safe with the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who already has a record of sympathising with terrorists. Yesufu made this known when she spoke on Friday with The Punch as she reacted to a directive by […]
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Friday, May 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the dissolution of the Caretaker Committee for the Cross River chapter of the party. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. Ologbondiyan said that the decision taken by […]
