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Thursday, May 13th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli Embassy and the ChabadAid of Nigeria on Wednesday donated food items to support the Fulani community to celebrate the Ramadan fast in the FCT. The ChabadAid is a humanitarian programme of the Jewish community. The food items donated to the Fulani community in Abuja contained rice, beans, groundnut-oil, pasta and […]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons including an infant on Wednesday died in a gas explosion that occurred in Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred around 3pm at Oke-Egunya, along NTA Road in Abeokuta South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred when a technician […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has promoted 6, 332 officers and men of the service, following the approval of the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). The Public Relations Officer (SPRO) of the Service, Controller of Corrections (CC), Mr Francis Enobore, said this in a statement made available to […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Primary school teachers in Bayelsa have expressed disappointment that their April salaries did not reflect increases following promotions, despite the pledge by Gov Douye Diri. According to official sources, the state government made available about N200 million and had promised to commence the implementation of salary increases following the promotion of primary […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

….Receives Royal Blessing (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of a private firm, Finance Investment and Trade (FIT) Consultant Limited, currently executing a health Tourism district, and residences project in Enugu state, in partnership with the State Government, has said it will gulp a whopping 130 million US dollars. It said the organization is ever ready to […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived in Kampala, Uganda, to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. The event, which comes up on Wednesday at the Independence Grounds in Kampala, will be Museveni’s sixth inauguration as a democratically-elected leader. Museveni was declared winner of the January 14, 2021, […]
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Monday, May 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency has confirmed that burglars attacked the residence of the chief of staff to the president, Professor Ibrahim Gambari but were unable to get into the residence. Gambari’s residence is located within the Aso Villa area, a short distance from the State House, Abuja. Also attacked was the residence of the […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed is in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are yet to remit over N3 trillion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government between 2014 and 2020, says the Senate. Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC- Lagos), made the revelation in a statement by Kayode Odunaro, his Media Adviser, on […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

By Jackson Udema (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership is in doing, not in talking. All great leaders act. No pontification. No story-telling. They brace up to confront situations knowing that challenges are not fixed by mere words or sophistry of language. Delta governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, belongs to this class of leaders who lead by action, […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has said that he will not commiserate with Pastor Enoch Adeboye over son’s death because he did not back yoruba nation agitation. Igboho disclosed this in a video that has since gone viral on Saturday. According to Igboho, anybody of Adeboye’s […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 15 people were killed in a landslide at a gold mine in the West African nation of Guinea, according to officials. The Tatakourou mine collapsed on Saturday, killing the miners instantly, said Sekou Biniou Simagan, a local councillor. On Sunday, rescuers were still digging through the rubbles, searching for survivors. […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Kogi Chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Wakili Damina, who was allegedly kidnapped on Tuesday, has been released. The state Secretary of the association, Mr Adamu Abubakar told newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday that Damina was released in Abuja late night of […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex northern socio-cultural body, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed reservations about paying money to secure abductees. The body expressed its feelings in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Forum, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, on Saturday in Kaduna. The Forum, however, thanked Nigerians who risked their lives in the […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Zubair Dada, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora would soon be able to vote from their countries of residence. He gave the assurance at a webinar organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday. The minister said the Federal Government was working with […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool did keep their faint top-four hopes alive on Saturday, but the unconvincing manner of their victory does not bode well for their 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League aspirations. Jurgen Klopp’s side stumbled over the line for only a second league win at Anfield in 2021 in beating Southampton 2-0. It was all […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has rewarded 10 of its loyal customers with a total sum of N10m in the quarterly draws of the ongoing UBA Savings Promo. This promo, which is held every quarter, is intended to appreciate loyal customers of the bank, who have stayed […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is reportedly behind the sack row of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, AFRICAN EXAMINER has learnt. According to Persecondnews, the minister had sworn that Bala-Usman would not get a second term but was jolted when in January that the president […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the state government would connect no fewer than 100 schools to internet by the end of May. Sanwo-Olu said this during the inauguration of Lagos State Schools Infrastructure Projects and four school buildings. He said that the state government had started to roll […]
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Friday, May 7th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nurses and midwives in Uganda on Thursday started their sit-down strike after they failed to reach a consensus with government over payment of their lunch allowance. Justus Cherop Kiplangat, president of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union, told Xinhua by telephone that only critical personnel were allowed to work in the emergency section […]