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Sunday, April 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Saturday ordered the dismantling of all illegal police road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway. The state police command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that Odumosu gave the directive on Friday while addressing Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, April 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the continued economic and political woes bedeviling the Southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria, occasioned by alleged marginalization of the region by the central government, a socio-cultural group, Igbo National Council (INC), has declared that it’s time for the region to rise up and take its destiny in her own hand. […]
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Saturday, April 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 71 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 163,652. The NCDC, on its official Twitter handle on Friday, also disclosed that the country added one COVID-19 related death while fatalities stood at 2,059. The country’s […]
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Saturday, April 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Parliament will in Monrovia meet for the first time in 2021 to discuss ways of fostering women empowerment in the West-African sub-region. The meeting which will hold from April 13 to 17 has the theme, ‘Empowerment of Women in the ECOWAS Region.’ Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Mohamed Tunis will […]
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Friday, April 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-governmental organization, the National Ecosystem Advocates of Nigeria (NEAN), has appealed to the National Assembly to embark on the review of the current NAQS act, 2017, with a view to identifying and strengthening the law to ensure that the main objectives of the legislation is fully attained. It noted that having […]
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Friday, April 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has restated its commitment to the partnership with the Government of Kebbi State for the production of biofuels, describing the project as viable and in tandem with the global transition to renewable energy. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, disclosed this while […]
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Friday, April 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Thursday, narrated how he escaped death in the plane crash that claimed the life of the former Military administrator of the state, late Con. Abdullahi Wase, and some other state government officials. The governor narrated his experience when he received on a courtesy visit, the […]
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Friday, April 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the death of 19-year-old Richard Okorogheye in London as very sad and painful. Dabiri-Erewa said this in a statement by NiDCOM’s Head, Media and Public Relations, Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Thursday in Abuja. The chairman said that the circumstances of […]
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Friday, April 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMIENR) – The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of one officer and 10 soldiers who are on stabilisation operation in Benue State by yet to be identified criminals. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Yerima said the troops were initially declared missing […]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa has reached 4,291,017 as of Wednesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic stood at 114,344, while 3,858,461 patients […]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said he did not institute any legal action on the citizenship of the former Vice President of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Malami said this in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, in Abuja on […]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Chairman of United Bank for Africa, Heirs Holdings and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation speaks to 21,000 youth at the Joshua Generation International Youth Conference at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The Chairman of the United Bank of Africa (UBA), Mr. Tony Elumelu, has stressed the need […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Edo chapter, on Tuesday, shunned the nationwide strike directed by the national body. The union based its decision to shun the industrial action on what it called ”the 2015 experience”. A NAN correspondent, who visited some of the courts in Benin, observed that workers were […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I would never have believed that a day would come when a Nigerian judge would engage in street fighting no matter the level of provocation. It was for this reason that I initially thought the video showing a suit-wearing fellow, referred to as a certain powerful judge kicking and slapping a security […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, confirmed this on Tuesday at the national briefing by the PTF in Abuja. HE said: “As you […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has told a federal high court sitting in Abuja that former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian by birth and can’t run for president in Nigeria. Malami made this known in an affidavit in support of a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/177/2019 and filed before […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security agencies have started a massive hunt for 1,884 inmates of Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, who escaped when the facility was attacked by gunmen on Monday morning. Six escaped inmates willingly returned to the facility and 35 others did not escape during the attack. The attackers invaded the facility at about […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has apologised to Nigerians, especially patients at various government hospitals, over the strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Dr Enema Amodu, the Chairman, NMA, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, made the plea on Sunday in Abuja while addressing newsmen over the NARD strike. […]
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Monday, April 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libya has received its first shipment of vaccines against COVID-19, with 101,250 doses from Russia, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The Sputnik doses arrived in the capital Tripoli and will be stored in the Health Ministry’s warehouses, the ministry added, according to Libya’s official news agency LNA. No date has been […]
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Sunday, April 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa Plc has carved a niche for itself and continues to stand out as the leading Pan-African financial institution, consistent in introducing numerous first rate innovative products with customer satisfaction in mind. To this end, the bank has invested significantly in cutting edge technology in a bid to boost […]
