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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Somalia’s health ministry on Wednesday rolled out doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China to boost the war against the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in the Horn of Africa nation. The country’s deputy minister of health Ahmed Hussein received his first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine during the launch of the exercise in […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S Consul-General in Nigeria, Claire Pierangelo, on Tuesday, announced that the US government had provided over $6 billion since 2003, as assistance for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS in the country. Pierangelo revealed this when she led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s University of Johannesburg (UJ) on Monday inaugurated the Acupuncture Centre and Museum in collaboration with Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Acupuncture Centre and Museum was first conceptualised a few years ago, with renovations and design commencing in 2019. The UJ Dean of Faculty of Health Science, Sehaam Khan, […]
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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
…Increases Gas Supply for Power Generation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a 37.21 % decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021. This is contained in the January 2021 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), according to […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its commitment to support the growth and sustainability of Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSME) in the continent, Pan African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is set to organise the next edition of its UBA Business Series. The UBA Business Series which is a monthly event, […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
…Nigeria Price Lower Than Prices Across West African Coast (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of Dangote Cement Plc has clarified that the price of a bag of cement from its factories and plants across Nigeria (as at 12th April, 2021) is N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of VAT. The clarification was […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), has enjoined mobile phone network subscribers in the country to embrace the ongoing National Identity Number NIN sim data linkage exercise, saying it will improve national security. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, (EVC) Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, who stated this while addressing consumers at the NCC […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has congratulated the Acting Inspector General Of Police, IGP Alkali Usman Baba on his recent appointment, urging him to ensure that he leaves good legacy for posterity by fulfilling his avowed commitment to deepening security across Nigeria. The group in a statement signed by its Secretary […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Family of the late spokesman of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has disclosed the date for his burial. The African Examiner recalls that Odumakin Died on Friday, April 2, 2021. In a statement on Monday by his widow and popular activist, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the rites would span three days, starting from Thursday, April […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month would begin on Tuesday in many Arab countries, as the holy month comes amid restrictions for the second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt and Tunisia announced on Sunday night that the new moon was not spotted and therefore, Monday marks the last […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has approved the appointment of Mrs Esther Oni, as the state new Accountant-General. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Richard Olatunde on Monday in Akure. Akeredolu congratulated the new Accountant-General, while urging her to discharge her duty with utmost […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Tuesday, April 13, as the first day of Ramadan 1442 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the sighting of the new moon in a radio and television broadcast in Sokoto on Monday. He said the new moon was sighted in different parts of […]
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Taofeeq Arapaja, a former deputy governor of Oyo State, has emerged the South-West Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Gov. Seyi Makinde-backed Arapaja scored 343 votes to emerge the winner at PDP South-West delegates congress held on Monday in Osogbo. He defeated his rival, Mr Eddy Olafeso, the immediate past […]
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Monday, April 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) has slated the 12th Zuma Film Festival (ZUFF), from Dec. 1 to Dec. 7 in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Mr Brian Etuk in Jos on Sunday. Etuk said that entries would be opened to all interested film makers […]
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Sunday, April 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday expressed his country’s support for Egypt’s efforts to reach a fair and comprehensive agreement regarding the rules of filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River. Saied’s remarks came during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
