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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri and some Nigerians protested at the Nigeria House in London against the President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari is presently in London where he would be spending two weeks to undergo a medical checkup. Expressing their displeasure at the medical trip, Omokri and other protesters embarked on a […]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four peacekeepers were killed in an offensive against a complex attack on their camp in Aguelhok, Mali’s northern region of Kidal. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) confirmed this in a press release on Friday. “This April 2, at about 6.15 a.m., the peacekeepers valiantly repulsed a complex […]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims by terror group Boko Haram that it gunned down the missing Alpha jet, which disappeared from radar on Wednesday, March 31. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for downing the aircraft in a viral video. But the Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
…Shareholders Optimistic About Future Earnings Prospects (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured its teeming shareholders and investors of even greater returns in the coming months, with the bank having established a diversified business model that ensures impressive performance even in periods of uncertainty, across its geographical […]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), on Wednesday, empowered a total of 16,000 women in all the 16 local governments area of Kwara State. Each of the 16 thousand rural women were given the sum of N10,000 each, to help boost their petty trade and also start new businesses. In all, a total of […]
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger’s newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum is set to be sworn into office on Friday, after a failed coup attempt The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. But the Sahel country’s instability and […]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt has begun a formal investigation into the massive container ship, Ever Given, grounded in the Suez Canal, blocking the world’s major waterway for almost a week, a canal official said on Wednesday. “The investigation will include examining the ship’s components and whether they were used correctly before the accident,’’ Captain Sayed […]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attempted coup in Niger Republic, according to a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, his spokesman, in Abuja, on Wednesday, “Any illegal effort to depose a democratically elected government is not only despicable, but also unacceptable to democratic governments around the world,” Buhari said, over the […]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Anambra have confirmed gun attack on a gathering being addressed by Prof. Charles Soludo, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor in his country home in Isuofia, Aguata in Anambra. Soludo, a governorship aspirant of the All-Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6, 2021 election, was said to be […]
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N19billion for various projects for the Ministries of Transportation, Aviation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Aviation, Hadi Sirika and FCT, Muhammed Bello made these known at the end of the Council meeting which was chaired by […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Polaris Bank savings customers are gearing up for the grand finale of the ongoing nationwide ‘Save & Win’ promo, which is scheduled to hold in April 2021. At the end of the ‘Save & Win’ Millionaire promo, a total of N26,000,000 would have been won by 188 Polaris Bank customers nationwide. The […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Access Bank has invested around $60 million to acquire a stake in South Africa’s Grobank, its chief executive said on Tuesday, to become the first Nigerian lender to venture into South Africa. Access invested both equity and debt in the South African bank, part of a regional expansion to tap into […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Ivory Coast and Ethiopia was called-off with around ten minutes remaining after Ghana’s referee Charles Bulu collapsed on the pitch and was stretched to the hospital. The fourth official, who is reported to be an Ivorian, was unable to take his place and the match was […]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia state Government has announced the death of Chief Ukpai Agwu, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Kalu, in Umuahia on Tuesday, Agwu passed on in the early hours of the day, following a brief illness. Kalu described […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr Danladi Umar has reacted to the viral video on the social media, where he was captured assaulting a security guard at a shopping complex in Abuja. In his reaction, Mr Danladi, however, denied attacking the guard but stated that he was the one […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that there are ample opportunities for investors in the local development of bitumen sub-sector in Nigeria. The minister disclosed this while responding to the enquiry made by the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, John Donnelly who visited the ministry on […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has sacked the State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Igbiks Tamuno. The Governor directed the sacked Commissioner to submit all Government Documents and Property in his possession to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment. A statement issued by the governor’s special assistant (Media) did not […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State (CP) Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has ordered the State Criminal investigation Department (CID) to carry out a full-scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a young lady, identified as Orji Chiamaka Precious Gold aged 20, whose lifeless body was found in the gutter, […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, says the comment made by the former governor of Lagos State that the Federal Government should recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army was an error. AFRICAN Examiner reports that Tinubu made the statement in Kano on Monday in a […]
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, today (Tuesday) for a ‘routine’ medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he […]
