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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Diaspora Movement (NDM) on Saturday expressed optimism that Africa could benefit significantly from the new administration in the U.S. led by President Joe Biden. Chairman of NDM, Prof. Apollos Nwauwa expressed the optimism in a telephone interview in Abuja. The NDM has nearly 20 million Nigerians in the diaspora as […]
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Television talk show host Larry King has reportedly died early Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 87 years old. According to reports Larry King died at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after being hospitalized earlier this month with COVID-19. It was however not announced whether the virus contributed to his death. […]
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that the organisation is set to clamp down on wanted traffic offenders who have yet to effect payment of fines. In a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, Oyeyemi said […]
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, has sparked reactions on social media as he gives reason why the pigeons refused to fly during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day ceremony. African Examiner reports that the pigeons did not fly after President Buhari released them from the cage. […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two time presidential aide, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has reacted after his son, Bolu Okupe, disclosed that he is an homosexual. African Examiner reports that Bolu Okupe had made a shocking revelation saying that he is gay. He took to his social media account on Wednesday to announce this. Reacting, Doyin Okupe, stated […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some analysts have made projections on the trajectory of the nation’s economy in 2021, saying the year will be challenging but there will be light at the end of the tunnel. They spoke during an interactive zoom webinar by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce with theme, “ 2021 Economic Outlook’’. Mr Bismarck […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Coronavirus infections in Nigeria have continued to surge as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 1,964 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 116,655. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Thursday. The country on Jan. 21 marked a new single-day increase in COVID-19 cases and […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, says that the agitation for restructuring won’t solve the problems in the country. Jonathan disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the 18th Edition of Daily Trust Dialogue on restructuring in Abuja. According to him, Nigerians should first of all restructure their mindset against nepotism, ethnic […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for another five-year tenure. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, revealed that the president also approved the reconstitution of the Non-Executive Board of […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described out-going US president, Donald Trump a “racist”, “xenophobe” and “monster”. Soyinka disclosed this on Wednesday when he appeared on Arise Television saying that he has forgiven Americans for electing Trump. The elder statesman who famously tore his green card to shreds after the emergence of […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia mobile provider, MTC’s plans to have 100 per cent network coverage throughout the country under the 081Every1 project had been dealt with a blow due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A company executive said on Thursday that 081Every1 which is a 104-million-U.S.-dollar project officially launched in July 2017 with the aim of […]
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Thursday, January 21st, 2021
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Business institutions and budget specialists in the country have agreed to constitute implementation, monitoring and supervision body, so as to influence the economic policies makers to be more proactive, disciplined and efficient, as well as ensure excellent budget performance in every fiscal year. The Abeokuta Business […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICA EXAMINER) — Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusisio Moyo, who became popular for announcing the November 2017 coup that removed the late President Robert paving way for incumbent Emerson Mnangagwa has died from Covid-19, government has confirmed. He was 61 years old. Moyo, known as SB, becomes the latest top government official […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara Government has denied an online media report that it gave Hilux trucks to “repentant bandits’’ in the state. Addressing journalists in his office on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, described the report as “unfounded’’. “This is certainly untrue, a fabrication of the writer […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,301 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 113,305. The NCDC disclosed figures on Tuesday on its official website. Reports say 1,191,866 people have so far been tested since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 […]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City claimed top spot in the ongoing 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) on Tuesday with a 2-0 win against Chelsea at the King Power Stadium. Wilfred Ndidi fired the hosts in front after six minutes and James Maddison added the second four minutes before half time to secure the triumph. Leicester […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, says he and his family have run out of food items to sustain themselves. The musician turned politician disclosed this on Tuesday saying that he has been placed under house arrest for six days. According to him, the soldiers […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the Extended Special Public Works (SPW) programme tagged “temporary employment of 774,000 youths across the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.” The flag-off took place on Tuesday, at Peace Park Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. The scheme entails temporary employment of 774,000 youths […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Tuesday banned fuel tankers and other articulated vehicles from plying flyover bridges in the state. Abiodun announced this decision during his assessment visit to the scene of tanker explosion, which occurred on Monday in Abeokuta, claiming three lives with many others injured. The News Agency of […]
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had defended Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, concerning his Christmas homily, as he stated that the bishop does not deserve the attack on him by the federal government and some Islamic groups. He reported that the bishop in his Christmas homily had accused President […]
