Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, May 20th, 2023
…….As Stakeholders Applauds WaterAid Nigeria. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Heineken African Foundation (HAF), phase 3 project in Nigeria has ended in Enugu State, with the implementing Organization, WaterAid Nigeria, reaching out to over 5150 Community members with four touch points of the hygiene behaviour change intervention package. Our Correspondent reports that Heineken Africa Foundation and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, May 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has derided the latest outburst by Dr Oby Ezekwesili against President Muhammadu Buhari on a miscellany of issues, chief of which is the handling of security by the Buhari-led administration. The group, in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju, noted that it has become a […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, May 20th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member House of Representatives Committee on Loans, Aids and Debt Management, Abubakar Yunusa Ahmad, says federal lawmakers have approved the$800 million loan request of President Muhammadu Buhari. The lawmaker however argued that the loan would not be utilised by the Buhari administration, saying the incoming government would deploy its own approach […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein as the substantive Accountant-General of the Federation. Her appointment takes immediate effect, according to a Friday statement by the Director of Communications, Office of the Head of Civil Service, Mohammed Ahmed. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, as […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State Governor-Elect Alex Otti has called for calm following the nullification of his candidature and that of the Labour Party candidates in the state and Kano. In a statement by his spokesman Ferdinand Ekeoma hours after the judgement, Otti said inauguration plans are underway despite the development. The statement read […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Embassy in Abuja has announced that two of its employees involved in the attack on its convoy in Anambra have been rescued alive. The Embassy made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Friday in Abuja. The U.S. Embassy said that the victims were under the […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Five hundred and eleven (511) Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered following a recent offensive by troops of the Nigerian Army in the North-East region. The figure comprises 99 adult males, 161 adult females, and 251 children who surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations. This […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’s fabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win for the hosts. It was a pulsating affair against Juventus on Thursday, as Sevilla secured a 3-2 aggregate victory at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. The Spaniards […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor-elect in Enugu state, Dr. Ndubuisi Peter Mbah, has slammed N20bn as exemplary damages against the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, and its Director, Corps Certification, Ibrahim Muhammed, over alledged “conspiracy, deceit and misrepresentation of facts.” Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, it would be recalled had […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and renewal of the Governing Board for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new chairman of the Board is Mr James Olugbenga Akintola, who succeeds Mr […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), highlighting numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
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Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Richard Hugh Montgomery, to always uphold the noble standards of diplomacy, like his predecessors, by respecting the traditional institutions in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has arrested and detained the policemen involved in the brutal assault of an Okada rider in Lagos. The African Examiner writes that a video which has now gone viral on social media had shown the three officers decked in police uniform in a struggle […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for criticising the United States, US, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, concerning the conversation with the Nigerian President-elect, Bola Tinubu.The African Examiner recalls that Blinken, during a call with Tinubu on […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said it has disowned Lamidi Apapa of the Labour Party. In a statement, the Secretary of the NLC Political Commission, Comrade Chris Uyot, described Apapa as a meddlesome interloper. “It is clear that Mr Lamidi Apapa is a meddlesome interloper who is being used by […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
…….Names Falae, Kwankwaso, Okowa, Others National Patrons. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro-national movement, under the plartform of North-South Progressive Movement, NOSOP, has named a former presdential Candidate, Chief Olu Falae; 2023 Presidential flagbearer of New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; Vice Presdential candidate of PDP, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa; among other personalities as national […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja will Thursday hear a suit filed by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) seeking to compel the Nigerian Government to properly investigate the unresolved killings of 11 journalists killed over a period of two decades. The journalists were killed between 1998 and 2019 under circumstances relating […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
…. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure and the party’s factional chairman, Lamidi Apapa were also in court on Wednesday. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja for the presumed pre-hearing of his petition against the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pep Guardiola says his legacy as Manchester City boss is already “exceptional” as the English champions aim to finally turn their domestic dominance into European glory. City host Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday with the tie delicately poised at 1-1. Victory over the Spanish […]
