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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday destroyed over 1m doses of Astrazeneca vaccines donated to combat COVID-19. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, led the destruction at Gosa Dumpsite, about 2km from the Idu Railway Station, Abuja. “ FG withdrew about 1,066,214, doses of expired AstraZeneca […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed 2022 Appropriation Bill of N17.126 trillion. This followed the adoption of the recommendations of the report of Senate Committee on Appropriation at plenary on Wednesday. African Examiner reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2022 budget proposal of N16.391 trillion to the joint session […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ensure the exposure of killers of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, to reinstate what he termed “the broken lines of justice.” The playwright wondered what happened to the President’s […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has passed the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. The House also raised the total estimates of the Federal Government’s budget from the proposed N16.39 trillion to over N17 trillion. The passage followed the consideration of the reports by the House Committee on Appropriation and Committee […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor David Ibiyeomie of the Salvation Ministries, has kicked against the state of insecurity under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ibiyeomie frowned at the Buhari-led government that has allowed cows to have more value than human lives. The cleric made this known while addressing his members in Port Harcourt, the Rivers […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the relative of a patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for allegedly attacking medical workers at the hospital. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified relative brought the patient with a gunshot injury in a Toyota Sienna to the surgical emergency unit of […]
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Monday, December 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Anambra State, stating that the emergence of Andy Uba’s as the winner was illegal. Justice Inyang Ekwo, therefore, acknowledged that Uba’s participation in the November 6 governorship election was illegal. Justice Ekwo further disclosed that the plaintiff, […]
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Monday, December 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Republic of Benin, Niger Republic and Togo made no payment for the electricity supplied to them from Nigeria in the second quarter of 2021, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its just released Second Quarter Report 2021, the NERC stated that the power firms of the three nations and […]
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Sunday, December 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria, Mr Osita Okechukwu, has tasked Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress to stop his presidential ambition by backing a younger candidate from the South. Okechukwu, a foundation member of the APC disclosed this when fielding questions from journalists at the 2021 Eke […]
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Sunday, December 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Bamidele Faparusi, Ekiti Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, has resigned his appointment to contest the state’s 2022 governorship election. Faparusi conveyed his resignation to Gov. Kayode Fayemi in a letter dated Dec. 14 and was reportedly acknowledged on December 17. Copies of the letter were disseminated to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti […]
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Sunday, December 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures to ensure safety of its passengers and personnel on the expressways during and after the yuletide season, Peace Mass Transit Limited, (PMT), has embarked on a reorientation programme for its drivers. General Manager of the transport company, Mr. Ifeanyi Enete, who disclosed this to newsmen in Enugu Thursday […]
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Sunday, December 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serious crisis is currently brewing in the President Muhammadu Buhari Support Organization (BSO), over alleged embezzlement of campaign funds running into hundreds of millions by the Coordinating head, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar. Aside, pocketing the cash monies donated to the Pro-Buhari group by his friends […]
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Saturday, December 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Saturday said 18 suspects arrested by security agencies have given dependable evidence on the names of sponsors of insecurity in Imo state, adding that their names will be reeled out on 3 January 2022. The governor disclosed this in Owerri while addressing elected officials of […]
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Saturday, December 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has chosen silence as the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo; and former Interim APC National Chairman, Bisi Akande trade words over the sponsorship of Abebanjo’s Lekki house. Akande in his 559-page autobiography titled ‘My Participations’, launched in Lagos on […]
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Saturday, December 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a national protest on Feb. 1, 2022 against plans by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy. The decision is contained in a communique issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the late student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni, have been released to his family for burial. This was after an autopsy was conducted to ascertain the cause of his death. The report of the autopsy was, however, yet to be out as of the time of filing this report. […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government to be proactive by developing effective mechanisms and explore different mitigation options to cushion the effect of persistent rise in the price of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG on the common citizens. It also asked the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR to raid all […]
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Friday, December 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed a fault, and […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has replied his predecessor, Bisi Akande, over comments made in the latter’s recently released autobiography. At the launch, President Muhammadu Buhari said the author had retained his ‘‘inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. The book has continued […]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, berated former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) disturbed APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now stays. The 93-year-old Afenifere leader, who disclosed how he gathered […]
