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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the suspension of the ongoing State Congress in Oyo State due to forged documents meant for the exercise and other irregularities. Governor of Yobe State and Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon Mai Mala Buni, issued the command. In a […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Chiefs of some ECOWAS member countries lamented the misuse of social media which in recent times had become a major trigger of post-election crises. They disclosed this during discussions on “Security Forces and Inclusive, Peaceful Democratic Elections in the ECOWAS Region Consolidation’’ at the on-going ECOWAS Parliament High-level seminar in Winneba, […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, have arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan. This is contained in a statement signed by EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan. The suspects were arrested at Alapata and Awotan areas of Ibadan in Oyo State. […]
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ogun said they will not tolerate any act of hooliganism and brigandage before, during and after the state congress, organised by All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Saturday. Police Spokesman in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated this in a press statement in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi warned miscreants […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunde Bakare, founder of Citadel Global Community Church, has stated that the region where the next president comes from does not matter. Bakare disclosed this when speaking with reporters at the presidential villa after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday saying that Nigerians are only bothered about a leader who will ensure […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Paul Enenche, the Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, DIGC, says the plan to make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for everyone across the globe is from the “pit of hell”. Eneche disclosed this during the “Early Will I Seek You” program at the church’s headquarters, Glory Dome, Abuja. According to the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Banking & Finance, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A leading commercial bank in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc has emerged winner of the 2020 Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) service award for the highest disbursement to DBN-focused locations. Fidelity Bank currently has about 6 million customers who are serviced across its 250 business offices and various other digital banking channels. The […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria, were on Thursday thrown into shock as a moving heavy duty vehicle crushed six persons to death, leaving three others who were critically injured hospitalized. The ugly incident happened at Ndi-Uduma village, Oso Edda community, in the Afikpo South Council Area of the state. African […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, has stated that Nigerians are more attracted to President Muhammadu Buhari than first republic leaders like Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo. Adesina disclosed this in an article on Thursday entitled, ‘The Essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo got it!’, saying that he has not seen any Nigerian leader that has […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A consultant cardiologist, Dr Ramon Moronkola, has advised Nigerians to cut down their intake of seasonings to reduce the risk of having cardiovascular diseases. Moronkola, who works with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), gave the advice on Friday in an interview Lagos. He said the major component of most seasonings […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Democratic Party (ADP), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the Nov.6 Anambra governorship poll to test run electronic transmission of results, ahead of 2023 election. Yabaji Sani, National Chairman, ADP made the appeal on Friday in Abuja during the inauguration of the party’s campaign council for […]
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Asia, Featured, Latest Headlines
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least seven people were killed and 15 wounded when an explosion hit a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, a doctor told AFP. “So far seven dead and 13 wounded have been brought to our hospital,” the medic in the southern city’s central hospital said. Details later… […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Government Departments and Agencies in Uganda have started demanding proof of full COVID-19 vaccination before allowing access to their premises. The National Medical Stores (NMS) on Friday said all staff and visitors must show proof of full vaccination before admission to their premises. It said the move is in line with […]
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Europe, Featured, Latest Headlines
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRRICAN EXAMINER) – An estimate of 43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR COVID-19 test results in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. The Agency said testing operations provided by Immensa Health Clinic at its laboratory in Wolverhampton have been suspended. “It has been suspended following an investigation into reports of […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said deaths from Tuberculosis (TB), one of the top infectious killers in the world, increased for the first time in a decade, as a direct result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. WHO’s 2021 Global TB report highlighted how years of global progress in tackling the disease had […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said plans were on the way to set up mass vaccination centres across the country. This came as Nigeria was ranked as the worst performing country in West Africa in the global effort to defeat inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Federal Government has been charged to […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As G20 leaders prepare to convene in Rome to improve pandemic preparedness, a frontline international not-for-profit organisation, WaterAid has harped on the need for governments, particularly in the poor countries to invest more to enable every citizens wash their hands with soap and water. Currently working in 28 countries to change the […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the largest private aid organizations in Germany, Welthungerhilfe has hinted that more than 800 million people are currently going hungry around the world. Welthungerhilfe is politically independent and non-denominational organization that is fighting hunger around the world and is focusing it works around the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger […]
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Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRIAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that all television stations across the country will be tasked to adopt the use of sign language interpreters. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this on Thursday at the 2021 annual lecture organised by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in partnership with the […]
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Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of […]
