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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson was hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19, despite having been vaccinated, representatives said Saturday. Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline Jackson, 77, were in treatment at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, the reverend’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition organization said in a statement on Facebook. “Doctors are […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has begged the government and people of Ondo for forgiveness, following recent attack on their people. African Examiner recalls that about 23 people from Ondo passing through Jos were killed on Aug. 14, while 23 were reportedly 23 injured. The commuters were attacked enroute Ondo along Rukuba […]
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Civil Rights Advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked state governors not to surrender their lawful authority over land administration to actualize the controversial grazing reserves recently approved by President Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari had approved a review of 368 grazing sites across 25 states in […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will begin implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday (Aug. 23) to end the indefinite strike by Resident Doctors across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen before a closed […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A social cultural organisation Amokwe Development Foundation (ADF, in Udi Council Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria, has empowered a blind man, Mr. Chukwuma Onyia, and 49 other indigent people of the Community to set up their own small scale business. Our Correspondent reports that they were given unspecified sums of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALE) has announced its partnership with the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in order to get rid of illegal arms and light weapons, especially at the maritime and land borders of the […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anita Okoye, wife of Paul Okoye of the now defunct music group, P-square, has demanded a monthly payment of $15,000 (about N7.8m) for spousal support. The estranged wife of the popular singer made this known in her petition for divorce, which was signed before the Abuja High Court. “Payment of a monthly […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Saturday morning agreed to pay N4.8bn Residency Training Fund to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) in the next seven days. The government also agreed to clear the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the National Minimum Wage from April when the bill was signed by President […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says contrary to the misleading report attributed to him, repentant insurgents can be prosecuted. The minister, who spoke in Washington DC. on Saturday, said he was misrepresented in the report claiming “the decision of the Federal Government not to prosecute repentant insurgents was […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are set to convene a meeting to brainstorm on how to effectively accelerate food systems transformation in Africa through agro-food MSMEs. The confab which was announced by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) at the weekend, is a virtual independent dialogue of the United […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 3 storey building under construction has collapsed at Nweke Okuzu Street, Ugbene two, in Abakpa Nike area Enugu. The building which is number 36 on the street is located behind the popular Timber Market, Abakpa Nike Enugu . A visit to the scene of the incident by our Correspondent revealed that […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A second year student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, (UNIZIK ) Awka, Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, David Ogbonna has reportedly committed suicide after seeing his last semester result. African Examiner gathered that the deceased, hanged himself in the schools hostel wardrobe on Friday. A Source closed to the hostel who confirmed the […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of people are besieging the entrances to the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, which is the main lifeline for Afghans and foreign citizens trying to flee the country as the Islamist Taliban take over. Shots continued to be fired almost continuously outside the heavily armed airport compound, a witness at […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent attacks and unrest in Plateau, the Kogi state government has successfully evacuated its indigenes studying at the University of Jos and other institutions in the State. Mr Muhammed Onogwu, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Yahaya Bello disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to Onogwu, the students were […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Uzoma Emenike, the new Nigerian Ambassador to the U.S., has pledged to collaborate with the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation-Americas (NIDOA) to promote patriotism and cooperation among Nigerians in the U.S. Emenike made the pledge when NIDOA Board of Trustees and officials, met with her at Nigerian Embassy in Washington, DC. In […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Military Administrator of Oyo State and a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead. Olurin, who died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, according to family source, was 77. The deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N760.717 billion as federation allocation for the month of July. This is contained in a statement by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on Friday. The statement noted that the meeting was held virtually. He said that […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to begin the second phase of its metering programme, tagged “National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP)”. This information is contained in a statement from the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr Ahmad Zakari, in Abuja on Friday. The statement said that NMMP […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Plateau State government has returned undisclosed number of the surviving victims of the Jos attack to Ondo State . About 28 people were reportedly killed in the attack. The Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mr Sonni Tiyoden, disclosed this when he accompanied the survivors to the Ondo State government house in […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has told President Muhammadu Buhari that he is already a failure in governance and will leave a failure at end of his second tenure. PDP made this pronouncement while responding to the recent statement by President Buhari that he will not leave office as a failure. The […]
