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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, has provided €20 million to further strengthen private sector development in Burkina Faso. This is coming under the aegis of ITFC’s Murabaha financing agreement with Coris Bank International (CBI), which is aimed at improving access to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Etiti Ngwo Community in Enugu South Council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, have disagreed with a petition written to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, by landlords of Olympic layout, Enugu, alleging threat, demolition of properties and intimidation by the natives. African Examiner, had recently reported that Landlords of the […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has denied claims that a 14-year-old girl was shot and killed by the police during the Yoruba Nation rally on Saturday. The police made this known in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, in Lagos, Olamuyiwa Adejobi, titled, ‘Re: Alleged killing of 14-year-old girl at […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two community leaders in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have condemned continuous estimated electricity billing by officials of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company in the area. They explained to African Examiner in separate interviews on Saturday that most electricity consumers in over 100 Communities in Ikorodu area were not metered and have […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State ,Malam Nasir El-Rufai has said that he had to temporarily withdraw his son from the Kaduna Capital School because of kidnap threats. His son, Abubakar Sadiq was enrolled in the public school in 2019. However, the Governor told the Pidgin Service of the BBC that security reports […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yoghurt seller, identified simply as Jumoke, has been killed by bullets reportedly fired by a security operative dispersing Yoruba Nation agitators at Ojota, Lagos State. Our correspondent, who sighted the girl’s corpse, observed that bullets had ripped open the victim’s stomach. She is said to be 14 years old. She was […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunshots have been fired by policemen present at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos as the Yoruba nation rally begins. This was after the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, addressed journalists at the venue saying no rally is allowed in Lagos. However, some Yoruba nation agitators dared the security […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos has turned rowdy as traditionalists dressed in their white attire stormed the venue of the protest. The traditionalists accompanied by other Protesters chanted “Oduduwa Nation now”, “Yoruba Nation Now”. Security Operatives teargassed the protesters but the defiant protesters have refused to back down. The traditionalists while […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has pledged to support the Rotary Club of Lagos intervention projects with the sum of five million naira. The Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, made the pledge at the induction of the 61st President of the club, Rotarian Babawale Agbeyangi, on Friday night […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation protesters have shown up at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos. The protesters gathered at the Ojota venue in their numbers when the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu was addressing journalists. The protesters lamented the rising insecurity in the southwest, they also condemned the […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State governor Engr. David Umahi has directed the Auditor General of the State, Mr. Samuel Uduma to proceed on an indefinite suspension over alleged poor performance. A statement from the Secretary to the State government, SSG, Mr. Ugballa Kenneth, weekend said the suspension takes effect from July 1, 2021 Meanwhile, Mr […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pan-African fintech company, Carbon has announced its strategic five-year partnership with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, to offer both digital and physical issuance of Visa cards to its customers. The firm which currently provides access to basic financial services for Africans, said it is launching Visa debit cards in […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed Umar Faruq Umar II, the Emir of Katagum, Azare, in Bauchi State, as the Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho. A letter of appointment, signed by governor, which conveyed the Emir’s appointment, stated that the University would be happy to benefit […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is a heavy presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, the proposed venue of the Yoruba nation rally by separatist agitators. African Examiner gathered that men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are stationed at the Park. […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan government has denied involvement in the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, describing the allegation as spurious, derogatory and libelous. Kenya High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Dr. Wilfred Machage added that the claim was nothing but fictional, imaginary and deliberately concocted to fuel antagonistic feelings among certain sections of the Nigerian […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has suspended all sporting events as the Southern African country experiences a surge in new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. Only the athletes that are preparing for the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic games as well as the cricket national team’s encounter with Bangladesh, senior national soccer team’s COSAFA […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Italy underlined their status as Euro 2020 contenders again on Friday with a 2-1 victory over world ranking leaders Belgium in an exciting quarter-final match. Also, in the first match of the quarterfinal, Goalkeeper Unai Simon saved two penalty kicks as Spain beat Switzerland 3-1 in a shootout on Friday to secure […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 52-year-old trader, Fatimat Busari, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over her alleged failure to produce the two defendants she stood surety for. The defendant, whose house address was not given, is being tried on a one-count charge of perversion of justice. The […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have called on President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow to speedily sign the Access to Information Bill 2021 into law. In a joint statement by Ms. Ann Iyonu, Executive Director of the GJF, and Mr. Edetaen Ojo, MRA’s Executive Director, the two […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its partners in the Oil Mining Lease (OML 130) Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) and Production Sharing Contract (PSC) are set to earn over $760m from fresh Gas Supply Purchase Agreements (GSPAs) and Gas Entitlement Agreement (GEA) executed Thursday at the NNPC Towers. The agreements which […]
