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Thursday, March 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has not authorised private importation of COVID-19 vaccines, the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said. Enahire, who stated this during the Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja, said: ”Private importation of COVID-19 vaccines has not been authorised due to reports of substandard falsified vaccines […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea beat Atletico Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2014. Hakim Ziyech and Emerson Palmieri were on target to give coach Thomas Tuchel’s rejuvenated team a 3-0 aggregate win. Substitute Emerson made sure of victory by scoring in the fourth minute of […]
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Thursday, March 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital (UCH) Chapter, Ibadan, has embarked on a five-day warning strike over unpaid two-month salaries of its 370 members. Dr Temitope Hussein stated on Wednesday in Ibadan that the strike would end on Saturday. He said that the strike was to press home their protests […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tanzanian government has announced the death of President John Magufuli. His death was confirmed by the Vice-President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, in a live television broadcast on Wednesday evening. According to Hassan, President Magufuli died of heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, former capital of Tanzania. He was 61 […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has advised the Chief of Army Staff to initiate investigation and discipline soldiers involved in shooting and killing of harmless citizens in Baruten/Kaiama Federal Constituency of Kwara. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Mohammed Omar Bio (APC-Kwara) at plenary in Abuja Moving the motion, Bio […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kwara has restored peace and order after violence erupted on Wednesday in some of the Mission grant-aided schools over the use of Hijab by Muslim female students. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed this in a telephone interview in Ilorin. According […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Isyaka Amao, chief of air staff, says the Nigerian military is battle-ready to “flush out” bandits and kidnappers from the country. The air chief said the military has perfected plans to go after criminal elements terrorising Nigerians. He spoke during an operational visit to the Nigerian air force base in Kaduna state. […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested former registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dibu Ojerinde for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. The ICPC announced this in a statement that Ojerinde allegedly committed multiple frauds while he headed JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO). […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed two filling stations in Lagos for under-dispensing of petrol. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, confirmed the development after an inspection visit to eight filling stations located in Ikorodu Road, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and Ikeja areas of the state. “The sealed stations were […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has named a road in the federal capital territory (FCT) after the president of Niger Republic, Issoufou Mahamadou.At a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed Bello, FCT minister, stated that the expressway was named after the Nigerien president for his “significant role in the promotion of peace in Africa”.“Earlier today, the first […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six countries demanded more coronavirus vaccines from the European Union on Wednesday. This is seen as the latest setback to the bloc’s troubled inoculation campaign that risks undermining plans to restart travel this summer to support the tourism sector. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovenia raised concerns “on possible […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has dismissed a publication of N2.5 billion misappropriated military pension fund as a fake rumor alert saying its derogatory and outrageous The Public Relations Officer of the Board, Flt.-Lt. Olayinka Lawal, in a statement in Abuja, said the publication alleged that funds were shared or looted by […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Violence and resistance Wednesday marred the reopening of the 10 grant-aided missionary schools closed down about a month ago, by the Kwara state government over the controversy that trailed the use of Hijab. Recall that the schools were closed on Friday, February 19, 2021 over misunderstanding in the usage of Hijab (Islamic female […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
……..As upper chamber holds an emergency close door session (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A new Bill sponsored to solicit for the creation of Armed Forces Service Commission has caused commotion in the Senate. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to give effect to Section 219 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examination Council has delisted 42 schools in Benue over examination malpractices. The State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Makurdi. “Let me inform the public that WAEC has delisted 42 schools in the state and most of […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. U.S.A Igwesi was a member of Federal House of Representative in the 5th National Assembly, before his emergence to the green chambers; he was the Majority Leader of Enugu State House of Assembly and subsequently elected the Leader of the same House by a special motion that dissolved the offices of […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it has vaccinated 5, 222 people with the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after the rollout of the vaccine in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known in a statement while giving an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine administration Tuesday in Lagos. Recall that […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its continuous effort to catalyse the growth and sustainability of Small and Medium-Scale businesses in Nigeria and Africa, Pan Africa Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa, (UBA) Plc will be hosting its next Business Series on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. The UBA Business Series, which is held quarterly, is a […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former world golf number one Tiger Woods is home from the hospital After shattering his ankle and other leg bones in a rollover crash, the golf great is recuperating at home, he said on Twitter “Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery,” he wrote on Twitter “I am […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two policemen were tagged thieves and nearly lynched by angry youths who are suspected to be traders at computer village ,Ikeja Lagos State In a viral video trending, the angry youths were seen hitting the policemen and yelling ‘Ole! Ole!’ – thieves – on them. One of the youths was seen […]
