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Saturday, January 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, prevented former Lagos state governor and national chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu from being the running mate of President Buhari in 2015. Oyinlola disclosed this during an interview with The Punch saying that the idea of a […]
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Saturday, January 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation has urged countries bickering over COVID-19 vaccine supplies to think about the situation of health workers in less developed countries. MIKE Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert said “We all need to step into the place of them. Where they are today fighting on the front line” “Fighting over […]
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Saturday, January 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has criticized the burning of a church pavilion conference in Zangon Kataf local government. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna, said in a statement on Friday that the Government of Kaduna received security report detailing the incident. He said […]
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Saturday, January 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lieut.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military will soon put an end to the insurgency ravaging the North East and operations of the terrorists will be a thing of the past. He disclosed this during the Pulling Out Parade held in his honour at the Mogadishu […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government says its planning a targeted lockdown in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and other major cities in Nigeria due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. The government is disturbed that with more than 127,000 confirmed cases so far, Nigerians are still not abiding to safety protocols. The National […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 19 Northern States Governors have decided to take the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when the vaccine arrives the country. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, disclosed this while addressing a webinar organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, where the safety and […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Apex Igbo Socio cultural body, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari, for reorganizing the nation’s security Architecture, via changing the Service Chiefs After a prolonged outcry by Nigerians over the insecurity situation in the country, President Buhari, on Tuesday announced Major General Lucky Irabor, as the Chief of Defence Staff, […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo emerges as the 21st indigenous Chief of Naval Staff. He was born on 22 April 1966 and hails from Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Gambo enlisted into the Nigerian Navy in 1984 as a member of the Regular Course 36 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A second new variants of COVID-19 has emerged in African as new cases of deaths is recorded as more contangious variants is spreading to other countries says Dr Matshidiso Moeti of World Health Organization(WHO) Regional Director for African in Brazzaville Moetti, disclosed this in a virtual press conference, said over 175,000 new […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Thursday presented 39 cheques totalling N160 million to families of policemen who were killed across the country during last October #EndSARS protests. Adamu, who made the presentation at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, said the gesture was a clear statement that the Nigeria Police […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has approved the appointment of 17 Permanent Secretaries in the state public service. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said that the appointments took effect immediately. He said that the appointments were made after a rigorous […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Thursday, destroyed over 6,000 expired and substandard imported tyres confiscated in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said that the destruction was to prevent access of such tyres into the markets and […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, not to take laws into his hands but allow constituted authorities including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to take charge of the security challenges in the state. The monarch disclosed this when he appeared […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has cautioned travel agencies never to engage in trafficking and smuggling into the country or outside the nation. He made the call during a joint stakeholders dialogue on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) in Abuja. Aregbesola, who was represented by the Comptroller General […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed a law to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this while handing over five ambulances donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Federal […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications service provider on Thursday says it has commenced the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise in its retail outlets nationwide Airtel in a statement made available in Lagos said it was following an approval from the Federal Government which granted them a verification and enrolment license. The telecom […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says plans are set to start implementing the restriction of trucks and long vehicles to night operations on certain routes. The state said that the decision was as a result of traffic menace and fatalities caused by articulated vehicles on roads in the state. The Lagos State Commissioner […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thomas Tuchel said he was excited with his new team in spite of seeing Chelsea draw 0-0 with Wolves in his first match as manager on Wednesday. The German, who replaced Frank Lampard on Tuesday, watched his side create 14 shots on goal but saw them unable to find the breakthrough. The […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on wednesday announced another three days of total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge for another round of delicate expansion joints replacement. Popoola disclose this in a telephone interview that the shutdown would take effect from midnight on Friday to midnight of Monday, […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US-Nigeria Trade Council, United States of America says there is need to urgently review the challenges faced by Nigerians both at home and in diaspora in the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise. The council made the call in a statement signed jointly by its Executive Director, Mr Titus Olowokere […]
