Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey Korle Constituency and daughter of former president, Jerry John Rawlings , Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, has advised Ghanaians to beware of “some unscrupulous persons creating fake social media accounts” in her name to extort money. Agyeman Rawlings, in a statement released to the press on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Northern Elders Forum and the Chairman of Maje Foundation, Alhaji Rufai Mukhtar Danmaje, has asked the President Buhari to sack the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola for failing the north. Danmaje also urged the former Lagos State governor to resign as despite the huge taxpayer money allocated to […]
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – SUSPECTED kidnappers have shot dead a first-class traditional ruler in Ondo State, the Oluifon of Ifon in Ose Local Government Area, Oba Israel Adeusi. Oba Adeusi was said to have been shot about 5:50pm near Elegbeka village along the Benin-Akure highway while returning to his community after a meeting in Akure. Sources […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) through its flagship programme, the Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) in partnership with WaterAid, has enhanced water supply in five Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Enugu State with the completion of a N300 million water project. TCCF is an entity funded through Coca-Cola that implements community development programmes throughout […]
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, says the corporation deliberately shut down the nations refineries because they no longer make sense to be operated. The GMD disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream on Thursday in Abuja. He […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on Thursday arraigned Prince Lasberry Okafor Anyanwu before Justice E.F Njemanze of the Imo State High Court for alleged fraud. Anyanwu, a former commissioner for Transport and chairman, Imo State Transport Company ITC, during ex- governor Rochas Okorocha’s […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is poised to purchase the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election. The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday as he accused the Wazirin Adamawa of scheming […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African governments to ensure that service delivery is prioritized in order to meet the expectations of their citizens. President Kenyatta gave the charge during the 2020 Africa Delivery Exchange, a virtual two-day event that opened on Tuesday. The workshop which is jointly hosted by […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state, the zoning of political leaders as he says that no country can move forward with such a political arrangement. El-Rufai made this known on Wednesday when he spoke at the at the Nigerian Economic Summit (#NES26) in Abuja saying that every qualified person should be allowed […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 following a heart attack. Matias Morla, Maradona’s longtime agent, confirmed the news on Wednesday. A statement from the Argentina Football Association read: “ The Argentine Football Association, through its President Claudio Tapia, expresses its deepest pain at the death of our legend, […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A UK parliamentarian, Tom Tugendhat, has stirred the hornet’s nest with an allegation that former military ruler, Yakubu Gowon, “stole half of CBN”. According to reports, the lawmaker was discussing with his colleagues on the need to sanction Nigerian considering the way security forces attacked #EndSARS protesters. Tugendhat had stated: “What we […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has frowned at the detention of Senator Ali Ndume by a Federal High Court order, after he was unable to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina. African Examiner recalls that Justice Okon Abang had directed that Ndume, the Senator […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
…Ten Out Of Twelve Winners Are Girls (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UBA Foundation, the CSR arm of the United Bank for Africa held its tenth annual National Essay Competition (NEC) in a virtual ceremony that was attended by high school students from across the nation. The UBA Foundation’s Education initiative has been changing lives for […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command has commenced thorough full scale investigation into the sudden deaths of three children at Itchi, in Igbo South Council area of Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, with a view to arresting and prosecuting those behind the unholy act. Commissioner of police in the state, Mr. Ahmad AbdurRahman, who […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Elder and major Stakeholders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday affirmed the belief that it is the turn of the South East to produce President of Nigeria in 2023. The party elders and stakeholders affirmed the belief at a news conference in Abuja, addressed by the former Nigerian Ambassador […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has apologised to Nigerians for the breakdown on the Abuja-Kaduna rail locomotives which occurred between Nov. 18 and Nov. 20. The minister made the plea on Monday at the Moniya rail station during the routine inspection of the ongoing rail project in Ibadan. “I want to apologise […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says that Nigeria will be out of the recession soon. African Examiner reports that Nigeria has slipped into recession over the weekend, the worst in over three decades. Ahmed, speaking at the ongoing 26th Nigerian Economic Summit organized by the Nigerian Economic […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Picture for this story has been sent via email (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Minister for Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has called on the youths in the country to patronize local products instead of foreign ones. Speaking during series of town hall meetings held with the youth in the three senatorial districts of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party’s most powerful man after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was rushed to hospital following suspected poisoning at a party rally outside the capital. Victor Matemadanda is the party’s National Political Commissar, a position that is responsible for determining fate of members, accepting or firing people as well as disciplining those […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Popoola Kayode, leader of Taskforce team operating around Lekki Ajah area of Lagos State and his team members have been arrested for collecting N100,000 bribe. The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), Head, Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq said this in a statement […]
