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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has banned activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) from all motor parks in the state. Both unions were warned to stop collecting dues and levies from commercial drivers in the state. Akeredolu, who spoke through […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed to members of the public to ignore an advert on WhatsApp allegedly seeking to enlist young Nigerians into the anti-graft agency. EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren disclosed in a statement, on Monday that the recruitment exercise was the handiwork of […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government on Monday asked the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to sanction marketers hoarding petroleum products in the state. The State Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Prof. Daud Sangodoyin, who made the call in Ibadan, said the sight of long queues of vehicles in some filling stations in […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on Monday labelled Senator Smart Adeyemi as a mad man. He disclosed this during the unveiling of a book written by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, titled: “Made in Aba” noted that there was no need to envy a mad man Ikpeazu was […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia’s communications regulator blamed Twitter on Monday of violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content. Roskomnadzor said Twitter had failed to delete 2,862 posts containing material linked to suicide, pornography and drugs since 2017. Twitter could be fined heavily […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Samuel Nzekwe, a former President, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), has called on the Federal Government to utilize the proceeds of the Excess Crude Account to build infrastructures in order to achieve a sustainable economic growth. Speaking in Ota, Ogun state, Nzekwe said that the recent rise in crude […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
Hunters have killed a suspected kidnapper in the Akunu Akoko area of Akoko North East council of Ondo State, and equally rescued Seven abductees from the kidnappers den The hunters, working with a rescue team, stormed the forest on the orders of the Regent of the town, Princess Tolani Orogun, after reports that some travellers […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, has advised the Federal Government to arrest Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for aiding and abetting banditry and terrorism with his utterances. Maharaj ji, in a statement signed and issued yesterday, said the utterances of Gumi in a television programme, justifying kidnapping by the Fulani, […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja advised Bawa to avoid the […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fulani Community Association in Kwara has advised its members to avoid negative tendencies capable of undermining the peaceful coexistence of the state. The caution followed the recent trooping of more cattle breeders into the state from neighbouring states and beyond. Hajia Aisha Aliyu-Baruten, the Special Assistant to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq on […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has notified motorists to stop panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol saying it has no plan to increase the ex-depot price in March. NNPC disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Kennie Obateru, in Abuja on Sunday. He said the […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, says his ambition to become governor of Anambra State is not about enriching himself but to develop the state as God has blessed him with everything he needs. Soludo is aspiring to become the next Anambra governor and he is hoping to fly the flag […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non governmental organization NGO, operating under the auspices of Parent- Child Intervention Centre (PCIC), has expressed worry over the alarming rate of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, especially since the novel dreaded Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the entire globe broke out. It however, stressed the need for […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. The board made the disclosure in a statement signed on Sunday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja. It said that […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) says the arrest of Mallam Salihu Tanko-Yakassai, the Media Aide to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State is beyond the expression of opinion on social media. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. “This […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Federal Government has extended the Lagos-Ibadan Modernization Project from its original destination at Ebutte Meta to Lagos Ports. According to him, this is to allow for massive freight movement and free up Lagos roads. Amaechi made the disclosure while briefing newsmen after inspecting […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An envisaged resurrection of “Nigeria’s sick baby’’, the Ajaokuta Steel Plant has been stalled by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Minister of Mines and Steel Development. The building of the plant commenced in 1979, when President Shehu Shagari and his Russian counterpart, President Leonid Brezhnev signed a deal to build the […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, has confirmed that Nigeria will on Tuesday, March 2, receive the first tranche of COVID-19 vaccines. Mustapha, who is also the chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, made the disclosure on Saturday in Abuja while evaluating the country’s fight against […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, says he will be contesting the 2023 presidential race if the security situation in the country continues like this. Okupe disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Friday saying that under his tenure as president, bandits will not operate unchallenged. […]
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Saturday, February 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, says preparation is being made to enable the Dangote Refinery sell refined crude to Nigeria in naira when it commences production. Emefiele also disclosed that the first shipment of Urea from the Dangote Fertiliser Plant would begin in March to help boost […]
