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Monday, May 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past governor of Kwara, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, for questioning. The spokesperson for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via an SMS on Monday. Uwujaren gave no further information on reasons for the invitation. […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two days after a mid-night fire disaster gutted the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Obollo Afor, Udenu Council area of Enugu state, its headquarters in Enugu was on Sunday Razed by fire. As at the time of filling this report, men of the Enugu state fire Service were still […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Igboho, says governors of the south-west have shown their support concerning the demand of a Yoruba nation. Igboho, who had earlier announced that the Yoruba are no longer part of Nigeria joined supporters on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun state capital, for a pro-Yoruba nation […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nsukwa Divisional Police Station in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State has been razed down by unknown gunmen leaving three police officers reportedly killed. According to available information, the hoodlums attacked the Police Station around 2.am Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that the building and vehicles were razed while the […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called for more synergy among the state governors in order to resolve the numerous challenges affecting the country. Jonathan spoke in Benin after a thanksgiving service organised to mark the 59th birthday anniversary of Pastor Charles Osazuwa, General Overseer of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International […]
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Sunday, May 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As agitation for self-determination by various ethnic groups in the country continues unabated, the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS) Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has declared that it has the capacity to address the issue in Southeast Nigeria if given the mandate. It noted that the […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Saturday said that the decision of the Southern Governors on open grazing and other issues remain irrevocable and must be respected. NAN reports that the Forum of Southern Governors in one voice, recently announced a ban on open grazing in all the 17 Southern states. Wike […]
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Saturday, May 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) has been shifted from June 19 to July 3. Prof Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced. He made the announcement at an ongoing press conference on Saturday in Abuja. The examination was slated to hold between June 5 and […]
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Friday, May 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in the state from 8pm to 6am daily. The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina Duba, in a statement on Friday, said the curfew was part of the measures to prevent the spread of the surging trait of the new […]
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Friday, May 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command has confirmed Thursday’s night fire outbreak at the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC office in Obollo Afor, Udenu Council area of Enugu state, saying full scale investigation into the incident has begun. African Examiner reports that the mystery inferno had destroyed part of the building It was […]
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Friday, May 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank says remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also said remittance flows fell for Sub-Saharan Africa by 12.5 per cent, according to its Migration and Development Brief 33 Phase 11 entitled: “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens’’ published on […]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 16,000 jobs would be created after the ongoing renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos is completed. Prof. Sunday Ododo, General Manager of the 44-year-old complex, stated in Lagos. Ododo told the African Examiner that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology. […]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli Embassy and the ChabadAid of Nigeria on Wednesday donated food items to support the Fulani community to celebrate the Ramadan fast in the FCT. The ChabadAid is a humanitarian programme of the Jewish community. The food items donated to the Fulani community in Abuja contained rice, beans, groundnut-oil, pasta and […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has dissolved his cabinet ,relieving 20 of his 28 commissioners of their duties. At the end of the usual weekly Executive Council meeting, Wednesday, the Governor said the dissolution became necessary to rejig and reenergize the system for maximum productivity. The ministries whose Commissioners were retained in […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has promoted 6, 332 officers and men of the service, following the approval of the Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB). The Public Relations Officer (SPRO) of the Service, Controller of Corrections (CC), Mr Francis Enobore, said this in a statement made available to […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Primary school teachers in Bayelsa have expressed disappointment that their April salaries did not reflect increases following promotions, despite the pledge by Gov Douye Diri. According to official sources, the state government made available about N200 million and had promised to commence the implementation of salary increases following the promotion of primary […]
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
….Receives Royal Blessing (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of a private firm, Finance Investment and Trade (FIT) Consultant Limited, currently executing a health Tourism district, and residences project in Enugu state, in partnership with the State Government, has said it will gulp a whopping 130 million US dollars. It said the organization is ever ready to […]
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City was crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola’s side are 10 points clear of second-placed United and have wrapped up the title with three games to spare. City, top-flight champions for the […]
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was a free flow of emotions on Tuesday afternoon as the remains of Pastor Dare Adeboye was interred. The cleric was buried after a Farewell Service at the Youth Centre, Redemption Camp, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. In attendance at the farewell service were his wife, Temiloluwa; his three daughters; his brother, […]
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified new security measures for the Southeast and South-South regions of the country. This was one of the outcomes of the series of security meetings held in the last eleven days and concluded on Tuesday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, […]
