Posted by Oludare Fase
African News, Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Friday, April 2nd, 2021
…Shareholders Optimistic About Future Earnings Prospects (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured its teeming shareholders and investors of even greater returns in the coming months, with the bank having established a diversified business model that ensures impressive performance even in periods of uncertainty, across its geographical […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), on Wednesday, empowered a total of 16,000 women in all the 16 local governments area of Kwara State. Each of the 16 thousand rural women were given the sum of N10,000 each, to help boost their petty trade and also start new businesses. In all, a total of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, National News, News Across Nigeria
Friday, April 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has extended the deadline for linking Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with valid National Identity Numbers (NIN) by one month. This was contained in a statement by spokesperson of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke. He informed the deadline was extended from April 6, 2021 to May 6, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oko –Oba sawmill was again gutted by fire in the early hours of this morning while the concerted efforts of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining shanties and residential areas. This was announced by the Acting Controller, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has discharged politician and media owner, Raymond Dokpesi and his firm, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited, of the charges of money laundering breach of Procurement Act in relation to disbursement of the N2.1billion meant for arms purchase while Col Sambo Dasuki was the National Security […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Thursday morning commenced a nationwide strike despite Federal Government’s last-minute efforts to stop the action. The resident doctors, however, assured Nigerians that their action was not meant to hurt them. They gave the explanation in a message posted on the association’s Twitter handle, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province has lost radar contact in Borno State. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the Alpha Jet lost radar contact on Wednesday evening. According to Wikipedia, a radar […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attempted coup in Niger Republic, according to a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, his spokesman, in Abuja, on Wednesday, “Any illegal effort to depose a democratically elected government is not only despicable, but also unacceptable to democratic governments around the world,” Buhari said, over the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Anambra have confirmed gun attack on a gathering being addressed by Prof. Charles Soludo, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor in his country home in Isuofia, Aguata in Anambra. Soludo, a governorship aspirant of the All-Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6, 2021 election, was said to be […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, April 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N19billion for various projects for the Ministries of Transportation, Aviation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Aviation, Hadi Sirika and FCT, Muhammed Bello made these known at the end of the Council meeting which was chaired by […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia state Government has announced the death of Chief Ukpai Agwu, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Chief John Kalu, in Umuahia on Tuesday, Agwu passed on in the early hours of the day, following a brief illness. Kalu described […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr Danladi Umar has reacted to the viral video on the social media, where he was captured assaulting a security guard at a shopping complex in Abuja. In his reaction, Mr Danladi, however, denied attacking the guard but stated that he was the one […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that there are ample opportunities for investors in the local development of bitumen sub-sector in Nigeria. The minister disclosed this while responding to the enquiry made by the Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, John Donnelly who visited the ministry on […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State (CP) Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has ordered the State Criminal investigation Department (CID) to carry out a full-scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a young lady, identified as Orji Chiamaka Precious Gold aged 20, whose lifeless body was found in the gutter, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, says the comment made by the former governor of Lagos State that the Federal Government should recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army was an error. AFRICAN Examiner reports that Tinubu made the statement in Kano on Monday in a […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The code of conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar lost his temper in a viral video trending on social media when he slapped a helpless private security guard at the Abuja shopping mall. The chairman was seen in the undated video fuming with the security guard overpowering those restraining him before slapping and […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, National News, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday 2nd and Monday 5th April 2021 public holidays to celebrate this year’s Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Director (Press & Public Relations) of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga. […]
Posted by African Examiner
Europe, Latest Headlines, News, World News
Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Stefan Hesse, the Archbishop of Hamburg who was linked to abuse scandal. Hasse offered to leave after a team of German lawyers released a major 800-page report on sexual abuse cases in the city of Cologne. The Hamburg Diocese confirmed the Vatican’s decision on Monday. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, today (Tuesday) for a ‘routine’ medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Monday, March 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians In Diaspora Commission says 255 Nigerians who were stranded in Saudi Arabia have returned home. NIDCOM disclosed that the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air Flight SV3405 at about 1pm on Monday, March 29, 2021. It said, “The returnees, as part of a first […]
