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Monday, April 29th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, to immediately intervene in the case of Nigerian student, Zainab Aliyu detained in Saudi Arabia in relation to hard drugs. The Senior Special Assistant to Mr President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora matters, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed the directive […]
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Sunday, April 28th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results would be ready from Monday, April 29. JAMB Head, Media and Publicity, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the NAN Saturday in Bwari. Dr. Benjamin also confirmed that screening of the results […]
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Friday, April 26th, 2019
Photo: Late Treasure Akinsohun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The police in Lagos have arrested a woman in whose deep freezer the dead body of a six-year-old boy was allegedly found at Alapere in Ketu, near Lagos. The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP. Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrest on Friday while speaking with crime correspondents. He […]
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Friday, April 26th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after his travelling, President Muhammadu Buhari has come under attack from the first opposition, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), describing the President’s 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom (UK) as an unknown voyage. The PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, made the outburst Friday at a media briefing in […]
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Friday, April 26th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari, on behalf of Nigeria, has donated generously, including the sum of $500m and other valuable electoral items to facilitate successful conduct of Guinea-Bissau electons. The hint on this emanated Friday from series of tweets on the verified Twitter handle of Presidency @NGRPresident. The tweets confirmed donated articles to include: 350 units of […]
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Friday, April 26th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has denounced a newspaper report that 70 per cent of medicines in Nigeria were fake. A press statement by Prof. Moji Adeyeye, Director General of the agency on Friday, said that the false report was published by Vanguard Newspaper. Adeyeye said […]
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Friday, April 26th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio-political group, under the banner of Igbo in Nigeria Movement (INM), has come hard on embattled President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, over a recent statement credited to him where he was accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of enthroning ethnicity into Nigeria’s polity. According to […]
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Thursday, April 25th, 2019
…Adopts Unified Health Collaborative Scheme Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of proactive measures to check the outbreak of epidemic in Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) the Regional Health Organisation (WAHO) has commenced installation of Pharma Cameras at Airports in the subregion starting with Nigeria. Director General of West African Health […]
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Thursday, April 25th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Information and Culture Minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revisited the announcement he made earlier on the valedictory session and dissolution of cabinet. Mohammed in a statement issued in Abuja Thursday evening clarified that the sendoff session did not amount to dissolution of the cabinet. The Full Statement is Published Below: “The […]
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Thursday, April 25th, 2019
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to travel later today (Thursday) to the United Kingdom on a private visit. The visit according to his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina in a statement issued in Abuja Thursday, the President is scheduled to leave the country after his […]
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A medical Doctor in Imo State, South- east Nigeria, Dr. Harold Onumo has rejected an appointment offered him by outgoing Governor of the state, Chief Rochas Okorocha. The governor, had earlier this month, appointed and inaugurated Onumo (in absentia) as chairman of board of Imo State Agency for Control of HIV/AIDS, (SACA). […]
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has prayed the Court of Appeal Abuja to return Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the duly elected Governor of Osun State. The Governor himself filed similar suit as the hearing resumed Wednesday. Counsel to the parties made the unanimous call while adopting […]
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to appoint the next Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) from the South East zone of the country. A member of the House of Representatives, Tony Nwoye (APC Anambra East and West Federal Constituency) made the call Wednesday at an empowerment programme in Nsugbe near […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Transportation and Construction Services Limited, Mr Babagana Dalori. Dalori was arrested for defrauding no fewer than 27, 400 Nigerians to the tune of about N7 billion through fake promises of mouth-watering returns on their investment in his […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security, whether in a developed or developing country as Nigeria, remains a serious issue hence, no responsible government can afford to toy with the all-important sector. For any nation to make meaningful headway or attract foreign investors to its economic arena, her political leader must always bring security issues to the […]
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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja called on Qatar to invest in Nigeria’s sectors including petroleum, power, aviation, agriculture and railways so as to uplift the quality of life of Nigerians. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement issued after the closed […]
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Monday, April 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cancelled the results of two Computer Based (CBT) centres in Abia State engaged in its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) over what it described as “widespread irregularities” during the exercise. Similarly, the body disclosed in its weekly Bulletin released in Abuja Monday by its […]
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Monday, April 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has scheduled April 24 for hearing in the appeals filed by the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the March 22, 2019 by the Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal. This is contained in notices sent to parties by the […]
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Sunday, April 21st, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the Buhari Support Organization (BSO) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the new N30,000 minimum wage into law. In a statement issued by the state chairman, Chief Anike Nwoga, made available to African Examiner in Enugu, the group said President Buhari’s name would […]
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Saturday, April 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Mr. Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad by another three months. The development followed a request this week, for extension by President Buhari to the National Judicial Council (NJC) – a statutory body which is responsible for recommendation of nominees for […]
