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Thursday, September 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, slumped at a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday The incident happened when Bawa was giving a goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration. The EFCC boss suddenly stopped talking, staggered and later laid down. The Minister of Communications […]
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Thursday, September 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof (Mrs) Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has been named the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University(LASU). The Professor of Physiology had served as Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution before her elevation. Her appointment was announced on Thursday morning. Olatunji-Bello was born in Lagos on the 23rd of April 1964 to […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, (PDP-Enugu), Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, has called for an end to the ‘sit-at-home’ order, by the proscribed IPOB in the South East. Nnamani, who made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Abuja, noted that the order had brought […]
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Monday, September 13th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N20.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, disclosed this in the bank’s audited half-year (H1) results released to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Sunday in Lagos. […]
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded two additional fatalities from the COVID-19 with 547 fresh cases reported across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday morning. The additional 547 COVID-19 infections on Sunday […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has stated the federal government has spent N6 trillion on the war against insurgency since 2008, and lost N5.4 trillion to tax evasion by multi-national corporations operating in the country between 2011 and 2021. This was disclosed in a statement According to a statement by […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi states are top of the list of schools involved in examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was announced by the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Dantani Wushishi. According to Wushishi, examination malpractices are rampant in northern states and high in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi States in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, September 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday, has stated that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is not interested in Igbo presidency but a Nigerian President. Uzodinma said this as he refuted claims of APC zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Appearing on Channels Television, the Imo governor stated that APC […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has vowed to remain vigilant against all forms of cyber-criminal activities, including the fake website for passport applications. Mr Abdukmalik Ahmed, Consul-General of Nigeria to South Africa, stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. He observed that […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide adequate COVID-19 vaccines for all the corps members in the state. Masari made the pledge on Friday in Katsina when he received the Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, who paid him a courtesy call at […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s frontline civil society organization, Connected Development (CODE) has called for the inclusion of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the recently instituted Health Sector Reform Committee approved by the Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari. President Buhari’s approval of the Committee and appointment of Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo as Chairman offers an avenue for intersectional […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges on Jan. 24 after the Chester Crown Court set a trial date on Friday, British media reported. The 27-year-old, who was denied bail last week after he was charged with four counts of rape and one count of […]
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday signed the state Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill into Law. The State House of Assembly had on Thursday, Sept. 9, passed the bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services. Sanwo-Olu, who assented to the Bill at about […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government says it will not acquire any land for the purpose of of ranching in the state as reported in certain quarters. The State Commissioner for Information, Mt Charles Aniagwu, made the clarification in a statement he issued on Friday in Asaba. He said that ranching and livestock breeding, rearing and […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police, Ogun Command, says it has rescued three workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Farm, from their kidnappers’ den, three days after they were abducted. The Police Spokesperson, DSP. Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta, on Friday evening. NAN reports that […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Saturday, September 11th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Friday ordered the Rivers Government, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Attorney-General of the Federation to maintain status quo, pending the hearing and determination of applications before it in respect of the Valued Added Tax (VAT). The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, had […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command has arrested an evangelist Ugochi Orisakwe, 47, and four others for allegedly using a church premise as a baby factory. She was arrested by operatives of the Command with her suspected gang members, including Chidi Orisakwe 34; Pauline Nwagbunwanne 42; Elizabeth Uzoma 61; and Chibueze Joy 31. […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, says Nigerians are solidly behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as long as its choice for the 2023 general elections reflects their aspirations for a new beginning. Elumelu stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 93rd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Masari says the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the 2023 general elections is a forgone conclusion. He made this declaration when he got the mid-term report of last Saturday’s Local Government Congress of the party from the National Working Committee chaired by Aliyu Kumo at the Government House, […]
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Friday, September 10th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned visit to the State. The State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Ogubundu Nwadike, stated that Buhari’s visit is a mockery on the people of the State. It could be recalled that Governor Hope Uzodinma had recently announced […]
