Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday received accolades from the House of Representatives Committee on Finance for providing detailed explanations on some burning Oil Industry issues at an interactive session on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure and Revenue Framework (MTERF) and Fiscal […]
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Thursday, August 26th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kathy Hochul has been sworn-in as first female governor of New York, promising to change the state’s political culture and work to ensure that New Yorkers believe in their government again. Hochul, a Democrat from Buffalo who turns 63 this week, officially became New York state’s 57th governor in a private ceremony. […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK Government has awarded Five Persons with Disabilities the prestigious Chevening Scholarship for the 2020 to 2021 session, to foster their inclusion in the society with equal opportunities as others. Ms Gill Atkinson, Acting Head of British High Commission in Nigeria disclosed this in Abuja, during a presentation to showcase the […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has said that it had not and would not enlist former or repentant Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists into the service. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said an online video circulating in […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost military university, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna was on Tuesday attacked by bandits who killed two officers and abducted one other. The bandits invaded the permanent site of the institution located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am. A source told our correspondent […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some civil activists are pushing a petition to invoke the International Court of Justice to arrest and charge Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa for genocide, murder, rape and torture. A petition that has been started on Change.org and initiated by United States based Mark Patrick Themann seeks to gather 1500 signatures to force […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Monday, presided over an emergency security meeting that lasted seven hours. The closed-door emergency meeting, called at the instance of the governor, was attended by stakeholders who looked at the security challenges facing the Northwest state. Those who attended the meeting which held at the Government […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not declared interest in the 2023 presidential race. Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said videos, banners and other materials linking Osinbajo to the 2023 presidential […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court sitting in Rivers State has stopped Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The directive was given by Justice O. Gbasam of the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State. The judge also upheld the suspension of Secondus as […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has harped on the need for Nigeria to maximize the progress that has been achieved in the digital technology space. Prof. Danbatta made the observation at the weekend while delivering the first Annual Lecture of […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will begin implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday (Aug. 23) to end the indefinite strike by Resident Doctors across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this while addressing newsmen before a closed […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A social cultural organisation Amokwe Development Foundation (ADF, in Udi Council Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria, has empowered a blind man, Mr. Chukwuma Onyia, and 49 other indigent people of the Community to set up their own small scale business. Our Correspondent reports that they were given unspecified sums of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, August 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALE) has announced its partnership with the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in order to get rid of illegal arms and light weapons, especially at the maritime and land borders of the […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the rising spate of insecurity in Jos and its environs, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities in the institution till further notice. Mr Monday Danjem, the Registrar of the university, unveiled this development in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Danjem, the decision […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host Communities of Nigeria, Producing Oil and Gas (HOSCON) says it supports the Federal Government’s three per cent allocation provision in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed into law. The National Chairman, HOSCON, Mike Emuh, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja, said “for 13 years, we have been waiting’’. […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for another five years. Buhari also approved the reappointment of the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Adamu Rasheed, for another five years tenure. The approval is contained in a […]
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Thursday, August 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) just accented to by President Muhammadu Buhari will transform the nation’s petroleum industry into a hub of business opportunities, Mallam Mele Kyari, has said. Kyari, who is the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), also said the Act will also attract huge capital globally […]
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Thursday, August 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of the late Mohammed Fawehinmi on Thursday, said he died of complications from COVID-19 infection. The younger brother of the deceased, Mr Saheed Fawehinmi, who spoke on behalf of the family, disclosed this at a news briefing at his residence, Fani Kayode Street, Ikeja GRA, Lagos State. Fawehinmi said […]
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has scheduled September 4 for the conduct of its State Congresses. This was contained in a terse statement titled, “APC Schedules Local Government Area Congresses for Saturday, 4th September, 2021; begins sale of forms,” signed by the party’s National Secretary, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe in Abuja, on Wednesday. Details […]
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Monday, August 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, on Sunday held closed-door meeting with former Gov. Rashidi Ladoja of Oyo State in Ibadan. The trio arrived at the Ondo Street residence of the former governor in company of Rep. Dimeji Bankole, former Speaker, House of […]
