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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), Field Commanders and other key staff officers to provide the needed vigour in his command of the Nigerian Army (NA). The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, has provided €20 million to further strengthen private sector development in Burkina Faso. This is coming under the aegis of ITFC’s Murabaha financing agreement with Coris Bank International (CBI), which is aimed at improving access to […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Etiti Ngwo Community in Enugu South Council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, have disagreed with a petition written to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, by landlords of Olympic layout, Enugu, alleging threat, demolition of properties and intimidation by the natives. African Examiner, had recently reported that Landlords of the […]
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is a heavy presence of security operatives at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, the proposed venue of the Yoruba nation rally by separatist agitators. African Examiner gathered that men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are stationed at the Park. […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has suspended all sporting events as the Southern African country experiences a surge in new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. Only the athletes that are preparing for the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic games as well as the cricket national team’s encounter with Bangladesh, senior national soccer team’s COSAFA […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 52-year-old trader, Fatimat Busari, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over her alleged failure to produce the two defendants she stood surety for. The defendant, whose house address was not given, is being tried on a one-count charge of perversion of justice. The […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have called on President of The Gambia, Adama Barrow to speedily sign the Access to Information Bill 2021 into law. In a joint statement by Ms. Ann Iyonu, Executive Director of the GJF, and Mr. Edetaen Ojo, MRA’s Executive Director, the two […]
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Friday, July 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the Department of State Security (DSS) raid on residence of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos will go on as planned. But Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu warned Igboho and other agitators not to stage any rally in Lagos. He […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has opened up on where its leader, Nnamdi Kanu was arrested. African Examiner had earlier reported on the arrest of the secessionist leader and there have been many theories regarding the location he was arrested. However, in a statement by IPOB’S media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of the State Security Service (DSS) has confirmed that its operatives stormed the home of a leader of the Yoruba separatist group, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, in Ibadan in order to arrest him. Addressing journalists at the headquarters of the SSS on Thursday, Peter Afunanya, the service spokesperson, said […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Host communities will receive half a billion dollars annually, as funding from the three per cent approved for Host Communities Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the Senate has said. Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen. Mohammed Sabo said this when he briefed newsmen on Thursday shortly after the […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Transcorp Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading power producers, announced an alternative energy solution to Nigeria, as part of its broader integrated energy strategy. Unveiling Transcorp’s alternative energy plan at a meeting with the Honourable Minister of Science & Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Peter […]
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Thursday, July 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that it will soon go after all the allies of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It said any backer, no matter how highly-placed, will be dealt with. The government said it already has tons of Information on Kanu’s allies. It also […]
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday remanded the former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area (LGA) Asekun Sakiru Kehinde in prison custody following his arraignment for allegedly exporting 1.000 kilogrammes of cocaine. Justice Ayokunle Faji made the order after Kehinde pleaded “not guilty” to a one-count charge […]
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sacked all members of his cabinet. Though, details of the dissolution were not given, African Examiner gathered that he has instructed the commissioners to hand over to their directors. The Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa confirmed the dissolution but did not give further details.. […]
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has apprehended Nnamdi Kanu, acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who has been on the run after jumping bail. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, at an emergency media briefing in his office confirmed the arrest of […]
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Monday, June 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person has been reportedly killed and many injured when armed masquerades invaded a mosque at Oluode Aranyin area of Osogbo capital of Osun. Our correspondent gathered many worshippers were injured during the attack on Sunday evening. An eyewitness disclosed the reason for the invasion by the masquerades was not yet known, […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has come under severe criticism on social media after his claim that a “transparent primary election” returned Sen. Andy Uba as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. The African Examiner recalls that Uba was declared winner of the APC governorship primary […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Lagos State Accountant General, Mr David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU). Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said in a statement that the appointment was based on the report of the Special Visitation Panel on […]
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Sunday, June 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven of the 14 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra have said the June 26 governorship primary in the state did not hold. Dr George Muoghalu, spokesperson for the aspirants, made the position of the group known in a press conference on Saturday in Awka. Muoghalu said that […]
