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Saturday, June 23rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped injury in an explosion at a political rally on Saturday, and vowed the “cowardly act” would not derail Zimbabwe’s first election since the ouster of former strongman Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe loyalist installed after the army ousted his erstwhile patron, said the object had “exploded a […]
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2018
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA JUNE 23, 2018 PROTOCOLS It is my pleasure to address you today, on the occasion of our great party’s 2nd National Convention and the first since we rode on its […]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it has sealed Total Filling Station in Akoka area over alleged pollution of water sources. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, said in a statement on Friday that the filling station’s underground tank reportedly had leakage which polluted water sources in the community. He said that the […]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria Friday recorded a shocking but impressive victory in the ongoing FIFA 2018 world cup in Russia, after a lackey first half in their encounter with the Iceland but returned better, stronger and beat their opponent 2-0. The Nigerian fans and supporters’ call on the Coach Gernot Rohr to start Ahmed Musa […]
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Entertainment, Entertainment News, Latest Headlines
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular Nollywood actor, Saheed Balogun has urged the government to enact stiffer laws to guide and regulate the operators in the acting sub sector of the Nigerian entertainment industry. The Yoruba actor who made this advocacy Friday in Lagos during an interview said the current laws regulating the national’s artistes were too […]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a total of 5,000 personnel comprising, the Police Mobile Force (PMF), the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and Special Protection Unit (SPU) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention scheduled for Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Abuja. The Force Spokesman, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, in a […]
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Latest Headlines, South Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fight erupted in a refugee camp in Uganda during a World Cup soccer match and four people were killed, Police said on Friday. Police added that they arrested 15 refugees from South Sudan in connection with the bloodshed. Uganda is host to an estimated 1.4 million refugees, including more than a million […]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Government has announced its decision to constitute a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to find out the causes of the recent civil disturbances that claimed the life of traditional ruler of Ogbozinne Akpugo Autonomous community in Nkanu West council Area of the state. African Examiner reports that […]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Classy Croatia handed Argentina a 3-0 drubbing to claim a place in the World Cup knockout stage on Thursday. The Europeans stunned Argentina, thanks to goals by Ante Rebic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic in their Group D match in Novgorod. Rebic seized on a gaffe by keeper Willy Caballero to open […]
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East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has welcomed the recent positive developments in the relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea, an AU statement said on Thursday. The two neighbouring East African countries fought a border war from 1998 to 2000 before signing a peace accord, dubbed the Algiers agreement […]
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Latest Headlines, North Africa
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 300 migrants on board two rubber boats have been rescued off the Libyan coast near the Capital Tripoli, reported Libya’s Coastguard Thursday. Navy spokesman, Ayoub Qasim, told dpa the operation to rescue 301 migrants, attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, began in the early hours of the day. The […]
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Articles/Opinion, Featured Contributors/Columnists, Latest Headlines
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
…Appraisal Before Darkness Falls By Francis Amadiegwu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a grandfathered member/associate of APC, I am constrained to note, with alarm, the potentially crippling distress the party has wrought or about to wreak, upon itself, an unforced error that is far worse than just an “own goal” because a team can still overcome […]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP has called on the Federal Government FG to exercise restraint over its plan to establish cattle ranches in some parts of the country. PDP in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan advised FG to engage stakeholders in wide consultations […]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Assistant Director of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ebere Ucheagwu, was Thursday arraigned before a FCT High Court, Maitama area, for allegedly obtaining N7 million unpaid legal services. The suspect was arraigned alongside his company, Agro-biz Contech Nigeria Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining and issuance of a dud cheque. The prosecution counsel, Mr. Francis Irabor, […]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi with Agency Report ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) Thursday arrested two suspected Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada FCT Abuja. The suspects according to the security agency were: Bashiru Adams and Rufai Sajo. DSS also confirmed the recent arrest of different suspected terrorists and ‘militia’ herdsmen in different parts of the country, especially in the […]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kinsmen of former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday turned out in their numbers defying a heavy downpour to drum support for the ongoing public sector reforms embarked on by Governor Seriake Dickson. Stakeholders who took turn to endorse the reforms at a Town Hall Meeting in Ogbia were political appointees, lawmakers, women groups, students and youth leaders as well as […]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arraignment of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat over alleged culpable homicide Thursday suffered a setback due to the absence of the presiding judge, Justice Gideon Kurada of a Kaduna High Court. The accused was arraigned by the Kaduna State Government on an eight-count charge, including conspiracy, unlawful […]
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Banking & Finance, Business News, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Isaac Okorafor, Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the apex bank boosted the foreign exchange market with 210 million dollars to meet customers’ requests in various segments. Okoroafor said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the bank, in its desire to meet […]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 28 new judges for the Court of Appeal; Federal High Court and the High court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Abuja. The President, based on the recommendation by the National Judicial Council NJC approved 12 new justices for the Court of Appeal; nine for […]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has dismissed Prof. Richard Akindele who was recently alleged to have been involved in a sex-for-marks scandal with a postgraduate student of the foremost higher institution. OAU Vice Chancellor VC Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede announced Akindele’s dismissal in a statement issued Wednesday in Ile-Ife. The victim, Miss Monica Osagie, is […]
