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Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 12 people were killed while many injured Wednesday as twin bomb explosion hit the Iranian parliament building and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in the capital, Tehran. After hours of intermittent gunfire there, the attack on the parliament subsided. A suspected suicide bomber detonated a device at the mausoleum, […]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After meeting his $7,500 bail condition, popular Nigerian singer, Dammy Krane, has regained his freedom from a US jail. An update emanating from the Miami-Dade County Criminal Justice Online System, confirmed that Dammy Krane’s court hearing has been fixed June 23, 2017. Dammy Krane was arrested and charged for alleged […]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly inaugurated Executive Chairman of the prestigious Enugu Sports Club, Chief Ben Etiaba, says plans are afoot by his administration to embark on aggressive revamping of facilities that will gulp about 100 million naira in the club. The chairman, said he intends to achieve the feat via a […]
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government confirmed Wednesday that it has released about N375.8 Million to pay 20 whistleblowers whose tip-offs has led to recovery of over N11.6 Billion. The confirmation was made by the Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun who also informed that the payments were the first […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the Ogoni Cleanup. The Federal Government launched the project in June last year with initial cost of $1 billion. Apart from investigating the Ogoni Cleanup, the committee was also asked to assess the progress of the Great Green Wall programme initiated […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
Photo caption: Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye When President Muhammadu Buhari announced the people he has selected to occupy some of the most strategic positions in his regime, there was understandable uproar across the country. Nigerians looked at the profile of these fellows and wondered what could have motivated their choice, […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
Photo caption: (L-R) – Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba identified as the London Bridge attacks BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Metropolitan Police has named a 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, a Moroccan-Italian man as the third suspected London Bridge attacker. Earlier, Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27 and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking were identified […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is one of the most profitable places in the ECOWAS sub-region for business and investment, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has affirmed. Prof. Osinbajo spoke while meeting the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Mrs Retno L. P. Marsudi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the Acting President, with her large population and […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has established the first dialysis center in the state to cater for people with kidney and other related problems. The historical feat, according to Governor Seriake Dickson, was part of his revolution in the health sector. The governor said this in Yenagoa while conducting some visiting medical experts […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Court of Auditors is to audit EU financial support for Turkey. Turkey is the single largest beneficiary of the EU Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), with more than 40% of all IPA allocations. During the 2007-2013 period, Turkey was allocated €4.48 billion, of which €2.68 billion was committed and €2.19 […]
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Monday, June 5th, 2017
*As PDP Denies Link with the new Party, (APDA) By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Daar Communications, Raymond Dokpesi and other politicians, have unveiled a new political party, the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) as prelude to the 2019 general elections. Reports say the launch took place at the Reiz Continental […]
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Monday, June 5th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Newcastle United Midfielder Cheick Tiote has died after collapsing during training in China. The spokesman of the 30-year old player confirmed the sudden death. Tiote spent seven years at the Tyneside club, making 138 league appearances. The late international joined Chinese second-tier side, Bejing Enterprises in February 2017. In […]
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Monday, June 5th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the raging restiveness among its members, the Lagos State Government has suspended activities of members of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oshodi branch. Commissioner for Transport Mr. Anofiu Elegushi made the disclosure Monday at a press briefing. Rival members of the union have been […]
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Monday, June 5th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mr. Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. According to news reports, the late two-term UNFPA boss and former Nigeria’s Minister of Health died early hours of Monday. Mr. Osotimehin was once Provost, the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan UI. […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2017
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Good leadership is not elusive. It isn’t exactly rocket science. Centuries ago, William Penn established an unusual colony dedicated to the principles of religious tolerance, participatory government, and brotherly love. He believed that “no people can be truly happy if abridged of the freedom of their consciences.” “Governments, like clocks, go […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of strategy aimed at winning the 2019 general elections, the Enugu state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has appointed some notable politicians from the area among whom are, governor of old Anambra State, Sen Jim Nwobodo; ex- Senate President, Ken Nnamani; immediate past Governor of […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to be extra vigilant in view of the worsening cases of fake news being spread by unscrupulous persons, who are bent on destabilizing the polity and causing disunity among the country’s various ethnic and religious groups. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2017
Photo caption: US President Donald Trump (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Donald Trump took to his twitter account @realDONALTRUMP to blast London Mayor for his comment following the terror attack on the city. In series of tweetstorm, Trump said: “We must stop being politically correct and get down to the business of security for our people. […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (NJC), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha as the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Mrs. Mustapha is the second female Registra to be appointed in the history of the Supreme Court. The first female Chief Registrar was Mrs. […]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president Muhammadu Buhari, led All progressive Congress APC federal government has initiated a process aimed at revamping the huge abandoned coal deposits in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria in fulfillment of his 2015 campaign promises. Ironically, the process began on a day Nigeria’s House of Representatives rejected […]
