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Monday, December 19th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has donated the sum of N5million towards the welfare of widows of members of the Nigeria Armed Forces who sacrificed their lives in line of duty and urged Nigerians and corporate organizations to continue to donate generously towards their welfare. […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate seems to have reversed itself on the raging controversies surrounding the rejection of confirmation of the acting Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu and calling for sack of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal. […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called for cooperation between the executive and legislative arms of government, just as he felicitated with the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki on the occasion of his 54th birthday anniversary today – Monday, December 19, 2016. In his goodwill message to the celebrant, the President described […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Christine Lagarde has been found guilty of professional negligence by French Court. Although, the court held that Ms. Lagarde would not be penalized, but ruled that as a French Finance Minister in 2008, she approved an award of €404m ($429m; £340m) to a businessman […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ukraine’s biggest commercial bank, PrivatBank, has been nationalized. The move was aimed at protecting 20 million customers and “preserving financial stability in the country”. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has on Sunday declared that PrivatBank was insolvent. The government subsequently backed the nationalization. The country’s apex bank indicated […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After being sanctioned, tech giant, Apple has filed an appeal against a European Union, which ordered it to pay €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland. It would be recalled that in August, the EU ruled that Apple’s tax arrangements in Ireland were illegal and demanded the […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The troops in Syria have commenced evacuations of last rebel enclaves in eastern Aleppo areas under siege in the northern part of the country, with civilian in some rebel-held zones now being allowed to leave. According to seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who tweeted about conditions in the city, said a linked […]
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Monday, December 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died after suffering from heart attack at the age of 99. Her husband Frederic von Anhalt confirmed to the AFP that his wife has passed away at the age of 99, at home, amidst her friends and family. He restated “Everybody was there. She […]
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Sunday, December 18th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police NPF has launched an indept investigation into various misconducts, including the leaked audio which implicated Governor Nyesom Wike in the last Saturday Rivers State and National Assembly rerun poll. Wike in a story published by an online news website – Saharareporters was caught in recorded tape while […]
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Saturday, December 17th, 2016
Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, African Examiner – Bayelsa State Government has announced plans to commence rigorous training programmes for public servants by next year, as part of its efforts to restructure the service, towards enhancing productivity. Dickson announced this over the weekend at the swearing in ceremony of 2 permanent secretaries, Mr. Joseph Tarimo Aseimo and […]
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Saturday, December 17th, 2016
ABUJA, 16 December 2016 – The Government of Norway has donated $11.5 million, (approximately 3.6 billion Naira) to improve basic education and support girls and women who have been victims of sexual violence by Boko Haram in the conflict-affected northeast Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe. The funding is part of the Safe Schools Initiative […]
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Saturday, December 17th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers international FC of Enugu is currently in a serious fix ahead of the 2017 Confederation of Africa football (CAF) champions’ league, as most of its utility players are threatening to quit the club due to poor remuneration. The club, which is currently the 2015/2016 champions […]
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Friday, December 16th, 2016
By Funmilayo Omidiji ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indication has emerged that the Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAB) has resolved to reinstate 23 recently sacked members of staff of the citadel. According to a statement issued Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, by the FUNAB Head, Directorate of […]
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Friday, December 16th, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the rejection by the Senate of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu as an act of vengeance and a shameless anti-people decision. It subsequently declared that the rejection of Magu’s appointment by Senate was a […]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2016
Bayelsa, African Examiner – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Wednesday expanded his cabinet with five new commissioners, with a mandate to align themselves to the ideals and vision of the restoration agenda, towards delivering quality services to the people. Governor Dickson, who gave the charge while swearing in the commissioners at the new […]
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Thursday, December 15th, 2016
Ayodele AfolabI, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After about six months of tactical delay, the Senate has rejected the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). President Muhammadu Buhari had about six months ago forwarded Magu’s name to the Senate for confirmation as EFCC chairman through […]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara OWERRI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of the Federal prison, Owerri, Imo state capital, South- East Nigeria, has been thrown into confusion, following a jail break that occurred at the reformation facility Tuesday night. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that two inmates who are still serving various jail terms in the prison escaped during […]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday called on the executive arm of government to work to ensure that the 2017 budget truly ease the burden of Nigerians. Saraki in his welcome address during the formal presentation of the 2017 Appropriation Bill to the joint session of the National […]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday presented a total of N7.298 trillion 2017 proposed budget to the joint session of the National Assembly (NASS). The Budget is titled ”Budget of Recovery and Growth” and proposed crude oil benchmark of $42.5 per barrel. The 2016 budget benchmark is $38 per barrel. While the […]
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara Enugu Nigeria (African Examiner) – The leadership of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has lambasted the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige over his recent claims that the South-East region has not been marginalized by President Muhammadu Buhari administration. They accused the Minister of running his mouth just to please his pay […]
