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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Although they are known with immense benefits, still, the effects of globalization, digitalization and technological disruption have been confirmed to pose serious challenges to businesses operating on the continent. The Chief Regions and Markets Officer of Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (AGCS), Andreas Berger made the confirmation Tuesday in Sun […]
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights urging him to use his good offices and position to urgently request the leadership of the Nigerian House of Representatives to […]
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Agency (UNWTO), Mr. Taleb Rifai, has hailed demonstration of political will by the Nigerian government to give tourism a face lift in the country. Mr. Rifai made the declaration Tuesday at the opening of a two-day meeting with the Minister of Information and […]
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
An ex-MP was one of two suicide car bombers who carried out Tuesday’s deadly attacks in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, militants have said. Salah Nuh Ismail, 53, was among those who killed 13 people in the suicide attacks near the city’s main airport, the al-Shabab group said. Also known as Salah Badbado, he quit the Somali […]
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Doc., how are you today? I dey kampe! How can you dey kampe with all the looting the legislooters are carrying out in Abuja? I dey kampe! Doc., you have to say something. What can I say? What should I say? Say something about the looting now! N284 billion inserted into the budget! Are you […]
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mavin’s singer Tiwa Savage has dropped a teaser visual for her song ‘Bad’. The visual which features Wizkid, is a single and off her sophomore album ‘R.E.D’. Savage’s label boss Don Jazzy, had previously met with Jay-Z at the Roc Nation Headquarters in New York with the latter reportedly showing […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibril is to face the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee over his alleged unruly public actions after his removal as chairman. Speaker, Yakubu Dogara had on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, announced Jibrin’s removal from his […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has applauded the judgment of Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja which upheld his victory in the December 5 2016 governorship election describing it “a victory for democracy and Bayelsans.” The governor in a statement issued on Tuesday evening by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, also commended the judiciary “for upholding our nation’s democracy […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Federal Government (FG) has assured Nigerians that most State capitals; major commercial and production centres will be linked with railway system as a way of bringing about “rapid socio-economic development and improving the quality of life of the Nigerians”, promoting social as well as regional integration. President […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has advised the management and board of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), to work towards ending the current 20 percent of gas being flared in the country, affirming if this is achieved, the activities of the gas company would be appreciated […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some suspected militants early Tuesday morning stormed some communities in Igando, a Lagos suburb and disturbed the peace of the vicinity with heavy sporadic shooting. Many people are said to have sustained injuries as the commotion raged. Residents confirmed that the suspects arrived as early as 4am; […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the modernization of Abuja- Kaduna commercial rail operations. Speaking at the take off ceremony Tuesday, Mr. President highlighted that the rail operations would ease transportation of commuters and goods from the FCT Abuja to Kaduna and vice versa. President Buhari also indicated that the project […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Contrary to insinuations, Bayelsa State government received N3.5 billion from the federal allocation for the month of July, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Jonathan Obuebite, said on Tuesday. He was reacting to what the government described as different figures being peddled by “uninformed persons within and outside Bayelsa State”, regarding the allocation received from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of prominent politician and former Deputy Governor of Kano State, Senator Magaji Abdullahi, describing him as one of Nigeria’s finest and result-driven engineers of his time. In a message to the family, the government and people of Kano State delivered by a Federal […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has descended very heavily on members of the National Assembly (NASS), saying the raging row on alleged budget padding is a vindication of his position that the lawmakers lack integrity. Obasanjo threw the salvos Monday afternoon, in Abuja while fielding questions from the […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
By Seun Adebosin BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kiddies’ movie and cartoon outfit Nickelodeon has confirmed that its series episode of “Loud House” featuring gay sexual act will not be air on its sub-Sahara African channels. The company said the measure is to ensure as a global brand that entertains billions of audience around the world, its content respects […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Against the backdrop of recent reports in the media, alleging that the 2016 budget was padded, the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume ( APC Borno South) has said that it should not in anyway be attributed to the National Assembly, being the Institution constitutionally responsible for budgetary appropriations. Ndume also declared that the Senate […]
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Monday, July 25th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said his administration will pay keen interest to accountability and transparency to fast-track football development in the country. However, the President while receiving the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and his Secretary-General, Fatma Samuora, at State House, challenged football administrators to fashion out strategic programmes […]
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Monday, July 25th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former German FA President (DFB) Mr. Wolfgang Niersbach, has been banned by FIFA from all football-related activity for 12 months. The sanction is however fell short of the investigators’ quest for a two-year ban. The world football governing body’s ethics committee found the 65-year-old ex-FA boss guilty for failing to […]
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Monday, July 25th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Tunde Fowler has explained how the Federal Government (FG) raised over N500 billion allocated at the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), in June. According to him, a total of 70 percent came from non-oil sources while only 30 percent came […]
