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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were traveling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighboring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo Provincial Department of Transport and Community […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Bode George, has stated that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, will have to wait till 2031 if he wants to contest for President again. It is worth recalling that Atiku Abubakar, the PDP Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general elections, was […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, Nigerian Navy personnel, has been nabbed by the Nigerian police for the death of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, stated this on Wednesday when he paraded the suspect in Abuja, […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has uploaded the picture of a Canada-based Nigerian woman who threatened to poison her fellow Nigerians in the country. The woman whose name was Amaka Patience Sunnberger threatened to poison Nigerians from the Southwest region (Yorubas) and Edo State (Binis) because they […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Wednesday, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) stated that it has ordered the immediate repatriation of Eben Nhiwatawi, a Zimbabwean bishop, for violation of immigration protocols. This was announced in a statement issued by Kenneth Udo, NIS spokesperson, saying that Nhiwatawi was arrested in Yola, Adamawa’s capital, on August 24. “The Bishop […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, August 29th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Community leader, and Igweship Aspirant for Ishienu Amofu Nkerefi Community in Nkanu East Council area of Enugu state, Hon. Ogbuefi Sunday Mbah (SMC) has applauded governor Peter Mbah over the appointment of their kinsman, Barrister Chimaobi Okorie as the new state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development. The Monarch hopeful, in […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The NNPC Ltd has flagged off the third edition of the Vision First Programme, as part of comprehensive community-focused healthcare outreach targeted at the Ilaje community and its environs in Bariga, Lagos State. The Vision First programme is a continuation of NNPC Ltd/ SNEPCo Production Sharing Contract (PSC) commitment to advancing health […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
By Temitope Ajayi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – By his advanced age and eminent status as a former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is by no means qualified to be an elder statesman. Statesmen are highly venerated and revered people to whom we go for advice, guidance and direction. But sometimes, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar behaves […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
By Alu Deborah Oluronke (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is saddening how religion has taken cardinal point in the hearts of many Africans. Religion ought to be a tool to guide the moral behavior of people in a society, however, an average African sees religious activities as answer to all its problems. Most African countries are […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is uncomfortable with the present interest rate on loans for its members and needs a further reduction to one per cent, an official has said. Chief Bioku Rahman, the outgoing Chairman of MAN in Kwara and Kogi, disclosed this in Ilorin on Tuesday while speaking during […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 125,928 of the 184,438 newly printed Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs) have been collected in Edo, ahead of the Sept.21 Governorship election in the state. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, said this in a statement on Tuesday […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says his administration is determined to continue to expand the frontiers of opportunities for the state and its citizens to thrive. Otti said this on Tuesday in his goodwill message to mark the 33rd Anniversary of the Creation of Abia in Umuahia. Abia was created on August […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Moji Adeyeye, says the agency has not advised Nigerians not to eat bread. In a statement on Tuesday, Adeyeye labelled as false, a video circulating on social media, which claims that the agency has raised concerns about […]
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has asked the National Assembly (NASS) to enact a law which supports the whistle-blower policy of the government. Olukoyede made this call on Tuesday at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos which had the theme, ‘Lawyers in the […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A foundation member and first National Auditor of the All Progressives Congress (APC), George Moghalu, has formally resigned his membership of the party, hinging his decision on personal reasons. The former Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) made this known in his resignation letter addressed to the chairman Uruagu Ward […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
(AFFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ON Tuesday appointed Bruno Labbadia as the head coach of the Super Eagles. The NFF announced this in a statement on Tuesday saying that it has reached an agreement with the German gaffer. Mohammed Sanusi, NFF general secretary, said: “The NFF Executive Committee has approved the recommendation […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Administration (FCTA) is constructing three world-class bus and taxi terminals to improve transportation system in the territory. Wike stated this while inaugurating the construction of a bus and taxi terminal for the Central Business District, Abuja, on Monday. […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some residents of Kogi have expressed mixed feelings on the state government’s commitment in actually delivering its mandate to the citizens based on its monthly allocations and revenue. A cross section of the residents that spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Monday, were divergent in their views […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) hon Monday unveiled a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan ( SPRP)to tackle human-to-human transmission of mpox. This is contained in a statement issued by the world health body. The plan which will run from September 2024 to February 2025, requiring 135 million U.S. dollars in funding. […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has begun shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes to Japan and China on Delivered Ex-Ship (DES) basis. Mr Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., quoted Mr Segun Dapo, the Executive President, Downstream, NNPC Ltd., as saying this in a statement in […]
