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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a month ago, the Federal Government through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, revealed a policy plan by the government to remove fuel subsidy on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) in February 2022 and a target date of mid-2022 for the complete elimination of fuel subsidies in Nigeria, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, announced yesterday $12 million catalytic grant to fund the roll out of the first Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Burundi. This seed funding grant is coming as a response to interconnected crises that have left 1.9 […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, has called on Christians to maintain COVID-19 safety protocol during cross-over and New Year Day church services. Akinyemiju made the call in an interview in Ibadan. He said that the safety precautions, including 50 per cent capacity in worship centres, […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has shifted the date for the end of the linkage of the National Identification Number, NIN, to Subscriber Identity Module, SIM. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, stated that the deadline was extended by three months. By this, the new deadline is now March 31, 2022. […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government has announced the timetable for the 2021/2022 academic session. According to the statement made on Friday by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, all public, private primary and secondary schools are to resume for the second term on Tuesday, 4th January 2022. Students are also expected […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons as gunmen attacked Morfor motor park in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, and engaged police operatives in a gun duel. Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, who confirmed the attacks in a statement, said two […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, says he is not at war with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); the six governors in the South-West zone or any government official. He, however, stressed that it was saddening that the Buhari regime has not addressed the security challenges […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Bello disclosed this in a post on Facebook on Friday. According to the Minister, “I have tested positive for COVID-19. “After a hide and seek period spanning 21 months (1yr 9 months) […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi has approved 2022 appropriation bill of N186,635,135,582.00 (One Hundred and Eighty Six Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty Five Million, One Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty Two Naira) passed by the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Presenting the […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men have reportedly killed a policeman on duty at Uli community in Ihiala Council Area of Anambra State, South- East Nigeria. They equally kidnapped another and injured several others during an attack yesterday at Eziama Health Centre in the community. The hoodlums struck during a medical outreach programme organised by […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA), a World Bank programme implemented in collaboration with both the Federal Government and Bauchi State Government has enrolled a 153 out-of-school children in Bauchi. The project has ensured that the children are back to the classroom to continue their studies within their respective communities across […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Zamfara State have rescued 10 kidnap victims abducted by bandits in the early hours of Wednesday. It also said it has arrested a notorious bandit along the axis. Bandits had stormed Gada community in Bungudu Local Government Area around 1 a.m. Wednesday, and killed the district head, Ummaru Bawan-Allah. […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has reiterated that he remains unapologetic to those who perceived him to be an ardent critic of the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Kukah said this while speaking with journalists in Sokoto. He said, “All what I have been clamouring for […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it successfully constructed about 159 Rural Water Supply Schemes in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria this year. Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Abuja during a press conference on the achievements of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration in the 2021 fiscal year, The minister […]
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Friday, December 31st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – K Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has stated that the Southeast deserves to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Ikpeazu stated this while addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari saying that the Southeast knows and understands Nigeria better than any other region. He, however, stated that the […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Chapter of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has formally collapsed its entire structure from the Ward to the State level into the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Former National Vice Chairman South East of the party, Dr. Lazarus Eze, alongside the state leadership made the announcement yesterday during s […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly appointed Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mu’azu Sambo, on Wednesday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has chosen the right direction for infrastructure development in the country. He noted this when he assumed office on Wednesday and was received by the Permanent Secretary, Babangida Hussaini, and […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to return Nigeria to the situation it was during the time of former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Alhaji Ismail Musa, CNG’s Director of Strategic Communications, disclosed this when he featured on Vanguard Live on Wednesday as he lamented over the spate of […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles Striker, Victor Osimhen, has tested positive for coronavirus just 10 days to the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. His club, Napoli, announced this on Thursday. The club said, “Napoli has announced that Victor Osimhen has tested positive for Covid-19 but is asymptomatic. Dr. Tartaro was due to perform a […]
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Thursday, December 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty in New York on Wednesday of recruiting and grooming young girls to be sexually abused by the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell faces spending the rest of her life behind bars after the 12-person jury convicted her on five of the six counts she […]
