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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libya’s parliament said Friday’s planned presidential election would not go ahead, leaving the internationally-backed peace process in chaos and the fate of the interim government in doubt. The electoral commission proposed pushing back the voting date by a month, confirming a delay that had been widely expected amid ongoing disputes over the […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Wednesday destroyed over 1m doses of Astrazeneca vaccines donated to combat COVID-19. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, led the destruction at Gosa Dumpsite, about 2km from the Idu Railway Station, Abuja. “ FG withdrew about 1,066,214, doses of expired AstraZeneca […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed 2022 Appropriation Bill of N17.126 trillion. This followed the adoption of the recommendations of the report of Senate Committee on Appropriation at plenary on Wednesday. African Examiner reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2022 budget proposal of N16.391 trillion to the joint session […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
…..Urges Motorists To Obey Traffic Rules, Officials (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to address the problem of heavy gridlock often associated with the Christmas/new year festivities in parts of the country, the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), has flagged of this year’s operation Eagle eye, in South East Nigeria. Speaking Wednesday while flagging […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government through its Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) has provided about 2.4 million loans to petty traders and small entrepreneurs worth N38 billion across the country. Prof. Osinbajo disclosed this at the official launch of the “Review of Baseline Report and Realignment of […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka, has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to ensure the exposure of killers of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, to reinstate what he termed “the broken lines of justice.” The playwright wondered what happened to the President’s […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Fuji Music Icon, Adewale Ayuba, says his new single “Koloba Koloba” has generated additional eight thousand online videos. Ayuba, who made this known in a telephone interview in Lagos, said the videos were made by fans, four months after its release. He expressed excitement over the rate at which the single […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to implement existing programmes and projects aimed at addressing the impact of climate change in the country. This is coming at the heels of Nigeria’s renewed zest to further pursue initiatives geared toward achieving the national commitments made at the United Nations Climate Change Conference […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has stated that the term “repentant bandits” is a misnomer and does not exist. Governor El-Rufai disclosed this on Tuesday shortly after meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, the goal of the Kaduna State […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has stated that he will be available to feature at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. It could be recalled that Osimhen’s participation was doubtful after he suffered a facial injury during their Serie A clash against Inter Milan last November. The striker fractured his left cheekbone and […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has passed the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. The House also raised the total estimates of the Federal Government’s budget from the proposed N16.39 trillion to over N17 trillion. The passage followed the consideration of the reports by the House Committee on Appropriation and Committee […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja received his third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Presidential Villa. The president had taken his first jab of the vaccine on March 6 and the second jab on May 29, 2021. African Examiner reports that the third vaccine was administered on the […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, said it discovered 14,665 multiple registrations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The number, it said, was among 42,986 Nigerians who completed their Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the FCT. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at the commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, and Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Comrade Bonnie Iwuoha is dead. A family Source said he died Monday evening in Umuahia, the Abia State capital during a brief illness. The former Commissioner was at the 7th NUJ triennial delegate conference held […]
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Imo, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has put smile on the faces of Civil servants in the state, as he announced 100 percent 13 month salary for them. He disclosed this Tuesday during an interactive session with workers in the state . Our Correspondent reports that the meeting was the third time […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church (DLBC), Pastor William F. Kumuyi, has stated that from his observations, the COVID-19 virus is not fake. Kumuyi disclosed this at a meeting in Lagos with journalists ahead of the church’s global crusade which begins on Tuesday. Speaking on theories alleging that the […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor David Ibiyeomie of the Salvation Ministries, has kicked against the state of insecurity under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ibiyeomie frowned at the Buhari-led government that has allowed cows to have more value than human lives. The cleric made this known while addressing his members in Port Harcourt, the Rivers […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the relative of a patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for allegedly attacking medical workers at the hospital. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified relative brought the patient with a gunshot injury in a Toyota Sienna to the surgical emergency unit of […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Matthew Hollingworth, has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker that also left another injured, after the convoy they were travelling in came under attack. Hollingworth, in a statement on Monday, said the World Food Programme (WFP) convoy had been deliberately targeted. Armed […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Boundary Commission (NBC) says it is poised to resolve the four out of 20 issues concerning the Nigeria-Cameroon border in 2022. Mr Admu Adaji, the Director-General of the NBC, disclosed this during a media parley with top media executives in Abuja. Adaji said the judgment by the International Court of […]
