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Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis of leadership in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, took a turn for the worse, following the purported disbandment of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC, by one of the support groups in the party, the Progressive Youth Movement, PYM. Consequently, the movement named its […]
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party from the North-Central zone have endorsed a former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, as their presidential candidate in 2023. Speaking in Lafia, the leader of the delegation, Prof Iyorwuese Hagher, said they needed Saraki and not a President who will be travelling every moment for […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, U.S./Canada
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, has urged vaccinated Americans to get their COVID-19 booster shots amidst the growing concerns about the potential threat posed by the new Omicron variant. Biden, who made the call on Monday, also pleaded with those who have yet to be vaccinated to get their first dose. He made […]
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift soccer’s most prestigious trophy. It added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 trophies after winning the Copa America for the […]
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Asia, Latest Headlines
Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protests broke out on Monday across Lebanon against deteriorating living conditions and collapse of the local currency, the National News Agency reported. The protesters were said to have blocked roads in the capital Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, Zahle and in Mount Lebanon with burning tires and waste containers, preventing citizens from reaching their […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has suspended the 2021 Carnival Calabar over fears of a renewed outbreak of the COVID- 19 pandemic. The governor disclosed the decision after a prolonged debate among his aides including Commissioners, special advisers special assistants, speakers of the House of Assembly council chairmen. an executive […]
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Abuja, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, said he visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services on Monday afternoon. Kalu, in a statement personally signed by him and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, said […]
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Abuja, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA has arrested a businesswoman, Mrs Olayinka Adisa, a Saudi Arabia-bound passenger who ingested 80 pellets of cocaine. She was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while on her way to perform Umrah (Lesser Hadj). NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Monday in Abuja that Adisa, 46, lives in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that social media giant, Twitter, has agreed to all its conditions for suspension to be lifted. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, disclosed this when he appeared on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. African Examiner recalls that in June, the federal government […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United announced on Monday they had appointed Ralf Rangnick as interim manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The 63-year-old German joins from Lokomotiv Moscow, where he was manager of sports and development. At the end of the season Rangnick, whose appointment is subject […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has stated that the secessionist agitation by the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has weakened the chances of the Igbo people to produce a credible presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Environmentalists and stakeholders in the environment sector of the Nigerian economy have reiterated the need for young people to actively participate in the fight against climate change in the country. The stakeholders who spoke in unison, made the observation on Thursday in Abuja at a public presentation and launch of a new […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Canada said on Sunday it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid in two people who had travelled recently to Nigeria. The government of Ontario confirmed that the two cases are in the capital, Ottawa. Federal and Ontario provincial officials said both patients are in isolation while […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Botswana said on Monday that travel bans imposed against southern African countries over the presence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 hurt Botswana’s tourism sector. Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Philda Kereng, said the ban came just as the country prepared for its summer vacation season. “The restrictions […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda has temporarily suspended direct flights to southern African countries due to concerns over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. This was contained in cabinet communique issued by the office of the prime minister on Monday. The decision was taken after an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Rwanda’s response to the Omicron variant chaired […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Men’s Fellowship of Methodist Church Nigeria has elected its new National Executive Officers that would pilot the affairs of the Fellowship for the next three years from 2022 to 2024. A University don, Sir Dr Kehinde Olasunkanmi Oladeji was elected National President, Bro Uche Achugbuo was elected National Secretary while a […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chiemeka Arinze, one of the codefendants in the alleged kidnap trial of Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has died in the custody of Correctional Services. African Examiner reports that Arinze was charged alongside, Evans, Joseph Emeka, and Udeme Upong with the attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the Chairman of the Young Shall […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Sunday beat Uganda 95-69 to lead in the first round in Group A of the African Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The Nigerian team, after their opening 71-79 loss to Cape Verde on Friday when the window one of matches began, had gone on to beat […]
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Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, has announced a six-day traffic diversion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, starting from Monday, to speed up construction works. Popoola, in a statement, said the diversion is to enable Julius Berger, contractor handling section one of the project, to lay asphalt between Arepo […]
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Monday, November 29th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The tenure of five national commissioners will end by the first week of December. Already, a vacuum has been created by the resignation of one of the national commissioners, Engr. Abu Bakar Nahuche, who resigned after the 2019 general elections. Next week, the tenure of INEC national commissioners representing the South-East, South-South, […]
