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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -An Ex-CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi, , says he does not know why IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu, Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemi, and separatist advocates want Nigeria to be divided. He described them as making ignorant demands. “I hope that my story and the story of many of us here is one that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says the revenue allocation formula review will be ready for presentation to President Muhammadu Buhari by the end of 2021. The commission’s chairman Elias Mbam noted that the review was one of the major responsibilities of the commission and was last done in 1992, […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Irabo gave the advice in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyer, Director, Defence Information at the end of an interactive session which the […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed no fewer than 36 persons while several others were injured in a fresh attack which occurred in Ahwol Ward, Naraguta community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community with sophisticated weapons around 10 pm on Tuesday night and […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s U.S. Open due to her torn hamstring that has not completely healed ahead of the final Grand Slam of the year, the American said on Wednesday. Williams, a six-times winner at Flushing Meadows, has had an injury-marred season and limped out of her first-round match […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion tax backlog to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, the Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the FIRS, made this known in […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Delta government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the state, with 164, 173 birds reported dead. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing a newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. ”Government has taken action to curtail the spread of the disease. ”So far, some poultry […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK Government has awarded Five Persons with Disabilities the prestigious Chevening Scholarship for the 2020 to 2021 session, to foster their inclusion in the society with equal opportunities as others. Ms Gill Atkinson, Acting Head of British High Commission in Nigeria disclosed this in Abuja, during a presentation to showcase the […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has said that it had not and would not enlist former or repentant Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists into the service. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said an online video circulating in […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, was on Tuesday factionalised with the emergence of two acting national chairmen. The two Deputy National Chairmen of the party, Yemi Akinwonmi (South) and Senator Suleiman Nazif (North), in separate announcements on Tuesday, claimed to be the party’s acting National Chairman. Our correspondent gathered […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – If you think that the problems of Haiti do not concern you, I am afraid, you may be mistaken. Haitian’s are descendants of slaves mostly from West Africa, including Nigeria. Some of these slaves might well have shared the same lineage with your ancestors hundreds of years ago. Besides, as a country […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US Department of Justice has agreed to hand FIFA $201 million (171m euros) confiscated from corrupt football administrators, the governing body of world football announced on Tuesday. Most of the cash comes from US legal actions in the wake of the “FIFAgate” scandal, which erupted in May 2015 with the dramatic […]
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed its excitement over the emergence of a youthful Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, Tsola Emilio. In its congratulatory message to the monarch on his ascendancy to the throne as the 21st Olu of Warri, said his emergence is line with their […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension on Tuesday as the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) split into two factions. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. Akinwonmi and Nazif are laying claim to the […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has directed the caretaker chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Gboyega Famodun to discontinue the suit instituted against the loyalists of his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola. African Examiner reports the party caretaker Secretary, Hon Rasaq Salinsile; ex-APC chair, Elder Adelowo Adebiyi; Ex-commissioner for Works and Transports, Engr. […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former People’s Democratic Party,( PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the party would return to power in 2023. Atiku stated that the PDP would be strengthened to take over power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. He disclosed this when he visited the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that his comment that a candidate who has a questionable NECO certificate should not be allowed to govern Anambra State was not out of place. The former CBN governor disclosed this as he reacted to a challenge posed […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Kebbi House of Assembly, Abdulmumeen Kamba and the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro, have been impeached. The impeachment was announced by Alhaji Muhammad Tukur, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Culture, shortly after closed door plenary on Tuesday. He said that the speaker was immediately replaced by the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(African examiner) – Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has explained why he directed residents of the state to carry arms and defend themselves against bandits that are brazenly terrorizing them. The governor said the citizens cannot fold their arms and allow the bandits kill them unnecessarily since there are no adequate security personnel to guard […]
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed has said that the world is currently not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mohammed made the observation on Monday during the opening ceremony of this year’s World Water Week holding in Stockholm, the capital city of Sweden, under the […]
