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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will pick dates they will be vaccinated publicly, with the first batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which is about four million doses, expected to arrive in Nigeria on Tuesday. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this […]
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says no ransome was paid for the release of the school girls .Repentant bandits in the state assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of Jangebe school girls. The governor, who received the girls at about 5a.m on Tuesday in Gusau, said the […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday said that the abduction of school students by bandits is a lesser evil. Gumi disclosed this when he featured on BBC Pidgin saying that it is better for school children to be abducted than the residents of villages to be killed. He said: Gumi: “Kidnapping […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 policemen of the Rapid Response Squad in Bauchi State’s Governor Bala Mohammed motorcade were involved in a road accident on Monday. The accident occurred while Governor Mohammed was inspecting a 60- kilometer Burga-Yelwan Duguri road project in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area (LGA) currently being constructed by the […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a public apology from Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe over his negative utterances against Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Mr Yekini Nabena, APC Acting Deputy National Publicity Secretary made the demand in a statement on Monday in Abuja, while reacting to the development. Abaribe is the Minority […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of state for health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, has stated that Nigerians who have received COVID-19 vaccines abroad will also perform the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on arrival in the country. Mamora made this known when he appeared on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, saying that getting the vaccine […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has banned activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) from all motor parks in the state. Both unions were warned to stop collecting dues and levies from commercial drivers in the state. Akeredolu, who spoke through […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed to members of the public to ignore an advert on WhatsApp allegedly seeking to enlist young Nigerians into the anti-graft agency. EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren disclosed in a statement, on Monday that the recruitment exercise was the handiwork of […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Government on Monday asked the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to sanction marketers hoarding petroleum products in the state. The State Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, Prof. Daud Sangodoyin, who made the call in Ibadan, said the sight of long queues of vehicles in some filling stations in […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday accepts an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a grandmother. “It is important & timely that they’ve apologised,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet. She took over as the new WTO […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on Monday labelled Senator Smart Adeyemi as a mad man. He disclosed this during the unveiling of a book written by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, titled: “Made in Aba” noted that there was no need to envy a mad man Ikpeazu was […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia’s communications regulator blamed Twitter on Monday of violating Russian law, saying the social media platform had not complied with some of its requests to delete banned content. Roskomnadzor said Twitter had failed to delete 2,862 posts containing material linked to suicide, pornography and drugs since 2017. Twitter could be fined heavily […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Samuel Nzekwe, a former President, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), has called on the Federal Government to utilize the proceeds of the Excess Crude Account to build infrastructures in order to achieve a sustainable economic growth. Speaking in Ota, Ogun state, Nzekwe said that the recent rise in crude […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
Hunters have killed a suspected kidnapper in the Akunu Akoko area of Akoko North East council of Ondo State, and equally rescued Seven abductees from the kidnappers den The hunters, working with a rescue team, stormed the forest on the orders of the Regent of the town, Princess Tolani Orogun, after reports that some travellers […]
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, has advised the Federal Government to arrest Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for aiding and abetting banditry and terrorism with his utterances. Maharaj ji, in a statement signed and issued yesterday, said the utterances of Gumi in a television programme, justifying kidnapping by the Fulani, […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United lost further ground at the top of the 2020/2021 English Premier League (EPL) table as they drew 0-0 at Chelsea on Sunday. Thomas Tuchel’s men benefited from a contentious call relating to a potential penalty kick award against them. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side came into the weekend 10 points adrift […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja advised Bawa to avoid the […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Fulani Community Association in Kwara has advised its members to avoid negative tendencies capable of undermining the peaceful coexistence of the state. The caution followed the recent trooping of more cattle breeders into the state from neighbouring states and beyond. Hajia Aisha Aliyu-Baruten, the Special Assistant to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq on […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has notified motorists to stop panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol saying it has no plan to increase the ex-depot price in March. NNPC disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Kennie Obateru, in Abuja on Sunday. He said the […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, says his ambition to become governor of Anambra State is not about enriching himself but to develop the state as God has blessed him with everything he needs. Soludo is aspiring to become the next Anambra governor and he is hoping to fly the flag […]
