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Monday, November 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, says Federal Government’s earnings, from oil and non-oil sectors coupled with low revenue receipts from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), have dropped by 60 per cent, putting the nation’s economy under serious pressure. Sylva stated this after a closed-door meeting with President […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, November 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, under the platform of “Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has dragged a former commissioner for lands and Urban Development in Enugu state, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, before the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ICPC, over his alleged involvement in land scandal. A petition signed by president of the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, November 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two weeks after Igbo-Eze North Council area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, was hit by a strange sickness which claimed over 50 lives, another mysterious disease which has killed several Cows has enveloped same locality. The initial strange disease which was later discovered to be Yellow fever as announced by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former chairman of the Federal Internal Revenue Service, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, on Monday returned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to answer more questions. According to reports, Fowler reported at the Lagos State office of the EFCC concerning FIRS’s involvement in alleged financial misappropriation during his time in office. African […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 16th, 2020
(AFRICANEXAMINER) – South Africa has issued an arrest warrant for a controversial millionaire preacher, Shepherd Bushiri, who faces fraud charges after he fled to his native country, Malawi. Shepherd Bushiri has skipped bail in South Africa and fled the country to Malawi, with his wife Mary. Earlier this month they were released on bail after […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has stated that the dreaded Boko Haram sect caused more than $6 billion worth of destruction in the state. Zulum disclosed this when he unveiled a 25-year strategic recovery plan from the mayhem caused by Boko Haram. The plan tagged: “Our Borno, Our Success’, provide […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a “gruesome” attack on a passenger bus in western Ethiopia, a part of the country that has recently seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians, the national human rights body said Sunday. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said in a statement that “the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its capacity building initiative on climate change, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) has trained 500 students and teachers from 63 Senior Secondary Schools in Abuja. The students and teachers who participated in the training workshop were drawn from schools across the six area councils of […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, November 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Socio cultural organization, championing the advancement of Igbo cause, under the platform of Ndigbo Royal Heritage (HIROH World wide), has identified bad leadership at all levels of government as the bane of Nigeria and Igbo nation’s. It argued that the terrible and sorry state of Nigeria’s dwindling economy and its political […]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force, PTF, on COVID-19 has urged Nigerians in diaspora shelve plans of coming home for the Christmas festivities. The National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this during the weekly media briefing of the task force. According to Aliyu, this will help prevent the safety measures […]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo of the Nigerian Army says that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu invited the military during the End SARS in Lagos to prevent total chaos since the police who are supposed to be on ground had ran away. Taiwo, the Commander, 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island disclosed this when he […]
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Izilein, a former coach of the Super Falcons, has described the Super Eagle’s 4-4 home draw with the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone as a “Football Disaster.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the match which was played at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, saw the Leone Stars […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has harped on the need to accelerate the development of renewable energy in Africa. Dr. Adesina who made observation on Wednesday at the Finance in Common Summit hosted by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres for the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) conspired to eject former President, Goodluck Jonathan from office. He disclosed this while he played host to some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who decamped to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). According to Gov. Wike, despite taking Jonathan […]
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 212 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country on Thursday. The NCDC made this known via its verified website. Nigeria has so far tested 697,544 persons since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, November 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020. The achievement of this feat is largely attributable to the Bank’s […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
Former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings has died at the age of 73. According to reports from Ghana, the former president died in hospital in the capital, Accra, after a short illness. He died of COVID-19 complications African Examiner writes that Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001 He led two coups, first in 1979, […]
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 180 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health agency said that two coronavirus-complicated deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll in the […]
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Libyan ministry of foreign affairs of the Government of National Accord on Wednesday announced it had agreed with its Tunisian counterpart to open their air spaces and land borders from Saturday, after months of suspension. A letter from the office of the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of […]
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Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian traders in Ghana on Wednesday called on the Nigerian government to evacuate them from Ghana. The traders, in a Save-Our-Soul letter delivered to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said they were seeking a secure and peaceful return to Nigeria. In a statement signed by Gabriel […]
