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Tuesday, December 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Financing action plans to combat terrorism ravaging ECOWAS Member States has been listed as top agenda among other matters to be discussed during the 83rd Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Council of Ministers. Mr Kalla Ankouroa, Chairman of the Council and Niger Republic’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, […]
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Saturday, November 30th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has accused the Republic of Benin of being recalcitrant in its importation of prohibited goods for ultimate dumping into Nigeria’s market in spite the partial border closure order. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the accusation when he featured on a “TV Continental”, live Programme, […]
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Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. has raised its travel advisory for Burkina Faso to level 4, advising citizens not to travel to the country “due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping”. In an advisory, the State Department said it had ordered all family members of U.S. government employees not of age to leave the West African […]
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Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation on Wednesday warned the public against eating of dead pigs following the recent outbreak of suspected African Swine Fever in four communities of its capital, Freetown. Mohamed Vandi, the Director, Directorate of Health Security and Emergencies in the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation, while […]
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Ghana, one of the most prestigious universities in the West African country, has refuted an alleged sex scandal. According to the university, there is no evidence showing that some lecturers have slept with students to give them better grades. This came after two of the university’s profound lecturers, Ransford […]
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Sunday, September 15th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to attend the ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Counter Terrosism. A statement from the Media office of the State House, Abuja, said the President was received on arrival at the Ouagadougou International Airport by President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso, on […]
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Saturday, September 7th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’ Ivoire has appointed Adama Koné Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs to support the re-election of Dr Akinwumi Adesina as President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB). Quattara said this at the first Council of Ministers of the country’s new government team on Friday. He explained […]
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Wednesday, September 4th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, was scheduled to tour areas hard-hit by the Ebola virus in Congo on Wednesday, during the second leg of his two-country Africa trip. Maas will meet UN Emergency Ebola Response Coordinator, David Gressly in the eastern city of Goma, near the border with Rwanda, to discuss […]
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Thursday, August 8th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Christophe Dabire, the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso on Thursday says corruption is a phenomenon that must be curbed for the sustenance of development in the region. Dabire said this when the ECOWAS Delegation on Joint Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and APRM, Gender, Women Empowerment, Social Protection, Legal and […]
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Thursday, July 25th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday burnt the intercepted poisonous animal skin popularly known as “Ponmo” (cow hides) imported into Nigeria. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Muhammad Garba, led the team of Joint Border Agencies to the site where the animal skins were destroyed […]
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Friday, June 21st, 2019
…Over 5,000 Participants, 40 Speakers Expected at the Forum (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s champion of entrepreneurship, has announced the line-up of speakers and activities for the 5th Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum — the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs and the African entrepreneurship ecosystem. For the Forum’s Presidential Dialogue, […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Photo Caption: L-R: Chairman of Ghana’s Convention People’s Party: Ms Samia Nkrumah; Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Guinean Historian and Playwright, Professor, Djibril Tamsir Niane; Afro musician, Mr. Femi Kuti; and Legal Practitioner and Moderator, Ms. Ayo Obe at UBA’s Africa’s day event in Lagos. —————————————————– (AFRICAN EXAMINER) […]
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consul- General of the Cameroon in Nigeria, Mrs Bessem Manga, has called on her compatriots at home and abroad to close ranks and embrace peace for the emancipation of their country. Manga made the call late on Monday in a speech to mark the 47th Edition of the National Day of Cameroon […]
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Thursday, April 18th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 104 people were killed after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), authorities confirmed on Thursday. During Thursday’s visit to the disaster zone, President Felix Tshisekedi met with the local authorities and families of victims that died during the […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Government (FG) has banned Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft from operating within in its airspace. Minister of State for Transport (Aviation) Senator Hadi Sirika, made the announcement Wednesday at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, in Abuja. The first meeting after the general elections which […]
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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Alhaji Rashid Bawa, has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to ensuring improved relations between the two countries. Bawa, who spoke at the 62nd Independence Anniversary ceremony of Ghana held in Abuja, described the relationship between his country and Nigeria as a “ phenomenal development.’’ According to him, disunity […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, in spite of a huge emergency vaccination programme, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. Dr Katrina Kretsinger of WHO’s expanded programme on immunisation said this at a news conference in Geneva. “The number of deaths […]
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Monday, January 7th, 2019
Photo: Ailing Gabonese Leader, Ali Bongo said to have been in Morocco for over 2 months (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is “under control”, following an attempted military coup. The government further said four of the rebels had been arrested by the […]
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States on Tuesday restated its commitment to support Nigeria and other member states in their efforts to sustain management of forest resources in the sub region. The ECOWAS Director of Environment, Dr Johnson Boanuh said this at the National Consultation Workshop on the Technical and Financial […]
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Directors of the National Coordinating Institutions of Fifteen West African Countries are currently meeting in Abuja under the umbrella of West African Health Organisation (WAHO) to validate the regional Epidemic and Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan. The West African Health Organisation meeting will also focus on the ECOWAS inter institutional […]
