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Thursday, January 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has named Mrs Yemisi Edun as the Acting Managing Director of the bank in the interim, while embattled Mr Adam Nuru is on leave. The decision was contained in a statement signed by the FCMB management. “In line with normal corporate practice, Edun is Acting as […]
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Residents in Anambra capital city, Awka, have criticised the recent electricity tariff payable by power consumers across the country in the first month of the year. This is in spite of the denial by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) management of any hike in tariff. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two teachers, Samson Banjoko and Olajide Babatunde, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a five-year-old Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, gave the order, following a motion moved by the Prosecutor, ASP Victor Eruada, that the matter be referred to the Director of Public […]
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Libyan navy has rescued 82 illegal immigrants off the coast of Khoms city, some 120 km east of the capital Tripoli. The Libyan navy disclosed this in a statement. “A rubber boat was successfully rescued with 82 migrants on board off the coast of Khoms city after a distress call was […]
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the […]
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Monday, January 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 917 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website late Sunday. So far, 955,429 persons have been tested in the country since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was announced in Feb. 27, 2020. According to the […]
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Monday, January 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, has formally assumed office as the 4th Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and first female to occupy the position at Fidelity Bank Plc, effective on Jan. 1. The bank disclosed that Onyeali-Ikpe took over from Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, whose contract tenure ended on Dec. 31, 2020, in line […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun Government has suspended its Commissioner for Environment, Mr Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, over alleged sexual harassment of a 16 year- old girl. This is contained in a press statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Tokunbo Talabi on Sunday in Abeokuta. Talabi said that the suspension became necessary to enable […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for ordering the demolition of a house slated as venue for a sex party in Kaduna state. Runsewe who gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday said organising such sex party was […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 576 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The country has so far tested 952,975 persons since the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, […]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,074 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 948,048 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced […]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), on Friday in Lagos unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme for 2021, to empower women and men across the African continent. The Chief Executive Officer of TEF, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, disclosed this during an Online news briefing with Journalists across Africa. She said: ”I want to welcome all […]
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Friday, January 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to re-energise and re-organise the nation’s security apparatus with a view to bringing to an end insurgency and other violent crimes across the country. The president made the pledge in a New Year broadcast to the nation on Friday in Abuja. He said the exercise would involve […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, has enjoined the federal government should not open schools yet due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ujah disclosed this at a webinar organised by the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, on Wednesday, saying that the country is not […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Oyo State Chapter has advised worshippers in the state to adhere strictly to COVID-19 safety protocol directives by the government on the crossover night service. The state Chairman, CAN, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, gave the advise in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. Akinyemiju commended the state […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
…Passports Suspended For 6 Months (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at the national briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja. Mustapha, also, […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK on Wednesday approved Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. AstraZeneca, in a statement, said that the first doses are being released so that vaccinations may begin early in the new year. “The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has provided authorisation for an emergency supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, formerly […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Innocent Emmanuel, Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau state chapter, has attributed the second wave of COVID-19, to poor and non-adherence to the virus’s non-pharmaceutical guidelines. Emmanuel, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos, said that it was evidence that places […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(NAN) National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down six pharmaceutical manufacturers for non-compliance with Good manufacturing Practice (GMP). Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, director general of the Agency, said this in a statement by Mr Sayo Akintola, Resident Media Consultant, NAFDAC, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAINER) – The Police Command in Bayelsa on Monday said four members of rival cult groups died in a shootout at a wake in the early hours of Monday. Mr Asinim Butswat, a Superintendent of Police and spokesman of the Command, confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. Butswat, however, […]
