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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, has stated that he has left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over “injustice” done to the south-east PDP, surprised why the PDP has not zoned the presidency to the region. African Examiner reports that there have been speculations […]
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
By Steve Orji (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are millions of images of sick, malnourished children drinking from dirty ponds around Africa that splashes our TV screens and other media on weekly basis. It had often been sentimentalised as possible racial slurs coming from the western media in an attempt to further denigrate the African people. […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Owerri Magistrate Court on Monday remanded Herclus Okoro representing Ohaji Egbema State Constituency in the Imo House of Assembly, in the state correctional facility for alleged assault. Okoro, a member of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), was arraigned in court for an eight-count charge bordering on alleged assault with intention to wound. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bona Panek Biar, governor of Warrap on Wednesday said 16 civilians were killed and scores wounded in South Sudan’s northern Warrap region following clashes over cattle. Biar disclosed that the civilians were killed during clashes over cattle that erupted from Sunday until Tuesday between the Jalwau and Luanyjang clans of the Dinka […]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a supra-national organization comprising countries around the greater horn of Africa region on Wednesday warned that the region may fail to realize food and nutrition security for farmers and herders amidst suppressed October to December rains. IGAD, which comprise Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda as member states, made […]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter, has lauded the Federal Government for what it said was “standing on the path of justice’’ by reinstating the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The union’s Chairman, Dr Dele Ashiru, gave the commendation while reacting to the development in an […]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
…Over 2.9 Billion Litres of Petrol Available for Yuletide (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday dismissed mounting insinuation of possible scarcity of petroleum products following ongoing disagreement between the Federal Government and members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) on the implementation of the Integrated Payroll […]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos on Wednesday announced the dismissal of 10 police officers for various offences. The command’s spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement he signed and released to newsmen in Lagos. According to the spokesperson, the dismissal was in a bid to promote discipline and core […]
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Commission has wrapped up negotiations with BioNTech and Pfizer to secure doses of the company’s experimental Coronavirus vaccine for Europe, a spokesperson announced this on Tuesday. EU commissioners were due to approve the agreement on Wednesday, Eric Mamer said at a Brussels press conference. “Negotiations with the pharmaceutical industry have […]
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sanwo-Olu has disclosed plans to review the pension law which allows for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies in Lagos State. He made this known on Tuesday while he presented the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly at Alausa Ikeja. According to Sanwo-Olu, […]
