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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 28-year-old Nigerian, Miss Kemi Najeeb who hails from Ikire town in Osun State has appealed to the Nigerian government to come to her rescue in Oman where she is being held in captivity. The President, Journalist International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), Mr Ajibola Abayomi, narrated Kemi’s situation in a statement issued […]
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 72 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known on its verified website on Monday. Nigeria has continued to report new cases of infections on a daily basis, despite the measures put in place to curb the […]
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), a multi-stakeholder coalition that promotes extractives transparency and accountability in over 50 countries, has commended the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, for honouring his commitment to promote and deepen the culture of transparency and accountability in the Corporation. In […]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the invitation of Mr Babatunde Fowler, former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) for questioning. “He was invited by the Commission and responded today,” EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday via SMS. When […]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
Seye Oladejo, the APC Publicity Secretary in Lagos State, in a statement on Sunday stated that Gov. Sanwo-Olu will concentrate on his duties and not be distracted stressing that the unfortunate incident that happened in the state in the past two weeks should not be politicized. “The call for resignation remains the wish of a […]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, has berated President Muhammadu Buhari’s government saying that the administration that could have been a solution to Nigeria’s problem contains many criminals. The priest disclosed this on Monday during the 2020 All Saints Day Holy Mass at Adoration ground and entitled “Impure […]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says results of 215,149 candidates are being withheld over alleged various forms of examination malpractices. The council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. Areghan also said that results of candidates from the Chibok […]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 400 people rallied outside the French embassy in the Indonesian capital to denounce France’s handling of cartoons of Islam’s prophet Mohammed deemed offensive by Muslims. The protesters outside waved posters calling French President Emmanuel Macron “an enemy of Muslims. A banner read “we condemn the insult against Prophet Mohammed,’’ referring to […]
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Monday, November 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Tanzanian, on Monday arrested several opposition politicians for allegedly planning illegal demonstrations after accusing the ruling party of rigging the general election. Special police zone commander, Lazaro Mambosasa, told journalists in the commercial capital, that among those arrested are Chadema party national chairman Freeman Mbowe and several other leading […]
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Saturday, October 31st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources has applauded the Mallam Mele Kyari-led Management team of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its achievements in the areas of gas infrastructure development, gas supply obligations for the domestic market and the NLNG Train 7 Project. A press release by the Group […]
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Saturday, October 31st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, says that Igbo political leaders will put aside every differences and work together for the interest of the Igbo race and the country at large ahead of the 2023 general elections and beyond. The former governor, who represents Orlu senatorial district of Imo state in […]
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Friday, October 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has enjoined President Buhari to issue a “diplomatic offensive” to Trump to clear every obstacle and enable the emergence of Nigeria’s former finance minister, Okojo-Iweala as the director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). African Examiner had earlier reported that Okonjo-Iweala was nominated as the […]
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Friday, October 30th, 2020
By Dr. John Nkengasong and Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil Everyone knows by now that due to a combination of leadership, environment, social ecology, demographics and as yet unknown biological and other factors, Africa has been spared the worst of the havoc that COVID-19 has wreaked on other parts of the globe and was predicted to […]
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Thursday, October 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Follow The Money, an initiative of Connected Development (CODE) has declared that the discovery of government storehouses for COVID19 palliatives and the looting spree of the items across the country by hoodlums have further exposed the rot and persistent corruption in the Nigerian system. The cardinal mission of Follow The Money is […]
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Thursday, October 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, Southeast Nigeria, has granted Leave to a human rights organization, “Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN)” to apply for an Order of Mandamus to compel Enugu State Government to supply the establishment records and documents in respect of the contract for the purchase of medical […]
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Thursday, October 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), said four COVID-19 related deaths and 147 new infections were recorded in the country from 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The country has so far tested 617,750 persons since the outbreak of […]
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been elected Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). She was elected in the final two-man race. She polled 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat South Korea’s Trade Minister./The Nation
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has sacked Illiya Ibrahim, corps assistant, for participating in the looting of a warehouse in the federal capital territory (FCT). African Examiner recalls that a mob attacked a warehouse at Gwagwalada area council of Abuja on Monday taking away food items according to reports, […]
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that freedom of expression should stop if it offends more than 1.5 billion people, following the display of images in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous. Al-Sisi said this during an address to commemorate the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday on Wednesday in […]
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINR) – The Federal Government says 10 new airports will be constructed across the country to boost civil aviation. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Aviation for the 2021 budget defence by the ministry and its agencies. Sirika said […]
