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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has deployed 1,500 personnel to cover the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial elections billed to hold on Saturday Oct. 10, 2020. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja. […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has increased available seats on the flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft operating into the two designated airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in a statement […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has tested positive for the coronavirus. He announced this via his twitter handle. “I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two,” […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the House of Representatives, Simon Karu, says that each legislator in the Green Chamber gets N9.3 million monthly. The lawmaker representing Kaltungo/Shongom federal constituency of Gombe State disclosed this while speaking at an event to mark the country’s 60th anniversary on Thursday saying that the money is used to […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
By Akinsola Dele (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Diamond Jubilee has, auspiciously, coincided and by Divine arrangement with the year that the first two digits match the second two digits; a special and unique year – 2020. The next year that will follow this magical pattern is 2121 which will take another 100 years for it […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, Amb. Adeyinka Asekun, says the host country is unfairly denying a lot of Nigerians visas including students. Asekun stated this during a webinar on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary organised by the mission on Thursday evening. He expressed the hope that the issue would be addressed in the draft bilateral […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine, he wrote on Twitter early on Friday. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump wrote. The White House physician […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRCIAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached 59,001, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced 153 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The agency since the beginning of the outbreak in February in Nigeria, more than 509, 555 sample have been tested by the […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda, on Thursday, resumed scheduled commercial passenger flights after seven months of government suspensions over COVID-19 pandemic. Vianney Luggya, Communications Officer of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, told Xinhua by telephone that the phased flight operations at Entebbe International Airport, about 40 kilometres south of the capital Kampala, resumed after the government eased […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The joy of traders at the highly density Abakpa market in Enugu, Southeast, Nigeria, Wednesday knew no bound, as water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promoter, WaterAid, Nigeria, formally handed over to management of the market modern toilets/urinary facilities built by the organization as part of its contribution towards ending open defecation in the […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some stakeholders in Ibadan have expressed divergent views on how Nigeria has fared since its attainment of independence 60 years ago. The stakeholders particularly chronicled how Nigeria had evolved politically, educationally and judicially over a period of 60 years. The Chairman, Dean of Deans of Education in Nigeria, Prof. Julius Ademokoya, said […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said he is committed to bequeath to the country the culture of free, fair and credible poll. The President however warned that any part of the country which toys with its voting rights would bear the consequences. Buhari gave the assurance Thursday morning in his special 60th independence anniversary […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government announced that the United Arab Emirates has agreed to resume visa issuance to Nigerians Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement Wednesday via his Twitter handle. In addition, UAE, the Minister disclosed has permitted the operation of Emirates Airlines in Nigeria. Sirika tweets read: “UAE has written to […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says his comment that Nigeria may break up was misunderstood. It will be recalled that the SGF while representing the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, in an interdenominational church service to commemorate Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary on Sunday, stated that Nigeria may break up if […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has enjoined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos to retire that former Deputy National Chairman of the Party, Bode George, so that the party can make progress in the state. The former governor stated this in a statement by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, during the […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed no fewer than 3,000 personnel to ensure security in the FCT as Nigeria celebrates its 60th Independence Anniversary. Mr Mathias Ohieme, Commandant, FCT NSCDC, stated that this on Wednesday at the FCT Command in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ohieme […]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 11 people were injured and 17 houses were demolished by heavy rains accompanied with strong winds in Tanzania’s western region of Rukwa, an official said on Tuesday. Said Mtanda, Nkasi District Commissioner in Rukwa region, said the rain that started pounding in the district on Monday afternoon demolished houses, leaving […]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday says that former Ondo Governor, Segun Mimiko, is trying to achieve a third-term ambition as he wants to achieve this through the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). APC disclosed this in a statement issued by the APC Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, stressing said the entire governorship […]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of plans to mark this Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary celebration, the federal government has declared Thursday, October 1, a public holiday. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on Tuesday.Aregbesola applauded Nigerians on the Diamond Jubilee and declared government’s commitment to socio-economic transformation. He said: “our warmth, welcoming spirit […]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), on Monday says it will deploy 2,000 Special Force in the Northwest to restore peace and security in the region. The Comptroller General, Mr Muhammad Babandede, stated this during the passing out parade of 320 First Batch of pioneer Special Force of the Service, at the NIS […]
