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Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana is the first West African Country to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX. This was disclosed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) According to WHO, Ghana received 600,000 doses of the vaccine from COVAX. It said: “Ghana becomes the first African country to receive #COVID19 vaccines from the COVAX facility. […]
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has criticized the senate for the confirmation of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. Wike, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that Nigerians are not happy that the same lawmakers who had called for the sack of the former service chiefs for the poor […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says that Nigeria is experiencing terroism and not banditry or kidnapping. The chairman of NGF and Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this on Tuesday when some governors paid a solidarity visit to the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello concerning the abduction of several students, members of […]
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A drama happened on Tuesday at the National Assembly during plenary after Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC, Kogi) described Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State as a “drunkard”. It all started when Adeyemi contributed to a motion on Safe School Initiative in Nigeria alleging that Abia state is governed by a “champagne drinking […]
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Monday, February 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of State for Works and Chairman of Southwest Agenda 23, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, says that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, is the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Adeyeye disclosed this on Sunday when members of the group paid a courtesy […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has lifted the ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft in the Nigerian Airspace after the two accidents involving the plane model. This was announced in a statement issued at the weekend and signed by the Director General/CEO of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu. According to […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the Present Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, attacked him with “more than 1000 thugs”. Okorocha and three of his political associates were on Sunday arrested by the state police command after some of his supporters stormed the Royal Spring Palm Estate, […]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Government has stated that it has confiscated the Royal Palm Estate on Akachi Road, Owerri, which belongs to the state government from wife of Former Governor ,Rochas Okorocha The land in question was given to Nkechi Okorocha, Wife of Rochas Okorocha during his administration as a GovernorThe Commissioner for […]
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has enjoined the Lagos State Government to prove that Seyi Tinubu, the son of Bola Tinubu does not own or control the Lekki tollgate. George stated this in a statement he issued on Friday where he called on the […]
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has announced his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra state. He declared his intention on Thursday in Awka, Anambra state capital. Soludo is expected to run on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), He said he […]
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
(African Examiner) – The Managing Director Of The Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Yomi Omomuwasan, Has Stated That He Does Not Know The Amount Of Money The Company Generates In A Month At The Tollgate. Omomuwasan Made This Revelation On A Television Programme In Nigeria Info 99.3 Fm. Asked By The Presenter What Lcc, The Company […]
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Friday, February 19th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State stated that the State Executive Council has been dissolved and a new one would be inaugurated February 24 which will be the beginning of his second term as governor of the state. Akeredolu disclosed this at the valedictory meeting of the council in Akure saying that […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tosin Ojaomo, Lawyer and counsel to suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says justice has not been served concerning the probe of Magu. Ojaomo disclosed this when he appeared on a Channels Television programme saying that he was shocked by the recent appointment of a […]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the security agencies to make sure that the abducted students from Government Science College (GSC) Kagara in Niger State are rescued immediately. Gunmen invaded the school on Wednesday morning in military uniform and abducted the students. Reacting, the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, […]
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, has left the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Daniel, who was the campaign manager for PDP’s former Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, disclosed this on Tuesday. According to him, his decision to defect was due to his support for Governor […]
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Monday, February 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday. Omisore contested in the 2018 governorship poll on the platform of the Social Democratic Party but he later went into coalition with the APC in the rerun of the September 28 rerun. He […]
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Friday, February 12th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, says only the party can save Nigeria from collapse. Metuh stated this when he hosted members of PDP’s National Working Committee in his Abuja residence, on Thursday. According to him, the PDP was Nigeria’s choice to ensure unity, stability and development as […]
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Monday, February 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says a new case of the Ebola virus has emerged just a few months after the outbreak was declared to have ended in the Central African country. The ministry of health disclosed this on Sunday saying that a patient who has since died contracted the virus […]
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Saturday, February 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Amnesty Programme says unspent funds in 2020 totaling N26bn have been returned to the treasury which is according to the extant financial guidelines. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser, Media, to the Interim Administrator of the PAP, Mr Nneotaobase Egbe, on Friday who stated that PAP like other agencies […]
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Thursday, February 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of a faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Buba Galadima has berated the Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for issuing eviction notice to Fulani herdsmen in Ondo forest reserve. Galadima disclosed this on Wednesday when he appeared on AIT saying that there is no law that permits […]
