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Monday, December 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has directed all workers below Grade Level 14 to work from home as from Monday, Dec. 12 to prevent spread of Coronavirus COVID-19. This is contained in a statement by Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday in Kaduna. Adekeye […]
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Monday, December 21st, 2020
(African Examiner) – Zimbabwe has launched a National Dress which government says will help promote unity among the “not so friendly to each other” ethnic groups in the country. While there is no war in Zimbabwe, the country is divided along tribal lines with the majority Shona and Ndebele groups in no real peace following […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, December 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As teeming unemployed Nigerian youths continue to roam the streets in search of unavailable white-collar jobs, the Technology Incubation Center (TIC) Enugu, of the Board For Technology Incubation (Federal Ministry of Science and Technology) has advised such citizens to avail themselves of the various training opportunities provided by the agency. The Enugu […]
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Sunday, December 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Bayonile Ademodi, Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, died on Saturday, an official has said. Mr Donald Ojogo, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Sunday in Akure. Ademodi was 68 years […]
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Sunday, December 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours. The NCDC made the disclosure via its verified website on late on Friday. Since the outbreak of the disease last February, over 874,617 samples have been tested by the NCDC, […]
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 11 people sustained injuries when a tanker, loaded with diesel, exploded on the Otedola bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday in Lagos. Olusegun Ogungbemide, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement Saturday evening. Ogungbemide said that the explosion […]
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Anthony Okungbowa, Head of Service (HoS) in Edo, was on Saturday evening kidnapped by suspected gunmen along Oza Road, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area. The gunmen reportedly killed his official driver, whose name could not be immediately confirmed, before abducting Okungbowa. A senior civil servant, who craved anonymity, said the incident […]
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya Airways and Air France-KLM Group said on Saturday that they had agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture partnership from September 2021. Allan Kilavuka, Kenya Airways CEO said the Kenyan carrier will continue to serve the European market through its gateways of London, Paris, Amsterdam with Rome slated for resumption […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, December 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid Nigeria and Heineken African Foundation (HAF), in collaboration with the Enugu state Ministry of Water resources have launched an intervention programme, ‘Clean Family campaign’ aimed at changing the hygiene behaviour of citizens of the state According to the organizations, over 1.6 million people are to benefit from the intervention process which […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ghana police on Thursday arrested 26 supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who were protesting near the offices of the Electoral Commission (EC) in Accra against results of the 7 December, 2020, general elections. A large number of the protesters occupied major streets leading to the EC’s head office, […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2020
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says there is increase of positive cases of coronavirus, suggesting a likely possibility of the emergence of a second wave in the state. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said in a statement on Friday, that this calls for caution among residents. Sanwo-Olu said that Lagos State was […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday endorsed a COVID-19 vaccine developed by American biotechnology company, Moderna. This comes exactly seven days after the panel, known as the FDA Advisory Committee, recommended the now approved Pfizer’s vaccine for emergency use authorisation. It paves the way for […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 344 abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, arrived the state on Friday morning amidst tight security. The vehicles that conveyed them arrived the Government House in Katsina at about 9:300 a.m. The students had slept in Gusau, the Zamfara capital, before proceeding to Katsina in the […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,145 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website. It said that as of Dec. 17, 2020, 1,145 new confirmed cases and one death were recorded in the country. The figure was the […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has confirmed the release of all the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Masari, who gave the confirmation on Thursday in Katsina, said the students released were 344. The governor added that the government had already sent vehicles to convey the […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential Elysee Palace has disclosed that French President, Emmanuel Macron, has tested positive for Covid-19. This was was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday. It reads: “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today. “This diagnosis was made following a PCR test performed at the onset […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, December 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Youths under the aegis of the Coalition of Northern Groups on Thursday embarked on a peaceful protest in Katsina State because of the abduction of students of Government Science secondary school, Kankara. African Examiner has earlier reported that over 300 boys were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Friday. Although, the federal […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has directed public and private schools to vacate on Friday. This directive was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni. The statement said: “The 2020/2021 first term academic session for public and private […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 930 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The number surpassed the previous record of 796 cases recorded on Dec. 11. The centre said Nigeria has conducted about 859,357 tests […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, December 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 15 members of the National youth Service Corps NYSC currently at the orientation camp at Awgu, local government area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, have tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Obi, has disclosed. He also announced that at least 187 […]
