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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered that the arrested fugitive and former Chairman, the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, be remanded at a correctional centre, pending conclusion of his trial. Justice Okon Abang gave the order following counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 343 new infections of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The agency also reported two additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,179. It said that […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Civil Society groups in Enugu state, Southeast, Nigeria, and implementing partners of a foreign non-governmental organization, (NGO), ‘Solidaridad’ have stressed the need for women, youths, immigrants’ involvement in palm oil business. They also urged state actors in Enugu state to put in place policies that would assist in addressing problems relating […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ZIMBABWE’S Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has launched a five-year strategic plan which it hopes to use to salvage an image battered by corruption and bad governance. The past few months have been darker for the commission which saw two High Court judges, one fired and the other suspended for acting in manner […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has stated that the next president of Nigeria should come from the Southern part of the country. Shekarau, disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared on Channels Television saying that by 2023, President Buhari who is from the northern part of the country, would have […]
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to provide adequate funds for purchase and administration of COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The upper chamber equally directed its Committees on Health and Primary Health Care to invite the Ministry of Health and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to present to it […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been carted back to Nigeria preparing to face his ongoing money laundering trial. African Examiner recalls that security operatives of the Nigerian Intelligence Service and anti-corruption agents, on Monday evening, nabbed Abdulrasheed Maina in Niger republic. Maina failed repeatedly […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government, Chief Nimizuo Urouoaye, on Thursday bemoaned the takeover of the collection of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the council area by the Bayelsa government. Urouoaye spoke at the Yenagoa Local Government Secretariat during the citizen’s input towards the preparation of the council’s 2021 budget and briefing […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti state last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released. NAN reports that the expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the new Ado Ekiti-Iyin Ekiti road, was abducted last Friday at the site by gunmen who also […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says that the warning by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 against Christmas carols to prevent a second wave of the virus is insensitive. This was made known by the Vice-Chairman (Northern region) of the body, Rev. John Hayab on Wednesday. African Examiner reports that […]
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, says that the military is overwhelmed stressing the need for local communities to be involved in the fight against insurgency. Fayemi, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), disclosed this when he and some governors paid a visit to Babagana Zulum, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has sacked the political appointees he employed from Ivo local government area, where the former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim comes hails from. African Examiner reports that the governor and the former senate president have been at loggerheads after Governor Umahi defected from the People’s Democratic […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 122 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health Agency stated that the new infection were reported from 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In obvious recognition of its brand acceptance and its role in facilitating economic development across Africa, six subsidiaries of pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have been named ‘Bank of the Year 2020’ by the Banker Magazine, leading global finance news publication published by Financial Times of London. […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from next week. “The Government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use,” […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for the killing of farmers in Borno state. African Examiners reports that i43 farmers were reportedly killed after Boko Haram attacked them at Zabarmari in Jere local government area of Borno. However, in a video released on Tuesday, Shekau stated that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, has written an open letter to President Buhari saying Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State intends to kill him and other political leaders in Ebonyi State. Anyim stated that Gov Umahi is after their lives because he and […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday said the Department of Justice had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud that could upturn the Nov. 3 elections. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” The Associated Press (AP) quoted […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renewed bloody cult clash has escalated in two Communities of Ezza North and South Council areas of Ebonyi state, Southeast Nigeria, claiming four Lives, and leaving many with various degrees of injuries. The communities, namely Oriuzor and Onueke, have been thrown into tension since Monday when the clash between two rival […]
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2020
…Spearheads Innovation In Electronic Banking (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the light of COVID-19, FirstBank has launched the FastTrack ATM, a Next Generation ATM and first of its kind in Africa, designed to promote financial activities on the ATM devoid of any form of physical interaction with the machine. The introduction of the FastTrack ATM which […]
