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Saturday, October 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerian football fans have expressed disappointment over the National team’s performance against the Desert Foxes or Warriors of Algeria which the Super Eagles lost by a lone goal on Friday in Austria. The match served as a warmup encounter for both teams as they prepare for the African Nations Cup, Cameroon […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States House of Representatives has expressed it support for the people of Ethiopia and their peaceful efforts to advance democratic reforms and to exercise the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of their country. Ethiopia has been a key ally of the United States and an important economic and security partner, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, on Friday says that the Nigerian Police cannot afford to scrap the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) because of their roles in helping the country to fight against Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in the Norther Nigeria. Frank Mba disclosed this while appearing on a […]
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several persons sustained injuries and one policeman identified as Etaga Stanley, was killed during the protest in Delta State on Thursday. African Examiner reports that a video which emerged last weekend of officers allegedly attached to the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) shooting an unarmed man sparked public outrage as youths embarked on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, October 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As news emerged that former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is allegedly involved in corrupt practices, Nigerians on social media are having fun with the story. A Nigerian chartered accountant, Dapo Apara, who use to be an ally to the former governor of Lagos state and presently the All Progressive […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, October 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Allegations and counter allegations have trailed financial misconducts by a former Managing Director of a Lagos based tax consulting firm – Alpha Beta, Mr Dapo Apara, as well as by the firm. While the firm is accusing its ex-boss of diverting the sum of N6bn, the company’s money, Apara in a counter, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Friday, sentenced a serial killer, Gracious David-West to death by hanging. Presiding Judge, Justice Adolphus Enebele, while delivering his judgement which came six months after trial, said the suspect was convicted of the murder of eleven young women and attempted murder […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, October 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria recorded zero COVID-19-related deaths in five days, as 103 new infections were recorded. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The centre said that Nigeria total COVID-19 cases hit 59,841. It added that the new cases were recorded in Lagos (39), […]
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Friday, October 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has commiserated with the Government and people of Lagos State, and particularly the residents of Baruwa area, on the gas plant fire incident that ravaged the community in the early hours of Thursday. A press release by the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, October 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has appointed Alhaji Adamu Fanda, a former member House of Representative from Kano State as Board Chairman of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) with effect from Sept. 26. The appointment is in a memo with file number FMIT/LEG/1426/17 dated Oct. 6, signed by Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following recent ban of operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other Tactical Squad from routine patrols and low – risk duties by Nigeria’s Inspector General of police, (IGP), Adamu Mohammed, the Enugu state Command of the force, has warned the concerned officers against flouting the order and directive, even as it […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has revealed that 22 persons have so far tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), among the 1,473 persons of interest tested since the reopening of the nation’s international airspace. Ehanire, stated this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja, and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described the Baruwa, Ipaja, a Lagos suburb Thursday gas explosion incident as a ‘’sad memory’’ in the life of his administration. Sanwo-Olu who commiserated with the families of the victims of the explosion expressed deep sorrow over the sad incidents which claimed lives and destroyed […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has opened up on what transpired at the PDP rally in Ondo state on Wednesday saying that he can’t be killed like the late Justice Minister, Bola Ige. African Examiner reports that shortly before the justice minister was killed on December 23, 2001, he was attacked […]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Enugu State chapter, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the state government to either pay primary school teachers the N30,000 minimum wage or face industrial action. The union Chairman, Mr Nweke Odo, disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built industrial park constructed at a cost of 60 million U.S. dollars. The Bahir Dar Industrial Park (BIP), located 552 km north of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa was constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the […]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The movement of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products has been banned after an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was confirmed in Namibia’s Kavango East region, an official said on Wednesday. In a statement, Agriculture Ministry executive director Percy Misika said Namibia had detected a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new Coronavirus (COVID-19), infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days without recording any death across the country. The agency […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Piqued by the renewed public outcry and allegations of extra judicial killings, harassment, impunity and others vices against operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Police Service Commission (PSC) has threatened to punish deviant officials of the squard. The commission said it has followed the recent public outcry on the brazen […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appointed Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the new Emir of Zazzau. This was announced by the Kaduna state government on Wednesday in a statement signed by Ja’afaru Sani, commissioner of local government affairs. “Until his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Alh. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli held the […]
