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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sided with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), asking for Mali to return to civilian rule within one year. Buhari who was present in the virtual meeting of ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments on Friday, urged the Malian military to hand over to a civilian […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A helicopter operated by Quorom Aviation has crashed in the Opebi area of Lagos State, says National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the accident. The agency said the helicopter went down around 12 noon local time and crashed into […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 296 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday, added that only one death was recorded in the country. It said till date, 53,317 cases had been confirmed, 40,726 cases discharged while […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says he will sign the execution warrant of a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sentenced to death by hanging by an Upper Shari’a Court in the state. Aminu was sentenced to death by the Court after his conviction of blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad, under Section 382 […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Thursday says the initial date for the resumption of international flight scheduled for August 29 has been postponed to September 5 This was disclosed by Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, the Director-General of the NCAA, during the Presidential Task Force COVID-19 briefing in Abuja. Nuhu explained that […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme). The appointment takes effect from August 21, 2020. A statement from President’s media aide. Garba Shehu said the appointment followed the President’s approval removing Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo’s from office. “Prof. Dokubo has been […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINR) – Mali’s new military rulers said that former president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who had been detained since the country’s coup on August 18, had been freed. The junta, which calls itself the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), said on Facebook it was “informing public and international opinion that former […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday the transition in Mali needs to be quick, but that the coup d’etat in the country would not stop French military operations targeting militants. The leaders of the military coup that ousted President Ibrahim Keita in Mali on Aug. 18 have told a delegation of West […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu has called for a concerted effort towards diversifying the country’s export base through the promotion of non-oil exports. He made the call during a Webinar themed “Prospects of Non-Oil Export During and Post COVID-19” organized by the bank on Wednesday, August […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over the virtual meeting of the Council of State with former President Jonathan in attendance at the State House, Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha are attending the meeting. Others participating in the meeting […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lingering crisis bedeviling the Enugu state chapter of the All progressive congress (APC), occasioned by the rift between the state Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, and Nigeria’s foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has been finally laid to rest, as loyalists of the Minister, have dissolved their parallel […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Remember her? Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 100-Level Microbiology stauden of the University of Benin who was allegedly gang raped and murdered in the church in Benin back in May. Nigerians have commended the Nigerian police force for unraveling the mystery behind her death. Police paraded the suspected killers as Nelson Ogbebor, Akato […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has apologised for using insulting and derogatory words to attack Mr Eyo Charles, the Cross-River State correspondent of the Daily Trust Newspaper. All hell let loose when the reporter asked Mr Fani-Kayoye who was “bankrolling” his tour of states inspecting projects executed by governors. Fan-Kayode was […]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for nine of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement said the approval letter was conveyed to him by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to […]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the Second Quarters 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is relatively far better than many other countries recorded during the same quarter. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in […]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has okayed the sum of N1 billion for the forensic audit of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, made this known when he briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of Wednesday’s virtual cabinet meeting chaired by […]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 252 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The figure is one of the lowest numbers recorded in months. The NCDC, announced the new figure on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The public health agency said that the 252 […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has narrated his own side of the story concerning the viral video where he verbally attacked a journalist. In the video, the ex-minister had shouted at Eyo Charles, a reporter of Daily Trust before ending a press briefing in Calabar. The reporter had […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee have unanimously agreed to extend special facilities to Nigerian-registered airlines and the media industry in the country to enable them adequately address the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CBN Director Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made this known in a […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Governor of the Centra Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, has resigned from his appointment at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPPS. The former Deputy governor of the Central Bank has been a Directing Staff of the Federal Government owned Institute. This development […]
