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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said, on Wednesday, they plan to form a civilian transitional government that will organise fresh elections. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament late on Tuesday, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
Photo: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Credit: @Reuters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on live television in the early hours of Wednesday morning following a military coup. “I’ve decided to leave my post,” he said, clad in traditional clothing and a medical mask to protect against the coronavirus. The president and […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jailed Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who was arrested a month ago for allegedly inciting public violence, was on Tuesday dealt a blow after a court ordered that his defence lawyer permanently recuses herself from the case. Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna disqualified Beatrice Mtetwa from representing Chin’ono, accusing […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
Photo: President Buhari Receives Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan And ECOWAS Delegation On Mali Crisis. Credit: @Sundayaghaeze By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the call by the Republic of Mali’s main opposition, M5 to President Ibrahim Keita to resign and vacate office. A former President and Special […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected gunmen have abducted two sons of a former Commissioner in Zamfara, (North West Nigeria), Alhaji Bello Dankande, and two others, including an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC). The Spokesman of the State’s Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told newsmen in Gusau, the State’s capital that the gunmen killed […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 15 people have been arrested by the police for allegedly attacking the convoy of the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma on Monday in Owerri. Reports say, the governor was on his way to the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 417 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,485. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. According to it, two deaths were recorded in the country. The NCDC said […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
Photo: Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has debunked ongoing reports of suspension of Mr Bassey Nkposong, the Managing Director, Cross River Basin Development Authority. Adamu in a statement on Monday, said the Governing Board of the river basin had no right to […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mozambique officially assumed the rotating presidency of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Monday. In the speech of taking office at the opening ceremony of SADC’s 40th summit virtually held in Maputo, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, thanked the member countries for the honour and trust given to his country to assume […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies Promo season 2 has produced 60 millionaires spread across the nation, thereby cushioning the effects and impact of COVID-19 on businesses and families according to the company’s Director of Marketing, Mrs. Funmi Sanni. She said that more winners are expected to emerge in the coming […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sacked Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has vowed to appeal the ruling on Monday, of the State’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Governor Diri’s acting Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah in a statement shortly after the ruling by three-man panel said he has ‘’implicit’’ confidence in the judiciary that […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says international flights, suspended by the nation’s aviation authorities as a result of the global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will resume on Aug. 29, 2020. He announced this at Monday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, adding that Nigeria’s international airports […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC gubernatorial aspirant in the last Election in Balyelsa, David Lyon, has taken center stage on Twitter as a Tribunal in Abuja annulled the election of Governor Diri of Bayelsa State. African Examiner had initially reported that the tribunal had nullified the election of the candidate of the […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Super Eagles Skipper, John Mikel Obi has joined Stoke City. The club confirmed the development Monday in its official website. The posted read: “The Nigerian international midfielder joins Morgan Fox, James Chester and Steven Fletcher in checking in at the bet365 Stadium ahead of the 2020/21 Championship season’’. The Club […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal has nullified the election that produced candidate of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP), Senator Duoye Diri as Governor. The three-member panel held the election was unlawful due to the exclusion of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its candidate, King George from the November 16, 2019 governorship election. […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakiliki …They Are Not My Officers, State Commandant (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dave Nweze Umahi, of Ebonyi state, South-East Nigeria, has accused operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) of conniving with criminal elements to loot shops at the popular St. Margaret Umahi, International market, Abakiliki. The Governor, who could not […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 17 people including five attackers were killed when Islamist terrorists stormed a popular beach hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, government and police officials said on Sunday. The siege ended after a three-hour, fierce gun battle between fighters of Islamist terrorist group al-Shabaab and security forces which began with a suicide car bombing, government spokesman […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has confirmed the arrival of another 68 Nigerian girls stranded in Lebanon due to COVID-19 pandemic. NIDCOM through its official Twitter Handle – @NigeriaGov posted Sunday, that the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja. “Recall the viral video where some […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, on Saturday, reacted to a viral video alleging that the UAE illegally ejected Nigerians into a desert. African Examiner recalls that in a viral video, a voice had stated that Dubai authorities had forcefully ejected Nigerian immigrants (including pregnant women, aged persons and […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The District Head of Mashio town in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State, Alhaji Isa Mai Buba, has been abducted by suspected gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed this on Sunday. According to Abdulkarim, the yet-to-be identified gunmen stormed the resident […]
