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Monday, July 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will review its Air agreements with various countries as a result of the unacceptable treatment of Nigerian carriers, especially as COVID-19 lasted. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known via his verified twitter handle on Sunday following the denial of landing […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command has arrested one Emmanuel Opoku, a Ghanaian for pouring hot water on the chest of his breastfeeding wife at Akwuke community in Enugu state. His arrest weekend followed a petition written by a human rights and non-governmental organizations, Women’s Aid Collective, (WACOL) to the police after […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A United States of America based Nigerian, Dr. Felix Ugwu, has enjoined Nigerians and other people around the world to always imbibe the culture of humanitarian and philanthropic services especially to the less privileged and vulnerable in the society. Ugwu, who hails from Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, and a management […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 571 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 20 states, bringing the total number in the country to 32,558. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter account Sunday said the number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the country is now 13,447 with 344 new successfully treated cases. The agency restated […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on alcohol sales, to help contain the spread of coronavirus. A night-time curfew has been imposed, and the wearing of masks outdoors is now compulsory. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the alcohol ban – South Africa’s second this year – would take pressure off […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 24,248, with 414 more infections confirmed late Saturday, according to the latest update from the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The update said the health authorities had treated and discharged 619 more people, bringing the number of recovered cases to 19,831, while the number of deaths stood […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 664 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 31,987. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The NCDC said that as at July 11, 664 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says he is still in the State’s Governorship race in the Oct. 10 election. This follows reports of his disqualification from participating in the July 20 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Ojo Oyewamide, Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media and […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Idris Salako, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, says the state government will enforce the law on demolition of distressed buildings. The commissioner made this known during a visit to the site of the two-storey building which collapsed in the early hours of Saturday on Freeman St. Lagos […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says those who see the ongoing Ibrahim Magu’s investigation as an indication that the fight against corruption is failing have missed the boat, saying, however, that the days of corrupt officials are numbered. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) A report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad. Magu is currently being interrogated by the panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami over allegations of mismanagement and […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has alleged that governor Kayode Fayemi is conniving with a Lagos based private company, United Capital Plc, to loot over N6 billion from pensioners in the State. The party stated this in a statement signed by the PDP Caretaker Committee Secretary, […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some weeks after a Commissioner and two others were abducted which resulted in one death; suspected gunmen have again struck in Ekiti State and kidnapped three persons. The abductors, who were said to be no fewer than 10, had reportedly late Friday attacked Isinbode-Ekiti in Ekiti East Local Government Area where they […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the country’s candidate for the leadership of the World Trade Organisation, has stated that powerful and well-connected forces were working against her candidacy. She stated this in a statement issued by her media adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu, noting that those against her […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, identified as Christian Alisigwe of Ihite Azia in Ihiala council Area of the state for using cutlass to kill his 4-year-old son, Ebubechukwu Alisigwe. It was gathered that after committing the abominable act Thursday, the evil father, buried […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria announced 575 new COVID-19 cases in the country within 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 31,323 according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). NCDC said via its official twitter handle that as at Friday, July 10, a total of 20 deaths caused by the coronavirus were recorded in […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has disagreed with the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on the cancellation of the West African Senior Secondary School Examinations. Similarly, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blasted the Federal government for cancelling the examination saying it was not in the best interest of the Nigerian Children […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday that the total public debt portfolio of the Federal and State Governments as of March 31 stood at N28.63 trillion. The NBS made this known in its Nigerian domestic and foreign debt report released in Abuja. The bureau said that further disaggregation of […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwandan police on Thursday arrested four people who had escaped from a COVID-19 treatment center in Eastern province. The quartet, who contracted the disease and were receiving treatment at the center set up at a secondary school in Ngoma district, escaped on Wednesday evening after breaking iron window bars, the Ngoma district […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven out of twelve aspirants seeking the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State have rejected the indirect mode of primary adopted for the July 20 primary in the state. The incumbent Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu was left out of the arrangement. In a letter signed by the governorship […]
