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Thursday, June 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Committee of the APC has approved the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, appointing Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state as Caretaker Chairman of the party. Governor Buni was sworn-in by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami. The dissolution was […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, has quarantined himself after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. His office disclosed in a tweet on Thursday that the president tested negative but will self-isolate for two weeks as a precaution. Recall that a Senegalese lawmaker, Yeya Diallo, announced earlier […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, has assured that there would be justice and fairness in the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Edo governorship primary. Mohammed, who is the Chairman of the Edo governorship primary election committee of the party, gave the assurance when he arrived in Benin on Wednesday. The party’s governorship primary […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian music star, Dapo Oyebanjo, aka Dbanj is trending on Twitter over the rape allegations levelled against him by Seyitan Babatayo. African Examiner reports that Seyitan Babatayo released a press statement where she gave in-depth details of her arrest by the police on the orders of the musician. […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has finally declared which faction of the polarized ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) he belongs; as he had indicated resolve to attend Mr. Victor Giadom-led National Executive Council (NEC). The factional APC Chairman has announced that he will hold a virtual meeting at the Presidential Villa, […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Algerian criminal court sentenced a former prime minister and energy minister to prison on corruption charges, in the latest crackdown on former officials in an OPEC nation struggling to allay youth discontent with the former regime. Former Prime Minister, Ahmed Ouyahia, was sentenced to 12 years while ex-Energy Minister Youcef Yousf […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to buy legendary musician Papa Wemba’s home and turn it into a museum, President Félix Tshisekedi has said. In a virtual address to the Council of Ministers on Friday, Tshisekedi directed the Ministry of Culture “to examine as soon as possible the possibility of buying up […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chifundo Kachale, the Chairman of Malawi Electoral Commission, has stated that results are being transferred manually for further collation and he cautioned against allegations of rigging and urged the media to refrain from announcing unofficial results. Speaking in a news conference on Wednesday in Blantyre, Kachale warned against “fake […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly a proposed date for the reopening of schools across the country as a post COVID-19 measure. He made the presentation during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on the ministry’s plans […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has sent apologies to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of a building in the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Ministry […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President of Uganda, Yoweri Musveni, has lamented his frustration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), stressing that they are not gods and as such the organization should be modest as they set out guidelines to contain the spread of the pandemic. The president who stated this when addressing Uganda on […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on decade-old corruption charges, alongside French arms company Thales, is due to resume on Tuesday. If Zuma arrives at the high court in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, that is. In February, a judge issued a stayed warrant for his arrest after he failed […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Malawians on Tuesday headed to the polls in a historic re-run of 2019 presidential elections that were declared null and void by the country’s Constitutional Court. In February, the court found that the elections, which saw incumbent President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected for a five-year term, had been riddled with irregularities and ordered […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has barred Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary. The primary which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 was last weekend shifted to Thursday, June 25, 2020. The […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday released guidelines to guide member associations on the restart of football activities on the continent. A statement on the continental body’s website said that the guidelines were put together by the CAF Medical Committee in collaboration with the Technical and Development Department as well as […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has temporarily closed its consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, confirmed the development in a statement Monday. “On a sad note, the nation is informed that the consulate in Johannesburg has temporarily closed after two confirmed […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the former governor of old Anambra state, and founding member of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that it is the turn of Southeast geo political zone of the country to produce Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 2020 Edo state governorship election. Declaring the election, Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma announced that Ize-Iyamu winner of the direct primary election. He polled a total of 27,838 votes to defeat Dr. Pius Odubu who […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan where they deliberated on nation’s security situation as well as the crisis in the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting, Lawan reiterated the determination of the National Assembly to support […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary to Delta state Government, (SSG) Mr. Chiedu Ebie and the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, have both tested positive for the deadly covid-19. Confirming the development on its official Twitter page Sunday, the state government, said they have been moved to the isolation center for appropriate medical action. […]
