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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733. The figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The brother of Senegalese president, Macky Sall, has announced he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Aliou Sarr who is the mayor of Guédiawaye is being treated at the Dalal Diamm hospital in Dakar. His wife is also reported to have also tested positive for the virus and is undergoing treatment at the […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) At least 54 people were killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) between overnight Tuesday and Wednesday in northeast Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), according to sources from the provincial government and civil society. The information was delivered Wednesday by the president of […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is expected to step back as the president of African Development Bank after the board supported an independent probe as requested by the U.S. The U.S. treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin rejected an internal investigation that cleared Adesina of allegations of favouritism. Bloomberg, quoting two persons familiar with deliberations on […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired for their involvement in the death of a black man who was held down with a knee as he protested that he couldn’t breathe, officials said Tuesday. The FBI is investigating the incident, which drew widespread condemnation of the officers after a video showing part […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Concerning report that scores of people are in a hospitals after eating the food Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto, donated in bags, he has come out to deny the speculation that he gave “contaminated food”. Mr Ruto denied any involvement in distributing the food, blaming the incident on “political thuggery”. “Reports from […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six people have been killed and more than 20 houses burned in ethnic fighting in Olpusimoru in Narok county, about 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the capital Nairobi. Also, it was gathered that at least a dozen others have been injured in the clashes. “We have 13 people with arrow injuries admitted […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands gathered to mourn the death of Guinean singer, Mory Kanté, one of West Africa’s biggest stars, the African Examiner reports. The African Examiner had earlier reported that Kant, who was instrumental in bringing African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, died last week at the age of 70. […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 229 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total active cases to 5,524. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as of May 25, 2020, seven deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said no new state reported a […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Monday confirmed 72 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 1,286. Mercy Mwangangi, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that the latest cases were detected from 2,711 samples, which were tested in the last 24 hours. Mwangangi said that 70 of […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi, is set to become a full-fledged South African citizen this year following his five-year stay in the country. Akpeyi will be issued a South African passport by the country’s government after spending the last five years playing for two clubs in the ABSA Premier League. The 33-year-old linked […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has stated that the controversial ban on the sale of alcohol would be lifted for home consumption soon. Ramaphosa stated this stressing that alcohol will only be sold for home consumption only under strict conditions and on specified days and hours and this will be when the country […]
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Monday, May 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burundi’s ruling party candidate, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has won the presidential election.Ndayishimiye, who is a retired general, secured 68.72% of the vote according to the electoral commission. Ndayishimiye is expected to take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, after he beat the main opposition candidate, Agathon Rwasa. Opposition candidate, , Agathon Rwasa, who is […]
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A World War two veteran from Ghana, Ex-Private Ashiteye Hammond, has decided that he will have to walk two miles a day for a week as part of effort to raise money for coronavirus charities. The 95-year-old who has walked over 14 kilometres over seven days intend at raising 600,000 dollars to […]
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Johannesburg NGO, ‘Door of Hope’, is worried as lots of families abandon their babies due to the terrible economic situation in the coronavirus lockdown. According to reports, since the shutdown, the organisation has received seven new babies. Expressing worry over the situation, Nadene Graham, Door of Hope operations director, stated: “The […]
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senegalese striker, El Hadji Diouf, has stated that former Super Eagles captain, Jay Jay Okocha, is Africa’s most talented footballer and he wonder why the talented midfielder did not clinch many accolades. Speaking to told RSI, the former Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers forward, explained that he never said that he was […]
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said on Friday that Augustin Bizimana, one of the most wanted fugitives for complicity in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide died 20 years ago. The remains of Bizimana, the former minister of defence, were discovered in a grave in Pointe Noire in Congo-Brazzaville and positively […]
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Thursday, May 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has started 42 days countdown to end Ebola in the country. Ghebreyesus who stated this in a statement posted on WHO website, said there was continued hope to end the virus. “The last person who was […]
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 200 stranded Nigerians in the Saudi Arabia Kingdom have just arrived the country. The returnees arrived late Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed this Wednesday morning via his Twitter handle. The tweet confirmed: “We received 292 evacuees stranded […]
