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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for ordering the demolition of a house slated as venue for a sex party in Kaduna state. Runsewe who gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday said organising such sex party was […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 576 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The country has so far tested 952,975 persons since the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, […]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A cross section of Nigerians has taken to their social media account to call out First City Monument Bank (FCMB), to sack the managing Director, Adam Nuru, who allegedly had an affair with a subordinate, Moyo Thomas. According to reports, the affair between Nuru and Moyo produced two kids when Moyo was […]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), on Friday in Lagos unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme for 2021, to empower women and men across the African continent. The Chief Executive Officer of TEF, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, disclosed this during an Online news briefing with Journalists across Africa. She said: ”I want to welcome all […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Friday, January 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A local tourist is feared dead after he allegedly fell into the Victoria Falls’ gorges on New Year’s Day in the afternoon while on holiday with his family. The man believed to be aged 40 and from Harare has not been identified. Zimbabwe Parks and police authorities launched a search party on […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, has enjoined the federal government should not open schools yet due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ujah disclosed this at a webinar organised by the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, on Wednesday, saying that the country is not […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Oyo State Chapter has advised worshippers in the state to adhere strictly to COVID-19 safety protocol directives by the government on the crossover night service. The state Chairman, CAN, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, gave the advise in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. Akinyemiju commended the state […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 45-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, Mayowa Abolaji, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N10 million, on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Abolaji with three counts of conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence and theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges The prosecution counsel, ASP Ezekiel […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of people of Enugu Akwu-Achi Community in Oji River Council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, knew no bound on Tuesday, as one of their illustrious sons, who is a staff of Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Victor Chimaobi Anyaegbudike, embarked on the rehabilitation of Obodo Ukwu-Umuike-Inyi link road in […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
…Passports Suspended For 6 Months (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has suspended the passports of 100 in-bound airline passengers who failed to take the second test of COVID-19 after arriving in the country. Mr Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, disclosed this at the national briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja. Mustapha, also, […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK on Wednesday approved Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. AstraZeneca, in a statement, said that the first doses are being released so that vaccinations may begin early in the new year. “The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has provided authorisation for an emergency supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, formerly […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe national soccer team’s preparations for the 2021 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) have been dealt a heavy blow after nine players tested positive to Covid-19, just over two weeks before the tournament kicks off in Cameroon. Training was immediately called off Tuesday morning after the players tested positive following tests conducted on […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Oruku Community in Nkanu East Council area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, following the alleged killing of the traditional rulers of the locality, Igwe Emanuel Mbah, by operatives of the newly formed Special Weapons and Tactics Team. (SWAT). As at the time of filling this report, the area […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(NAN) National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down six pharmaceutical manufacturers for non-compliance with Good manufacturing Practice (GMP). Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, director general of the Agency, said this in a statement by Mr Sayo Akintola, Resident Media Consultant, NAFDAC, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAINER) – The Police Command in Bayelsa on Monday said four members of rival cult groups died in a shootout at a wake in the early hours of Monday. Mr Asinim Butswat, a Superintendent of Police and spokesman of the Command, confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. Butswat, however, […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso was on Monday inaugurated for the second five-year term after winning the November 22 presidential election. “I swear before the people of Burkina Faso and on my honour, to preserve, respect, enforce the constitution and laws to do everything possible to ensure justice for […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 838 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the virus was […]
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabweans fear they will not be able to vote for their “daughter of the soil” at the 5th Miss Africa Calabar pageant to be held in Nigeria because of lack of a proper currency as organisers require voters to use Credit or Visa Cards to cast ballots. Zimbabwe does not have its […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, December 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian House of Representatives has declared that it is unperturbed about the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it over security matters and denied sending apology over the aborted summon. The House Spokesman, Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia), while speaking in a statement issued Monday in Abuja countered that it was […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, December 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Southeast, Nigeria, is to partner with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), in retraining its members in the state. Acting Vice Chancellor of the Enugu state owned institution Professor Charles Eze, stated this yesterday when the leadership of the state council of the […]
