Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Edo state gears up to vote for a new governor in a few days, Nigerians have taken to the social media to discuss the just concluded gubernatorial debate held on Sunday. The gubernatorial debate was between the two major contenders, Governor Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State former commissioner for Lands and Physical planning, Muyiwa Ige, has disclosed the reason why his father was killed. According to Muyiwa, the former Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice was killed because of envy. African Examiner recalls that that Bola Ige was murdered by unknown assailants in […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and three other workers’ unions of the Lagos State University (LASU), Monday locked out the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagboun, while protesting against the non-payment of the new salaries. Other workers unions which participated in the protest were the Senior Staff Association […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has approached scientists in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States after its local laboratories failed to establish the actual cause of death of elephants in the country’s biggest national park. More than 20 jumbos have died in Pandamasue Forest near Victoria Falls since last month and the cause remains a […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operations of Arik Air were on Monday shut down by the aviation unions over alleged nonpayment of staff salaries since April after placing 90 per cent of the workforce on compulsory leave and other anti-labour practices. The unions included the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some lawyers are signing a petition against the Attorney General of the federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to strip him of his rank a senior advocate of Nigeria. According to the lawyers, this is because the AGF made some amendments to the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners. […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver and his passengers Monday in Lagos State escaped death by whiskers as the bus they were traveling with, rammed into a moving train around the PWD, Ikeja – inward Oshodi. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident, disclosed that the bus suddenly veered […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged to support ongoing initiatives by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to provide alternate energy source to Nigerians through aggressive activation of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refill stations for motorists across the country. Speaking on TVC Business Show, Business Nigeria Live, the Group Managing Director of the Corporation, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixty-four Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC, in its report released Sunday midnight via its official Twitter handle, also stated that 79 new cases were recorded across the country. The 79 new infections […]
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
[AFRICAN EXAMINER] – Forbes’ “Best of Africa” award conferred on business mogul, chairman and director of many topnotch companies, including Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. ‘Hosa, for short) on Friday, September 11, 2020, was very inspirational. It has compelled an obligatory task of reviewing his fascinating trajectory and revisiting the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will soon begin clamp down on unqualified teachers in public and private schools nationwide. The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said with plans to fully […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), on Sunday warned political actors in Edo against violence during the Sept. 19, governorship polls in the state. Its chairman, Sen Kabiru Gaya, handed down the warning when the committee visited the commission’s office in Benin. Gaya said that the committee was in […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore the attempts by some elder statesmen to cause divisions among well-meaning citizens as President Muhammadu Buhari continued to promote nation’s building and unity of the country. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made the call in a statement in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has dissociated itself from the planned protest by the alleged SouthWest Zone D chapter of the association over the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff. Mr Azeez Adeyemi, the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
By Bolade Nafisat (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Funding national budget is a tough job especially for decision makers from the Finance Minister, Zainab Shamusuna Ahmed to the Director General of the Budget Office, Benjamin Akabueze. They have the difficult job of attending to needs of several ministries and agencies, with expenditure request often overwhelming available resources. […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 160 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 56,177. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The 160 new infections were down slightly from 188 recorded on Friday in the country. The […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pan Niger Delta Forum has enjoined President Buhari to look into the 2014 national conference report and implement it to move the country forward. Speaking in a telephone conversation with the Punch, the forum’s spokesman, Ken Robinson, urged President Buhari to take serious the message of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo seriously. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has enjoined the military to release the 40 repentant militias arrested and imprisoned after killing Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana. Ortom also enjoined the military to also release some official vehicles that were confiscated. African Examiner had initially reported the death of Gana who was shot dead by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has enjoined Igbo leaders staying in Edo to make sure they vote for APC candidate Ize-Iyamu in the upcoming election. Uzodinma stated this when he met with Igbo leaders IN Edo and he stated that the tax policies of Governor Obaseki are anti-Igbo. Uzodimma said: “Obaseki […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that Nigeria under President Buhari is becoming a failed state. African Examiner reports that the former president has been critical of President Buhari’s administration as he had expressed his worries through series of letters. Speaking in an interactive session with some socio-cultural groups in Abuja, Obasanjo […]
