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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of nominated candidates for Ondo State Governorship election scheduled for Oct. 10. Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Okoye said that the list was […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Moroccan King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 673 prisoners on the occasion of the Youth Day which is observed on Friday, said a statement from the Ministry of justice. A total of 298 inmates had their prison terms reduced, said the statement. It added that 220 others were granted freedom and four were […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) Authorities of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has accused the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led Enugu State Government of frustrating the Federal Government’s efforts towards extending its standard gauge railway project to the South East geo-political zone of the country by demolishing some of its facilities in the state. African Examiner reports […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir-El-Rufai, has reacted to the withdrawal of invitation by the Nigerian Bar Association, to speak at its conference. African Examiner has recalled that the NBA had initially enlisted the governor to speak in its upcoming inauguration but the decision was met with protests as […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United Friday say their arrested Skipper, Harry Maguire is “fully cooperating with the Greek authorities” following an “alleged incident” on the island of Mykonos Thursday night. Maguire Maguire, 27, who is on holiday in Greece, was reported as being involved in an incident, which details are yet to be ascertained. The England […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 476 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. The NCDC confirmed this through its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The agency said that 7 deaths were recorded in the country. NCDC said that till date, 50,964 cases have been […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Super Eagles striker, Daniel Amokachi, as a Special Assistant on Sports. This was disclosed on Thursday in a press statement by the Media Office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development. The statement titled: ‘PMB appoints Amokachi Special Assistant, Sports’, and signed […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa As social media is flooded with the news that Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown abroad for emergency medical treatment, many Nigerians have taken to their social media account to express their opinion. Many Nigerians have still not gotten over the death of former Chief of Staff, […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Photo: Late Nsukka LGA Boss, Ms. Chinwe Ugwu From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of Nsukka Council Area of Enugu state, South- East Ms. Chinwe Ugwu, and that of her mother, Mrs Theresa Ugwu were on Thursday buried at their country home in Ugwu-agbo Edem […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev Chris Oyakhilome, founder of Believers Love World, also known as Christ Embassy Church, has berated pastors that have refused to reopen their churches because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, such pastors have refused the faith and they are no more believers. Oyakhilome stated this while speaking […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, North Centra, Nigeria on Thursday sentenced an 18 year-old applicant, Abiniku Dauda, to one year imprisonment for stealing three crates of eggs. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Dauda after he pleaded guilty to stealing the eggs worth N3,150. Suleiman, however, gave the […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused Catholic Bishops of meddling into politics while his under fire government has summoned the Catholic Church’s Holy See Diplomatic representative to Zimbabwe, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Paolo Rudelli to explain the “insults” by its bishops. This follows a Pastoral Letter by the Zimbabwe […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Photo: Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bauchi State Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, Alhaji Mohammmed Sadiq says he has resigned his appointment. Sadiq said in his resignation letter a copy of which was made available to Journalists Thursday in Bauchi, that he resigned voluntarily. “It is a rare […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours the Nigerian Naira was forced to a downward trajectory by dollar scarcity, it bounced back, closing at N477 to a dollar at the parallel market in Lagos. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N608 and N550, respectively. The Naira, however, weakened marginally at the investor’s window, losing […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate will probe the hike in the annual residence permit for foreigners from $1, 000 to $2, 000 by Continental Transfert Technique Ltd (CONTEC). Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola made this known during a joint public hearing by his committee and that of National Planning on Wednesday. The […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
…IGP Orders Immediate rearrest of the Criminal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some aggrieved youths Wednesday staged a protest to Oyo State police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, against the escape from custody of police, the suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe. The protest later turned violent, resulting in the attack of some officers. Reports said the protesting youths carried […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Panic erupted in Osogbo on Wednesday as a building inside the Palace of Ooni of Ife was gutted by fire. A source in the palace said: “It is not major; people are only scared because the entrance to the palace was locked”. It was also gathered that the incident […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with recent directive by the inspector-General of police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, to state commands of the force, on the clampdown on proliferation of prohibited firearms in Nigeria, the Enugu state Commissioner of police, (CP) Ahmad AbdurRahman, has ordered the strict enforcement of the directive in his […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, operating under the platform of Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has petitioned the inspector General of police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, over case of alleged attempted murder and assault on a married woman, Mrs. Chizoba Mgbatogu, in Enugu, South- East Nigeria by one Okechukwu Nnaji, […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali membership after the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister, Boubou Cisse. This development is coming amid jubilation in Mali after soldiers detained the president and the Prime Minister. In a statement on Tuesday, ECOWAS also […]
