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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger on Tuesday extended a state of emergency after eight people, including six French nationals, were killed by suspected terrorists in the volatile West African nation. Six French humanitarian workers, along with their Nigerien guide and driver, were shot dead on Sunday by gunmen on motorbikes while on a visit to a […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would approach the Supreme Court over conflicting judgements by the Court of Appeal on recently deregistered political parties. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by, Mr Festus Okoye,INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Monday. Okoye […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way for the mass inoculation […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, Northwest, Nigeria on Monday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death by hanging after his conviction for blasphemy. The convict, who resides at Sharifai Quarters of Kano Municipal, was dragged before the court by the police on a count charge of inciting religious creed […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Two exiled former Zanu-PF bigwigs who fled the country after the ouster of former President Robert Mugabe have written to South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) requesting the liberation party to save Zimbabwe’s ruling party from military capture. Adding their voices on the growing call for the region to […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
Photo: Prime Minister Hassan Diab. credit: @Aljazeera (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lebanon’s government has resigned amid mounting anger over the explosion on Tuesday that devastated parts of Beirut and left more than 200 people dead. The announcement was made in a national TV address by Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday evening. Many people have accused […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sacked the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure, and Transport, Prof. Raphael Afonja, from his position. Governor Makinde, in a letter dated August 10, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination of appointment takes immediate effect. “I wish to convey […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has warned Non-Government Organizations against going into any of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state under any guise. Masari who issued the warning on Monday at the Army Special Super Camp IV, Faskari, stated that “we will not allow these NGOs under whatever […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Daniel Jones, Harare A defiant Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed he will continue to deal ruthlessly with the “country’s detractors” who he accused of causing the prevailing socio-economic and political unrest. For the first time in 40 years, the Southern African country celebrated its Heroes Day online as Mnangagwa, under fire to deal […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Ottos, over alleged insubordination. The House also suspended the Deputy Chairman, Karu Local Government, Lawal Yakubu Karshi, over the same allegation. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, announced this after […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has declared that Nigeria will soon become a major gold producing hub in the West African sub-region. The minister said the development will diversify the country’s revenue away from crude oil and create jobs for its teeming youthful population. In […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. This development is coming just few weeks he joined the People’s Democratic Party with the hope of clinching the gubernatorial ticket in the party’s primary for the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state. Ajayi […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has come under heavy criticism for saying that internet fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo Boys have become role models in Nigeria. The former minister, while delivering a lecture at a virtual event organised by the Ijaw National Development Group, cautioned that the new […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has hinted it is considering a new date for the commencement of the 2020/2021 university admission process. Following this, JAMB in its weekly bulletin released Sunday said it has scheduled a meeting with all the tertiary institutions in the country for today (Monday) on the delayed […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown armed men Sunday killed the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Anambra state governor, chief Willie Obiano on Security matters, Mr. Azubuike Ekweabalu at his residence in Awka. The state Commissioner for Information chief Don Adinuba who confirmed the sad news in a statement in Awka, said governor […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola says it will maintain closed borders to fight and prevent a spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. According to a Presidential Decree, which updates the measures adopted during the prevailing ‘State of Calamity’, only nationals and foreign residents can return to the national territory. The decree also stated that […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has berated former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo for his comment about late Buruji Kashamu. African Examiner had reported that Kashamu, a former Ogun state senator and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, died on Saturday from COVID-19 complications. Obasanjo, in his condolence message to the […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many churches in Lagos on Sunday witnessed low turnout on the first Sunday of reopening after 20 weeks of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020 relaxed some of the lockdown measures instituted by the Lagos State Government to combat the spread of the pandemic. […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is trending on Twitter as Nigerians have taken to their social media handle to react to the condolence letter the former president sent to the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, over the death of Buruji Kashamu. African Examiner had earlier reported the death […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rt. Revd Manasses Okere, Bishop, Anglican Diocese, Isiukwuato in Abia, has said that the Coronavirus pandemic was a blessing in disguise as it created room for domestic church to thrive. Okere, who was Guest Preacher at the 12th Synod of Anglican Diocese of Awka, said it had united many families by making […]
