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Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s COVID-19 total cases have now reached 44,433 after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 304 new cases and 910 deaths from infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. Data from the health agency showed that the 304 new cases were […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diopka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, says the APC will respond accordingly if the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, decides to turn the upcoming election in Edo State into violence. The former labour leader disclosed this while speaking with Arise Television adding that […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Inland Revenue Service says the claim by Chairperson of NIPOST Board, Hajiya Maimuna Abubakar, that both the Service and the National Assembly appropriated NIPOST’s ideas about stamp duty to the exclusion of the postal service is untrue. Mr Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of FIRS made this […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, a former Governor of Delta State, has rubbished claims made by Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, linking him to a road contract in the NDDC. Uduaghan, in a statement by his media assistant, Monoyo Edon, issued to African Examiner stated that he has never approached […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
…Acts as Lead Arranger for $1.5 Billion Facility to Boost Nigerian Oil Production and Govt Revenue (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has acted as the lead arranger of a consortium of Nigerian commercial and international banks in a $1.5 Billion Pre-Export Finance Facility for […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Hope Uzodima’s administration in Imo state, South- East Nigeria, has directed that all schools in the state remain closed pending the fulfillment of the World Health Organization (WHO) and NCDC COVID-19 protocols. He gave the directive Monday through a statement issued in Owerri, the state capital, by the […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Immediate National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole has stated the reason why he lost his position as the chairman of the party. He revealed that he has no regrets over his deeds during his time as a former National Chairman of the party […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 288 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 in the country. The agency via its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov late Monday night during its daily update report, announced that out of the new cases, Lagos top with – 88 new confirmed cases; […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun government had stepped down COVID-19 test as a mandatory requirement for returning students in the exit class in Senior Secondary schools in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun announced the reversal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. The government had on Sunday, through […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the hard times currently being faced by Air Peace, occasioned by the novel COVID-19, pandemic which has grounded various sectors of the global economies, the company has announced the sacking of 69 of its pilots. A statement issued on Monday by the Airline’s Spokesman, Stanley Olisa, explained that the […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has announced it will embark on an assessment tour of all Unity schools in the country as students, as the students in the transiting class (SSS3) set to resume and prepare for the suspended WASSCE. Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba made this known Monday […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of the university town of Nsukka, Enugu state, South East Nigeria, were on Monday thrown into shock as a middled age tax collector, identified as Emmanuel Eze, committed suicide in an uncompleted building along Orba road in the area. It was learnt that the deceased, a […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mrs Janet Agbede, has ordered investigation into the activities of Insp. John Onunaku, a police officer recently harassed over alleged illegal arrest. Agbede said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Aba on Monday that the investigation became necessary to unravel the […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite, has announced plans to discontinue operations in Nigeria, after 15 years. The South African retailer in a statement released on Monday, revealed it has started a formal process to consider the potential sale of all or a majority stake in its supermarkets in Nigeria. In the statement, […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A newly formed group, the National Consultative Front, has enjoined Nigerians to be prepared for nationwide mass action against the President Muhammadu Buhari government. According to the group, the mass action is against corruption, hunger, abuse of public trust and insecurity. This was announced in a statement jointly issued […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti submitted his resignation on Monday to protest the government’s poor performance, warning that Lebanon could become a “failed state.” Hitti said he wished government members would reconsider many policies and practices to prioritise the interests of the citizens and the country. If those in power did not […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The on-going Dangote ‘Bag of Goodies Season 2 Consumer Promo’ has triggered excitement in the country as more winners continue to emerge, winning millions of Naira, goodies bags, recharge cards, and several others mouthwatering prizes. Just last week, the company sent credit alerts of One Million Naira each to the first […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 22-year-old, identified as Yusuf Abdullahi, Sunday drowned while bathing in a pond at Danhassan, in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State, North west Nigeria. The Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer, Malam Saidu Mohammed in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano city Sunday, confirmed that the incident. “We received […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria reported 304 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the death toll jumps to 888. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. Data from the NCDC showed that the 304 new cases were spread across 14 states, and the FCT. The […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has commenced the fumigation of its schools across the 18 local government areas of the state as part of safety measures ahead of the partial resumption of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Akin Asaniyan, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, disclosed this on […]
