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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has warned ministers and Chief Executive Officers of government agencies to desist from disrespecting members of the National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement, that Buhari gave the warning on Thursday, at a session with leaders […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has accused the embattled Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Mr Mohammed Sani-Omolori of “gross insubordination”. The accusation is contained in a query with Reference number NASC/CHO/1/2 dated July 16, issued by the NASC Executive Chairman Ahmed Amshi and was received by the […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) including the Acting Managing Director, Prof. Kemebrandikumo Pondei Thursday walked out on members of the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC, which is currently investigating alleged misappropriation of the sum of N81.5bn within six months. The period under review of the alleged fraud […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as the Chairman of its Ondo State Governorship Primary Election Committee. APC made the announcement in a statement issued in Abuja Thursday and signed by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena. Titled: “Governor Yahaya Bello […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, has been rescued by Governor Nyesom Wike from an alleged “house arrest”. Reports say Joy Nunieh was supposed to testify before a house committee as part of the ongoing probe against NDDC on Thursday, July […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has described the allegations against him as “nonsense”. He stated this while speaking with few hours after his release and expressed shock over the allegations against him. He said: “They are nonsense. They are mere trump up […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAAMINER) – The six South-West states have stated their readiness to reopen schools so that students can sit for the upcoming 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This was disclosed in a communique issued by the Director-General of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria otherwise called DAWN Commission, Seye […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State Government has announced new resumption dates for students in graduating classes at both public and private schools. The new dates are from July 20 to Aug. 3. The Commissioner for Education, Mr Foluso Daramola, gave this new date during a media chart in Ado-Ekiti. Daramola said that the South-West […]
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Thursday, July 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 643 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 34,259. The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The centre said that 643 new confirmed cases and six deaths were recorded in the country […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu has reportedly regained his freedom. African Examiner reports that the freedom follows 9 days in police custody facing allegations of re-looting funds recovered by the EFCC. Mr Magu was set free from custody in the Force Criminal […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Progressives Governors’ Forum has endorsed the candidature of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi state and Chairman of the forum said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Bagudu urged President Muhammadu Buhari to lobby other […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 7,021 South African police officers have tested positive to COVID-19 while 53 have passed away, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele, said on Wednesday. Cele said at a news conference, on plans to combat COVID-19 and compliance, in Pretoria that 4,949 police officers have been quarantined while 150 have been […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly Service Commission (NASSC) has approved the retirement of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr Mohammed Omolori and 149 senior officers. NASSC announced this in a statement signed by its Executive Chairman, Mr Ahmed Amshi, Wednesday in Abuja. Amshi said that the decision was reached at the 497th meeting […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu has directed the embattled former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, to forward his bail request to the Presidential panel investigating his alleged misconduct while in the office Magu has via his Counsel, Tosin […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment, a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Agaba, over N1.5bn fraud. While delivering his judgement Wednesday, Justice Ibrahim Buba, held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Detectives in New York, are hunting for a suspect in the gruesome murder of Fahim Saleh, the Chief Executive Officer of Lagos-based motorcycle-hailing company, Gokada. The decapitated and dismembered body of Saleh, 33, was found in his luxury Manhattan apartment following an alarm raised by his distraught sister. According to the New […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 463 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections rose to 33,616. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The NCDC said that as at the July, 14, there were 463 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths recorded in […]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Airforce has lost the first ever female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. She was 24 years old. According to the memo published by the Nigerian Airforce, Arotile died on Tuesday from head injuries after a road traffic accident at NAF Base, Kaduna. African Examiner reports that Arotile hails […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joy Nunieh, continues to make allegations concerning the Minster in charge of the ministry, Godswill Akpabio, Nigerians on Twitter have decided to have their say in the matter. African Examiner had earlier reported how the former NDDC […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the purported voluntary resignation of 365 soldiers from the Nigerian Army. This resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion of Matters of Urgent Public Importance by the Chief Whip of the House, Rep. Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno), at the plenary on Tuesday. […]
