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Monday, July 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will review its Air agreements with various countries as a result of the unacceptable treatment of Nigerian carriers, especially as COVID-19 lasted. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known via his verified twitter handle on Sunday following the denial of landing […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A United States of America based Nigerian, Dr. Felix Ugwu, has enjoined Nigerians and other people around the world to always imbibe the culture of humanitarian and philanthropic services especially to the less privileged and vulnerable in the society. Ugwu, who hails from Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, and a management […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 571 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 20 states, bringing the total number in the country to 32,558. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter account Sunday said the number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the country is now 13,447 with 344 new successfully treated cases. The agency restated […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There will be grave consequences if Nigerian students failed to participate in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Vice- Chancellor, Trinity University, has said. Prof. Charles Ayo, also a former Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two hundred and forty-seven Nigerians who were stranded in Malaysia and Thailand have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Mr Gabriel Odu the Head of Media and Public Relations Unit of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Odu said that the returnees […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa The Delta State Government has disclosed that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chiedu Ebie, has been discharged from the isolation centre in Asaba. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chief Olisa Ifeajika, stated this on Sunday stating that Mr Ebie, who had been at the isolation centre for 21 […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, has called for a president of Igbo extraction in the 2023 election. The former senate president stated this while speaking with journalists in Enugu and he enjoined the Igbos to actively participate in politics in 2023. He said: “Ndigbo are not known to be shy. It […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 664 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 31,987. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The NCDC said that as at July 11, 664 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump surprised the world by wearing a mask in public for the first time since the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Trump had previously refused to wear masks in public, although he had said he would if in a crowd and could not maintain physical distance from […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says he is still in the State’s Governorship race in the Oct. 10 election. This follows reports of his disqualification from participating in the July 20 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Ojo Oyewamide, Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media and […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Idris Salako, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, says the state government will enforce the law on demolition of distressed buildings. The commissioner made this known during a visit to the site of the two-storey building which collapsed in the early hours of Saturday on Freeman St. Lagos […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says 21 herbal medicinal products are currently being processed by the agency for “Safe use” or Listing status. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General of the agency, disclosed this in a statement she signed and made available to the Newsmen on […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) A report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad. Magu is currently being interrogated by the panel headed by retired Justice Ayo Salami over allegations of mismanagement and […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has alleged that governor Kayode Fayemi is conniving with a Lagos based private company, United Capital Plc, to loot over N6 billion from pensioners in the State. The party stated this in a statement signed by the PDP Caretaker Committee Secretary, […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some weeks after a Commissioner and two others were abducted which resulted in one death; suspected gunmen have again struck in Ekiti State and kidnapped three persons. The abductors, who were said to be no fewer than 10, had reportedly late Friday attacked Isinbode-Ekiti in Ekiti East Local Government Area where they […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the country’s candidate for the leadership of the World Trade Organisation, has stated that powerful and well-connected forces were working against her candidacy. She stated this in a statement issued by her media adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu, noting that those against her […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioners of Education in the 19 Northern States have resolved to reopen schools only when it was safe to do so, following the spike in cases of COVID-19. The commissioners made this known in a communique issued in Kaduna on Saturday, after a virtual meeting to consider school reopening and other […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, identified as Christian Alisigwe of Ihite Azia in Ihiala council Area of the state for using cutlass to kill his 4-year-old son, Ebubechukwu Alisigwe. It was gathered that after committing the abominable act Thursday, the evil father, buried […]
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Saturday, July 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria announced 575 new COVID-19 cases in the country within 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 31,323 according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). NCDC said via its official twitter handle that as at Friday, July 10, a total of 20 deaths caused by the coronavirus were recorded in […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has disagreed with the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on the cancellation of the West African Senior Secondary School Examinations. Similarly, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blasted the Federal government for cancelling the examination saying it was not in the best interest of the Nigerian Children […]
