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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has suspended the planned resumption of Federal schools for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) candidates. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this Wednesday evening to the State House Correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Adamu restated that […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa Cote d’Ivoire’s Prime Minister, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, is dead. He was aged 61. According to Ivorian Television Broadcasting (RTI), the late Prime Minister died on Wednesday. “Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly died this Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in Abidjan,” announced RTI, the leading channel on national television. It will be recalled that […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government on Wednesday warned that it would no longer tolerate violation of the rules meant to stem the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Mr Charles Aniagwu, the state Commissioner for Information, gave the warning while briefing journalists in Asaba on the decisions reached at the state Executive Council […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the replacement and confirmation of two non-career Ambassadors-designate. The request was contained in a letter read during the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The President sought to replace the earlier nomination of Mr. Oboro Effiong Akpabio and Brigadier General […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reported an explosion incident which occurred at Gbetiokun, OML 40, operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on behalf of the NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday during the installation of a ladder on a platform (Benin River Valve Station) for access during discharging […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some domestic airlines on Wednesday resumed operations following three months of COVID-19 lockdown. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored resumption of the airlines at both GAT Alpha and MM2 terminals in Lagos, reports that few passengers were seen boarding, while social distancing and other precautionary measures were observed. The […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has sacked Health Minister Obadiah Moyo over over COVID-19 related corruption. Mr Moyo was dismissed “with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for a government minister”, a statement issued by the president’s chief secretary, Misheck Sibanda said. The Secretary of information Nick Mangwana tweeted the statement: Last month, Mr […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Staff to the Kwara Governor, Alhaji Adisa Logun, died of COVID-19 complications on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mallam Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed the death of the CoS in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday. According to Ajakaye, […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Mohammed Umar, the Director of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been picked to oversee the affairs of the agency in the absence of Magu. A top official of the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. The source, who asked not to […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As media reported the suspension of the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu from office, social media was set abuzz. It will be recalled that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had previously accused Ibrahim Magu of gross financial infractions and he was arrested […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo says the constitution empowers his office to supervise the execution of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government. Keyamo made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen, after the Senate Committee on Labour called for a new proposal to implement […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State House of Assembly has served impeachment notice on the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi. At the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Gbenga Omole, announced that there were 14 members who were in attendance, whereas, […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions, EFCC, boss, Ibrahim Magu, has been suspended. Reports say multiple sources confirmed the suspension to journalists covering the presidential panel investigating Mr Magu over alleged corruption. On Monday, the panel grilled Magu for several hours at the Presidential Villa, Abuja before he was taken into police […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday called for the renaming of the Ibadan Airport after the late former governor of Oyo state, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. This was sequel to a motion on “The Demise of Sen. Abiola Ajimobi” sponsored by Sen. Buhari Abdulfatai (APC-Oyo) and co-sponsored by Sen. Teslim Folarin during plenary. The News […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s main opposition has announced a female candidate as a vice-presidential candidate for the first time. Naana Opoku Agyeman will join forces with former president John Dramani Mahama as he attempts a comeback in December’s election. Prof Opoku Agyeman is a former education minister and a former vice-chancellor of the University of […]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Remanded in Prison (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu North council Area of Enugu state on Monday arraigned and ordered that a couple, Mr Jude and Ifeoma Ozougwu, be reminded in Correctional Service centre Nsukka for attempted murder of their 10 year old housemaid, Miss. Nneoma Nnadi, pending […]
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Monday, July 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria High Commission in Canada says it is set to evacuate Nigerian citizens, stranded in that country due to the COVID-19, back home. The mission in Ottawa, Canada said, in a statement, that Portuguese airline and Euro Atlantic Airways have been chosen for the evacuation. About 300 stranded Nigerians had earlier […]
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Monday, July 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that the decontamination of schools against the spread of COVID-19 will begin on Tuesday (Today) in preparation for the resumption of class activities. The Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, disclosed this in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Mahmood also […]
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Monday, July 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed 10 senior police officers and demoted eight others over cases of misconduct. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Ani said the decision for the dismissal was reached during the three-week […]
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Monday, July 6th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after the public confirmation, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has tested negative for COVID-19. Akeredolu disclosed this Monday in a weekly press briefing on the State of the pandemic in the South West State. He disclosed that doctors confirmed his negative status after he […]
