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Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burundi President, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has awarded a hero’s medal to the eldest son of former President Pierre Nkurunziza. Lieutenant Kelly Nkurunziza was awarded the national medal by his father’s successor during the Independence Day celebrations on July 1. The younger Nkurunziza was commissioned as army officer in March by his father, who […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, on Wednesday in Abuja said domestic flights that had been suspended since March 20, would finally resume on July 8. Sirika announced this in a statement signed by Mr James Odaudu, the Director of Public Affairs, in the ministry. He said flights would commence at […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command says it has commenced full scale investigation into the alleged gruesome murder of a 67 years old man, Mr. Iloabani Eugene Anayo, of Amamkpunato Achi, in Oji-River council Area of the state, by a yet to be identified culprit in a forest. A statement […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2021 governorship election in Anambra state, a pan-Igbo youth group, ‘Anambra Ekunie’ has warned those allegedly promoting discord and social fragmentation in the state using the zoning of the 2021 governorship election as shield, to desist from such act. The group insisted that such arrangement ended […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
Photo caption: RT. HON. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Governor Enugu state By Steve Oruruo [AFRICAN EXAMINER] – Saddled with weak institutions oftentimes tied to conflicting functions, Nigeria’s prospects at major fronts have languished in perennial cycle of only potentiality. Why has a hugely endowed Country with both human and material resources so retrogressed while its peers climb into […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has requested for the Senate confirmation of 41 ambassadorial nominees. Among of the non-career nominees who made the list were a former Minister of State, from Lagos State, Mr. Ademola Seriki; Mr. Debo Adesina (Oyo), Dare Sunday-Awoniyi (Kogi), among others. A Nominee from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja is […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly (NASS) has suspended the Special Public Works programme under the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to serve as palliatives for the grassroot people as deadly COVID-19 ravages. Following the salary cut and loss of jobs by many Nigerian working class, President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors’ Forum, has said it would fully support Ize Iyamu in the next coming election in Edo State. The Governor of Kebbi State and Chairman of APC governors Forum, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday expressing optimism that the APC candidate will […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 50 people have been killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region during violent protests over the killing of a popular musician in the country, a local official has told the BBC. Getachew Balcha, the spokesperson for the Oromia regional state said that many others were injured in the clashes, and that there […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has warned political appointees and public officials against using their positions to get unfair advantage on anyone seeking government jobs. The president gave the warning in a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Abuja on Wednesday stressing that actions […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Government has announced various measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in schools, as students in primary and secondary schools in Oyo State are preparing to resume school on July 6. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa and his wife Dame Edith Okowa have tested positive to COVID-19. The governor announced this on his verified Facebook Page on Wednesday. He said “my wife and I have tested positive for COVID-19. We are well and continuing with our isolation/medication. We thank you all for […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has reiterated that COVID-19 testing for residents of the state was free of charge. Mr Gbenga Omotoso, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy said this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. ”The state would like to reassure the general public that testing is still free at […]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary to Osun Government (SSG) has tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the state to 127. Dr Rafiu Isamotu, the State Commissioner for Health Commissioner, who disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo on Tuesday, said 10 other new cases were also […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. AbdulRahm AbdulRazaq of Kwara has suspended a Permanent Secretary and four other senior officials implicated in the ongoing investigation of ghost workers. They were also suspended for suspicious deductions of workers’ salary at the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The suspension was announced on Tuesday in Ilorin in a […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Adesoji Adesugba as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. The President’s approval was given in a letter addressed to the Minister, dated 26th June, 2020 and signed by […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
By Abba Dukawa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Now with interim NWC puts in place, All members of APC believe that the party will benefit from of MMB’s vast experience to mediate and negotiate between the different interest and ambitious groups within the party. Like he and other stakeholders know politics is a game that moves together […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Tuesday reported the sighting of a rare white giraffe in a privately-owned conservancy in the north-eastern county of Garissa that neighbours Somalia. According to KWS, the white giraffe, whose gender had not been verified, was spotted foraging at Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in the company of the conventional […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Top Nigerian lender, Fidelity Bank Plc, Tuesday commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Oilserv, contractors to the $2.8bn Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project, which was flagged off Tuesday, June 30, 2020, with the ground breaking ceremony at Ajaokuta, Kogi State. Designed in line with the key […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2020
By Hassan Ainofenokhai (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godfatherism is a doctrine of the Catholic Church where a child is blessed with a godfather and that child becomes a godson. The idea is for a godfather to provide guidance and be role model to the child from infancy to adulthood. Therefore, there is nothing wrong about godfatherism. […]
