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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following perceived administrative lapses, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) notice of Ondo State Governorship primary contest. The rejection was contained in a letter dated June 22, 2020; marked INEC/DEPIM/APC/522/T.3 and titled: “Re: Notice of conduct of primaries”. INEC letter which […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has struck out a suit seeking to bar Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from contesting the State’s Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governorship primary. The ruling by Justice E. O Obile-led court followed decision reached by parties to the […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated on Wednesday that the Federal Government will not engage Ghana in “street fight” because of a demolition of a building on the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, emphasized […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Abdul Gafaar Bello (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Kogi State House of Assembly John Abah is dead. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the House’s Speaker, Mathew Kolawole, Femi Olugbemi, confirmed the death Wednesday in a statement. It was confirmed that the late Lawmaker who represented until his death, Ibaji Constituency in […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chifundo Kachale, the Chairman of Malawi Electoral Commission, has stated that results are being transferred manually for further collation and he cautioned against allegations of rigging and urged the media to refrain from announcing unofficial results. Speaking in a news conference on Wednesday in Blantyre, Kachale warned against “fake […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a thorough intelligence gathering and investigation, the Nasarawa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested a man accused of raping a 3-month-old baby in Adogi village of Nasarawa State. A statement by Ekunola Gbenga, Media Assistant to the Commandant General ‘NSCDC’ said, Ahmadu Yaro, […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 452 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 21,371. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Tuesday night through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that the new cases were from 14 states. It said that […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Buchi Nnaji (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One would not have wasted his time replying such a clueless, incoherent and misguided analysis published in THISDAY newspaper of 18th June 2020 captioned. The deceitful propaganda for zoning in Enugu State by one Akpa Francis if not that one may be accused of keeping silence amidst disinformation, Misinformation […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has alleged that Governor Oluwarotimi Akerdolu plans to impeach him. Ajayi accused the governor of giving out N10 million each to influence lawmakers to meet the requirement of two-third majority to impeach him. Recall that the deputy governor and the […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has sent apologies to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of a building in the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Ministry […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who will never […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
…Asks Management to Apologise for COVID-19 Violation By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal Capital Territory Magistrates Court has ordered the re-opening of Jabi Lake Mall which hosted a concert that featured popular musician, Azeez Fashola aka, Naira Marley. The mall was sealed over a week ago by Magistrate Idayat Akanni over a musical […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, was on Tuesday sealed off by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order following leadership crisis rocking the party. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DSP. Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the development. Manzah said that the […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on decade-old corruption charges, alongside French arms company Thales, is due to resume on Tuesday. If Zuma arrives at the high court in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, that is. In February, a judge issued a stayed warrant for his arrest after he failed […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Malawians on Tuesday headed to the polls in a historic re-run of 2019 presidential elections that were declared null and void by the country’s Constitutional Court. In February, the court found that the elections, which saw incumbent President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected for a five-year term, had been riddled with irregularities and ordered […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has barred Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary. The primary which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 was last weekend shifted to Thursday, June 25, 2020. The […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 675 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday, through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 288 new cases, while Oyo […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday released guidelines to guide member associations on the restart of football activities on the continent. A statement on the continental body’s website said that the guidelines were put together by the CAF Medical Committee in collaboration with the Technical and Development Department as well as […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Gov. Kayode Fayemi has appointed new special advisers, senior special assistants and members of boards of some parastatal-agencies. In a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, the governor said that the appointments were to strengthen government for effective service delivery In the statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the former governor of old Anambra state, and founding member of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that it is the turn of Southeast geo political zone of the country to produce Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. […]
