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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ahmed Jaha (APC-Borno), has regretted the comments he made at the Thursday’s plenary, apologising to Nigerians, especially women. Jaha, at an interview with journalists on Saturday in Abuja, recalled his comments at the debate that women should cultivate a habit of proper dressing to […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Big Brother Africa winner, Uti Nwachukwu, has petitioned the police over the allegation of rape levelled against him. It can be recalled that the reality TV star was accused by one Kambili Korie of alleged rape. However, Uti has stated that he can’t keep calm about the allegation and he took […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Saturday any person convicted for sexual offences including rape in any part of the state would not enjoy his prerogative of mercy. The governor, who made the declaration in Ado Ekiti while signing the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Child Victims of Sexual Violence Bill […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, on Saturday appeared before state assembly panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations leveled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that it was the handi work of his enemies. The speaker appeared before the […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of Malians staged a protest in Bamako to demand resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita over what they described as his mishandling of many crises plaguing the country. Keita, re-elected in 2018 for a second five-year term, is struggling with a years-long security crisis in northern Mali, an outbreak of the […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved 288.5 million dollars loan to help Nigeria tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact on people and businesses. The bank’s Communications and External Relations Department made this known in a statement on Saturday. It explained that the loan would bolster […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the alarming rate of rape cases, a non-governmental and civil society organization, (NGO), Women Aid Collective, (WACOL), has urged the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to declare a nationwide state of emergency on sexual violence in Nigeria. Founder of (WACOL) Professor Joy Ezeilo made the call in Enugu […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on Power, says the House has concluded plans to investigate all privatisation in the sector to ensure that the challenges being presently faced are resolved. Rep. Magaji Aliyu, Chairman of the Committee said on Friday in Abuja when he led othe members on an oversight function […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the clamour for Diaspora voting intensifies, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Shadipe, Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs has assured Nigerians living abroad that the committee is working on it. Akande-Shadipe who led her committee on oversight function to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) in Abuja on […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved reappointment of Prof. Umar Danbatta as Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). Pantami made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mrs Uwa Suleiman, spokesperson for the ministry, on Friday in Abuja. The minister […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – AU High Representative, Raila Odinga, has rubbished calls for another investigation to be carried out against embattled African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina. Odinga, who is the Africa Union high representative for infrastructure development, in a statement on his facebook page stated that the Nigerian former minister of Agriculture has done […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Adeyeye Babatunde, ”M” of Kajola St., Shagamu, Ogun State, for kissing his three-year old step sister in a viral video. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement on Friday, said that Babatunde was a Botany student of Lagos […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More troubles have emerged from embattled governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki as a suit has been filed against him over allegations of certificate forgery. In a suit filed before a federal high court in Abuja, Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu accused the governor of forging his Bachelor […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations has completed plans to carve out a new territory from Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon by July 10. The creation of the new territory to be known as United Nations Organisation State of Cameroon may see Nigeria losing 24 local councils, by way of ceding, to the new country. […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire outbreak has been reported near the Aso Rock villa chapel on Thursday. The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, who confirmed this incident, described it as a “minor” fire outbreak stressing that the fire was triggered by an electrical spark. Shehu said: “The incident, […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank Board has disclosed that it has commissioned an independent inquiry into allegations of corruption against its head, Akinwumi Adesina. The former Nigerian agriculture minister, who is seeking re-election in August, has denied any wrongdoing and was initially cleared of all the allegations by an internal investigation. However, the […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has stated a woman who was advertised for sale on Facebook in Lebanon has refused to return home. According to report, the woman was being sold for $1,000 (£793) and she was rescued by the Lebanese authorities and taken to the […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s health ministry says it will soon roll out home-based care for Covid-19 patients because the country’s isolation facilities are almost full. Health Minister, Mutahi Kagwe, who announced this stated that they will first publish guidelines for home-based care before patients can be released to their families so as to free […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Latter Rain Assembly President, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has stated that he is still an active politician in Nigeria. Speaking in an Instagram Live chat with Chude Jideonwo, the renowned clergyman stressed that he is still actively involved in politics and that in the 2011 elections, he was “pressured to run with Atiku.” […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria. He stated this during an interview on PlusTv Africa while reacting to an open letter written by retired colonel and former Military Administrator of Kaduna, Umar Dangiwa, who accused the president of only appointing only people […]
