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Friday, May 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the major reshufflement affected 110 senior officers, consisting of 33 Rear […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 182 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total active cases for Nigeria now stand at 6,064. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 28, 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and five deaths were […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Professor of Petroleum Economics, Chijioke Nwaozuzu, has stated that the federal government would need to significantly increase its expenditure and mobilise about $40 billion to stimulate the Nigerian economy and bailout small and big businesses. He stated that this will prevent the country’s economy from plunging deeper into recession, according to […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has cautioned the board of the African Development Bank to ignore calls for an independent investigation of its President, Akinwumi Adesina, by the United States Government stressing that the organization followed due process. In a letter dated May 26 to Kaba Niale, Chairman of the AfDB board of […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has maintained that the State is free of confirmed cases of COVID-19. While reacting to the daily update reported last (Wednesday) night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which claimed the State has recorded two confirmed cases, the State Commissioner for health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, in a […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of Police Commissioners in Edo, Ondo and Oyo States. The development is contained in a statement issued Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The release reads in part: “The IGP has […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector general of police has announced the reorganization of the Nigeria police force, creating a unit from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), and five new zonal commands, among changes. African Examiner reports that the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will be removed from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to become […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Bishop Joseph Masin, the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by gunmen in Lafia. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. Longe said the bishop was […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives, seeking its approval to obtain $5.513bn – new external loan. The request was contained in Mr. President’s letter which was read Thursday by the Speaker, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary. According to the letter, the loan if obtained, were for 2020 budget […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights body, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has on behalf of a medical practitioner, Dr. Afam Edeh, who is a Consultant Surgeon dragged the Enugu East local government Area to court over alleged imposition of several illegal taxes on the citizens as well as unlawful invasion […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733. The figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has lamented the difficulties being faced by young girls in accessing safe hygienic mensuration facilities such as water sanitation especially during school hours, saying such development makes some of them drop from school or refuses to attend classes during menstrual period. The agency, therefore, canvassed support from government […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of African Development Bank (AfDB), has maintained innocence with regards to allegations that seek to impugn his honour and the reputation of the bank. Adesina said this in a statement he personally signed and issued on Wednesday. Recall that United States Department of Treasury had called for […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s churches and other places of worship can reopen their doors from June, The African Examiner reports. According to reports, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, stated this stressing that chuch attendance will only be limited to 50 people. “This pandemic has … taken a toll on us emotionally and spiritually. It […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government of Nigeria has stated that it will soon stipulate guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He said: “Today, 27th May, 2020 is also Children’s Day worldwide and […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has stated that he will still become the governor of Edo State. The governor who stated this when he spoke as a guest on a Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, stated that he will return as the governor of the State. He said: “I am […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Akinwumi Adesina is expected to step back as the president of African Development Bank after the board supported an independent probe as requested by the U.S. The U.S. treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin rejected an internal investigation that cleared Adesina of allegations of favouritism. Bloomberg, quoting two persons familiar with deliberations on […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 25 Commuters from various part of Nigeria who violated the interstate movement restrictions and was travelling through Imo state, Southeast, Nigeria, have tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus. Chairman of Covid-19 committee, in the state, Professor Maurice Iwu, who spoke with newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, said Imo has […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress faction that is loyal to National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Ize-Iyamu, and the present governor, Godwin Obaseki, will fight for the direct primary of the party, APC, that is expected to hold on June 22. The African […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired for their involvement in the death of a black man who was held down with a knee as he protested that he couldn’t breathe, officials said Tuesday. The FBI is investigating the incident, which drew widespread condemnation of the officers after a video showing part […]
