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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has commenced fumigation of the International Airports in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt ahead of reopening of flight operations in Nigeria. General Manager, (Corporate Affairs) Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, made this known Tuesday in a statement issued in Lagos. Mrs. Yakubu explained that the […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Tuesday announced the recovery and discharge of another nine COVID-19 patients from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle, said that the patients were two females and seven males, all Nigerians. “The patients were discharged having fully recovered and […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Power, Mr Mamman Sale, on Tuesday announced the sack of Mr Usman Mohammed, as the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with immediate effect. Sale, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr Aaron Atimas, in Abuja, said it was part of […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Information, says it has embarked on advocacy to different locations across the metropolis to sensitise residents on the importance of face mask usage. Mr Bode Lawal, Assistant Director, Ministry of Information, said in a statement that the exercise, tagged ”Mask-Up-Lagos”, was part of […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Niger government has directed all contractors handling various projects to return to sites amidst the novel Coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger, gave the directive when he inspected some road projects under construction in Minna, the state capital. According to Bello, life cannot be put on hold because of the spread of […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter. In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mr. Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Also, to be screened and confirmed are three nominees as full-time Commissioners of the Commission. The President’s request was contained in a letter read […]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 6,175. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on Monday. The centre said that nine patients died of coronavirus-related complications in the country, bringing the total number of fatalities to […]
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Monday agreed to fund the feeding and accommodation of evacuees in Lagos and Abuja. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily news conference in Abuja. Onyeama […]
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with retired Gen. T. Y. Danjuma at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The agenda of the meeting between the president and the visiting elder statesman, whose last visit to the State House was over three years ago, was unknown. Danjuma also did not speak […]
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen …Total Lockdown Remains in Kano (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has extended the phased and gradual relaxation of the lockdown announced two weeks ago to containing further spread of Coronavirus by another fortnight. FG, in the latest development, also extended the ongoing total stay at home order in Kano for another […]
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Michael Yigao, Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Ltd, says the 15 Chinese medical experts that arrived in the country on April 8 are in the company’s care. Yigao made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja while reacting to questions raised by the media and opposition parties on […]
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers Council, on Monday commiserated with Gov. Nyesom Wike over the death of his media aide, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu. In a statement jointly signed by the council Chairman, Stanley Job and the Secretary, Ike Wigodo, the NUJ described Nwakaudu’s death as shocking and painful. It said […]
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Monday, May 18th, 2020
Photo: President Mohammadu Buhari during a virtual meeting with Nigeria Governors Forum. Photo by @SundayAghaeze (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unlike the earlier information before the public domain, Nigerians have been told not to expect any special broadcast from President Muhammadu Buhari after all tonight. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Femi Adeshina […]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has upgraded its mobile banking application, introducing lots of exciting and interactive features to aid banking, whilst allowing customers to perform unlimited transactions with simple taps on their mobile phones. The award winning innovative bank which was the first to launch its chat […]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
Photo: Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers state (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant (Electronic Media), to Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, is dead. Nwakaudu’s death was announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, in Port Harcourt on Sunday. According to Nsirim, Gov. Wike has expressed shock […]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
By Steve Oruruo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The annals of Nigerian history vividly document the events of the second half of 2014 in golden tablets. On Sunday, precisely the 20th of July 2014, an American-Liberian lawyer, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, collapsed upon arrival at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. He was taken to First Consultant Hospital for […]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Akwa Ibom Government says it has intercepted 68 suspected COVID-19 patients at the border, attempting to invade the state. Governor Udom Emmanuel made the allegation when he played host to State Caucus of the National Assembly in Uyo Sunday. According to the Governor, they tried to bring in about 68 of them. So […]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
… As New Employees Commend Corporation for Transparent Recruitment Process (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged the newly recruited Graduate Trainees (GTs) to join hands with other staff in building the corporation to become the National Oil Company (NOC) of choice, urging […]
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Sunday, May 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has impounded an aircraft belonging to British company for operating illegal commercial flights into Nigeria without due approval. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, announced this Sunday via his Twitter handle –@hadisirika. Senator Sirika alleged that the erring company – Flair Aviation, was authorised to conduct only humanitarian flights, however it was […]
