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Monday, April 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Imo state, South- East Nigeria has confirmed the arrest of a 42-year-old man, identified as Ajaegbu Chukwuebuka for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old girl. Spokesman for the command, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed the arrest, and unholy act, said the suspect is currently in their custody, adding that investigations are still […]
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Monday, April 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing political war between some Councilors and the Executive chairman of Aninri local government Area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, Hon. Ezekiel Chukwu. at the weekend took a new twist, as the state police command arrested six of the council legislators, over alleged forceful entry into the council headquarters […]
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Monday, April 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The opposition All Progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, weekend extended its coronavirus lockdown palliative benevolence of food items to health workers on duty at the Enugu state University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH) Parklane, and their counterpart at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku Ozalla, as well as […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FirstBank of Nigeria has confirmed that a member of its staff died of the corona virus in Kano state main branch. This confirmation was contained in a public statement issued on Saturday and made available to African Examiner. The statement reads in full: “FirstBank mourns as we confirm the loss of our […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is no evidence that people who recovered from COVID-19 cannot be re-infected. In a “Scientific Brief” released from its headquarters in Geneva and posted on its website, WHO warned against propagating the idea of COVID-19 ‘immunity passport’. “Some governments have suggested that the detection of […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Willy Obiano led All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, government in Anambra state has announced that the lockdown in the state would be relaxed to allow churches to hold services. Obiano made this known during a statewide broadcast during which he equally stressed that worshipers must wear face […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has ordered a complete lockdown of the state as part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 as the state records its index case. He ordered that all markets in the state be closed indefinitely and also prohibited all forms of social gatherings such as marriage and […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Patients on admission at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Teaching Hospital, Parklane Enugu, are now at the mercy of God, as members of the Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) in the health facility have embarked on an indefinite strike. African Examiner reports that the medical personnel, commenced […]
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Saturday, April 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter, has cautioned Gov. Seyi Makinde against playing politics with the Coronavirus pandemic in the state, at the expense of the lives of the citizens. The party stated this in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, on Saturday in Ibadan. APC’s […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
…Insists they must be quarantined in Govt Isolation Center (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will not accept the request to self-isolate, by Nigerians abroad willing to come back home. “We will not accept the request to self-isolate because it will be difficult to monitor them. That is our position,” Minister of Foreign […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could return to governing the country as early as Monday after recovering from the novel coronavirus, according to a media report. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday morning tjat Johnson would be returning to office in London at a critical stage of the pandemic, as his party […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2020, showing double-digit improvement across all its major income lines. The bank leveraged on modest growth in both interest and non-interest income as well as increased efficiency to deliver […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Muslims have joined their counterparts in most parts of the world, to commence this year’s Ramadan fasting. The take-off of the annual spiritual rite followed the announcement of sighting of the moon late Thursday by the the President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar. Speaking on […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State mainatins its lead in Nigeria, as it has recorded 78 out of 108 new confirmed cases COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this via its Twitter handle late Thursday. The agency posted: “108 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 78 in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Gombe, 3 in Borno, 2 in […]
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Friday, April 24th, 2020
By Tajudeen Balogun, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apart from its deadly danger to human’s life, COVID-19 has wrecked sorrow and agony on many families in Nigeria as criminals, hoodlums are reportedly using the Point of Sale (POS) machine during robbery to steal victims money amidst government’s lockdown policy to curb the spread of the coronavirus. […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
… As Vandalism of NNPC Pipelines Spikes (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria recorded crude oil and gas export sale of $434.85million in January, 2020, an increase of 94.30 per cent pitched against the December 2019 figures, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) Monthly Financial and Operations Report, released today, in Abuja has stated. The statement by […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Few days to the termination of the second two weeks lockdown order, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government (FG) not to extend the stay at home order aimed at containing the raging COVID-19 in the country. NLC in a letter dated April 14, 2020 and addressed to the […]
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen in the wee hours of Monday shot and killed an Assistant Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abeeka Abeeka, in Benue state. The officer was killed at Akile village, Tyo Mu along Makurdi-Gboko road at about 4am on Monday outside his house. The gunmen took to […]
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
Photo: Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has rejected the submission of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for payment of February and March withheld salaries of lectures in the Federal Universities. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this in an interview with […]
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In this COVID-19 era where movement is restricted in some major parts of the world – including Nigeria – with many Banks and business reengineering efforts to improve the adaptability of their customers to electronic ways of carrying out business, Firstmonie Agents, an agent banking initiative from First Bank of Nigeria Limited […]
