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Thursday, January 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. reports that the daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that […]
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Thursday, January 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has named Mrs Yemisi Edun as the Acting Managing Director of the bank in the interim, while embattled Mr Adam Nuru is on leave. The decision was contained in a statement signed by the FCMB management. “In line with normal corporate practice, Edun is Acting as […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Nweze Umahi, has accused “desperate and selfish” politicians in the Southeast Geo political zone of Nigeria, of sponsoring the alarming rate of banditry in parts of region, with the sole aim of destabilising the nation. He made the accusation Tuesday during a virtual meeting of the South […]
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Residents in Anambra capital city, Awka, have criticised the recent electricity tariff payable by power consumers across the country in the first month of the year. This is in spite of the denial by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) management of any hike in tariff. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two teachers, Samson Banjoko and Olajide Babatunde, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a five-year-old Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, gave the order, following a motion moved by the Prosecutor, ASP Victor Eruada, that the matter be referred to the Director of Public […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ministry of Education has announced January 18th, 2021, as resumption date for all schools in the state. The decision, according to a statement by the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze, was reached at a meeting between the ministry and major stakeholders in the sector, on Monday. The […]
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the […]
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Monday, January 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 917 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this via its verified website late Sunday. So far, 955,429 persons have been tested in the country since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was announced in Feb. 27, 2020. According to the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, January 4th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governorship flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Enugu state during the 2019 election, Senator Ayogu Eze, has revealed that two more governors from the Southeast of Nigeria are on their way to the ruling party. Speaking over the weekend at the Enugu State APC Secretariat where he came to […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun Government has suspended its Commissioner for Environment, Mr Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, over alleged sexual harassment of a 16 year- old girl. This is contained in a press statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Tokunbo Talabi on Sunday in Abeokuta. Talabi said that the suspension became necessary to enable […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor Willie Obiano led government in Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, has lifted the suspension of five traditional rulers it suspended a few months ago. It would be recalled that the governor had slammed suspension on some Monarchs in the state for visiting president Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja some time last […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for ordering the demolition of a house slated as venue for a sex party in Kaduna state. Runsewe who gave the commendation in a statement on Sunday said organising such sex party was […]
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 576 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The country has so far tested 952,975 persons since the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, […]
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 1,074 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country has so far tested 948,048 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced […]
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Friday, January 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A local tourist is feared dead after he allegedly fell into the Victoria Falls’ gorges on New Year’s Day in the afternoon while on holiday with his family. The man believed to be aged 40 and from Harare has not been identified. Zimbabwe Parks and police authorities launched a search party on […]
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Friday, January 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says that the Nigerian army will disgrace the Boko Haram and Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in 2021. Buratai disclosed this during a sit-out night to for the 2021 New Year at the TY Buratai Institute for War and Peace, Buratai […]
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Friday, January 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to re-energise and re-organise the nation’s security apparatus with a view to bringing to an end insurgency and other violent crimes across the country. The president made the pledge in a New Year broadcast to the nation on Friday in Abuja. He said the exercise would involve […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, has enjoined the federal government should not open schools yet due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Ujah disclosed this at a webinar organised by the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, on Wednesday, saying that the country is not […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Oyo State Chapter has advised worshippers in the state to adhere strictly to COVID-19 safety protocol directives by the government on the crossover night service. The state Chairman, CAN, Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, gave the advise in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. Akinyemiju commended the state […]
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 45-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, Mayowa Abolaji, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N10 million, on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Abolaji with three counts of conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence and theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges The prosecution counsel, ASP Ezekiel […]
