Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two frontline civic-tech Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), BudgIT Foundation and Connected Development (CODE), have jointly inaugurated a Pan-African Tracking System for all COVID-19 intervention funds in Africa. Both NGOs are committed to spearheading the advocacy for openness, transparency and accountability in public finance in the continent. The newly inaugurated tracking system is aimed […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The proposed bye election for Isi-Uzo state Constituency of Enugu state recently postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), following the violent #ENDSARS protest that rocked the entire nation, will still remain on hold, until policemen return to their duty posts. It would be recalled that the election earlier scheduled for […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos on Wednesday announced the dismissal of 10 police officers for various offences. The command’s spokesperson, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the disclosure in a statement he signed and released to newsmen in Lagos. According to the spokesperson, the dismissal was in a bid to promote discipline and core […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to boost the morale of officers and men of the Enugu state police Command so that they can return to their duty Posts, the Professor Felix Asogwa, led Institute For Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS), Enugu state University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has begun a 2- […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sanwo-Olu has disclosed plans to review the pension law which allows for payment of pension and other entitlements to former governors and their deputies in Lagos State. He made this known on Tuesday while he presented the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly at Alausa Ikeja. According to Sanwo-Olu, […]
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has tested positive for COVID-19, an aide disclosed in a statement on Monday in Minna. Chief Press Secretary to Bello, Mary Noel-Berje, who signed the statement, said that the governor’s sample was taken for test, and the result came positive. Noel-Berje said the governor made this known […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a directive which will allow members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to be enrolled into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This was disclosed on Monday by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, at a press briefing in Abuja. Ibrahim stated that the NYSC mobilises […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday enjoined that 2021 budget which is still being analysed by the National Assembly to put into consideration the rate of youth unemployment in the country. Lawan stated this in Abuja due to the just ended End SARS protests in the country, during a public […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 300 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday. The NCDC said after some weeks of recording low number of cases in the country, the 300 new cases brings […]
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 48-year-old Bus Rapid Transit, (BRT) driver, Bohan Abiodun, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged reckless driving and causing the death of three pedestrians. The police charged Abiodun, whose residential address was not given with reckless driving and manslaughter. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. […]
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nurses in Nigeria, under the banner of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association, UGONSA, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the continuous unjust detention of three of their members, for over one year now, demanding his intervention. Similar petition which was made available to African Examiner has also been written to the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, November 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his contribution to the development of his domain, especially in area of job creation, the traditional ruler of Obimo Community in Nsukka Council area of Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, Igwe, Spencer Ugwuoke, weekend conferred the Chieftaincy title of (Onwa Obimo), meaning, “Moon that shines for others on a Chinese National, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As some people have continued to drag the former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2023 presidential election permutation, A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, on Sunday cautioned the former President against the idea. Although, Gololo recognized that it is the turn of the South to produce the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 59 new infections of Coronavirus (Covid-19), were reported in Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The NCDC has conducted about 681,599 tests since the first confirmed case was announced […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated presidential elect of the United States Joe Biden. In a statement issued on Saturday the Nigerian president stated that the emergence of Joe Biden was crucial “at a time of uncertainty and challenges in world affairs”. He said: “Your election is a significant reminder that democracy is the […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Sunday, November 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely few weeks a group Championing the 2023 Igbo presidency project was dragged to court by an indigene of the zone, over alleged financial scam. An Abuja based lawyer, Barrister Nkem Okoro, has also petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP,) Mohammed Adamu, asking him to investigate the said fraudulent activities of the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democratic candidate and former vice president Joe Biden has been projected as the new president of the United States of America. Mr Biden defeated controversial incumbent President Donald Trump. Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States, having been projected to have won the highest number of the electoral college […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of legitimate force to protect lives and property of citizens, including police officers. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Adamu said the protection must also cover personnel […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, November 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 223 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic with one death in the country. The agency disclosed that Lagos state led the chart with 85 infections, while FCT occupied the second spot with 35 infections, Akwa Ibom, Enugu and Plateau confirmed cases were […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, November 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All progressive Congress APC Candidate in the forthcoming Isi Uzo State constituency election in Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, Engr. MacDonald Ejiofor Okwor, has petitioned the Inspector General of police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed, over threat to his life, and that of members of his family by political thugs alleged to be working […]
