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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has issued a directive withdrawing police officers attached to very important persons (VIP). This directive was contained in a police wireless message on Wednesday. The directive given to police zonal commands will take immediate effect as only those attached to government officials are exempted. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov Sanwo-olu of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for an investigation into the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate. The African Examiner reports that men in military uniform opened fire on protesters as scores were injured and at least two killed on Tuesday evening. Governor Sanwo-Olu had ordered a […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the October 31st bye election for the Isi – Uzo state constituency in Enugu state draws near, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that it is fully prepared to conduct the poll, just as it disclosed that a total of 69,626 eligible electorates, who have collected their Permanent Voters […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavy gunshots were heard at the Lekki tollgate area of Lagos State on Tuesday as soldiers reportedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters. Six persons were feared dead in the attack while many injured victims have been rushed to nearby hospitals. An eyewitness, Samuel Ajani, said many protesters were injured. Ajani noted that […]
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed that four police stations and the secretariat of Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government have been burnt in the course of the EndSars protests. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Tuesday said that the police formations burnt in the state were […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following refusal of seven members of the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, loyal to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geophery Onyeama, to withdraw their cases in court against the party as directed by the national Secretariat, the party’s top leadership has begun process of slamming suspension on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to talk to Nigerians quickly concerning the #EndSARS protests. This resolution came after a motion sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi representing Ekiti South. The African Examiner reports that President Buhari had scrapped the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) and promised to reform the police. However, the […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the endSARS protests rage in different parts of the State, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has imposed a 24-hour curfew, effective from 4pm today – Tuesday. The order was contained in a statement issued Tuesday morning. Sanwo-Olu who called on the protesters to vacate the roads and opt for […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s Portfolio Committee on Health has expressed its empathy and wished the Minister of Health, Dr. Zweli Mkhize, and his wife, Dr. May Mkhize, a speedy and a full recovery after they tested positive for COVID-19. The Committee’s Chairperson, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo who extended the gesture on behalf of other members […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A prosecution witness on Monday narrated to a Federal High Court in Lagos how N851 million was allegedly deposited in tranches into First Bank accounts of two companies owned by former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti. Mr Taiwo Ogundein, a Relationship Manager, First Bank of Nigeria Plc., testified at the hearing of […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has predicted a spike in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country in the next two weeks. Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s tally of people infected with the COVID-19 pandemic has hit 61,558, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), confirming 118 new cases on Monday. The infections were recorded in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC, which disclosed this via its official Twitter handle, also announced the discharge of 86 patients […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in South Africa has lent its voice to the call for a holistic reform of the Nigerian policing system. The nationwide protest was triggered by call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a tactical […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to the #EndSARS protesters to leave the roads and opt for dialogue. The Governor made the appeal Monday at the swearing-in of members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution at the State House in Marina. Mr Sanwo-Olu admitted that the pain expressed, and concerns […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the attacks on a prison facility and police station in the capital Benin City, the Edo State Government has imposed an indefinite 24-hour curfew across the State. The order to this effective was contained in a press statement signed Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, the curfew is […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, over the weekend stormed formations of the recently disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state and granted three persons being held in their cells unconditional bail. The detainees were said to have committed minor and bailable offences, but were being in the SARS cells. Obiano’s action […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group clamouring for the enthronement of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in the next political dispensation, under the platform of South East for President 2023 (SEFORP2023) has been dragged to an Enugu High Court for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians. In an originating summon document made available to newsmen in Enugu […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Sunday, October 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 133 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday The country recorded two new casualties bringing the total death toll to 1,125. The agency said that 54 patients were discharged from isolation centres […]
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Sunday, October 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has bemoaned the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic, saying that it has aggravated the spate of hunger in the North-East region of Nigeria. The ICRC said COVID-19 has placed an additional strain on the vulnerable communities in the region, where the decade-long armed conflict […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, October 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born lawyer and minister of justice in a Canadian province, Kaycee Madu, has joined the #EndSARS protest as he stated that his cousin, Chrisantus Korie, was murdered by the police in Nigeria in 2013. Madu disclosed this on Saturday as he took to his Twitter handle lamenting that the murder of his […]
