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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has raised alarm over the current state of affairs in Nigeria, saying that the West African nation is almost at the verge of total collapse. President of the CBCN, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze made the observation in his goodwill message on the occasion of […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new Coronavirus (COVID-19), infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days without recording any death across the country. The agency […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Piqued by the renewed public outcry and allegations of extra judicial killings, harassment, impunity and others vices against operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), the Police Service Commission (PSC) has threatened to punish deviant officials of the squard. The commission said it has followed the recent public outcry on the brazen […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says that everything to make the October 10 gubernatorial election peaceful, transparent and credible in Ondo State has been put in place. The president disclosed this on Wednesday in video message to party faithful at the Grand Finale of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign for the Ondo Governorship […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has appointed Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli as the new Emir of Zazzau. This was announced by the Kaduna state government on Wednesday in a statement signed by Ja’afaru Sani, commissioner of local government affairs. “Until his appointment as Emir of Zazzau, Alh. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli held the […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Nigerian Government has launched a cash and food assistance programme in the three urban COVID-19 hotspots of Abuja, Kano and Lagos. The Nigerian Government has released 2,000 metric tons of food from its Strategic Grain Reserve (valued at US$1 million), while […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Asst. Corps Marshal Imoh Etuk, Zonal Commanding Officer RS2 (Lagos/Ogun), on Tuesday urged road users to be more careful during Ember months to avoid accidents, deaths and injuries. Etuk also advised them to comply fully with Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention guidelines to prevent spread and save Nigeria from more deaths. Etuks made […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has successfully treated and discharged 357 patients, who have recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID-19), reporting 118 fresh infections in the country. A report in its official twitter handle on Tuesday, indicated that 357 patients were discharged in the past 24 hours, raising the number of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The general overseer of Sotitobire Miracle Center, Akure, Babatunde Alfa and five others have been sentenced to life imprisonment over the abduction of Gold Kolawole, a one-year-old child, from the church. Other convicts handed the life imprisonment include Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi Motunrayo and Esther Kayode. The presiding judge, […]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, says he does not have the power to bring back the 14 un-inaugurated in the State House of Assembly. Obaseki disclosed this on Monday while speaking with reporters after he paid a visit to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). According to […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Incumbent Governor of Ondo State and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu has declared that the Saturday, October 10, 2020 Governorship election will be peaceful and the last poll he will contest in the south west State. Governor Akeredolu made the declaration Tuesday in Akure, the Ondo […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 46 year old man identified as Michael Nwoha, from Uzuakoli in Bende Council area of Abia state, South- East Nigeria, is now cooling off in police net in Anambra state for allegedly having carnal knowledge of three under aged boys repeatedly. The suspect according to the police, resides at No. 10, Uke […]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 120 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. NCDC’s announcement of the new infections on its official twitter handle late on Monday takes the total number of infections in the country to 59, 465. According to the agency, no death has been recorded […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 11 political parties have merged and collapsed their structures to support the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede ahead of Oct. 10, governorship elections. Speaking with newsmen on Monday in Akure, the Chairmen of the political parties, who spoke through the State Chairman of the Social […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-governmental organization (NGO), Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has begun the training of instructors and personnel of the Correctional Training school Enugu for the effective implementation of non-Custodian measures in the institute. The organization explained that the objective of the week long training of trainers workshop is to build the capacity […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Edo gubernatorial election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has disclosed that he will not be challenging his electoral loss defeat at the election petition tribunal. Ize-Iyamu made this known in a press statement on Monday saying that although the election was not free […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the October 10 Ondo gubernatorial election draws near, the governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will arrive in Ondo State on Wednesday for grand finale of the campaign in Akure. Mr Eyitayo Jegede is the Ondo state PDP gubernatorial candidate for the forthcoming election in the state. Among the governors expected to […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is concerned and angry that young men and women who are arrested, are in some cases, maimed or killed by men of the Nigeria Police Force. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the Vice President expressed this view on Sunday in Abuja. The Inspector-General […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 58 confirmed new cases of COVID-19 infections. The agency made the announcement late Sunday via its official Twitter handle. With the new cases, NCDC said the total number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 59,345. It added that 50 persons were […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to succumb to pressure to renege on his resolve not to interfere in elections, especially in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the PDP National Campaign Council for Ondo Governorship Election, made the […]
