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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo (SAN), the minister of state for labour and employment, says that the man allegedly shot by security operatives believed to be members of the police’ special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Delta state is not dead. African Examiner reports that there has been public outcry yesterday as video clips surfaced online […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has banned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) from conducting routine patrols and stop and search duties. This directive was contained in a statement from police spokesman, Frank Mba, on Sunday. This development […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 160 fresh Coronavirus infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Saturday. According to the NCDC, the country has conducted about 532,765 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the coronavirus pandemic was announced. The agency […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Kano State has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, over alleged stabbing her two children to death at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, spokesman for the command said this in a statement in Kano on Sunday. He said that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he never assaulted his former wife, Precious Chikwendu. The minister disclosed this on Saturday as he took to his Twitter account explaining that he caught he caught his estranged wife in bed with another man rubbishing the viral video that claimed he beat her up […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has deployed 1,500 personnel to cover the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial elections billed to hold on Saturday Oct. 10, 2020. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja. […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has increased available seats on the flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft operating into the two designated airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in a statement […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the House of Representatives, Simon Karu, says that each legislator in the Green Chamber gets N9.3 million monthly. The lawmaker representing Kaltungo/Shongom federal constituency of Gombe State disclosed this while speaking at an event to mark the country’s 60th anniversary on Thursday saying that the money is used to […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has called for the reopening of all schools. This was made known on Friday by Adamu Adamu, the minister of education who said “unity schools” will open on October 12 and private and state schools will pick their own opening schedule. “We have consulted widely with all stakeholders in […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Administrative panel of inquiry set up by the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government to wade into the protracted land dispute in Ugwuaji Community in Enugu South- Council area has suffered a major setback, as a High Court sitting in Enugu, restrained Panel from going ahead with the assignment. African Examiner reports […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, Amb. Adeyinka Asekun, says the host country is unfairly denying a lot of Nigerians visas including students. Asekun stated this during a webinar on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary organised by the mission on Thursday evening. He expressed the hope that the issue would be addressed in the draft bilateral […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRCIAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached 59,001, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced 153 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The agency since the beginning of the outbreak in February in Nigeria, more than 509, 555 sample have been tested by the […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The joy of traders at the highly density Abakpa market in Enugu, Southeast, Nigeria, Wednesday knew no bound, as water Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) promoter, WaterAid, Nigeria, formally handed over to management of the market modern toilets/urinary facilities built by the organization as part of its contribution towards ending open defecation in the […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria marks Independence Day, RevolutionNow protesters marched into the streets of Lagos, asking for an end to bad governance. Over 200 protesters walked from Ojota to Maryland in Lagos, as they chant solidarity songs. Some Citizens are protesting in the country because of their unhappiness with the happening of things in […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some stakeholders in Ibadan have expressed divergent views on how Nigeria has fared since its attainment of independence 60 years ago. The stakeholders particularly chronicled how Nigeria had evolved politically, educationally and judicially over a period of 60 years. The Chairman, Dean of Deans of Education in Nigeria, Prof. Julius Ademokoya, said […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 201 fresh Coronavirus (COVID-19) confirmed cases, with one death recorded in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late Wednesday. The agency said that the new cases […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said he is committed to bequeath to the country the culture of free, fair and credible poll. The President however warned that any part of the country which toys with its voting rights would bear the consequences. Buhari gave the assurance Thursday morning in his special 60th independence anniversary […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government announced that the United Arab Emirates has agreed to resume visa issuance to Nigerians Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the announcement Wednesday via his Twitter handle. In addition, UAE, the Minister disclosed has permitted the operation of Emirates Airlines in Nigeria. Sirika tweets read: “UAE has written to […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says his comment that Nigeria may break up was misunderstood. It will be recalled that the SGF while representing the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, in an interdenominational church service to commemorate Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary on Sunday, stated that Nigeria may break up if […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has enjoined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos to retire that former Deputy National Chairman of the Party, Bode George, so that the party can make progress in the state. The former governor stated this in a statement by his spokesman, Lere Olayinka, during the […]
