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Saturday, August 15th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Lanre Rasak is dead. Reports say he died Saturday morning at Reddington Hospital, Lagos, after a brief illness. Chief was 74 years old. Mr Rasak was a member of Lagos Governor’s Advisory Council. Meanwhile, Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed […]
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Saturday, August 15th, 2020
Infographic by @NCDCgov (AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 329 fresh cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The NCDC also announced seven additional deaths to take the country’s toll from the virus to 973. It stated […]
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Saturday, August 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has denied any involvement in illegal issuance of Recruiters’ Licence to Private Employment Agencies (PEAs) for human trafficking. Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement signed on Friday in Abuja. Akpan said that […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led Enugu State Government on Friday demolished a twin duplex buildings belonging to an Architect, Mr John Emejulu, who recently pulled down the concrete perimeter fence of the Enugu Akanu Ibiam International Airport, on the claim that it was erected on portion of his land. […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has berated former Ekiti governor, Ayodele Fayose, for saying that Governor Godwin Obaseki will lose the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. African Examiner recalls that the former Ekiti governor had appeared on Plustv Africa, […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2020
bY Nwa Diokpa Ebonyi State Government has directed members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to suspend their industrial action or be sacked. African Examiner recalls that the workers commenced the strike on August 13, protesting the non-implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure (CJSS). However, in a statement on Friday, Chamberlain Nwele, […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2020
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected gunmen have killed a lawmaker, Musa Baraza in the Bauchi State (North West Nigeria) House of Assembly. It was gathered that the sad incident – which also involved abduction of his two wives and one-year-old child occurred late Thursday at his residence in the Dass Local Government Area. […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared August 23 a day of collective intercessory prayer for Nigeria over insecurity situation in the country. The General Secretary, CAN, Daramola Bade, made this announcement in a statement obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Bade, who announced the collective prayer […]
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Friday, August 14th, 2020
Photo: Igwe Chijioke Nwankwo, the Igwe of Nawfia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended traditional rulers of Anambra on Thursday said that they did not commit any wrong to warrant their suspension by the state government. The monarchs stated this at a joint press conference addressed by Chief Chioke Nwankwo, the Igwe of Nawfia, in Abuja. The traditional rulers were suspended on […]
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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following a viral statement made by the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, that a “Northern governor is the commander of Boko Haram” and his subsequent invitation by the DSS, Nigerians have gone on social media to express their views. African Examiner recalls that […]
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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, has slammed a one year suspension on twelve Traditional rulers in the state for visiting President Mohammadu Buhari, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, without getting his approval for the trip. African Examiner gathered that the Aso Rock Villa visit by […]
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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos N5 million for hate speech. The fine, according to the commission, was for providing its platform to be used to promote unverifiable and inciting views that can incite crime, public disorder. A former presidential aspirant, Obadiah Mailafia, had while speaking on the station alleged […]
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Thursday, August 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Governing Council has named Prof. Theophilus Omololu Soyombo as the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. This followed the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe by the Governing Council earlier on Wednesday. The announcement came shortly after the removing of the immediate past Don – Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe in […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, describing him as a “longtime friend of Nigeria and an astute and courageous diplomat.” The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
By Eric Ojo, Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Youth Day, a leading civil society group, Connected Development (CODE) has urged the Federal Government to secure the future of the country by accelerating supports for young people. The International Youth Day which is celebrated annually […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
Photo: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 2, 933 Nigerians evacuees have arrived Nigeria from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A post from the Twitter handle of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Twitte@nidcom_gov confirmed that another 292 others were repatriated. The tweet […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked. The sack decision was reached and announced at the institution’s Governing Council at a meeting which was held in Abuja Wednesday in the premises of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The announcement was contained […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An ex-aide to Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Andrew Momodu, has defected to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to the reports, Momodu also pledged the sum of N5 million to support Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the PDP. Also, the Eramah […]
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
By Our Reporter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fasakin Emmanuel Adedayo is a professor of fisheries who specializes in fish nutrition and utilization. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the young Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji in Ondo State where he has ruled and reigned in an eventful first five-year tenure. Although, his appointment was for a […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Abia State House of Assembly, South- East Nigeria, Tuesday rejected the nomination of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Prince Eze Chikamnayo as Transition Committee Chairman for Umunneochi Council area, after he failed to secured even a vote in the 24 member legislature. […]
