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Sunday, August 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Edo and Ondo states Commissioners of Police (CPs) to review preparations ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections in the two states. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr. Frank Mba quoted the IG in a statement he issued Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Adamu […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recently quizzed top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over various allegations of corruption. Mrs Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson of the Commission, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Ogugua said the allegations included diversion of funds, […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, says plans are underway to resuscitate the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium in Ibadan. Dare said this in Ibadan while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of his visit to the palace of the Olubadan. The minister said that the Federal Government was considering […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians have expressed concerns over the recent statement credited to the governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, who sated that he won’t hesitate to sign the death warrant of Aminu Yahaya- Sharif, the musician who was sentenced to death by a sharia court in Kano for blasphemy. African Examiner had previously reported that […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Division of the National Industrial Court has issued Orders restraining the leadership and members of the Enugu State health workers from embarking on any strike. African Examiner reports that the workers include members of the state chapters of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, the Medical and Health […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 160 new cases of COVID-19, with total infections rising to 53, 477. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. The 160 new cases marked the lowest figure in the country since the last three months. On Aug. 4, Nigeria […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lecturer in the University of Ibadan UI, Dr Akin Salami, has composed a song, MATMUSIC Project, to simplify the teaching and learning of mathematics and eliminate the dread many pupils have for the subject. At a public presentation of the song on Friday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the UI Vice […]
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Saturday, August 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, at last, have apologised “properly” to Eyo Charles, a Daily Trust reporter, he verbally assaulted at a press conference in Calabar. African Examiner had earlier reported that the ex-minister was on a tour in PDP controlled states and had visited Calabar. He lost his calm when […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment and redeployment of Permanent Secretaries in the Civil Service of the Federation. Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular she signed and issued on Friday in Abuja. Those affected are Chinyeaka Christian, deployed from […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A helicopter operated by Quorom Aviation has crashed in the Opebi area of Lagos State, says National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the accident. The agency said the helicopter went down around 12 noon local time and crashed into […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 296 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday, added that only one death was recorded in the country. It said till date, 53,317 cases had been confirmed, 40,726 cases discharged while […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says he will sign the execution warrant of a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, sentenced to death by hanging by an Upper Shari’a Court in the state. Aminu was sentenced to death by the Court after his conviction of blasphemous remarks against Prophet Muhammad, under Section 382 […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Thursday says the initial date for the resumption of international flight scheduled for August 29 has been postponed to September 5 This was disclosed by Musa Shuaibu Nuhu, the Director-General of the NCAA, during the Presidential Task Force COVID-19 briefing in Abuja. Nuhu explained that […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator (Amnesty Programme). The appointment takes effect from August 21, 2020. A statement from President’s media aide. Garba Shehu said the appointment followed the President’s approval removing Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo’s from office. “Prof. Dokubo has been […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over the virtual meeting of the Council of State with former President Jonathan in attendance at the State House, Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha are attending the meeting. Others participating in the meeting […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lingering crisis bedeviling the Enugu state chapter of the All progressive congress (APC), occasioned by the rift between the state Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, and Nigeria’s foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has been finally laid to rest, as loyalists of the Minister, have dissolved their parallel […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Remember her? Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 100-Level Microbiology stauden of the University of Benin who was allegedly gang raped and murdered in the church in Benin back in May. Nigerians have commended the Nigerian police force for unraveling the mystery behind her death. Police paraded the suspected killers as Nelson Ogbebor, Akato […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has apologised for using insulting and derogatory words to attack Mr Eyo Charles, the Cross-River State correspondent of the Daily Trust Newspaper. All hell let loose when the reporter asked Mr Fani-Kayoye who was “bankrolling” his tour of states inspecting projects executed by governors. Fan-Kayode was […]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for nine of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement said the approval letter was conveyed to him by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to […]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the Second Quarters 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is relatively far better than many other countries recorded during the same quarter. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in […]
