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Sunday, July 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, says he regrets his mistake of supporting Mr Godwin Obaseki for governorship in 2016. Oshiomhole said this on Sunday in Benin while addressing some members of the APC. He disclosed that he supported the governorship aspiration of Obaseki in […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council in Edo State has frowned at Saturday’s attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki’s entourage at the Oba of Benin Palace. The Chairman of the party campaign council, Chief Dan Orbih, expressed his grievance while addressing journalists in Benin City on Sunday. He said: […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 438 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 39,977. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It stated that sadly 11 deaths were recorded in the country. According to it, 39,977 […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have given a three-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet their demands or face their wrath. The National President of NARD, Dr Sokomba Aliyu, gave the ultimatum at a news conference on Saturday in Abuja. The news conference was called to read […]
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Sunday, July 26th, 2020
…Action Unconstitutional, Politically Motivated –Okwesili From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state branch Nigeria Medical Association NMA, has slammed suspension on the state chairman, Dr. Ike Okwesili, over alleged abuse Of Office and professional misconduct. It appointed thee deputy vice chairman, Dr. Onyekachi Ugwuonye, to act as chairman pending the determination of the […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday said plans were underway to summon the Edo Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs to pray for a peaceful election in the state. The Oba made this known when Gov. Godwin Obaseki led some governors, senators and other top ranking officials of the […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State has expressed shock by the defection of the immediate past Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). The African Examiner had previously reported about the defection of the former speaker. Reacting to Dogara’s defection, […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary to the Benue State Government (SSG), Tony Ijohor, has recovered from the deadly COVID-19 disease. Ijohor announced this in a statement he made available to the press saying he had recovered from the virus after receiving treatment at the isolation’s centre. He said, “It is with praise […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra state born business mogul, Prince Arthur Eze, has lambasted former Senate president, and Secretary to government of the federation, (SGF) chief Chief Ayim Pius Anyim, who accused him of being a contract chaser, saying “you are the worst Senate president in Nigeria’s history” The billionaire oil […]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, says its fight against cultism has yielded positive result, as the command had in the last two weeks, arrested a total of 103 Cultists with Sophisticated Weapons in parts of the state. Haruna Mohammed, the state police public Relations officer, PPRO, disclosed this to newsmen in […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
A three-storey building situated at 95 Abeokuta Street, Ebute-Meta, Lagos, collapsed on Friday while the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), rescued a 30-year-old woman alive from the rubble. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director-General of LASEMA, said this at the rescue operation site in Lagos on Friday. He said the agency received a distress call […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to appear before it and answer to a money laundering charge filed against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ijeoma Ojkukwu gave the order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/208/2018 brought […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting, Buni, who is also the Chairman of APC Caretaker/National Planning Committee, […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency has rebuffed claims that President Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, are at loggerheads, describing those who hold such thought as bitter Nigerians. The spokesman of the president, Femi Adesina, stated this on Friday in an article titled: said some citizens are unnecessarily giving themselves sleepless nights […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, has expressed regret that Nigeria has become a nation whose citizens are without leadership and government. Secondus stated this at a media briefing at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja on Friday. The press briefing was tagged: ‘Nigeria a free […]
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Friday, July 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government has stated that gathering in places of worship still poses a threat to citizens. This was announced by the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, in Abuja. Ehanire revealed that large crowds in worship centers increase the transmission of the virus. He said: “The risk of crowding […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five suspected gunmen Thursday stormed the Plateau High Court in Barkin Ladi Local Government and whisked away four kidnap and robbery suspects who were to be arraigned before the court. The rescued suspects; Umar Adamu, Bashir Mohammed, Musa Usman and Abdul Haruna – were to appear before Justice Nanpon Dadi when the […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babagana Zulum has expressed shock and sadness over the killing in Borno of five aid workers who were killed by Boko Haram insurgents. Zulum, in a statement by his Special Assistant Media and Strategies to the governor, disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday in Maiduguri. The governor stressed that […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa In honour of the late Flying Officer, Tolulope Arotile, the first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force, the Senate on Thursday, observed a minute silence. The lawmakers also condoled with the Arotile family, the Nigerian Air Force, Governor Yahaya Bello and the people of Kogi State. Also, the senators […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa The Ondo State deputy governor and aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded gubernatorial primary of the party, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, has accepted defeat in the race for the party’s ticket. Ajayi who stated this in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Allen Sowore, said the people […]
