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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
By NWA Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, says criticisms against the administration of President Buhari do not change the fact that the president is working. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Adesina said he knows that the government is serving the country genuinely to the best of its ability saying that […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo as a statesman who is still important for consultations on national issues affecting the country. The Governor, who stated this when he visited the ex-president at his home in Ogun State, stated that Nigerians will always learn from him. […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Days after military officers in Mali seized power from President Ibrahim Keita, four soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion in the centre of the country. The AFP, quoting a military source, reports that an explosive device detonated when a vehicle conveying some of the military junta reached Koro, a borderline town […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N) has confirmed the incident in which King Air Jet ran into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal Apron of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Mr Tunji Oketumbi, the General Manager, Public Affairs of AIB on Saturday said the incident occurred around 9:35 am on Friday, […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
Photo: LASEMA Boss, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), says an empty 40ft container has claimed two lives in an accident at Ijesha area of Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 340 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that four deaths were also recorded. The health agency said that with this new figure, Nigeria now has 51304 […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of nominated candidates for Ondo State Governorship election scheduled for Oct. 10. Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Okoye said that the list was […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) Authorities of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has accused the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led Enugu State Government of frustrating the Federal Government’s efforts towards extending its standard gauge railway project to the South East geo-political zone of the country by demolishing some of its facilities in the state. African Examiner reports […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir-El-Rufai, has reacted to the withdrawal of invitation by the Nigerian Bar Association, to speak at its conference. African Examiner has recalled that the NBA had initially enlisted the governor to speak in its upcoming inauguration but the decision was met with protests as […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two hundred and eight Nigerian citizens departed New Jersey for home on Thursday night in the ninth evacuation flight from the U.S. Barring any future change in plan, this is the final repatriation flight organised by the Federal Government for citizens stranded in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic. It came […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 476 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country. The NCDC confirmed this through its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The agency said that 7 deaths were recorded in the country. NCDC said that till date, 50,964 cases have been […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa As social media is flooded with the news that Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown abroad for emergency medical treatment, many Nigerians have taken to their social media account to express their opinion. Many Nigerians have still not gotten over the death of former Chief of Staff, […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Photo: Late Nsukka LGA Boss, Ms. Chinwe Ugwu From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of Nsukka Council Area of Enugu state, South- East Ms. Chinwe Ugwu, and that of her mother, Mrs Theresa Ugwu were on Thursday buried at their country home in Ugwu-agbo Edem […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev Chris Oyakhilome, founder of Believers Love World, also known as Christ Embassy Church, has berated pastors that have refused to reopen their churches because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, such pastors have refused the faith and they are no more believers. Oyakhilome stated this while speaking […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, North Centra, Nigeria on Thursday sentenced an 18 year-old applicant, Abiniku Dauda, to one year imprisonment for stealing three crates of eggs. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Dauda after he pleaded guilty to stealing the eggs worth N3,150. Suleiman, however, gave the […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership crisis has engulfed the Abia state chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), as its Deputy Chairman, Mr. Eenwereuzor Ogbonna, has announced the removal from office the substantive Chairman, Chief Ceekay Igara and his executive committee members. But, Igara in a swift reaction, dismissed his purported sack, saying […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the high rate of rape, as well as other sexual and gender based violence in the contemporary society, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) Women Information Network (WINET), and a renowned Social Reformer, Mr. Larry Oguego, have advised Communities in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, to remove all forms of […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Photo: Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bauchi State Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, Alhaji Mohammmed Sadiq says he has resigned his appointment. Sadiq said in his resignation letter a copy of which was made available to Journalists Thursday in Bauchi, that he resigned voluntarily. “It is a rare […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate will probe the hike in the annual residence permit for foreigners from $1, 000 to $2, 000 by Continental Transfert Technique Ltd (CONTEC). Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola made this known during a joint public hearing by his committee and that of National Planning on Wednesday. The […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
…IGP Orders Immediate rearrest of the Criminal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some aggrieved youths Wednesday staged a protest to Oyo State police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, against the escape from custody of police, the suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe. The protest later turned violent, resulting in the attack of some officers. Reports said the protesting youths carried […]
