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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has confirmed the arrival of another 68 Nigerian girls stranded in Lebanon due to COVID-19 pandemic. NIDCOM through its official Twitter Handle – @NigeriaGov posted Sunday, that the evacuees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Int’l Airport, Abuja. “Recall the viral video where some […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Sunday announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10 billion. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Usman Yahaya in a statement in Lagos, said that the seizure made in one day was at […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, on Saturday, reacted to a viral video alleging that the UAE illegally ejected Nigerians into a desert. African Examiner recalls that in a viral video, a voice had stated that Dubai authorities had forcefully ejected Nigerian immigrants (including pregnant women, aged persons and […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The District Head of Mashio town in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State, Alhaji Isa Mai Buba, has been abducted by suspected gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed this on Sunday. According to Abdulkarim, the yet-to-be identified gunmen stormed the resident […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 325 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 48,770 . The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday, also said that one death was recorded in the country. The health agency […]
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Saturday, August 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a 104-member national campaign council, headed by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, for the Oct. 10 governorship election in Ondo State. APC Caretaker Committee Chairman, Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, inaugurated the campaign council on Saturday at the party’s secretariat in Abuja. The […]
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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 […]
