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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. […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Photo: Hajiya Muheeba Dankaka, Executive Chairman, FCC. Credit: @FCC From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly inaugurated Federal Character Commission (FCC) has assured job seekers in Nigerians, of its readiness to put a stop to the issue of lopsidedness and unequal distribution of government jobs in the country, particularly Enugu state, South- East […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Edward Ubosi, held a thanksgiving Mass at the Assembly complex to thank God for making him survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Ubosi said at the event on Tuesday that the survival was by act of God due to the fact that the Coronavirus […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As media reports filtered in about the sentencing to death of a kano-based SINGER, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, for blasphemy, Nigerians have taken to their social media accounts to express their views. According to reports, the musician was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging over a song that was […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi, Akure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has inaugurated 192 pioneer corps members of the South West Security Network Agency – Operation Amotekun. Speaking at the inauguration which held Tuesday at the Gani Fawehimi Arcade in Akure the state capital, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu expressed hope that no criminal element would trouble […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For effective management of COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has handed over 200 ventilators to the Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday. The medical equipment was handed over Tuesday morning to the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos based human rights group – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has decried the allegation by the Sahara Strategy Group (SSG), on collection of the sum of $200,000 from a terrorist group – the Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP). MURIC while speaking through its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola described […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly formed political group, the National Consultative Front, NCF, is worried about the rate of insecurity in Nigeria, stressing that the country might become like Somalia with the increasing rate of violence, insurgency and banditry. The group stated this in a statement signed by its leaders lamenting […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would approach the Supreme Court over conflicting judgements by the Court of Appeal on recently deregistered political parties. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by, Mr Festus Okoye,INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, in Abuja on Monday. Okoye […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, Northwest, Nigeria on Monday, sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, to death by hanging after his conviction for blasphemy. The convict, who resides at Sharifai Quarters of Kano Municipal, was dragged before the court by the police on a count charge of inciting religious creed […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 13 villagers by unknown gunmen in Edikwu District, Apa Local Government Area (LGA). The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Catherine Anene, made the confirmation in a statement Monday in Makurdi, the capital city. Anene said that the district had overtime experienced […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has sacked the Commissioner for Works, Infrastructure, and Transport, Prof. Raphael Afonja, from his position. Governor Makinde, in a letter dated August 10, signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, said the termination of appointment takes immediate effect. “I wish to convey […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has warned Non-Government Organizations against going into any of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state under any guise. Masari who issued the warning on Monday at the Army Special Super Camp IV, Faskari, stated that “we will not allow these NGOs under whatever […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has suspended the Chairman of Nasarawa Local Government in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Ottos, over alleged insubordination. The House also suspended the Deputy Chairman, Karu Local Government, Lawal Yakubu Karshi, over the same allegation. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, announced this after […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. This development is coming just few weeks he joined the People’s Democratic Party with the hope of clinching the gubernatorial ticket in the party’s primary for the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state. Ajayi […]
