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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

Picture: Mercy Umo displays her injuries From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police command has arrested one Effiok Umo and his wife, Nnenna Umo, both of Okwojo Ngwo, in Udi Council area of the state, for allegedly inflicting serious bodily harm on their 12 years old daughter. Their arrest followed information […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria’s president Olusegun Obasanjo is trending on Twitter as Nigerians took to the micro-blogging platform to reminisce about his stewardship as president of the country. The former president who granted an interview to journalists was quoted as saying that during his time as president, he never cared which […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Edith and their daughter have tested negative from COVID-19. Okowa first disclosed this in his personal Twitter handle Tuesday morning. Similarly, a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, confirmed Governor Okowa’s status, as well as his family. “The governor gave […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court of Nigeria has validated virtual court session and declared it as constitutional. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour in determining the suit filed by the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) and his Ekiti State […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

By Agency Report (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has approved new postings/deployment and appointments of 37 Generals and five Colonels to different formations and units in his effort to rekindle the spirit of professionalism in Nigerian Army (NA). The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this […]
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Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based human rights organization, operating under the banner of Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court Abuja against the President of the Nigeria Senate, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawal, and two other defendants over alleged abuse of power and […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dissatisfied with the performance of the state Auditor General, Mr. Innocent Nweda, since assumption of office, Ebony state Governor, Chief David Nweze Umahi, has announced his immediate suspension from office. African Examiner reports that the suspension hammer also fell on the Auditor General in charge of Local Government […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the newly reconstituted board of Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) and Bonny Gas Transport Limited ( BGT). The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, made the disclosure in a statement in Abuja on Monday. He said that the current board members had been in office […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has announced keeping a safe distance as one of the preventive measures to be taken in the new guidelines required to reopen schools and other learning institutions. FG Monday said it was time for it to plan and address the eventual safe reopening of schools […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Workers of a transport company, Abia Line Network Company, on Monday marched to the Abia House of Assembly complex in Umuahia to protest against non-payment of their 25 months salary arrears. The workers, under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, has accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for sexually harassing her. She stated this on Monday while speaking with Arise TV stating that she slapped the minister because she does not tolerate nonsense. She […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has denied receiving N28 million from the embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu. Falana stated this in a letter signed by his lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN) demanding a retraction of the claim by a newspaper which published […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A United States of America based Nigerian, Dr. Felix Ugwu, has enjoined Nigerians and other people around the world to always imbibe the culture of humanitarian and philanthropic services especially to the less privileged and vulnerable in the society. Ugwu, who hails from Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, and a management […]
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Monday, July 13th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 571 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 20 states, bringing the total number in the country to 32,558. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter account Sunday said the number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the country is now 13,447 with 344 new successfully treated cases. The agency restated […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There will be grave consequences if Nigerian students failed to participate in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the Vice- Chancellor, Trinity University, has said. Prof. Charles Ayo, also a former Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two hundred and forty-seven Nigerians who were stranded in Malaysia and Thailand have arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Mr Gabriel Odu the Head of Media and Public Relations Unit of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Odu said that the returnees […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020

By Nwa Diokpa The Delta State Government has disclosed that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chiedu Ebie, has been discharged from the isolation centre in Asaba. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chief Olisa Ifeajika, stated this on Sunday stating that Mr Ebie, who had been at the isolation centre for 21 […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020

By Nwa Diokpa Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, has called for a president of Igbo extraction in the 2023 election. The former senate president stated this while speaking with journalists in Enugu and he enjoined the Igbos to actively participate in politics in 2023. He said: “Ndigbo are not known to be shy. It […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 664 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 31,987. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The NCDC said that as at July 11, 664 new confirmed cases and 15 deaths […]
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Sunday, July 12th, 2020

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Idris Salako, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, says the state government will enforce the law on demolition of distressed buildings. The commissioner made this known during a visit to the site of the two-storey building which collapsed in the early hours of Saturday on Freeman St. Lagos […]