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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated on Wednesday that the Federal Government will not engage Ghana in “street fight” because of a demolition of a building on the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, emphasized […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
By Abdul Gafaar Bello (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Kogi State House of Assembly John Abah is dead. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the House’s Speaker, Mathew Kolawole, Femi Olugbemi, confirmed the death Wednesday in a statement. It was confirmed that the late Lawmaker who represented until his death, Ibaji Constituency in […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a thorough intelligence gathering and investigation, the Nasarawa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested a man accused of raping a 3-month-old baby in Adogi village of Nasarawa State. A statement by Ekunola Gbenga, Media Assistant to the Commandant General ‘NSCDC’ said, Ahmadu Yaro, […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 452 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 21,371. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Tuesday night through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that the new cases were from 14 states. It said that […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has alleged that Governor Oluwarotimi Akerdolu plans to impeach him. Ajayi accused the governor of giving out N10 million each to influence lawmakers to meet the requirement of two-third majority to impeach him. Recall that the deputy governor and the […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly a proposed date for the reopening of schools across the country as a post COVID-19 measure. He made the presentation during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on the ministry’s plans […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who will never […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, was on Tuesday sealed off by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order following leadership crisis rocking the party. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DSP. Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the development. Manzah said that the […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has barred Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary. The primary which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 was last weekend shifted to Thursday, June 25, 2020. The […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 675 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday, through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 288 new cases, while Oyo […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Gov. Kayode Fayemi has appointed new special advisers, senior special assistants and members of boards of some parastatal-agencies. In a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, the governor said that the appointments were to strengthen government for effective service delivery In the statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the former governor of old Anambra state, and founding member of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that it is the turn of Southeast geo political zone of the country to produce Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi to resign honourably having defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a statement by Mr Alex Kalejaiye, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, on Monday in Akure. “We wish Ajayi had not […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday summoned Ms Iva Denoo, Charge d’ Affaires of Ghana to Nigeria, to explain the recent attacks on the country’s mission in Ghana. Onyeama said this in his verified twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama in Abuja on Monday. The minister also called for provision of adequate security […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 2020 Edo state governorship election. Declaring the election, Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma announced that Ize-Iyamu winner of the direct primary election. He polled a total of 27,838 votes to defeat Dr. Pius Odubu who […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the leadership of the Progressives Governors Forum, led by Gov. Atiku Bagudu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bagudu was accompanied by Governors Simon Lalong of Plateau and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa. NAN gathered that the meeting may among other national matters deliberate on the ongoing […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced new 436 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 in the country, with Lagos, Oyo and plateau recording highest cases. In its daily briefing, NCDC last midnight tweeted that Lagos State which is the country’s epicenter of the deadly virus, recorded 169; Oyo – 52 and […]
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Monday, June 22nd, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named a five-member electoral committee, headed by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed to conduct the June 25 Edo State Governorship primary. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobundu, announced this in a press statement issued Monday. The statement announced a lawmaker […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan where they deliberated on nation’s security situation as well as the crisis in the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting, Lawan reiterated the determination of the National Assembly to support […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom State Government has sealed off a Christ Embassy church outlet in Uyo, the state capital, over alleged flouting of guidelines for reopening of churches. Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, announced the closure in a statement issued Sunday. Ekuwem expressed shock over the action of the pastors and […]
