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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its ongoing industrial action. The suspension according to a communique read to newsmen Sunday in Abuja by NARD National President, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba after the association National Executive Council (NEC) meeting is effective from Monday, June 22, 2020. The virtual meeting was attended […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). After his exit from the party, he joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While presenting his resignation letter at the APC secretariat in Apoi Ward 2, Ese Odo LGA, Mr. Ajayi indicated […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary to Delta state Government, (SSG) Mr. Chiedu Ebie and the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, have both tested positive for the deadly covid-19. Confirming the development on its official Twitter page Sunday, the state government, said they have been moved to the isolation center for appropriate medical action. […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Government has condemned the two attacks on its residential buildings in Accra, describing them as criminal and outrageous, demanding urgent action from the Ghanaian authorities. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama made this known via his verified twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama on Sunday. He said that the federal government was already engaging […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said on Saturday that he did not stop anti-corruption agencies from investigating alleged fraud in Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). Malami in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu, described any claim […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,808. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 661 new confirmed cases were reported in 14 states, with 19 deaths. The NCDC […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Etsako Ward 10, Edo State, Oshawo Stephen, has rubbished reports that the suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the APC had been lifted. Stephen in a statement insisted that the ward executives stand by their suspension of the erstwhile National Chairman of the APC. He […]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 10, Etsako West local government of Edo state have lifted the suspension imposed on the suspended National chairman, Adams Oshimhole. Reports say 17 out of the 27 members of the executives in the ward 10 voted to restore Mr. Oshiomhole’s membership. African […]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded arrangements to evacuate more Nigerians by air from the U.S. The exercise which is slated for July 3, will be the second special flight for Nigerian citizens stranded in the U.S. due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Consulate General of Nigeria in New York announced […]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The member representing Isi-uzo Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Chijioke Ugwueze is dead. The death of the lawmaker came three days after the death of the Chairman of Nsukka Local Government Area, Chief Patrick Omeje. Confirming the sad development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Enugu […]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum have welcomed Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State into their fold. The Governors forum also described the coming of the Edo Governor as a welcome development. The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum and Governor of Sokoto, Aminu Tambuwal, described Obaseki’s defection into PDP as […]
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Saturday, June 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said it has approved that the party screening committee should continue the screening exercise for its aspirants for the Edo governorship election. Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), the PDP National Organising Secretary, who made this known on Friday, said the exercise would continue […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be creeping abroad as the party’s South Africa Chapter insists that its chairman, Dr Olusola Taiye Abe, is dead. APC South Africa, in a statement jointly signed by Chuks Okoye, Chairman, Board of Trustees, and its Public Relations Officer, Olusegun Badmus, […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for joining the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), stressing that Edo State will be better for his choice. He stated this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, welcoming Obaseki to the PDP. “I have no doubt […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have kidnapped the father of a former governor of Plateau State, PA Defwan Dariye. Reports indicated that the old man was kidnapped at his residence in Mushere under Bokkos Local Government Area of the state on Thursday and the incident has caused panic in the community and across across the state. […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare ll says “godfatherism” and “consensus candidate” must end in Edo state. He stated this in a statement issued on Thursday stressing that the political vices associated with godfatherism are not in tandem with tenets of democracy. His words: “The palace totally denounces this evil speculation and condemns those that originated it. […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely few weeks after Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi, ordered immediate shutting down of various government offices, as part of measures to check spread of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic in the state, he has extended same order to the judiciary. All courts in the state, according to him, […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has disclosed that 50 citizens stranded in Pakistan due to the coronavirus pandemic have been evacuated. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this in a tweet announcing that the aircraft conveying the evacuees left the Islamabad International Airport around 4pm on Thursday en route the Nnamdi Azikwe […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to raise awareness and garner support from members of the public and policy makers, on the rising cases of sexual violence against women in the country, scores of Gender based Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, Thursday staged a peaceful protest. […]
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Friday, June 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has asked the president to sack the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu over alleged diversion of looted funds. According to ThisDay report, Malami in a memorandum had suggested that Magu should be sacked and he based his recommendation on several grounds “raging from diversion of […]
