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Friday, July 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa Nigerians on Twitter have expressed their frustration as the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei, disclosed that the commission spent N1.5 billion for staff as ‘COVID-19 relief funds’. Pondei disclosed this at the investigative hearing on the N40 billion corruption allegation against the commission. He stated […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the revised N10.8 trillion 2020 budget and directed the release of at least 50 per cent of the approved 2020 revised capital expenditure to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had on May 13, approved a revised budget of 10.523 trillion. […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arrest of former Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has continued to generate controversy as veteran Journalist and former presidential spokesperson, Segun Adeniyi, in his weekly column had narrated how Magu had stopped billionaire TY Danjuma from buying an aircraft and how TY Danjuma had rushed to President […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa A former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has refuted claims that the EFCC searched any of his home. It will be recalled that veteran journalist, Olusegun Adeniyi, in his weekly column claimed that embattled EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, raide and searched the home of the former Head of State. According to […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Bayelsa has confirmed ten persons dead in a road traffic accident along Tombia-Amassoma road in the state. Mr Robert Ogom, the Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Yenagoa that three persons were injured in the incident which occurred […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 499 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s coronavirus case load to 30,748. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on its official twitter handle late on Thursday. The NCDC said that as at the July 9, some 499 new confirmed cases and five deaths were recorded in […]
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Friday, July 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Kosofe Constituency II, Hon. Tunde Buraimoh is dead. Until his death, Buraimoh was the Chairman, Lagos House of Assembly Committee on Information, Strategy and Security. He was also a former chairman of Kosofe local government and the Bamofin of Ketuland. Confirming […]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it has rescheduled the special evacuation flight for Nigerian citizens in Canada earlier scheduled for Friday. The Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa, in a statement, said the decision was based on request by the intending evacuees. According to the mission, the request followed their inability to get the […]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday sign into law the revised 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in June. The Personal Assistant on New Media to the President, Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this on his tweeter handle in Abuja on Thursday. The two chambers of the National Assembly, Senate and House of […]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The absence of the stenographer at a Federal High Court in Abuja Thursday stalled the planned opening of trial in the suit against the immediate past Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita and nine others. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed an 18-count charge bordering on fraud […]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A naval officer and two other persons Thursday were shot dead by unknown gunmen on Abuja-Lokoja road in Kogi State, North central Nigeria. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ayuba Ede, confirmed this to newsmen in Lokoja, the State capital. Ayuba told journalists that the sad incident occurred around 6p.m. While narrating, the […]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current crisis rocking the APC and happenings in the country has made many Nigerians to ponder about the ambition of the party leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. There are speculations that the APC leader may show interest to run for president in 2023 elections. However, with the crack and […]
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Thursday, July 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria COVID-19 cases has jumped to 30,249 cases as it recorded 460 cases on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on its official twitter handle. The NCDC said that as at July 8 new confirmed cases was 460 with 15 deaths recorded, while no new state had reported a […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Since its establishment in November 1997, Women Aid Collective (WACOL), a non-governmental and human rights organization with headquarters in Enugu, South- East Nigeria, has continued to give voice to the voiceless, especially vulnerable less privileged children and women in the society. The organization, under the headship of a […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has suspended the planned resumption of Federal schools for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) candidates. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this Wednesday evening to the State House Correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Adamu restated that […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta Government on Wednesday warned that it would no longer tolerate violation of the rules meant to stem the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. Mr Charles Aniagwu, the state Commissioner for Information, gave the warning while briefing journalists in Asaba on the decisions reached at the state Executive Council […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the replacement and confirmation of two non-career Ambassadors-designate. The request was contained in a letter read during the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. The President sought to replace the earlier nomination of Mr. Oboro Effiong Akpabio and Brigadier General […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reported an explosion incident which occurred at Gbetiokun, OML 40, operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), on behalf of the NPDC/Elcrest Joint Venture. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday during the installation of a ladder on a platform (Benin River Valve Station) for access during discharging […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -NFour policemen who stormed a suspected baby factoryat Umuocha community in Oguta council Area of Imo state, south East Nigeria, in search of an alleged stolen baby brought to the facility were on Tuesday beaten to stupor by youths of the locality. African Examiner gathered that the youths engaged by the hospital […]
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Musa Muhammad-Bahago, the District Head of Bajida in Fakai Local Government area of Kebbi has been killed by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through telephone on Wednesday, Alhaji Umar Muhammad, the late district head’s elder brother said the incident occurred on Tuesday at about […]
