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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After over three weeks of being tested positive, the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has recovered from dreaded coronavirus. Just like he did on March 28, El-Rufai disclosed his present state of health Wednesday via his Twitter handle. The tweet read: “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four weeks of observing a […]
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Mrs Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu as his Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan by Moses Alao, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media. Sarumi -Aliyu was the governorship candidate of the […]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 15 suspects for allegedly violating the lockdown order of the state government. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano. NAN reports that Gov. […]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia Government on Monday disclosed that the state has two confirmed index cases of COVID-19 after the test results of the patients returned positive. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, the state Commissioner for Information, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia. “We have […]
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Monday, April 20th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its humanitarian services to the people, for the cushioning of the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic, food items and cash valued over N10 million naira were at the weekend presented as palliatives to vulnerable and less privileged individuals and groups by an Igbo Association based outside Nigeria. The […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of All Progressives Congress ( APC), on Sunday put smile on faces of scores of its vulnerable faithful and members of the ruling People’s Democratic party PDP, as it began distribution of assorted food items and cash to them as palliatives to cushion the grueling effect […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of 33 prison inmates serving in various prison centres of Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, weekend knew no bounds, as the state governor, David Nweze Umahi, granted them amnesty. African Examiner reports that the lucky inmates comprise of the aged and those with minor offences who have been […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Hope Uzodinma led administration in Imo, state, South- East Nigeria, says it has uncovered a total of 1,000 ghost workers in the state civil service, with a vow to end the endemic rot in the system. He made this known in Owerri, after a crucial meeting with Heads of […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State government, southeast, Nigeria, Saturday evening hinted that a suspected COVID-19 patient it had earlier declared wanted has been apprehended, and now in its custody. Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, who made this known in a press statement issued on Saturday in Umuahia, the […]
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Saturday, April 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Government has ordered the lifting of the suspension on Sunday church services in the state from Sunday. Mr Ahmed Matane, the Secretary to the State Government, said in a statement that Sunday services were expected to hold between 7a.m. and 1p.m. Matane, the Chairman of the State Task Force on COVID-19, said […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged one patient who had earlier tested positive of the dreaded Coronavirus disease after treatment and Isolation for the pandemic. African Examiner reports that the Nigeria Centre for Decease Control NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu that have […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it will release impounded vehicles to the owners after the lockdown is over. The Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday. Omotosho said that the attention of the state government had been drawn to visits by motorists to […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some residents of Magboro in Ogun State, South West Nigeria, Tuesday decried the hardship being suffered from the lockdown ordered by the Federal Government (FG), complaining that the extension, without palliatives might be unbearable. Magboro is a suburb of Ogun, close to Lagos – Ogun border, along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. President Muhammadu Buhari had in a national […]
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Friday, April 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State government, on Friday, confirmed the second case of Coronavirus in Akure, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, confirmed the second case at a news conference in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this confirmation came barely a week after an […]
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Thursday, April 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Government says it has sealed 13 hotels in the state for failure to settle their tax liabilities. Chairman of Imo State Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Mr Emma Ononaku disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Thursday. Onanaku said the IRS had earlier obtained a court […]
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has assigned portfolios to the 23 Commissioners recently cleared by the state House of Assembly after their screening. According to the list, Barrister C.O.C Akaolisa, from Orsu council Area is now the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Declan Emelumba from Oru […]
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Monday, March 23rd, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor, David Umahi of Ebonyi state has denied rumours making the round that he is nursing the ambition of succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Umahi, who is the incumbent chairman of Southeast governors forum, said that he does not have any presidential ambition in 2023, saying the […]
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Monday, March 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti state police command has said it would start immediate enforcement of the orders by the state government banning all public gatherings exceeding 20 people until further notice, over the deadly Coronavirus. This was contained in a statement made available to Journalists in Ado Ekiti by the command’s Public Relations Officer, […]
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Saturday, March 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding, which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into mourning after the sudden death of the groom. Late Yarling was set […]
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Thursday, March 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of proactive safety measures arising from the global coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Enugu State Government has directed public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to conclude all activities in their various schools and shut down on or before Friday, March 27, 2020. A statement issued […]
