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Saturday, September 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 221 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19 ) in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. According to it, the new cases are confirmed from 18 states in the country. The new infections brought the total number of […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government has said it considers it disrespectful to the Sovereignty of the country for any outside country to apply punitive measures such as visas restriction on its citizens. The Nigerian government made this known in a statement issued by Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has protested the recent visa ban slammed against him by the United States. African Examiner recalls that the United States places some Nigerian politicians on visa ban for electoral offences. Reacting to this, the Kogi State Government wrote a letter to the United States, saying the […]
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has stated that God should let him lose Saturday’s election “if it will cost the blood of anybody”. He disclosed this in a statement saying that his re-election is not worth the blood of anyone after a one-day prayer and fasting session for a peaceful election […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday sentenced two traders to eight months imprisonment each for stealing a chicken worth N3,000. The police charged Yusuf Musa, 28 and Bashir Aliyu, 18 with conspiracy and theft. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Musa and Aliyu following their guilty plea. Suleiman, however, […]
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 131 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 56,735. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. It said the new cases were confirmed in 18 states. The health agency said Lagos state […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic continues to subside in Nigeria, the governor David Nweze Umahi led Government in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, has announced that it will re-open schools in the state on October 5, 2020, with the exception of kindergarten and crèches. Commissioner for Education in the state, Mr. Onyebuchi […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin has resigned his appointment. Babalakin’s resignation letter which dated September 15, 2020; addressed to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu; copied President Muhammadu Buhari dropped the same day the special Visitation Panel submitted its report to the Minister in charge. The embattled […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, September 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded an increased trading surplus of ₦20.36billion in July 2020 compared to the ₦2.12billion surplus in June 2020 in its operations. Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation, in a release in Abuja, explained that details of the figures […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. The President‘s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed this Thursday in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. The President, according to Adeshina in a memo dated September 16, 2020, communicated his assent to the Bill […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Thursday, September 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the travails of former Deputy Governor of the CBN, Dr Obadiah Mailafiya, continues over his statement about a governor sponsoring Boko Haram, two groups -the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria were on Thursday have engaged themselves in a war of words. African Examiner […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A provision trader, Hahiya Zainab Mabinuori, on Thursday pleaded with a Customary Court sitting at Ile-Tuntun in Ibadan to grant her request for divorce because she is afraid of contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) from her husband, Nurudeen. Mabinuori, who resides in Muslim-Odinjo area in Ibadan, told the court that she stopped performing her […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 3,442 patients have been successfully treated and recovered from Coronavirus (COVID-19) within the last 24 hours, as it recorded 126 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. According to it, the figure takes the number of successfully […]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has deployed no fewer than 13,3111 personnel alongside 60 sniffer dogs to ensure security during the Sept. 19 Edo governorship election. Mr Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General NSCDC, disclosed this in a statement made available to the by the Corps Public Relations Officer (PRO) […]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yet to be identified young man has been electrocuted while allegedly trying to vandalise an Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) Electric Transformer located at Obinagu-Nchatancha, Emene area of the state. A statement issued by the state police public relations officer PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe, made available to African Examiner on Wednesday in […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that popular billionaire, Mr. Femi Otedola, bought a Ferrari for each of his three daughters, circulated in the social media, Nigerians took to their twitter handle to react to the issue. DJ Cuppy, one of the daughters of the billionaire, took to her social media handle to share the news. […]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos, on Wednesday said it had withdrawn the operating licences of two Private Guard Companies (PCGs) over failure to renew their operating licences. The NSCDC Lagos Commandant, Mr Iskil Makinde, confirmed the PGCs’ suspension in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Initiative has urged African Heads of State and Governments to ensure that financing for nutrition is included in their country’s COVID-19 response and recovery plans. The ALN Initiative was established to rally high-level political engagement to advance nutrition in Africa. It is led by a group […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares to mark the 60th Independence Anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to support his administration in working towards greater inclusiveness. Buhari made the call Wednesday while unveiling the anniversary Logo, advocating for the participation of all Nigerians. The unveiling of the logo by the President held shortly before […]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Mike Igini, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom, on Tuesday said that three university lecturers had been confirmed to have been involved in electoral malpractice during the 2019 general elections. Igini, who addressed newsmen at the INEC office in Uyo, said that three officials of the electoral body had […]
