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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa As social media is flooded with the news that Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown abroad for emergency medical treatment, many Nigerians have taken to their social media account to express their opinion. Many Nigerians have still not gotten over the death of former Chief of Staff, […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Photo: Late Nsukka LGA Boss, Ms. Chinwe Ugwu From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of Nsukka Council Area of Enugu state, South- East Ms. Chinwe Ugwu, and that of her mother, Mrs Theresa Ugwu were on Thursday buried at their country home in Ugwu-agbo Edem […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares to resume international flights, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says the country will apply the principle of reciprocity. Speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the minister explained that this principle meant carriers from all countries that banned flights from […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev Chris Oyakhilome, founder of Believers Love World, also known as Christ Embassy Church, has berated pastors that have refused to reopen their churches because of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, such pastors have refused the faith and they are no more believers. Oyakhilome stated this while speaking […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, North Centra, Nigeria on Thursday sentenced an 18 year-old applicant, Abiniku Dauda, to one year imprisonment for stealing three crates of eggs. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Dauda after he pleaded guilty to stealing the eggs worth N3,150. Suleiman, however, gave the […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership crisis has engulfed the Abia state chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), as its Deputy Chairman, Mr. Eenwereuzor Ogbonna, has announced the removal from office the substantive Chairman, Chief Ceekay Igara and his executive committee members. But, Igara in a swift reaction, dismissed his purported sack, saying […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused Catholic Bishops of meddling into politics while his under fire government has summoned the Catholic Church’s Holy See Diplomatic representative to Zimbabwe, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Paolo Rudelli to explain the “insults” by its bishops. This follows a Pastoral Letter by the Zimbabwe […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malians welcome the recent military coup and hope that the power will finally be handed down to a civilian government, a member of workers’ trade union, Diawara Zainab Sidibe, told Sputnik. “The hardest times are yet to come … For us, this is a start, a good start, and we welcome it. […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Photo: Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bauchi State Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, Alhaji Mohammmed Sadiq says he has resigned his appointment. Sadiq said in his resignation letter a copy of which was made available to Journalists Thursday in Bauchi, that he resigned voluntarily. “It is a rare […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate will probe the hike in the annual residence permit for foreigners from $1, 000 to $2, 000 by Continental Transfert Technique Ltd (CONTEC). Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola made this known during a joint public hearing by his committee and that of National Planning on Wednesday. The […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
…IGP Orders Immediate rearrest of the Criminal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some aggrieved youths Wednesday staged a protest to Oyo State police headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, against the escape from custody of police, the suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe. The protest later turned violent, resulting in the attack of some officers. Reports said the protesting youths carried […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China has urged the parties involved in the Malian political crisis to thread the path of peace, by solving their disagreements via dialogue and refrain from a military-driven power transition. The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Zhao Lijian, said this at a news conference Wednesday. On Tuesday, a group of Malian soldiers staged a […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with recent directive by the inspector-General of police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, to state commands of the force, on the clampdown on proliferation of prohibited firearms in Nigeria, the Enugu state Commissioner of police, (CP) Ahmad AbdurRahman, has ordered the strict enforcement of the directive in his […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, operating under the platform of Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has petitioned the inspector General of police, (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, over case of alleged attempted murder and assault on a married woman, Mrs. Chizoba Mgbatogu, in Enugu, South- East Nigeria by one Okechukwu Nnaji, […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali membership after the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister, Boubou Cisse. This development is coming amid jubilation in Mali after soldiers detained the president and the Prime Minister. In a statement on Tuesday, ECOWAS also […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers who staged a military coup in Mali leading to the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and his government said, on Wednesday, they plan to form a civilian transitional government that will organise fresh elections. Keita resigned and dissolved parliament late on Tuesday, hours after mutinying soldiers detained him at gunpoint, […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
Photo: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Credit: @Reuters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on live television in the early hours of Wednesday morning following a military coup. “I’ve decided to leave my post,” he said, clad in traditional clothing and a medical mask to protect against the coronavirus. The president and […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Government has returned 78 destitutes and beggars to their states of origin. The state Commissioner for social development and women affairs, Hajia Fatima Kabir-Buba, disclosed while addressing a news conference in Lokoja. She said that the destitute were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja, the state capital and returned to […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected gunmen have abducted two sons of a former Commissioner in Zamfara, (North West Nigeria), Alhaji Bello Dankande, and two others, including an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC). The Spokesman of the State’s Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told newsmen in Gusau, the State’s capital that the gunmen killed […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
Photo: (R-L) The immediate past National President of the Companion, Bar. Musibau Oyefeso; The Secretary to the group’s Zakat Committee, Alhaji Layi Baruwa and immediate past National President, Association For Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria (AHUON), Alhaji Abdul Fatah Abdul Majeed. By Tajudeen Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the likely surge in […]
