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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAINER) – Nigerian prominent airline, Air Peace, is trending on Twitter over the sack of some of its pilots as the company tries to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline had on Monday stated that it took the decision due to the devastating effect of COVID-19 on the […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, a former Governor of Delta State, has rubbished claims made by Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, linking him to a road contract in the NDDC. Uduaghan, in a statement by his media assistant, Monoyo Edon, issued to African Examiner stated that he has never approached […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Hope Uzodima’s administration in Imo state, South- East Nigeria, has directed that all schools in the state remain closed pending the fulfillment of the World Health Organization (WHO) and NCDC COVID-19 protocols. He gave the directive Monday through a statement issued in Owerri, the state capital, by the […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is trending on Twitter as the governor gifted 41 Range Rover Discovery Sports Utility Vehicles to judges serving in Rivers State High Court and Customary Courts. According to reports, this gesture of the governor was in fulfillment of the promise he made […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Immediate National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole has stated the reason why he lost his position as the chairman of the party. He revealed that he has no regrets over his deeds during his time as a former National Chairman of the party […]
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 288 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 in the country. The agency via its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov late Monday night during its daily update report, announced that out of the new cases, Lagos top with – 88 new confirmed cases; […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has announced it will embark on an assessment tour of all Unity schools in the country as students, as the students in the transiting class (SSS3) set to resume and prepare for the suspended WASSCE. Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba made this known Monday […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of the university town of Nsukka, Enugu state, South East Nigeria, were on Monday thrown into shock as a middled age tax collector, identified as Emmanuel Eze, committed suicide in an uncompleted building along Orba road in the area. It was learnt that the deceased, a […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mrs Janet Agbede, has ordered investigation into the activities of Insp. John Onunaku, a police officer recently harassed over alleged illegal arrest. Agbede said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Aba on Monday that the investigation became necessary to unravel the […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, Shoprite, has announced plans to discontinue operations in Nigeria, after 15 years. The South African retailer in a statement released on Monday, revealed it has started a formal process to consider the potential sale of all or a majority stake in its supermarkets in Nigeria. In the statement, […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A newly formed group, the National Consultative Front, has enjoined Nigerians to be prepared for nationwide mass action against the President Muhammadu Buhari government. According to the group, the mass action is against corruption, hunger, abuse of public trust and insecurity. This was announced in a statement jointly issued […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has named two former governors of Delta State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, and a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as parts of those who benefitted from contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Also linked […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the examination timetable recently released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the conduct of the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 11th August, 2020. The organisation based its rejection on the […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa Government says it is taking steps to ensure that schools are safe to allow final year students to resume and participate in external examinations as directed by the Federal Government. Messrs Freston Akpor and Walter Liverpool, Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Information and Education, respectively assured that the government was doing […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti submitted his resignation on Monday to protest the government’s poor performance, warning that Lebanon could become a “failed state.” Hitti said he wished government members would reconsider many policies and practices to prioritise the interests of the citizens and the country. If those in power did not […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 22-year-old, identified as Yusuf Abdullahi, Sunday drowned while bathing in a pond at Danhassan, in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State, North west Nigeria. The Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer, Malam Saidu Mohammed in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano city Sunday, confirmed that the incident. “We received […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria reported 304 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the death toll jumps to 888. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. Data from the NCDC showed that the 304 new cases were spread across 14 states, and the FCT. The […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the Inter party Advisory Council (IPAC), has charged political parties in the country to always embrace democratic tenets that would help in promoting and sustaining good governance in Nigeria. It equally stressed the need for them to pursue peaceful and harmonious existence among the […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has commenced the fumigation of its schools across the 18 local government areas of the state as part of safety measures ahead of the partial resumption of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Akin Asaniyan, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, disclosed this on […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Secretary Mr. Chris Nehikhare has clarified he has not resigned his position in the party. Nehikhare in a statement issued Sunday in Benin, the capital city said in the last 24 hours, there had been a “diabolical” post on social media suggesting that […]
