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Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has declared that there is no rift between him and his longtime ally – the current Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. The rumour follows the directive by the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) which Tinubu heads, that all the existing political groups […]
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Operation Amotekun, has announced the commencement of its recruitment. Chief Adetunji Olu-Adeleye, Amotekun Corps Commandant in the state, who made this known on Tuesday in Akure, said the recruitment form would attract no charges. Amotekun is a security outfit based in all the six South West […]
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief U.S.A Igwesi was a member of the Federal House of Representatives between 2003 and 2007, but before his emergence to the National Assembly, he was the leader of Enugu State House of Assembly from 1999 till 2003. In this interview Chief Igwesi spoke on a number of national and state issues […]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has returned to his position as the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate after spending six months in prison. While welcoming him, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, stated: “I want to welcome back our one and only chief whip of the senate and indeed the national […]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 315 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,801. The NCDC announced this on Monday through its official Twitter handle, noting that as at June 8, 315 new confirmed cases and seven deaths were recorded in […]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed-Tijani. His sack is contained in a statement issued by Alhaji Hamza Gayam, the Permanent Secretary (PS), Government House Administration, on Monday in Lafia. The state House of Assembly ad-hoc committee investigating the release of […]
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Monday, June 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, more Christians have been killed. It will be recalled that the Presidency had accused the Indigenous People of Biafra of using false claims of persecution of Christians to wage war against Nigeria urging Nigerians and […]
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Monday, June 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 260 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 12,486. The NCDC announced this on Sunday through its official Twitter handle. The centre said that as at June 7, 2020, 260 new confirmed cases where recorded […]
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Monday, June 8th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church, His Grace, Most Rev. (Dr) E mmanuel Chukwuma, has urged political parties and electorates to look the way of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. He said for the interest of justice, equity and […]
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Monday, June 8th, 2020
((AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has tested positive for COVID-19. The commissioner of Information, John Okiyi Kalu, stated this in a statement on Monday adding that the governor has gone into isolation and the deputy is now in charge of state’s affairs pending when the governor resumes. “Recall that on Saturday, […]
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Sunday, June 7th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A federal high court sitting in Owerri, southeast, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Tijjani Garba Ringim, weekend restrained the probe panel set up by the Ebonyi government from probing the former Secretary to the State Government, (SSG), Professor Bernard Odoh. The development followed an ex-parte motion filed by the plaintiff against […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ahmed Jaha (APC-Borno), has regretted the comments he made at the Thursday’s plenary, apologising to Nigerians, especially women. Jaha, at an interview with journalists on Saturday in Abuja, recalled his comments at the debate that women should cultivate a habit of proper dressing to […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, on Saturday appeared before state assembly panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations leveled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that it was the handi work of his enemies. The speaker appeared before the […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the alarming rate of rape cases, a non-governmental and civil society organization, (NGO), Women Aid Collective, (WACOL), has urged the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to declare a nationwide state of emergency on sexual violence in Nigeria. Founder of (WACOL) Professor Joy Ezeilo made the call in Enugu […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations has completed plans to carve out a new territory from Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon by July 10. The creation of the new territory to be known as United Nations Organisation State of Cameroon may see Nigeria losing 24 local councils, by way of ceding, to the new country. […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire outbreak has been reported near the Aso Rock villa chapel on Thursday. The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, who confirmed this incident, described it as a “minor” fire outbreak stressing that the fire was triggered by an electrical spark. Shehu said: “The incident, […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, has disclosed that the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will now be completed in the first quarter of 2022, along with the Second Niger Bridge and the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Highway. He stated this when speaking to Channels TV news on Thursday stressing that the delay was due to the coronavirus pandemic […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria. He stated this during an interview on PlusTv Africa while reacting to an open letter written by retired colonel and former Military Administrator of Kaduna, Umar Dangiwa, who accused the president of only appointing only people […]
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Friday, June 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor on Thursday presented his NYSC discharge certificate before the State Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The politician is commended for being the first Governor/Deputy Governor to waive his immunity to honour a court summon. Recall that the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence […]
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Thursday, June 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Paul Ohonbamu, has resigned. The commissioner is yet to state the reason for his resignation. In his resignation letter, he said “I hereby tender my letter of resignation as a commissioner in Edo State to His Excellency, Mr. Godwin Obaseki this 4th day of June […]
