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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has sacked the Director Establishment and Service Bureau in the office of the state Head of Service over alleged swindling of funds. Mohammed disclosed this during his one-year anniversary media chart on Saturday in Bauchi. He said the director (name withheld) was found to be engaged […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda is dead. Dauda died in Daura, Katsina State, following a prolonged illness. In a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, Buhari said the death has robbed the family and the Daura community of […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the ex-Edo Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Presley Ediagbonya, has been recovered 14 days after he was abducted. According to reports, his body was found in a forest near his farm. Ediagbonya, who was kidnapped from his farm at Utese, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A polythene manufacturing firm in Ahmmadiya Bus Stop, Abule-Egba, in Alimosho Local Government area of Lagos State was razed by fire Saturday mornng. AFRICAN EXAMINER reporter who visited the scene reports that the affected company, is located on Ewufunke Street and behind a gas (petrol) station as well […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family, friends and professional colleagues of former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru. The President, in a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, also commiserated with government and people of Bauchi State, management and […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As igbos mark Biafra Day today, many Nigerians have decided to use Twitter to reminisce on the happenings of the Nigerian civil war stressing that the deaths of the Biafra heroes should not go in vain. While some are saying that another war should not happen again, some are saying that it […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. Members of the new Board are: Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood Attah (North Central), Senator Magnus Abe […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old daughter in Lugbe area of Abuja. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Mr Bala Ciroma, disclosed on Friday this at a media briefing in Abuja. Ciroma said the suspect was mentally stable and had […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the release of Mr Mathew Omonigho, a journalist working with Daily Post newspapers who was arrested by the police in Delta. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement in Lagos on Friday. “The Inspector General of Police Squad on May […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mr George Mbessey, the Commandant, Benue State Vigilante Group (BSVG), following a petition over alleged conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of N449.5 million public funds. The EFCC Makurdi Zonal Office Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale said in a statement made […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Taiwanese envoy in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, on Friday donated about 50,000 medical masks to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control( NCDC). Yang, while handing over the consignment to the Head of NCDC Lagos office, Mrs Olajumoke Babatunde, said Nigeria would soon receive another consignment of 100,000 masks from Taiwan. ”The donation […]
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Friday, May 29th, 2020
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohmmed, has refuted claims that the ventilators President Donald Trump promised Nigeria has arrived the country. According to Lai Mohammed, if the ventilators come into the country, it will be announced publicly. It will be recalled that President Donald Trump in […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector general of police has announced the reorganization of the Nigeria police force, creating a unit from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), and five new zonal commands, among changes. African Examiner reports that the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will be removed from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to become […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Bishop Joseph Masin, the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by gunmen in Lafia. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. Longe said the bishop was […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives, seeking its approval to obtain $5.513bn – new external loan. The request was contained in Mr. President’s letter which was read Thursday by the Speaker, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary. According to the letter, the loan if obtained, were for 2020 budget […]
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has lamented the difficulties being faced by young girls in accessing safe hygienic mensuration facilities such as water sanitation especially during school hours, saying such development makes some of them drop from school or refuses to attend classes during menstrual period. The agency, therefore, canvassed support from government […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government of Nigeria has stated that it will soon stipulate guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He said: “Today, 27th May, 2020 is also Children’s Day worldwide and […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 25 Commuters from various part of Nigeria who violated the interstate movement restrictions and was travelling through Imo state, Southeast, Nigeria, have tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus. Chairman of Covid-19 committee, in the state, Professor Maurice Iwu, who spoke with newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, said Imo has […]
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress faction that is loyal to National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Ize-Iyamu, and the present governor, Godwin Obaseki, will fight for the direct primary of the party, APC, that is expected to hold on June 22. The African […]
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai has extended the lockdown order in Kaduna State by another two weeks, the state Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe said in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday. News Agency of Nigeria reports that residents of the state have been on lockdown for the past 60 days and there were calls […]
