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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 120 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. NCDC’s announcement of the new infections on its official twitter handle late on Monday takes the total number of infections in the country to 59, 465. According to the agency, no death has been recorded […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 11 political parties have merged and collapsed their structures to support the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede ahead of Oct. 10, governorship elections. Speaking with newsmen on Monday in Akure, the Chairmen of the political parties, who spoke through the State Chairman of the Social […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-governmental organization (NGO), Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has begun the training of instructors and personnel of the Correctional Training school Enugu for the effective implementation of non-Custodian measures in the institute. The organization explained that the objective of the week long training of trainers workshop is to build the capacity […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Edo gubernatorial election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has disclosed that he will not be challenging his electoral loss defeat at the election petition tribunal. Ize-Iyamu made this known in a press statement on Monday saying that although the election was not free […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the October 10 Ondo gubernatorial election draws near, the governors of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will arrive in Ondo State on Wednesday for grand finale of the campaign in Akure. Mr Eyitayo Jegede is the Ondo state PDP gubernatorial candidate for the forthcoming election in the state. Among the governors expected to […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he is concerned and angry that young men and women who are arrested, are in some cases, maimed or killed by men of the Nigeria Police Force. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the Vice President expressed this view on Sunday in Abuja. The Inspector-General […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
Popular Nigerian music stars, Naira Marley and Olamide have joined the fight against police killing, brutality and extortion on social media as they call for an end of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). African Examiner reports that on Saturday a disturbing video emerged online where a man was shot by operatives of SARS. This sparked outrage […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 58 confirmed new cases of COVID-19 infections. The agency made the announcement late Sunday via its official Twitter handle. With the new cases, NCDC said the total number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to 59,345. It added that 50 persons were […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2020
Photo: Founder, Zimbabwe Industrial Hemp Trust (ZIHT), Dr Zorodzai Maroveke (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has finally legalized growing, production and supply of industrial hemp also known as cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes. For years there has been debate in the country as some argued that legalizing cannabis production would open the country to further […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the top Serie A fixtures of the season descended into chaos on Sunday when Napoli failed to turn up for their match at Juventus. This was after their local health authority told the players to stay at home following positive COVID-19 cases. With the Serie A league refusing to call […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A shambolic Manchester United suffered a club record-equalling defeat in the English Premier League (EPL) era as they crashed to a 6-1 loss at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Son Heung-min and Harry Kane each scored twice for Spurs while Manchester United’s Anthony Martial was sent off in the 28th minute. […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to succumb to pressure to renege on his resolve not to interfere in elections, especially in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the PDP National Campaign Council for Ondo Governorship Election, made the […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo (SAN), the minister of state for labour and employment, says that the man allegedly shot by security operatives believed to be members of the police’ special anti-robbery squad (SARS) in Delta state is not dead. African Examiner reports that there has been public outcry yesterday as video clips surfaced online […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The inspector-general of police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has banned operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Intelligence Response Team (IRT) from conducting routine patrols and stop and search duties. This directive was contained in a statement from police spokesman, Frank Mba, on Sunday. This development […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 160 fresh Coronavirus infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Saturday. According to the NCDC, the country has conducted about 532,765 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the coronavirus pandemic was announced. The agency […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Kano State has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, over alleged stabbing her two children to death at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, spokesman for the command said this in a statement in Kano on Sunday. He said that […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says he never assaulted his former wife, Precious Chikwendu. The minister disclosed this on Saturday as he took to his Twitter account explaining that he caught he caught his estranged wife in bed with another man rubbishing the viral video that claimed he beat her up […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has deployed 1,500 personnel to cover the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial elections billed to hold on Saturday Oct. 10, 2020. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), ACM Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja. […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has increased available seats on the flights of international airlines to 200 passengers per aircraft operating into the two designated airports, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed this in a statement […]
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has tested positive for the coronavirus. He announced this via his twitter handle. “I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two,” […]
