Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Not less than 200 households with about 1000 persons have been forced out of their homes to upland in Ogbaru council area of Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria, following deadly flooding from overflow of the River Niger Bank. African Examiner gathered that the development has equally submerged huge hectares of farmlands in the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borno Government has confirmed the death of the Emir of Biu, Mai-Umar Mustafa-Aliyu, who passed on in the early hours of Tuesday. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Alhaji Babakura Abba-Jato, confirmed the death in a statement in Maiduguri. Abba-Jatau said “Inna Lillahi wa innah ilayhi rajiun, his royal […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at midnight on Monday said that the death toll for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria had jumped to 1, 083. The NCDC confirmed that there were 132 new infections. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle. It stated that one new […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)-South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) delegation that visited Zimbabwe recently to meet Zanu-PF leadership has torched a storm on either side of the Limpopo River for failing to broker “peace” in Zimbabwe and violating Covid-19 protocols. ANC secretary-general Elias Sekgobelo (Ace) Magashula led a six-member delegation comprising the party’s National Executive members Gwede […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of this year’s Africa’s Land Forum, stakeholders in the agriculture, development and other related sectors have reiterated the need to promote the ideals of land governance in the continent. The 2020 Africa Land Forum which is scheduled to hold from 15th to 17th of September, provides another opportunity for stakeholders to […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Edo state gears up to vote for a new governor in a few days, Nigerians have taken to the social media to discuss the just concluded gubernatorial debate held on Sunday. The gubernatorial debate was between the two major contenders, Governor Obaseki of the PDP and Pastor Ize-Iyamu of the APC. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State former commissioner for Lands and Physical planning, Muyiwa Ige, has disclosed the reason why his father was killed. According to Muyiwa, the former Attorney General of the federation and Minister of Justice was killed because of envy. African Examiner recalls that that Bola Ige was murdered by unknown assailants in […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and three other workers’ unions of the Lagos State University (LASU), Monday locked out the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagboun, while protesting against the non-payment of the new salaries. Other workers unions which participated in the protest were the Senior Staff Association […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has approached scientists in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States after its local laboratories failed to establish the actual cause of death of elephants in the country’s biggest national park. More than 20 jumbos have died in Pandamasue Forest near Victoria Falls since last month and the cause remains a […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operations of Arik Air were on Monday shut down by the aviation unions over alleged nonpayment of staff salaries since April after placing 90 per cent of the workforce on compulsory leave and other anti-labour practices. The unions included the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some lawyers are signing a petition against the Attorney General of the federation, (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to strip him of his rank a senior advocate of Nigeria. According to the lawyers, this is because the AGF made some amendments to the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners. […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver and his passengers Monday in Lagos State escaped death by whiskers as the bus they were traveling with, rammed into a moving train around the PWD, Ikeja – inward Oshodi. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident, disclosed that the bus suddenly veered […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has pledged to support ongoing initiatives by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources to provide alternate energy source to Nigerians through aggressive activation of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refill stations for motorists across the country. Speaking on TVC Business Show, Business Nigeria Live, the Group Managing Director of the Corporation, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixty-four Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC, in its report released Sunday midnight via its official Twitter handle, also stated that 79 new cases were recorded across the country. The 79 new infections […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
[AFRICAN EXAMINER] – Forbes’ “Best of Africa” award conferred on business mogul, chairman and director of many topnotch companies, including Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. ‘Hosa, for short) on Friday, September 11, 2020, was very inspirational. It has compelled an obligatory task of reviewing his fascinating trajectory and revisiting the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will soon begin clamp down on unqualified teachers in public and private schools nationwide. The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said with plans to fully […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), on Sunday warned political actors in Edo against violence during the Sept. 19, governorship polls in the state. Its chairman, Sen Kabiru Gaya, handed down the warning when the committee visited the commission’s office in Benin. Gaya said that the committee was in […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore the attempts by some elder statesmen to cause divisions among well-meaning citizens as President Muhammadu Buhari continued to promote nation’s building and unity of the country. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made the call in a statement in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has dissociated itself from the planned protest by the alleged SouthWest Zone D chapter of the association over the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff. Mr Azeez Adeyemi, the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
By Bolade Nafisat (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Funding national budget is a tough job especially for decision makers from the Finance Minister, Zainab Shamusuna Ahmed to the Director General of the Budget Office, Benjamin Akabueze. They have the difficult job of attending to needs of several ministries and agencies, with expenditure request often overwhelming available resources. […]
