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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine, he wrote on Twitter early on Friday. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump wrote. The White House physician […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria marks of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary on Thursday. The Queen’s message which was conveyed by the British High Commission in Nigeria was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi […]
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Monday, September 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Donald Trump paid just 750 dollars in federal income tax in 2016, the year he won the U.S. presidential election, the New York Times wrote in an explosive investigative report late Sunday. The president, a self-proclaimed billionaire, paid the same amount in 2017, and nothing at all in 10 of the 15 previous […]
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America has heaped praises on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security operatives for their roles in the just gubernatorial election in Edo State. THE US disclosed this in a statement issued by the US Mission in Abuja on Wednesday and it lamented on the report of […]
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Friday, September 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian nominee for WTO job, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged among the five candidates that will go to the next stage for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. According to a statement issued on Friday by the WTO saying that member countries favored five out of the eight candidates […]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Nigerians and three other nationals were apprehended on Wednesday by the Surat Crime Branch for allegedly hacking into a bank account which belong to a builder and transferring Rs 1.71 Crore through net banking. The Nigerians are Raphael Yinka (38) and Kelvin Ozombe (38). Others are Nevil Shukla, who lives in […]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aviation authorities are now allowing arrivals in Beijing after serious Covid-19 precautions from Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Greece, Denmark, Austria, Sweden and Canada, these are countries considered low-risk for cross-border infections. According to reports, authorities allowed arrivals in Beijing under as there were lots of footage from state broadcaster CCTV as an Air […]
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis on Tuesday, has stated the need for the cancellation of debt which is owed by poor countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying “It is a time for restorative justice”. “I repeat my call for the cancellation of the debt of the most vulnerable countries, in recognition of the severe […]
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Friday, August 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe has announced his resignation due to health challenges. “I made a judgement that I should not continue my job as a prime minister. “I would like to sincerely apologise to the people of Japan for leaving my post with one year left in my term of […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children above 11 years should wear face masks wherever adults wear them, such as in crowded settings, as a tool against COVID-19 The UN health and children’s agencies say in a guidance document for decision makers that was published Friday evening. The World Health Organization (WHO) and […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Biden on Thursday Night accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for President. This culminates political career that spanned 36 years in the Senate, eight years as vice president and two previous attempts at the nation’s highest office. “It’s with great honor and humility that I accept this nomination for president of the […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- U.S. District Judge in Manhattan, Victor Marrero, on Thursday upheld a prosecutor’s subpoena for President Donald Trump’s tax returns. In a 103-page ruling, Marrero said Trump lacked the authority to block the subpoena covering eight years of his financial records. He trashed the president’s argument that the subpoena, served by Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The head of Germany’s vaccines regulator said some groups of people living in Germany could be vaccinated early next year against the coronavirus that has killed hundreds of thousands and wreaked havoc on the global economy. More than half a dozen drug makers around the world are conducting advanced clinical trials, each […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. Democratic Party has officially nominated former Vice President, Mr Joe Biden, as its candidate for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Joe, whose nomination came on the second day of the party’s virtual National Convention on Tuesday night, will face incumbent President Donald Trump in the race for the White House. The […]
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Sunday, August 16th, 2020
Photo: President Trump and his brother, Robert. Credit: @abc Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, has died. The president announced the death of his brother late Saturday. “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” he said in a statement. “He was not just my […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Photo: Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris. Credit: @NBC (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris, the prominent senator from California whose political career has included many barrier-breaking moments, as his running mate, his campaign announced on Tuesday. The decision comes more than a year after Harris, who was also a 2020 Democratic […]
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way for the mass inoculation […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2020
Photo: Prime Minister Hassan Diab. credit: @Aljazeera (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lebanon’s government has resigned amid mounting anger over the explosion on Tuesday that devastated parts of Beirut and left more than 200 people dead. The announcement was made in a national TV address by Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday evening. Many people have accused […]
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Saturday, August 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Beirut judge has ordered the detention of the director of Lebanese customs and a port director, after the massive blast which ripped through the capital city’s port. This is according to a report by the Lebanese National News agency. Tuesday’s explosion killed 154 people and injured more than 4,000, according to […]
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Friday, August 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 16 people have been reportedly killed when an Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala. The aircraft, according to India’s aviation authority, was en route from Dubai, when it skidded off the runway and broke in two […]
