(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a condolence letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demise of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari, which occurred on Friday. Obasanjo, in a letter addressed to Buhari and dated April 18, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of late Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari has arrived abuja from Lagos where he died on Friday on complications related to the deadly coronavirus. African Examiner reports that after a brief prayer at his official residence, the late politician will be interred at Gudu Cemetery, Abuja. Earlier, one of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Government has ordered the lifting of the suspension on Sunday church services in the state from Sunday. Mr Ahmed Matane, the Secretary to the State Government, said in a statement that Sunday services were expected to hold between 7a.m. and 1p.m. Matane, the Chairman of the State Task Force on COVID-19, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Advocacy (LEAD) Network has called for proper funding of the health sector to ensure optimal health of all Nigerians. The Executive Director of LEAD Network, Mr Chukwuma Okenwa, made the call on Saturday in Enugu while reacting to the death of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S., Germany, and France have questioned Beijing’s response to the coronavirus as Chinese authorities announced a large jump in the official number of fatalities in Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. Earlier on Friday China revised the number of virus-related fatalities in the central city up by 1,290, to 3,869 – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has announced the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja. ”The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Muhammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Rivers State Police Commissioner (CP), Dandaura Mustapha. This was made known in a statement issued Friday and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The statement indicated that a new CP, Mr. Joseph […]
…PENGASSAN Says Arrested Workers Are on Essential Duty (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday announced the arrest of 22 staff of Exxon Mobil, a multinational oil company, for entering the State in violation of the State Executive Order on Covid-19. The governor, who made this known at a news Conference in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bothered with the increasing trend and spread of Covid 19 pandemic, the Presidential Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Committee, set up in 2012 by the Federal Government and led by the President of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote has announced a donation of N1.5billion, to further curtail the virus spread. Announcing the donation on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany’s infection rate for the novel coronavirus has fallen significantly, with every patient now infecting less than one other person on average, the government’s agency for disease control and prevention said. After this so-called reproduction number drops below one, an epidemic usually will slowly subside. Germany is currently at 0.7, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Government has lifted the suspension of congregational Friday Prayer (Juma’at) for today Friday, April 17, 2020. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government and Chairman Task Force on COVID-19, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Minna on Friday. According to him, the Juma’at Prayer is expected to hold […]
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has called on its customers to exercise utmost caution in their banking transactions and ensure that they do not fall prey to any nefarious activities during the Coronavirus lock down period. Specifically, UBA has urged its customers not to divulge any sensitive personal information regarding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has introduced palliative measures for customers to give them some relief, in view of the challenges of COVID-19 lockdown extension. Dr Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, made the announcement in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Adeduntan said the bank was introducing special waivers on repayment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The son of late environmental activist and poet, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Menegian has died of coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom (UK). His sisiter, Noo disclosed this Thursday in a post on Facebook. The post read in part: “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday. He had COVID-19 combined with underlying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has raised alarm over the inadequacy of the face mask in the country, to prevent the spread and contracting of the dreaded Coronavirus. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr.Boss Mustapha revealed this at a Coronavirus press briefing Thursday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 34 new positive cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The latest cases were from Lagos, Kano, Kastina, Delta and Niger States, as total number of infections in the country rises to 407. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, on Wednesday said that the 34 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Group of 20 (G20) leading economies have agreed to temporary debt relief for the world’s poorest countries. “We support a time-bound suspension of debt service payments for the poorest countries that request forbearance,” the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors said following their virtual meeting on Wednesday. The suspension period will […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foremost pro Biafran group, the Biafra Zionists Federation, (BZF) has lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government over the alleged discriminatory manner it is handling the COVID-19 palliatives in the country, saying the administration is clearly dividing Nigeria along ethnic lines in the face of the disease currently ravaging […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged one patient who had earlier tested positive of the dreaded Coronavirus disease after treatment and Isolation for the pandemic. African Examiner reports that the Nigeria Centre for Decease Control NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu that have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) WHO had on Friday confirmed a new case of Ebola virus in the city of Beni in DRC, after 52 days of not recording a case in the country. Dr Tedros […]
