(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed 80 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), as total infections in the area hit 219. The ministry via its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH, said that five COVID-19 deaths had been recorded in the state. “Update as at 11:58 p.m. April 30, 2020; 80 new […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An international non-profit humanitarian organization, Baywood Foundation, on Thursday distributed Covid 19 lockdown palliatives to the Enugu state Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, for onward distribution to its members. It said the gesture is in recognition of the fundamental role the media play in providing daily reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 1,000 graduate trainees recently recruited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) are to assume duty Monday 4 May, 2020, a release by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, has stated. The trainees are to assume duty first, virtually while the corporation monitors the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An eight storey building under construction in Owerri, Imo capital on Thursday collapsed claiming two lives, with many others injured, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The incident occurred around 6.30 pm at Yaradua Drive near Lords Chosen church. Disaster managers including the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Imo counterpart, SEMA […]