(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has distributed food palliatives to thousands of residents in Damaturu and the six local government areas in Yobe North Senatorial District of Yobe State. The local governments are: Bade, Nguru, Jakusko, Yusufari, Karasuwa, and Machina, respectively. The gesture by Senator Lawan was aimed at providing relief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Rivers, on Thursday, began community policing in the state, following the launch of the Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) in the state. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Mr Joseph Mukan made the disclosure in a statement in Port Harcourt. According to him, the committee is the outcome […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hillary Boateng, Chairperson of Ghana’s Women Premier League Committee, has lamented the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, disclosing that a footballer with a promising future has gotten pregnant during the partial lockdown in the country. Boateng who was speaking to Accra-based radio station, Adom FM, stated that she […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ever since the news broke out that President Muhammdu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of former NECO Registrar, Charles Uwakwe, and four others because of financial impropriety, some Nigerians on twitter have taken to the micro blogging platform to react on the news. Recall that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday recorded 284 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 6677. Eight new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pressure group, Rivers Leadership Advancement Foundation (RIVLEAF), has described as “funny and disturbing”, the claim by the Rivers Government that it had uncovered a plot to declare a State of Emergency on the state. The government had also claimed that some Abuja-based politicians were behind the alleged plot and had vowed […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures to strengthen the capacity of health care workers in the management, infection prevention, and control, as well as surveillance, of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), has commenced training of 100 skilled and non-skilled health personnel in Enugu state. African Examiner reports […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, operating under the banner of Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has filed a suit against Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration of Enugu state over an abandoned health facility. CRRAN filed the Suit at the Federal High Court Against Enugu State Government Over Refusal to Equip […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Postal Service Headquarters was on Wednesday hit by an early morning fire, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. The Federal Capital territory Fire Service personnel were, however, on hand to contain the fire, which attracted a large crowd at the busy Garki 2 in Abuja. Efforts by a NAN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the country enters another round of “relaxed” lockdown, a rights advocacy group – the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised state governments across the Federation, to consider providing ‘’special palliatives’’ to clerics in order to cushion the effect of the physical distancing order occasioned by the ravaging COVID-19. The group gave the […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 200 stranded Nigerians in the Saudi Arabia Kingdom have just arrived the country. The returnees arrived late Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed this Wednesday morning via his Twitter handle. The tweet confirmed: “We received 292 evacuees stranded […]
…Advocates Martial Plan to Boost Electricity, Ease Debt Burden (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, has stated that the Coronavirus Pandemic currently ravaging the world presents an opportunity to reset the African continent so that Africans can be empowered to become more productive and self reliant. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Mohammed Adamu has exempted all essential workers from the restriction of movements, associated with the gradual easing of COVID -19 lockdown across the Federation. The exemption, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Frank Mba include: the Medical Personnel, Firefighters, Ambulance Services journalists, among […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said it has commenced fumigation of the International Airports in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt ahead of reopening of flight operations in Nigeria. General Manager, (Corporate Affairs) Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, made this known Tuesday in a statement issued in Lagos. Mrs. Yakubu explained that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Ministry of Health, on Tuesday announced the recovery and discharge of another nine COVID-19 patients from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle, said that the patients were two females and seven males, all Nigerians. “The patients were discharged having fully recovered and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Power, Mr Mamman Sale, on Tuesday announced the sack of Mr Usman Mohammed, as the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) with immediate effect. Sale, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr Aaron Atimas, in Abuja, said it was part of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government, through its Ministry of Information, says it has embarked on advocacy to different locations across the metropolis to sensitise residents on the importance of face mask usage. Mr Bode Lawal, Assistant Director, Ministry of Information, said in a statement that the exercise, tagged ”Mask-Up-Lagos”, was part of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Niger government has directed all contractors handling various projects to return to sites amidst the novel Coronavirus pandemic. Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger, gave the directive when he inspected some road projects under construction in Minna, the state capital. According to Bello, life cannot be put on hold because of the spread of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not commit to “major substantive improvements” within 30 days, according to a letter to the WHO chief shared by Trump on Twitter. In a four-page letter to WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump set […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of Mr. Lamido Yuguda as the new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Also, to be screened and confirmed are three nominees as full-time Commissioners of the Commission. The President’s request was contained in a letter read […]
