(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indian High Commission and the Ugandan government are negotiating the option of chartering a flight to bring back stranded Ugandans in India. Although the registration of Ugandans stuck in India is still ongoing, so far 169 Ugandans including 50 of Indian descent have been registered to return. According to sources at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that many neighbouring countries asked Nigeria for food during the lockdown occasioned by coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known on Saturday in an Instagram Live Chat with @City People. The minister, who was speaking on the COVID-19 Economic Sustainability Plan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider has provided presented 20,000 units of e-learning devices to the Lagos State government at the State House in Marina, Lagos. The devices are planned for distribution to school children. With the gesture, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Jare Adebisi, is dead. Adebisi, who is the deputy chief of staff on General Administration, died on Friday after a brief illness according to a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ismail, Omipidan. The statement said: “His death has nothing to […]
The All Progressives Congress has disqualified Governor Obaseki, and two other aspirants from contesting the party’s June 22 primaries on Friday. The panel also announced that Pastor Ize-Iyamu, Pius Odubu and Osaro Obazee are qualified to contest, while Matthew Aigbuhuenze Iduoriyekemwen and Chris Ogiemwonyi are disqualified from the contest. Before his disqualification, the governor had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police have arrested four men who are suspected to have killed a well-known silverback mountain gorilla in the south-western Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. It was reported that the missing gorilla, which is called Rafiki, was reported missing on June 1 and the animal was later discovered to have been injured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burundi’s cabinet has suspended music in public places during the seven-day mourning announced by the government following the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza. The mayor of the commercial capital, Bujumbura, Freddy Mbonimpa said secular music was banned but people could still play gospel music. The governor of the capital, Gitega, Venant Manirambona […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the democracy day celebration is a difficult time for Nigerians as it coincides with the corona pandemic. The president, in his nationwide address said: “We are celebrating this year’s Democracy Day despite the COVID-19 pandemic which afflicts our nation and the whole world. “It is indeed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria recorded its highest daily toll on Thursday with 681 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in 17 states. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. The centre said that as at June 11, Nigeria recorded a total of 14,554 cases with five deaths. Other states with new infections include […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Of the N21billion ($58million) pledged in kind as medical intervention by the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry to combat COVID-19 and improve on healthcare delivery in the Country, 53 per cent of the sum pledged has been earmarked for the construction of medical infrastructure across the six geopolitical zones in the country. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Thursday, granted pardon to twenty-five (25) inmates in Enugu, Nsukka and Oji River Correctional Centres. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, hinted that the pardon was sequel to the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Prerogative […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Enugu, South- East Nigeria, has dismissed the appeal filed by the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA). Recall that in 24th February 2015, the Federal High Court, Enugu, presided over by Justice D.V. Agishi had given judgment against the agency over the […]
Photo: Thomas Thabane with his new wife, Maesiah. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lesotho have stated that they have evidence that former Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane and his current wife, Maesaiah Thabane, paid assassins to kill Mr Thabane’s estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane, in 2017. The police stated this in a damning court affidavit which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that unemployment may rise to 33.6% or about 39.4 million people may end up losing their jobs by the end of 2020. Osinbajo, who stated this on Thursday while presenting the post COVID-19 Economic Sustainability Plan to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will address the country Friday in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day. In a statement issued Thursday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President’s message broadcast is slated for 7am. “To commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari will broadcast to the nation on Friday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has confirmed Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as the new President of the Court of Appeal. The Upper Legislative Chamber announced this Thursday in its official Twitter handle. The tweet according to Senator Opeyemi Bamidele said: “The nominee is a fit and proper person for appointment as the President of the Court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 24 out of the 34 members of the Kaduna House of Assembly, on Thursday impeached the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Mukhtar Hazo. The development followed a vote of no confidence on him during a sitting of the House, presided over by the Speaker, Alhaji Yusuf Zailani. The details of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Thursday passed the sum N10.805 trillion as a revised budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The passage followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Accordingly, out of the sum of N10,805,544,664,642 to be issued from the Consolidated Revenue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Identity Management Commission has stated that over 100 million Nigerians have no identity. Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General of the NIMC, made the disclosure on during a zoom meeting with editors. He said: “Over 100 million Nigerians have no identity (ID). “These include the poorest and the most vulnerable groups, such […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kano has arrested a 32-year-old man, Muhammad Alfa, for allegedly raping 40 women in the past one year in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Haruna disclosed that the suspect was arrested on June […]
