By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government said it has received over a million applications after opening the recruitment platform for N-Power batch C beneficiaries. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Rhoda Iliya, stated this in a statement released to the press. She said: “Over 1,000,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former insurance executive Felix Mlusu was named Malawi’s new Finance Minister on Monday, a week after a re-run presidential election that unseated the incumbent. Mlusu, 69, was Managing Director of Nico Holdings Plc, a listed financial firm with interests in insurance, banking and property management across Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Mozambique, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya has lost 80 billion shillings (752 million dolllars) so far in tourism revenue, about half of last year’s total, due to the coronavirus crisis, its tourism minister said on Monday. The sector is one of the leading sources of foreign exchange, earning 163.56 billion shillings (1.54 billion dollars) in 2019, which […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Aliyu Abubakar Musa, as his Chief Personal Security Officer (CPSO). According to a statement from the President’s Media Aide, Garba Shehu, DCP Musa, is from Nigerian Police Force Zone 5, Benin City, as his last […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After over three months of closure, the Federal Government (FG) has approved gradual reopening of schools and tertiary institutions nationwide. This is in line with another phase of relaxation of total lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ad hoc Expert Medical Advisory Committee (EMAC) on de-escalation of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) transmission has raised the alarm of the increasing cases of the dreaded pandemic, advising government to put in place stricter enforcement measures that will help contain the spread of the virus in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit seeking to disqualify the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate from contesting the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The suit which has been filed since May 29, 2020 by Edobor Williams, Ugesia Godwin and Amedu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The next lines of action in the struggle to curb the spread of Coronavirus are likely to be made public any moment from now. This follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting on Monday, with members of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, led by its Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo State governorship election, to state any positive comment made on him by the former national chairman of his party, Adams Oshiomhole. It will be recalled that Ize-Iyamu was in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 184 illegal immigrants were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard off the country’s western coast on Sunday. IOM tweeted: “184 migrants, among them 14 women and 11 children, were returned to Tripoli in Libya by the coast guard. “IOM staff are onsite to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 490 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 24,567. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle. The NCDC said that the 490 new reported in 20 states. The centre also reported seven deaths. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been accused by a whistleblower, John Okupurhe, of refusing to pay him reward after exposing over $1billion government money hidden in Unity Bank Plc. Consequently, Okupurhe, has reported Mr. Malami to President Muhammadu Buhari, via a letter written by his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Florence Ajimobi, wife of late former Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, has alleged that the Oyo State Government was playing politics with the death of her husband. She made the allegation while receiving a delegation of Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF), led by Gov. Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday in Ibadan. The News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted and then deleted a video in which his supporters could be heard repeating a “white power” slogan, in the latest instance in which the president was accused of inflaming racial tensions. The phrase is often used by far-right white nationalists and prompted a backlash from within the […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Oyo State who died last week Thursday, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has been buried in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Ajimobi, the first two-term Governor of the South West State of Nigeria and who until his death was the Deputy National Chairman of the ruling All […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana confirmed 311 more infections of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, increasing its total caseload to 16,742, according to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The update also put the number of recovered cases at 12,720, with 463 more recoveries recorded among patients under treatment. The GHS data added […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal government has stated that it is conveying about 315 Nigerians who were stranded in the United Kingdom due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced in the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Twitter handle , stating that the flight departed Heathrow Airport, London at about 5pm […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-Governmental group, Concerned Citizens Rights, has stated that 35 Nigerians are presently detained illegally in a border town of Aflao in Ghana which is located between Ghana and Togo Republic. The group stated this in a letter issued to the media and signed by its National President, Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as president of Malawi after winning an election rerun. “Time has come for us to wake up and to make our dreams come true,” Mr Chakwera said in his victory speech. He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday’s poll. In February, Malawi’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Nasir Ajanah, the Chief Judge of Kogi state, Nigeria is dead. According to TheCable, Ajanah died at the COVID-19 isolation centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja in the early hours of Sunday, June 28, at the age of 64. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Information Officer of the state […]
