(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Gov. Kayode Fayemi has appointed new special advisers, senior special assistants and members of boards of some parastatal-agencies. In a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, the governor said that the appointments were to strengthen government for effective service delivery In the statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has temporarily closed its consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, confirmed the development in a statement Monday. “On a sad note, the nation is informed that the consulate in Johannesburg has temporarily closed after two confirmed […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the former governor of old Anambra state, and founding member of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that it is the turn of Southeast geo political zone of the country to produce Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi to resign honourably having defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a statement by Mr Alex Kalejaiye, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, on Monday in Akure. “We wish Ajayi had not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday summoned Ms Iva Denoo, Charge d’ Affaires of Ghana to Nigeria, to explain the recent attacks on the country’s mission in Ghana. Onyeama said this in his verified twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama in Abuja on Monday. The minister also called for provision of adequate security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 2020 Edo state governorship election. Declaring the election, Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma announced that Ize-Iyamu winner of the direct primary election. He polled a total of 27,838 votes to defeat Dr. Pius Odubu who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the leadership of the Progressives Governors Forum, led by Gov. Atiku Bagudu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bagudu was accompanied by Governors Simon Lalong of Plateau and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa. NAN gathered that the meeting may among other national matters deliberate on the ongoing […]
A popular musician and multiple award-winning Nigerian artiste, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly called D’banj, has been accused by a lady, Seyitan Babatayo, of rape. According to the victim, the rape occurred in 2018 at Glee Hotel Victoria Island Lagos. According to the initial narrative by Benjamin Ese, friend to Seyitan, “D’Banj drove all the way from Eko […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced new 436 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 in the country, with Lagos, Oyo and plateau recording highest cases. In its daily briefing, NCDC last midnight tweeted that Lagos State which is the country’s epicenter of the deadly virus, recorded 169; Oyo – 52 and […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has named a five-member electoral committee, headed by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed to conduct the June 25 Edo State Governorship primary. The party’s National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobundu, announced this in a press statement issued Monday. The statement announced a lawmaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja met with Senate President Ahmad Lawan where they deliberated on nation’s security situation as well as the crisis in the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed-door meeting, Lawan reiterated the determination of the National Assembly to support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom State Government has sealed off a Christ Embassy church outlet in Uyo, the state capital, over alleged flouting of guidelines for reopening of churches. Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Emmanuel Ekuwem, announced the closure in a statement issued Sunday. Ekuwem expressed shock over the action of the pastors and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its ongoing industrial action. The suspension according to a communique read to newsmen Sunday in Abuja by NARD National President, Dr. Aliyu Sokomba after the association National Executive Council (NEC) meeting is effective from Monday, June 22, 2020. The virtual meeting was attended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). After his exit from the party, he joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). While presenting his resignation letter at the APC secretariat in Apoi Ward 2, Ese Odo LGA, Mr. Ajayi indicated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary to Delta state Government, (SSG) Mr. Chiedu Ebie and the State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, have both tested positive for the deadly covid-19. Confirming the development on its official Twitter page Sunday, the state government, said they have been moved to the isolation center for appropriate medical action. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Government has condemned the two attacks on its residential buildings in Accra, describing them as criminal and outrageous, demanding urgent action from the Ghanaian authorities. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama made this known via his verified twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama on Sunday. He said that the federal government was already engaging […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami said on Saturday that he did not stop anti-corruption agencies from investigating alleged fraud in Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). Malami in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr Umar Gwandu, described any claim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen entered the Nigerian high commission in Accra, Ghana on Friday and destroyed some apartments that were under construction. Reports say the affected buildings were constructed to house staff and visitors of the commission but a Ghanaian businessman had complained that the commission trespassed as the building encroached his land. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,808. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Saturday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 661 new confirmed cases were reported in 14 states, with 19 deaths. The NCDC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Etsako Ward 10, Edo State, Oshawo Stephen, has rubbished reports that the suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the APC had been lifted. Stephen in a statement insisted that the ward executives stand by their suspension of the erstwhile National Chairman of the APC. He […]
