(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to pay the allowances, tuition fees and other incentives of students on its scholarship scheme. NiDCOM Spokesperson, Gabriel Odu, in a statement quoted Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa as appealing to the NDDC to intervene […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina has been completely absolved of ethical wrongdoings. A report of an Independent Review Panel led by a former Irish President, Mary Robinson, said Adesina is not guilty of any infraction alleged by petitioners. The Independent Review Panel was set up by the Bureau […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan authority on Tuesday said at least 28 people had been killed and 10 children abducted during ethnic clashes in the country. The country’s acting Commissioner, Mabior Mawut, told DBA in a telephone interview that about 19 others were injured when heavily armed men from the Murle ethnic group attacked members […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, through a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia state Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lost its chairman, Mr. Johnson Onuigbo, who passed on Monday night during a brief illness. A source close to the family, who craved anonymity confirmed the demise of the PDP chieftain, last night, though, could not give further […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Police on Sunday arrested over 100 partygoers for flouting COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures, authorities said on Monday. The police and military officers arrested the offenders at the La Venti Lounge and Kitchen, about 12 km northeast of the capital Kampala, Patrick Onyango, Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, told Xinhua on Monday. “Bars […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations says it has identified and placed on administrative leave without pay another staff member involved in a recent viral sex video in Israel. Mr Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, disclosed this during the daily news briefing held virtually on Monday Haq said: “A third male international staff […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, says he is optimistic of defeating the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Eyitayo Jegede and his deputy, Hon Agboola Ajayi in the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state. Akeredolu stated this while speaking with newsmen at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress […]
By Nwa Dioka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has named some train stations in the country after Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and other Nigerians. Also, the names of Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation and Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing were also […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three Commissioners in Governor Godwin Obaseki’s cabinet have resigned their appointments and declared support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The Commissioners, who announced their resignation Monday, are Prince Emmanuel Odigie, Alhaji Aiwanu Oshiomhole and Osamwonyi Atu. In their letters, which was […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has dispelled rumours that he is running for the office of Nigeria’s president in 2023. Peter Obi, who was on AriseTV on Monday, stated that the report was not true and he was not planning to contest the presidential position in 2023 […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has announced that schools in the country will reopen on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 for pupils in exit classes to sit for their examination. FG after a virtual stakeholders meeting declared that students will have two weeks to prepare for the West Africa Senior School […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER – ) President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined other sub-regional leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in an extra-ordinary virtual meeting to mitigate the political crisis in Mali. The meeting was summoned in line with the outcome of Thursday’s meeting of the ECOWAS leaders in Bamako, Mali. The Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 30-year-old tenant, Oseyemi Abiola, on Monday appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun for allegedly pushing his landlady, causing her to fracture her leg. The police charged Abiola with one count of assault, occasioning harm. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of planned reopening of schools in the five states of South-East, Nigeria, the Southeast Governors Forum has resolved that compulsory COVID-19 tests will be conducted on teachers in all schools in the region. Ebonyi state governor, and Chairman of the forum, Engr. Dave Nweze Umahi, disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 555 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus exceeded 40,000 in five months. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, also recorded two deaths in the country in the last 24 hours. NCDC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This title is adapted from a book “EVERYTHING IN NIGERIA IS GOING TO KILL YOU” by Ayo Sogunro. The author is simply highlighting what he went through in Nigeria and how much he suffered, he also took his time to explain the many ways an average Nigeria man can die if he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In its continuous bid to support the growth of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME) and equip them with the necessary tools aimed at strengthening and sustaining their businesses, Pan African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to organise another MSME Workshop for entrepreneurs. The workshop which will hold […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two persons died while three were injured Sunday when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway, Lagos State, south west Nigeria. The State’s Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Director-General, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, while confirming this said the dead bodies and injured persons had been taken to Isolo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -First Bank of Nigeria Limited has offered to give financial support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Education Sector to cushion the effects of the COVID -19 pandemic. Mr. Bankole Adediran, Head, Transaction Banking Products, FirstBank, made this known at the Bank’s SMEConnect webinar with theme: “Managing Your School through the Pandemic: […]
