(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider is set to reward customers for Verve Card usage in its Free Fuel Promotion. The Free Fuel promo which is activated by FirstBank in collaboration with Verve International and Oando Plc. kicked off on Monday, 6 July 2020 to Friday, 24 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzania’s anti-narcotics Police said on Saturday they seized 379 kilogrammes of cannabis. Emmanuel Lukula, the Kilimanjaro Regional Police Commander, said the cannabis was seized at Holili town at the border between Tanzania and Kenya. He said Police were also holding, for interrogation, the driver of a pick-up vehicle that was used to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rise to 35, 107. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle late on Saturday. The health agency said that as of July 18, 653 new confirmed cases […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates to contest the Edo State Governorship election slated for Saturday, September 19, 2020. According to a statement issued by INEC, There are two female governorship candidates, who are Mabel Oboh of African Democratic Congress (ADC), and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The fire incident which broke at the Cathedral in the French city of Nantes has been linked to suspected arsonists. French Prosecutor, Pierre Sennes said three fires were started at the site and an investigation into suspected arson was under way, Sennes confirmed that the national police would be involved in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven persons were killed, while five others injured, Saturday during an explosion which rocked Yardagi village in Zango Local Government Area of Katsina State, North West Nigeria. Reports have it that an Improvised Explosive Device suspected to have been planted on farmland near the community caused the explosion. The […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has rubbished claims that he plans to run for president in 2023. His Special Adviser on Media, Ola Awoniyi, debunked this allegation in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Awoniyi said: “It is true that the Senate President was involved in the consultations that […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The general overseer and founder of Living Faith Church, AKA, Winners chapel, has come under heavy criticism on Twitter after the bishop stated that one is under financial curse if he does not pay tithes. According to reports, the bishop took to his Twitter handle to state on Friday […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Omowunmi Abisogun Ruling House of Iruland, Lagos State, has cried out that they have been arrested and molested by the new monarch. It will be recalled that the royal families in Oniru and the new monarch, Wasiu Gbolahan, have been at loggerheads since the installation of the monarch […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dreaded Coronavirous pandemic currently ravaging the entire globe, including Nigeria has claimed the life of a Spanish catholic priest, serving in Enugu Diocese. A statement to that effect signed by Rev. Fr. Nkemjika Igweshi, Secretary to the Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Rev. Dr. Calistus Onaga, on Saturday said: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another flight evacuating Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic has departed for Abuja. The fully booked plane, with 324 passengers on board, left the Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, on Friday night. It is expected to arrive at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Saturday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) has paraded, through the streets, 57 suspected rebels recently arrested in the jungles of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The suspects, captured by the DRC military, were accused of terrorism and formation of armed groups to destabilise Rwanda, acting spokesperson of RIB, Dominique Bahorera, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leeds United returned to the Premier League after a 16-year absence on Friday as West Bromwich Albion’s loss at Huddersfield Town guaranteed them a top-two finish in the Championship. A huge favour from Leeds’ Yorkshire neighbours, who won 2-1, meant the celebrations could start in earnest at Elland Road. The club’s Italian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 600 new COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing total infections from the virus rise to 35,454 The NCDC made the announcement on its official twitter handle on Friday. The agency said that as at the July 17, 600 new confirmed cases and three […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has arranged three more flights to evacuate Nigerians stranded in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Consul General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Ben Okoyen, the third and fourth special flights are scheduled for July 17 and July 28. Okoyen said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations on Friday announced winners of its Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize for 2020. They are Mrs Marianna Vardinoyannis, a philanthropist and human rights defender from Greece, and Dr Morissanda Kouyaté, a leading gender advocate from Guinea. President of the UN General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, announced the laureates in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State Government has shifted the date for re-opening of religious centre from Friday, July 17, to August 14, 2020. The State Commissioner Commissioner for Health, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, made this known in a statement issued Friday. Dr. Yaya-Kolade indicated that the Government decision was a reflection of the CAN which confirmed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s Prime Minister has apologised for “excesses” by security forces who opened fire recently on anti-government protesters, but rejected opposition demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign. Recently, the latest in a series of mass protests in the capital, Bamako, against Keita, turned violent, with security forces firing on protesters, some of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, to appear before it over allegations leveled against him on the N81.5bn fraud saga. The summon was necessitated by weighty allegations pressed against Akpabio Friday by the immediate […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has refuted claims that the armed operatives who attempted to arrest the former Managing Director of NDDC, Joi Nunieh, were not directed by the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State. It will be recalled that Rivers State Governor, […]
