(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 16 people have been reportedly killed when an Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala. The aircraft, according to India’s aviation authority, was en route from Dubai, when it skidded off the runway and broke in two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has alerted that 28 states and 102 local governments might be at risk of flooding due to impending heavy rainfall. Mr Olusegun Afolayan, Director, Operations of NEMA in charge of Ekiti, Ondo and Osun states gave the warning while speaking with newsmen after sensitising some residents on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo. Ize-Iyamu, who was earlier presented with APC’s flag for Edo governorship election by President Muhammadu Buhari, was accompanied to the vice president’s office by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana has confirmed 455 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total case count to 40,097 on Friday, the latest update from the Ghana Health Service said. The total recovered and discharged cases increased to 36, 638, as officials discharged 254 more patients who had completed their period of treatment. Seven […]
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has launched a National Tourism Recovery and Growth Strategy whose objective is to ‘restart’ tourism and boost arrivals in the wake of the global pandemic, Covid-19. President Mnangagwa launched the strategy in Victoria Falls, the country’s tourism capital where he said hopes are high to achieve a […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clarke, has berated the federal government for the recent naming of Agbor railway station after former President, Goodluck Jonathan, saying such honour diminished the status of a former President. He stated this in an open letter to the Minister of Transportation, Hon Rotimi Amaechi, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo State Governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The APC flagbearer was accompanied to the meeting by Yobe State Governor and Chairman, APC National Caretaker Committee and Extraordinary Convention, Mai Mala Buni. Also, in attendance at the meeting which held […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Obiano led administration in Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, has confirmed the termination of appointment of over 1000 staffers of the State moribund Water Board Corporation, amid hardship occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. African Examiner reports that the board, which was officially shutdown by the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has set up a committee to refund Hajj deposits to intending pilgrims who could not travel to Saudi Arabia for the 2020 exercise. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr. Yahaya Sarki, said this in a statement issued Thursday in Birnin Kebbi, the capital city. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Governors Forum has condemned the recent attack in Southern Kaduna in which about 22 persons were reportedly killed Wednesday night. Chairman of the Forum and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong in a statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, described the attack as unfortunate. The […]
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person has been confirmed dead in a petrol tanker accident which occurred Friday in the popular Mile 2 area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Spokesperson, Nosa Okunbor, while confirming the unfortunate incident said the victim was a female and her details were yet […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 354 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections to 45,244. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The health agency said that three more persons had died from the disease. According to […]
Photo: General Leader/District Chairman, Special Apostle John Obafemi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A service would be held this Sunday August 9th, 2020, at The Cherubim &Seraphim Movement Church, Fountain of Joy, Texas District Headquarters to celebrate four students who have graduated from High School this year. In a press statement signed by the General Leader/District Chairman, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abuja has denied reports making the rounds that it is restricting the issuance of visa to Nigerian visitors. The embassy debunked the reports in a statement released in Abuja. “In an affirmation of the growing bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, the UAE Embassy in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A boat, carrying around 40 migrants and refugees, has sunk off the coast of Mauritania, leaving only one survivor, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday. The perilous sea passage from West Africa to the Canary Islands was once a major route for migrants seeking jobs and a better life […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a dedicated public election result viewing portal, known as “The INEC Result Viewing (IReV)”. The commission said IRev would enable Nigerians to view polling unit results in real time as voting ends on election day. The commission announced this in a statement on Thursday, issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – People in Beirut have berated the government over alleged, corruption and negligence on the Tuesday devastating explosion which rocked the city and asked the French authority to come to their aid. The residents who expressed anger while the French President Emmanuel Macron was on a sympathy visit accused the authorities of corruption, neglect and […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, says the political tension in Edo is a threat to constitutional order. Abubakar stated this in his verified Twitter handle on Thursday and he called on the forces behind the development to abide by the rule of law so that the people will elect who […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Benin (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly Thursday escalated as 17 lawmakers in the state have inaugurated and elected a parallel speaker. African Examiner gathered that 14 members who had refused to be inaugurated are loyalists of the immediate past national chairman of the ruling All Progressives […]
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular singer, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, has been arraigned before the Lagos State Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, the State capital Marley was arraigned for violating one of the COVID-19 protocols – illegal interstate flight travel, from Lagos to Abuja. Recall that the controversial ariste traveled on Saturday, […]