By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A newly formed group, the National Consultative Front, has enjoined Nigerians to be prepared for nationwide mass action against the President Muhammadu Buhari government. According to the group, the mass action is against corruption, hunger, abuse of public trust and insecurity. This was announced in a statement jointly issued […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has named two former governors of Delta State, James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, and a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, as parts of those who benefitted from contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Also linked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the examination timetable recently released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the conduct of the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) scheduled to begin on Tuesday, 11th August, 2020. The organisation based its rejection on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa Government says it is taking steps to ensure that schools are safe to allow final year students to resume and participate in external examinations as directed by the Federal Government. Messrs Freston Akpor and Walter Liverpool, Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Information and Education, respectively assured that the government was doing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti submitted his resignation on Monday to protest the government’s poor performance, warning that Lebanon could become a “failed state.” Hitti said he wished government members would reconsider many policies and practices to prioritise the interests of the citizens and the country. If those in power did not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The on-going Dangote ‘Bag of Goodies Season 2 Consumer Promo’ has triggered excitement in the country as more winners continue to emerge, winning millions of Naira, goodies bags, recharge cards, and several others mouthwatering prizes. Just last week, the company sent credit alerts of One Million Naira each to the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 22-year-old, identified as Yusuf Abdullahi, Sunday drowned while bathing in a pond at Danhassan, in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State, North west Nigeria. The Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer, Malam Saidu Mohammed in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano city Sunday, confirmed that the incident. “We received […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria reported 304 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the death toll jumps to 888. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. Data from the NCDC showed that the 304 new cases were spread across 14 states, and the FCT. The […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the Inter party Advisory Council (IPAC), has charged political parties in the country to always embrace democratic tenets that would help in promoting and sustaining good governance in Nigeria. It equally stressed the need for them to pursue peaceful and harmonious existence among the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Moroccan Navy has rescued 183 illegal sub-Saharan African migrants off the kingdom’s Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, official news agency MAP reported on Saturday. The migrants, including 12 women and two minors, were intercepted in many operations between July 29 and Aug. 1, the agency quoted a military source as saying. They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has commenced the fumigation of its schools across the 18 local government areas of the state as part of safety measures ahead of the partial resumption of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Akin Asaniyan, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, disclosed this on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Secretary Mr. Chris Nehikhare has clarified he has not resigned his position in the party. Nehikhare in a statement issued Sunday in Benin, the capital city said in the last 24 hours, there had been a “diabolical” post on social media suggesting that […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, of Abia state, South- East Nigeria, has sacked the Commissioner for Transport, Ekele Nwaohanmuo, and the Umunneochi Council Area transition committee chairman, Hon. Matthew Ibe. He equally announced the immediate suspension of the Transition Committee chairmen for, Aba South local government area, Mr Cherechi Nwogu and his […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed bandits suspected to be Herdsmen weekend kidnapped a lawyer and businessman along Ugwogo-Isi-Uzo road and took them to an unknown destination. Our Correspondent gathered that the two victims hails from Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu state, South-‘East Nigeria Both of them were said to have […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has denied reports that he was planning to drag his predecessor, Olusegun Mimiko to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akeredolu, reacting to an online report that he had threatened to expose his predecessor to the anti-graft agency, stated that there is […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, says Nigeria currently has no direction as it lacks truthful and honest leaders. He stated this while commissioning the party’s new secretariat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Saturday, adding that the country needs prayers and God’s intervention. […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, says there is an urgent need for Nigeria’s government to check lack of zeal and commitment in the army in order to win the battle against Boko Haram insurgents. The governor stated this on while recalling his experience to newsmen on his recent trip […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, says the Eti-Osa Isolation Centre has been closed down, with effect from Friday night. Sanwo-Olu announced the closure at Lagos House, Marina, during the 17th update on the management of coronavirus in the state. The governor said that the Agidingbi Isolation Centre would also be closed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Saturday announced the reopening of worship centre on Friday, Aug. 7 for Muslims and Sunday, Aug. 9 for Christians. Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced this during the 17th Update on the Management of Coronavirus in the state at Lagos House, Marina. Sanwo-Olu said that churches whose […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Founder and President of Believers Love World, a.k.a Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, is trending on Twitter over his sermon about the Nigerian Government having no right to reduce the time of Sunday services. It will be recalled that as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the government had reduced […]
