(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over the virtual meeting of the Council of State with former President Jonathan in attendance at the State House, Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha are attending the meeting. Others participating in the meeting […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lingering crisis bedeviling the Enugu state chapter of the All progressive congress (APC), occasioned by the rift between the state Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, and Nigeria’s foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has been finally laid to rest, as loyalists of the Minister, have dissolved their parallel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Remember her? Uwaila Vera Omozuwa, a 100-Level Microbiology stauden of the University of Benin who was allegedly gang raped and murdered in the church in Benin back in May. Nigerians have commended the Nigerian police force for unraveling the mystery behind her death. Police paraded the suspected killers as Nelson Ogbebor, Akato […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has apologised for using insulting and derogatory words to attack Mr Eyo Charles, the Cross-River State correspondent of the Daily Trust Newspaper. All hell let loose when the reporter asked Mr Fani-Kayoye who was “bankrolling” his tour of states inspecting projects executed by governors. Fan-Kayode was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for nine of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement said the approval letter was conveyed to him by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the Second Quarters 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is relatively far better than many other countries recorded during the same quarter. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has okayed the sum of N1 billion for the forensic audit of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, made this known when he briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of Wednesday’s virtual cabinet meeting chaired by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 252 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The figure is one of the lowest numbers recorded in months. The NCDC, announced the new figure on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The public health agency said that the 252 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team captain Lionel Messi has told FC Barcelona he wishes to leave the club immediately, a source confirmed on Tuesday. The development has however deepened the turmoil within the Catalan side, less than two weeks after their humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich. The source said the club received a burofax from […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has narrated his own side of the story concerning the viral video where he verbally attacked a journalist. In the video, the ex-minister had shouted at Eyo Charles, a reporter of Daily Trust before ending a press briefing in Calabar. The reporter had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee have unanimously agreed to extend special facilities to Nigerian-registered airlines and the media industry in the country to enable them adequately address the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CBN Director Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made this known in a […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Governor of the Centra Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, has resigned from his appointment at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPPS. The former Deputy governor of the Central Bank has been a Directing Staff of the Federal Government owned Institute. This development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that Chief John Momoh, Chairman of Channels Television, has been named as the acting Chairman of the Governing Council, University of Lagos, UNILAG. Mr Momoh will take over from Dr. Wale Babalakin who had been asked to recuse himself along with the University’s embattled Vice-Chancellor, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A clergyman, Adebayo Bamidele, prayed a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan to dissolve his 17-year-old marriage to his wife, Felicia on the grounds that she ruined his calling. Bamidele told the court on Tuesday that his estranged wife indulged in acts that were ruining his spiritual calling. “She makes damaging allegations against me […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free. Jamaica’s health ministry confirmed late on Monday that Bolt, who holds world records in the 100m and 200m distance, […]
By Charles Leyeka Lufumpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After demonstrating its resilience during the Ebola outbreak and the global financial crisis, Africa is once again facing a severe test of its strength and agility because of the coronavirus pandemic. The good news is that the continent has entered this crisis in reasonably good shape following decades […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported increase in COVID-19 cases to 52,548 with detection of 321 fresh infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. It said that the number of people with pneumonia-causing coronavirus, who have died in the country, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara on Monday submitted his application to run for a third term after more protests by opponents who say the constitution forbids him to contest the October election. Over the weekend several shops and a timber truck were torched during ethnic violence between Ouattara supporters and opposition in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Talks between West African mediators and Mali’s military coup leaders ended on Monday after three days of discussions without any decision on the make-up of a transitional government, a junta spokesman said. West Africa’s regional bloc dispatched negotiators to Mali at the weekend in a bid to reverse President Ibrahim Keita’s removal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate of the University of Lagos has elected Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as Acting Vice Chancellor. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development Services) polled 135 votes compared to Prof. Ben Oghojafor’s 31 votes. It was gathered one vote was declared void. A total of 167 Professors were at the Senate meeting. Oghojafor is the […]
