(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Grade I Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, on Monday sentenced an unemployed man, Aminu Ali to three months imprisonment for attempting to steal a car wash equipment. The Judge, Salihu Ibrahim, sentenced Ali after he pleaded guilty to attempted theft. Ibrahim, however, gave the convict an option of fine of N10,000. Earlier, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has agreed to release the ousted president, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers said Sunday. Last week’s coup — Mali’s second in eight years — followed months of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi has tested positive for coronavirus. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso announced this on Monday via his Twitter account. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honourable Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has come under criticism as she called for healthcare to be improved in the country. African Examiner reports that Aisha Buhari travelled to Dubai for treatment and returned on Saturday enjoining healthcare providers to take the opportunity of the Federal Government’s N100bn credit support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Oyo State says it has rearrested Sunday Shodipe, the alleged serial killer who escaped from detention at an Ibadan police station. The spokesman of the Oyo State Police Command, Gbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the rearrest of Shodipe to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The 19-year-old suspect, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Polytechnic, Ibadan, says preparations were underway to reopen the institution several months after it was closed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Registrar of the institution, Mrs Modupe Fawale, said this in a statement issued by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Solafoye Adewole, on Sunday in Ibadan. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayern Munich has won the Champions League for a sixth time by beating Paris St Germain 1-0 in Sunday’s final thanks to a goal from former PSG youth academy graduate Kingsley Coman. Coman, France international appeared at the back post to glance home a cross from Joshua Kimmich in the 59th minute, […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has spoken against the reports that he would run for the presidency in 2023 with former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu. The former speaker said in a statement issued in Abuja that the report was falsehood spread by mischief makers. The statement […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension and pandemonium in Enugu city, South- East Nigeria today Sunday, 23rd, August, 2020, as members of the runaway Nnamdi Kanu, led proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, engaged the police in a bloody clash, which left scores feared dead and seriously injured . Trouble, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it had destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the beer was destroyed […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of the Nigeria’s president, Aisha Buhari, has enjoined healthcare providers to take the opportunity of the federal government’s N100 billion credit support in order to reposition the sector. She stated this while speaking after a medical trip to Dubai saying that there is a great need to transform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 601 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 51,905. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. It said that one death was recorded in the country. The NCDC noted that till date, […]
By Alagba Adelagun Abudu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A proposal of Action Points developed from critical analysis of the inherent problems with fighting corruption and evaluation of good practices; relying on my strategic management experiences in both private and public services in Nigeria & England. Further to my recent contributions to the ongoing national discussion about […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the debates on who to speak in the Nigeria Bar Association, 2020 Virtual Annual General Conference (AGC) continue to elicit controversy, Nigerians on social media are having a filled day discussing over the exclusion of Governor El-Rufai as one of the speakers in the event. Recall that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Commission has donated about 4,000 tonnes of food items to the Federal Government for distribution to vulnerable households, to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sangare Sekou, the ECOWAS Commissioner of Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment, disclosed this at the presentation of the items to the Federal Government on […]
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Zimbabwe crisis continues, police on Friday arrested main opposition MDC Alliance party vice chairman Job Sikhala with security forces reportedly targeting about 14 other opposition and civic activists. This comes as another MDC member Lavender Chiwaya, who was a councillor in Hurungwe, a town north of Zimbabwe, […]
By NWA Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, says criticisms against the administration of President Buhari do not change the fact that the president is working. Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Adesina said he knows that the government is serving the country genuinely to the best of its ability saying that […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo as a statesman who is still important for consultations on national issues affecting the country. The Governor, who stated this when he visited the ex-president at his home in Ogun State, stated that Nigerians will always learn from him. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Days after military officers in Mali seized power from President Ibrahim Keita, four soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion in the centre of the country. The AFP, quoting a military source, reports that an explosive device detonated when a vehicle conveying some of the military junta reached Koro, a borderline town […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children above 11 years should wear face masks wherever adults wear them, such as in crowded settings, as a tool against COVID-19 The UN health and children’s agencies say in a guidance document for decision makers that was published Friday evening. The World Health Organization (WHO) and […]
