(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 410 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,895. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle, said four deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said that a multi-sectoral […]
Photo: Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Credit: @Reuters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on live television in the early hours of Wednesday morning following a military coup. “I’ve decided to leave my post,” he said, clad in traditional clothing and a medical mask to protect against the coronavirus. The president and […]
By Daniel Jones, Harare (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jailed Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who was arrested a month ago for allegedly inciting public violence, was on Tuesday dealt a blow after a court ordered that his defence lawyer permanently recuses herself from the case. Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna disqualified Beatrice Mtetwa from representing Chin’ono, accusing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Government has returned 78 destitutes and beggars to their states of origin. The state Commissioner for social development and women affairs, Hajia Fatima Kabir-Buba, disclosed while addressing a news conference in Lokoja. She said that the destitute were evacuated from different parts of Lokoja, the state capital and returned to […]
Photo: President Buhari Receives Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan And ECOWAS Delegation On Mali Crisis. Credit: @Sundayaghaeze By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the call by the Republic of Mali’s main opposition, M5 to President Ibrahim Keita to resign and vacate office. A former President and Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected gunmen have abducted two sons of a former Commissioner in Zamfara, (North West Nigeria), Alhaji Bello Dankande, and two others, including an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC). The Spokesman of the State’s Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, told newsmen in Gusau, the State’s capital that the gunmen killed […]
Photo: (R-L) The immediate past National President of the Companion, Bar. Musibau Oyefeso; The Secretary to the group’s Zakat Committee, Alhaji Layi Baruwa and immediate past National President, Association For Hajj and Umrah Operators of Nigeria (AHUON), Alhaji Abdul Fatah Abdul Majeed. By Tajudeen Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the likely surge in […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 15 people have been arrested by the police for allegedly attacking the convoy of the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma on Monday in Owerri. Reports say, the governor was on his way to the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Yobe on Tuesday said the abducted District Head of Mashio, Alhaji Isa Mai-Buba, has been released by his captors. Mashio is a district under Fune Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, made the disclosure in a statement released in Damaturu. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian music star, Wizkid, has ‘smiled’ his way into the ears of Barack Obama, making the former U.S. president’s 2020 summer playlist. Wizkid, whose real name is Ayodeji Balogun, is at No. 15 with his new single “Smile”, featuring American Grammy winner, H.E.R. Obama shared the selection with his followers on Twitter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 417 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,485. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. According to it, two deaths were recorded in the country. The NCDC said […]
Photo: Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has debunked ongoing reports of suspension of Mr Bassey Nkposong, the Managing Director, Cross River Basin Development Authority. Adamu in a statement on Monday, said the Governing Board of the river basin had no right to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mozambique officially assumed the rotating presidency of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Monday. In the speech of taking office at the opening ceremony of SADC’s 40th summit virtually held in Maputo, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, thanked the member countries for the honour and trust given to his country to assume […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies Promo season 2 has produced 60 millionaires spread across the nation, thereby cushioning the effects and impact of COVID-19 on businesses and families according to the company’s Director of Marketing, Mrs. Funmi Sanni. She said that more winners are expected to emerge in the coming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it may respond to some of the issues raised by the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal when it is availed of the full judgment of the case. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, stated this in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sacked Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri has vowed to appeal the ruling on Monday, of the State’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Governor Diri’s acting Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah in a statement shortly after the ruling by three-man panel said he has ‘’implicit’’ confidence in the judiciary that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, says international flights, suspended by the nation’s aviation authorities as a result of the global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will resume on Aug. 29, 2020. He announced this at Monday’s briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, adding that Nigeria’s international airports […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC gubernatorial aspirant in the last Election in Balyelsa, David Lyon, has taken center stage on Twitter as a Tribunal in Abuja annulled the election of Governor Diri of Bayelsa State. African Examiner had initially reported that the tribunal had nullified the election of the candidate of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Super Eagles Skipper, John Mikel Obi has joined Stoke City. The club confirmed the development Monday in its official website. The posted read: “The Nigerian international midfielder joins Morgan Fox, James Chester and Steven Fletcher in checking in at the bet365 Stadium ahead of the 2020/21 Championship season’’. The Club […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja Monday and met behind the closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. Oshiomhole arrived at the Villa for the meeting at about 2:50pm. The purpose of the meeting was not […]
