(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixty-four Coronavirus (COVID-19), patients recovered from the infection across Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC, in its report released Sunday midnight via its official Twitter handle, also stated that 79 new cases were recorded across the country. The 79 new infections […]
[AFRICAN EXAMINER] – Forbes’ “Best of Africa” award conferred on business mogul, chairman and director of many topnotch companies, including Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. ‘Hosa, for short) on Friday, September 11, 2020, was very inspirational. It has compelled an obligatory task of reviewing his fascinating trajectory and revisiting the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will soon begin clamp down on unqualified teachers in public and private schools nationwide. The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said with plans to fully […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), on Sunday warned political actors in Edo against violence during the Sept. 19, governorship polls in the state. Its chairman, Sen Kabiru Gaya, handed down the warning when the committee visited the commission’s office in Benin. Gaya said that the committee was in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has urged Nigerians to ignore the attempts by some elder statesmen to cause divisions among well-meaning citizens as President Muhammadu Buhari continued to promote nation’s building and unity of the country. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made the call in a statement in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has dissociated itself from the planned protest by the alleged SouthWest Zone D chapter of the association over the recent hike in fuel pump price and electricity tariff. Mr Azeez Adeyemi, the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta […]
By Bolade Nafisat (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Funding national budget is a tough job especially for decision makers from the Finance Minister, Zainab Shamusuna Ahmed to the Director General of the Budget Office, Benjamin Akabueze. They have the difficult job of attending to needs of several ministries and agencies, with expenditure request often overwhelming available resources. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 160 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 56,177. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday. The 160 new infections were down slightly from 188 recorded on Friday in the country. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pan Niger Delta Forum has enjoined President Buhari to look into the 2014 national conference report and implement it to move the country forward. Speaking in a telephone conversation with the Punch, the forum’s spokesman, Ken Robinson, urged President Buhari to take serious the message of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo seriously. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has enjoined the military to release the 40 repentant militias arrested and imprisoned after killing Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana. Ortom also enjoined the military to also release some official vehicles that were confiscated. African Examiner had initially reported the death of Gana who was shot dead by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has enjoined Igbo leaders staying in Edo to make sure they vote for APC candidate Ize-Iyamu in the upcoming election. Uzodinma stated this when he met with Igbo leaders IN Edo and he stated that the tax policies of Governor Obaseki are anti-Igbo. Uzodimma said: “Obaseki […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that Nigeria under President Buhari is becoming a failed state. African Examiner reports that the former president has been critical of President Buhari’s administration as he had expressed his worries through series of letters. Speaking in an interactive session with some socio-cultural groups in Abuja, Obasanjo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 188 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country with total number of infections now 56,017. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday, adding that one new fatality also raised the death toll to 1,076. The agency said that […]
Representatives of coal mining host communities in Kogi and Benue have, once again decried the increasing environmental, economic and health hazards posed by mining activities in their communities. The group also accused the mining firm in the affected communities of flagrantly perpetuating environmental injustice against their people. The representatives of the communities noted that it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the National Consultative Front which is headed by former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Umar Na’Abba and former presidential candidate, Pat Utomi, on Friday has kicked against the third invitation by the Department of State Services to Obadiah Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in Africa have demanded for a fairer and more transparent global trading system that will support developing countries. No fewer than 200 African CEOs made the demand in a new survey commissioned by the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFRAC), and conducted by African Business magazine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Tallen made her stand public during the Flag-off of National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa on Friday. The minister also advocated stiff penalty for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has called for help over another DSS invitation. According to news reports, Mailafia was invited again by the DSS for the third time. African Examiner recalls that the former CBN deputy governor had made a statement on radio alleging that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian actor and politician, Desmond Elliot, have stated that the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is his godfather and there is nothing wrong in having a political godfather in politics. Desmond Elliot stated this while reacting to Governor Obaseki’s slang of “Edo no be Lagos” campaign strategy. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 197 new cases of COVID-19, with five deaths recorded in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The agency said that the total confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country had reached 55,829. It noted that the […]
