(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s tally of people infected with the COVID-19 pandemic has hit 61,558, with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), confirming 118 new cases on Monday. The infections were recorded in nine states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC, which disclosed this via its official Twitter handle, also announced the discharge of 86 patients […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst the ongoing #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in South Africa has lent its voice to the call for a holistic reform of the Nigerian policing system. The nationwide protest was triggered by call for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a tactical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat musician and activist, has stated that the ongoing nationwide #EndSARS protest is no longer about the banning of Special Anti-Robbery Squad and reformation of the police as the protests have gone beyond that. Seun stated that it was necessary the government listen to the demands of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to the #EndSARS protesters to leave the roads and opt for dialogue. The Governor made the appeal Monday at the swearing-in of members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution at the State House in Marina. Mr Sanwo-Olu admitted that the pain expressed, and concerns […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the attacks on a prison facility and police station in the capital Benin City, the Edo State Government has imposed an indefinite 24-hour curfew across the State. The order to this effective was contained in a press statement signed Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, the curfew is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, over the weekend stormed formations of the recently disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state and granted three persons being held in their cells unconditional bail. The detainees were said to have committed minor and bailable offences, but were being in the SARS cells. Obiano’s action […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan authorities on Sunday announced the recovery of 12 unidentified bodies in mass graves in the city of Tarhuna, some 90 km south of the capital Tripoli. Abdul-Aziz Jafri, spokesman for the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons, told Xinhua that the 12 bodies were recovered from five newly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group clamouring for the enthronement of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in the next political dispensation, under the platform of South East for President 2023 (SEFORP2023) has been dragged to an Enugu High Court for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians. In an originating summon document made available to newsmen in Enugu […]
Photo: Zim’s Exiled Close Allies: Patrick Zhuwao (Left), Jonathan Moyo (Centre) And Saviour Kasukuwere (Right) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe is planning countrywide mass demonstrations against economic and political sanctions imposed on the country by USA and European Union countries. The US imposed financial and travel sanctions on Zimbabwe while EU countries-imposed travel bans, arms embargo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 133 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday The country recorded two new casualties bringing the total death toll to 1,125. The agency said that 54 patients were discharged from isolation centres […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has bemoaned the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic, saying that it has aggravated the spate of hunger in the North-East region of Nigeria. The ICRC said COVID-19 has placed an additional strain on the vulnerable communities in the region, where the decade-long armed conflict […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born lawyer and minister of justice in a Canadian province, Kaycee Madu, has joined the #EndSARS protest as he stated that his cousin, Chrisantus Korie, was murdered by the police in Nigeria in 2013. Madu disclosed this on Saturday as he took to his Twitter handle lamenting that the murder of his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council (NECO) has postponed Paper I Computer Studies Practical scheduled for tomorrow – Monday, October 19, 2020, until Monday, November 16. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the NECO Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Mr. Azeez Sanni. Specifically, Mr. Sanni pointed out that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 113 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Saturday, stated that total infections now stand at 61,307. A total of 14 states recorded the 113 infections in the country in the last […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the October 31st, 2020, Isi-Uzo state constituency bye election in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, the opposition All progressive congress APC, has expressed optimism of emerging victorious in the contest, urging the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to allow the electorate votes count in the poll. The party, however, appealed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has disclosed that it is about to begin its annual exercise “Crocodile Smile” aim at identifying, tracking, and “counter negative propaganda” circulating in the social media and the cyberspace. This was disclosed in a statement by the army spokesman, Musa Sagir, who disclosed that the exercise will start from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Catholic archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Adewale Martins, has enjoined the federal government not to send the Nigerian Army to stop the #EndSARS protesters protesting across the country. The African Examiner recalls that the army had declared its intention to join other security forces in the country to enforce law and order. Reacting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An head-on collision between a 40feet container truck and a petrol tanker has resulted into an explosion on the Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The accident occurred at 2.00 a.m. when the 40fit containerised truck, loaded with fabric, had a brake failure while moving inward Berger. In the process, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 212 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday. A total of eight states have recorded 212 infections in the country in the last 24 hours. According to the agency, the 212 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has refuted reports in a section of the media alleging that it paid bribe to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and provided funds for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to buy votes in the just concluded Ondo State gubernatorial election. In a press release by […]
