(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has confirmed the release of all the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Masari, who gave the confirmation on Thursday in Katsina, said the students released were 344. The governor added that the government had already sent vehicles to convey the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential Elysee Palace has disclosed that French President, Emmanuel Macron, has tested positive for Covid-19. This was was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday. It reads: “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today. “This diagnosis was made following a PCR test performed at the onset […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Youths under the aegis of the Coalition of Northern Groups on Thursday embarked on a peaceful protest in Katsina State because of the abduction of students of Government Science secondary school, Kankara. African Examiner has earlier reported that over 300 boys were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Friday. Although, the federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has directed public and private schools to vacate on Friday. This directive was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Director General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni. The statement said: “The 2020/2021 first term academic session for public and private […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Like other nations of the globe, Nigeria, the acclaimed giant of Africa with over 200 million population, will not forget in a hurry the devastation and havoc the deadly novel killer pandemic, called Coronavirus, wrecked on various sectors of her economy in year 2020. The deadly infectious Covid 19 disease which was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 930 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The number surpassed the previous record of 796 cases recorded on Dec. 11. The centre said Nigeria has conducted about 859,357 tests […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 15 members of the National youth Service Corps NYSC currently at the orientation camp at Awgu, local government area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, have tested positive for the dreaded Coronavirus, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Obi, has disclosed. He also announced that at least 187 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, has announced the expulsion of one Deacon Okey Ogbodo and 4 other loyalists of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geophery Onyeama from the party. The action according to the party, followed their refusal to withdraw lawsuits filed against the party as earlier […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jubilation erupted at the Seme border as President Buhari on Wednesday directed that 4 Nigeria’s land borders should reopen immediately. The ecstatic residents of the border town celebrated with their motorcycles, vehicles, blowing of horns, and pouring of water on each other to celebrate the announcement. President Buhari had on Wednesday directed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect, Mr Sanusi Kiru, Commissioner for Education announced. Kirk, who gave the directive in a statement issued in Kano, urged parents to take their children from their various schools. “Parents whose children are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court judge has ordered that a magistrate who was presiding over the criminal case of representing Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono be disqualified from the case for failing in his job. Justice Happias Zhou set aside magistrate Ngoni Nduna’s disqualification of Chin’ono’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa and instead disqualified the magistrate from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 758 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country bringing the nation’s total of confirmed cases to 74,132. The country has conducted about 848,194 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced. The public health […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to reports that bandits orchestrated the abduction of over 300 schoolboys from the Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly claimed they are behind the abductions. According to reports, the terrorist group released an audio recording claiming responsibility for the Kankara schoolboys’ abduction, because they wanted to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Ugandan singer turned politician, Bobi Wine, has berated the Ugandan government for the arrest of Nigerian musician, Omah Lay saying that the arrest is an “act of shame by a corrupt regime operating double standards”. African Examiner reports that Uganda police on Sunday had arrested Omah Lay alongside fellow singer, Tems […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus. According to report, the CJN is currently receiving treatment in Dubai. A member of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, made this known during the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dhieue Mathok, South Sudanese Minister of Investment, said on Monday that the government had declared 2021 as a year for investment in a bid to woo foreign investors to the world’s youngest country. South Sudan in Juba on Monday, launched a plan to woo investors into the east African country, with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 201 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Monday. The country has conducted about 848,194 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced. The public health agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the students abducted by unknown gunmen from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, Osama Aminu Maale, has said that that 520 students of the school were abducted by the bandits last Friday. The 18-year-old Maale disclosed this while narating how he escaped from […]
Northern elders have lamented over insecurity in the northern part of the country, saying that the zone is no longer safe for habitation. The elders, under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development, disclosed this in a statement by its National Coordinator, Engr Zana Goni and National Women Leader, Hajiya Mario […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that his condemnation of the National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not be misunderstood to mean that the crisis rocking the party is irredeemable. Governor Wike also disclosed that he won’t be decamping to another political party as he would continue to talk about […]
