(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement credited to the Osun State commandant of the Amotekun security outfit, Amitolu Shittu, that the agency would not tolerate indecent dressing and bastardizing of Yoruba language by the youths, has set the social media blaze. According to Shittu, when the outfit begins full operation in March 2021, it will clampdown […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its readiness to support indigenous fleet owners to enjoy greater patronage and participation in the oil and gas maritime business in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, gave the assurance while playing host to members of the Nigerian Fleet Implementation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Arik Air has sacked 300 staff from their positions. The airline disclosed this in a statement on Friday as it blamed the impact of Covid-19 pandemic as the cause. According to Arik, a redundancy package would be given for the affected workers through the help of the aviation unions. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Customary Court sitting in Ile-Tuntun, Ibadan, on Friday, dissolved the marriage between one Rowland Ogunebo and his estranged wife, Blessing, on grounds of indecent dressing, disrespect and adulterous lifestyle. The court’s President, Chief Henry Agbaje, granted Rowland’s request for the dissolution of his five-year-old marriage to Blessing, after listening to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered that the arrested fugitive and former Chairman, the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, be remanded at a correctional centre, pending conclusion of his trial. Justice Okon Abang gave the order following counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now set for the Isi Uzo state constituency bye election, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday took delivery of sensitive electoral materials for the poll scheduled to hold on Saturday 5th, December 2020. Our correspondent who was at the Enugu branch office of the Central Bank of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 343 new infections of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The agency also reported two additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 1,179. It said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Civil Society groups in Enugu state, Southeast, Nigeria, and implementing partners of a foreign non-governmental organization, (NGO), ‘Solidaridad’ have stressed the need for women, youths, immigrants’ involvement in palm oil business. They also urged state actors in Enugu state to put in place policies that would assist in addressing problems relating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ZIMBABWE’S Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has launched a five-year strategic plan which it hopes to use to salvage an image battered by corruption and bad governance. The past few months have been darker for the commission which saw two High Court judges, one fired and the other suspended for acting in manner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has stated that the next president of Nigeria should come from the Southern part of the country. Shekarau, disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared on Channels Television saying that by 2023, President Buhari who is from the northern part of the country, would have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to provide adequate funds for purchase and administration of COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The upper chamber equally directed its Committees on Health and Primary Health Care to invite the Ministry of Health and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to present to it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been carted back to Nigeria preparing to face his ongoing money laundering trial. African Examiner recalls that security operatives of the Nigerian Intelligence Service and anti-corruption agents, on Monday evening, nabbed Abdulrasheed Maina in Niger republic. Maina failed repeatedly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government, Chief Nimizuo Urouoaye, on Thursday bemoaned the takeover of the collection of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the council area by the Bayelsa government. Urouoaye spoke at the Yenagoa Local Government Secretariat during the citizen’s input towards the preparation of the council’s 2021 budget and briefing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti state last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released. NAN reports that the expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the new Ado Ekiti-Iyin Ekiti road, was abducted last Friday at the site by gunmen who also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says that the warning by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 against Christmas carols to prevent a second wave of the virus is insensitive. This was made known by the Vice-Chairman (Northern region) of the body, Rev. John Hayab on Wednesday. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, says that the military is overwhelmed stressing the need for local communities to be involved in the fight against insurgency. Fayemi, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), disclosed this when he and some governors paid a visit to Babagana Zulum, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has sacked the political appointees he employed from Ivo local government area, where the former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim comes hails from. African Examiner reports that the governor and the former senate president have been at loggerheads after Governor Umahi defected from the People’s Democratic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 122 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health Agency stated that the new infection were reported from 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In obvious recognition of its brand acceptance and its role in facilitating economic development across Africa, six subsidiaries of pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have been named ‘Bank of the Year 2020’ by the Banker Magazine, leading global finance news publication published by Financial Times of London. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out from next week. “The Government has today accepted the recommendation from the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use,” […]
