(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, commended the nation’s security and intelligence agencies and the government of Niger state for their responses in securing the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of 12 out of the over 50 boarding schools in the state to ensure the safety of the students. Malam Muhammad Kiru, the state Commissioner for Education, confirmed this on Friday in Kano. According to him, the decision to close the schools followed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the UN General Assembly Amb. Volkan Bozkir has added his voice to the growing condemnation of Friday’s abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria. “I am shocked by today’s kidnapping of 317 girls from their school in northwest Nigeria,” Bozkir tweeted on Friday evening. “This is the third […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Loval Government Area of Niger, have been released It recalls that 42 persons were abducted by suspected bandits on Feb. 17. The students who arrived Minna amidst tight security were taken to the Niger State Development Company suite to freshen up before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has announced the closure of all boarding schools in the state to prevent another re- occurrence of abductions to other schools Matawalle made the announcement in a statewide broadcast on Friday in Gusau. The Governor said that the decision was the outcome of the abduction of 317 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 600 new cases of the Coronavirus （COVID-19）, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 155, 076. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The agency also registered 11 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total number of fatality […]
By Andres Vega (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angolan lawmakers last week approved the revision of current legislation, allowing for oil and gas pre-exploration studies to be carried out in some areas previously designated as natural reserves. The government however stressed, that this law was by no means a relaxation of the stringent environmental provisions required for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid Nigeria and Heineken Africa Foundation have assisted 21 milllion Nigerians across six states in protecting themselves against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. The support was delivered through the completion of a seven-month project that expanded hygiene access for marginalised and vulnerable communities in Bauchi, Benue, Ekiti, Enugu, Kaduna and Oyo states. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,869,522 as of Friday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. According to the continental disease control and prevention agency’s COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 102,843 as of Friday. A total […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed the application of a third-party applicant, representing 6,500 parties seeking inclusion to benefit from a N50 billion consent judgment of the court. The court had awarded a consent judgement on the matter in 2017, ordering N50 billion as compensation to the victims of remnants of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States on Friday slapped a visa ban on 76 Saudi individuals in what it calls the “Khashoggi Ban”. This followed a U.S. intelligence report accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the 2018 gruesome murder of exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who announced the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pen-cinema flyover will be formally opened for public use next week, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured. He disclosed this at the opening of the 16th executive/legislative parley organised by the Office of Civic Engagement. It is the second in Sanwo-Olu’s administration. Governor Sanwo-Olu noted the parley would help set the tone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Police Command in partnership with the military have embarked on a rescue mission to save the abducted 317 Government Girls Science Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Marafa LGA Zamfara ,who were kidnapped in the early hours of today The Commissioner of Police CP Abutu Yaro, the Force Commander […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM),Ondo State Chapter has directed its members to embark on a 3 day warning strike from March 1 over the percentage payment of their salaries by the state government. NANNM gave the directive in a letter dated Feb. 26 signed by its State Secretary, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unidentified hoodlums have set the Aboh Mbaise Divisional Police Headquarters ablaze in Imo State as police men on duty fled for their dear lives The hoodlums who, according to sources were carrying inflammable objects, threw them at the police formation and ignited the environment. The development caused pandemonium in the area, as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared war on insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals that constitute threat to innocent citizens without resorting to ethnic profiling and tasked security agents to be alert The President spoke at a joint security meeting of Northern State Governors’ Forum, Northern Traditional Rulers Council and a Federal Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Canadian government says it is worried by the multiple hotel sexual assaults involving travelers during COVID-19 quarantine enforcement, but will continue with the programmes, cabinet ministers told the House of Commons. To date, two women have been assaulted after being subject to government quarantine measures. A woman identified as “Sarah” was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen have attacked and abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A staff of the school, who begged for anonymity, said the bandits arrived in the school around 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 12 hour curfew has been imposed by the Enugu State Government in Oruku community in Nkanun East Local Government area following the crisis that claimed the lives of two community leaders The Commissioner for Information, Mr Chidi Aroh disclosed this on Thursday in a statement in Enugu. Aroh said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, says the state has received “little or no support” from the federal government for the rescue of the abducted students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara. The African Examiner had reported that bandits had abducted over 27 students, three staff, and 12 family members […]
