(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised stakeholders and residents of the state to support his administration’s efforts to end the rising wave of violent crimes in the area. Ikpeazu made the call on Friday at the grand finale of the sensitisation campaign against criminal activities held at Mgboko, the headquarters of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight members of a family for the alleged kidnapping of people in Sagamu . Six members of the syndicate comprising the father, Oweniwe Okpara and three of his children: Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha and Emmanuel Joseph […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Nigerian Government to pay over N53 million to a German national, Mr Martin Gegenheimer, for unlawful arrest and detention. The Court’s Communications Department disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, following the judgment of the court on the matter on Thursday. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has unveiled First Global Transfer (FGT) to promote international transfer of funds across its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa. FirstBank Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. Adeduntan said that the FGT initiative was specifically designed to ensure safe, timely and improved […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have pledged to coperate on the development of energy inter-conversion and storage as a catalyst for Nigeria’s economic development and transformation. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, and the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Lawal Suleiman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has enjoined d youths not to copy “vagabonds”, saying that destruction won’t assist them to get to their destinations. Tinubu disclosed this during the inauguration of the Agege-Pen Cinema Bridge. He said: “To all of you youths, if you see the kind […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis landed in war-battered Iraq Friday on the first-ever papal visit, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world’s oldest and most persecuted Christian communities. His plane landed at 1:55 pm (1055 GMT) at Baghdad International Airport, where Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will greet him. “I’m happy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party in the South-West has denied claims that former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called for a reconciliation meeting to resolve the political differences between Governor Seyi Makinde and former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose. The South-West Zonal Director of Media and Publicity of PDP, Lere […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegalese police clashed with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, leaving one person dead, a police official said — the first death in protests sparked by Sonko’s arrest the previous day. Sonko, leader of the opposition party and former presidential candidate, is considered a key potential challenger to President Macky […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegalese police clashed with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, leaving one person dead, a police official said — the first death in protests sparked by Sonko’s arrest the previous day. Sonko, leader of the opposition Pastef party and former presidential candidate, is considered a key potential challenger to President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria, has advised against playing politics with the coronavirus vaccines, as Nigeria commences vaccination. He gave the warning in Abuja at the National Flag-off Ceremony for COVID-19 Vaccination. Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tiger Woods told responding deputies to his single-vehicle crash last week that he did not know how the accident happened and didn’t remember driving. USA Today cited a copy of the search warrant affidavit that was used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to obtain the black box in the SUV […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has kicked against the bill seeking to switch Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. In an interview on Thursday in Benin, Shaibu advised the sponsor of the bill to step it down. According to him, rather than sponsor such bill, the lawmaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LABSCA) has appealed to the Association of Real Estate Developers of Lagos State (AREDOLS), to obey construction guidelines in order to make buildings safe for habitation in the state. A statement by LABSCA spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem said the agency’s General Manager Mr Gbolahan Oki made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – State governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 10). Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti, disclosed this at a virtual news conference on Thursday. Fayemi said that the vaccination was part of resolutions made by the governors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that stay-at-home policies are threatening the mental health of 332 million children worldwide. In a report released on Thursday, UNICEF said the affected children had been caged at home for at least nine months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the agency, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has presented food items, as relief materials to 928 households and 5,568 displaced persons, in the recent Shasa mayhem in Ibadan, Oyo State. Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster, Management and Social Development, presented the items on Thursday. The relief items were presented to Gov. Seyi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Command in Zamfara has rejected the media reports of 40 people killed , 70 nursing mothers and children abducted at Tungar Baushe in the Maru Local Government Area of the state. The denial is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women account for a slightly smaller proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths compared with men, a preliminary analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 28 African countries shows. WHO Regional Office for Africa said this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Brazzaville, Congo on Thursday. According to the statement, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on Wednesday arraigned a fake Chevron Nigeria staff, identified as Mr. Uguru Ozoemena Justus, before Justice Phoebe Msuan Ayua of the Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state He was arrainged on one count Charge of obtaining money by false pretense to the […]
