(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday issued a stern warning to those bent on destroying the country through promoting insurrection and burning down critical national assets: a rude shock awaits them, and very soon too. The President spoke after he received briefing from Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The demand for camel milk has gone up in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in the past year, amid a quest to boost immunity against COVID-19, Industry leaders said on Tuesday, as World Milk Day was observed. Bashir Warsame, founder of the Nairobi-based camel milk and camel yoghurt producer, Nuug Camel Milk, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zambia has approved five COVID-19 vaccines to be administered on citizens as a preventive measure against the pandemic, a government official said on Tuesday. The vaccines include China’s Sinopharm, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca Covishield, AZD 12225-Korea AstraZeneca, and Pfizer Biotech. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health in charge of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has extended the commencement of the new Passport regime earlier scheduled for June 1 by one week. Spokesperson for the agency, Mr Amos Okpu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The service had announced the suspension of receiving and […]
…Heirs Insurance, Heirs Life To Offer Reliable Insurance To Nigerians (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heirs Holdings (HH) announced the Group’s transformative insurance industry play, with the launch of Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA), on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at the companies’ Victoria Island headquarters in Lagos. Heirs Holdings will bring a dynamic, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has passed a Bill upgrading the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Ogun to a University of Technology. This followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund at plenary on Tuesday. Presenting the report, a member of the committee, Sen. Sadiq Sulaiman(APC- Kwara) said there […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined the nation’s security and intelligence agencies to expedite efforts in ensuring the recovery of the 200 children kidnapped from an Islamic school in Niger State. It could be recalled that bandits attacked Islamiyya School at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State at the weekend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization on Tuesday approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. “WHO today validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies and communities the assurance that it meets international standards for safety, efficacy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malaysia on Tuesday began a two-week total lockdown, with only essential services and some sectors allowed to operate on a limited basis as the country struggled against a surge in COVID-19 infections. The government had mobilised some 70,000 members of the police force and the agencies under the Home Ministry to ensure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Non-doctors under the auspices of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), University College Hospital, Ibadan Branch, on Tuesday commenced an indefinite strike. The union, made up of professionals in the health sector such as; Medical Laboratory Scientists, Physiotherapists, Radiographers, Dieticians and Dental Technologists, embarked on the strike to protest the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American rap artiste, Lil Loaded, the voice behind the 2019 viral summer hit song “6locc 6a6y” has died at 20. The Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed his death on Monday to USA TODAY that the young rapper, who’s legal name was Dashawn Robertson, had died. However, the officials did not reveal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged northerners to suspend plans of travelling to the south-east. In a statement issued on Monday, by Mr Audu Ogbe, chairman of the forum, stated that the travel advisory became necessary following the killing of Ahmed Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Gulak, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu has written the Senate seeking its confirmation of Maj.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Buhari’s request is contained in a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read during Tuesday’s plenary. The letter reads: I hereby forward for confirmation by the Senate, the appointment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Katumba Wamal, on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt, the local broadcaster NBS News has reported. The news outlet however said that Wamal lost his daughter and driver in the failed assassination attempt. According to the news outlet, Wamala’s car was shot in a suburb […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Ebonyi arrested six suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and recovered five locally made pistols with 12 live ammunition from them. Police spokesperson in the state, DSP Loveth Odah, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Odah said the suspects were arrested during operations on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma, is dead. Obioma died in his house on London Street, Dutsen Kura area of Minna, Niger, on Monday evening after a brief illness, this is contrary to many news reports that say the late registrar was killed by gunmen. A […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pledged to pay over 7000 students bursary, as parts of activities to mark his 100 days in office. The Secretary to the State Government, (SSG), Princess Oladunni Odu, said this at a news conference to reel out programmes marking the 100 days Akeredolu in office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that it is currently considering equity participation in a number of private refineries in the country in line with a Federal Government policy directive which stipulates the mandatory participation of the Corporation in any privately-owned refinery that exceeds 50,000 barrels per day capacity in keeping […]
