President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of three more orthopedic hospitals across the country. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the official inauguration of the Primary Health Care(PHC) Leadership Challenge at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja. The event was organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) in partnership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified bodies and arresting three male suspects. The Command, in a press statement signed by the Deputy Spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, said the arrest was possible through […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African health department on Wednesday appealed to citizens to overcome religious and cultural influences hindering donations of organs correctly. Foster Mohale, the spokesperson for the department said around 2,780 people were waiting for organ donations at present and transplants in the country, the organs included kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended the ongoing strike by two weeks. Mr Godfrey Abah, the Chairman, FCT chapter of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) said this in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. Abah said that the suspension followed a meeting held with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recently launched Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) tool is aimed at accelerating data collection and to greatly speed up project implementation in Uganda. Apart from tackling project delay, the new digital platform will improve the collection of project-related data particularly in projects being that are supported by the African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have reiterated the need for stakeholders to collaborate in Nigeria’s digital identity efforts. A statement signed by Nigeria Digital ID4D’s Communications Manager, Dr. Walter Duru said the two organisations made their position known following a courtesy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seven – man Reconciliation Committee set up by the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC ,as part of efforts to go into the 2023 general elections, has urged aggrieved members with pending court cases arising from state congresses to withdraw all the litigations as well as stop further […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, on Wednesday explained why there was drop in electricity supply in the country. According to him, gas supply has been a major issue affecting the generation and supply of electricity. Aliyu spoke while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting presided […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Wednesday, gathered at the residence of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta as the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu visited the former President. Tinubu arrived at the Penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke- Mosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The picture of veteran Nigerian singer, Femi Kuti and Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has made many supporters of the former governor of Anambra State happy. African Examiner recalls that Femi Kuti had earlier stated that he disliked the name “Obidient”, which is the name supporters of Peter Obi called themselves. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with family of veteran journalist and former Chief Press Secretary to military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Chief Duro Onabule, who passed on Tuesday at 83. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari condoled with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll from the recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 75, the country’s National Council for Civil Defense said Tuesday. In addition, 30 people were injured, while 12,551 homes destroyed and 20,751 others damaged during the rain, the council said in a statement. The UN Office for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rotation of peacekeeping troops in and out of Mali has resumed after a month’s suspension by the Malian government, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. The rotations began Monday with a contingent from Bangladesh, said Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. No fewer than 400 soldiers from Senegal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Morocco police have arrested four suspects, aged between 20 and 30, for deliberately starting a huge forest fire in the north of the country on Monday, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. The fire has burned more than 90 hectares of the Kodiat Tifour forest in the province of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan security authorities on Tuesday appealed to the citizens and the business community to resume their normal daily activities following the conclusion of the Aug. 9 general elections. Joseph Kinyua, Head of the Public Service and Chairperson of the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC), made the call in a statement. “I, therefore, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again gunmen unleash terror in kwara state, abducting six travelers . The abductors, numbering about five, were said to have waylaid the vehicle conveying the victims around Obo-Ile/Osi road, Ekiti local government area of the state on the fateful around 11.15pm. However, four of the victims on board the Hummer Bus with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission. “The meet with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Rear Admiral Yaminu Ehinomen Musa (retired) as the pioneer Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. The NCTC is established in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder and creative director of Lagos-based brand Lohije, Gift Raji who won Fashionomics Africa’s $3,000 prize for sustainable fashion, has said that her brand’s emergence as winner of competition is more that money. Fashionomics Africa is an initiative of the African Development Bank to increase Africa’s participation in the global textile […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s electricity supply crisis could go from bad to worst Wednesday as the organised labour has directed workers in the power sector to drop their tools and begin an indefinite strike over pending labour issues with the Transmission Company of Nigeria. The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Tuesday gathered on […]
