(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Government Departments and Agencies in Uganda have started demanding proof of full COVID-19 vaccination before allowing access to their premises. The National Medical Stores (NMS) on Friday said all staff and visitors must show proof of full vaccination before admission to their premises. It said the move is in line with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Chiefs of some ECOWAS member countries lamented the misuse of social media which in recent times had become a major trigger of post-election crises. They disclosed this during discussions on “Security Forces and Inclusive, Peaceful Democratic Elections in the ECOWAS Region Consolidation’’ at the on-going ECOWAS Parliament High-level seminar in Winneba, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Government Departments and Agencies in Uganda have started demanding proof of full COVID-19 vaccination before allowing access to their premises. The National Medical Stores (NMS) on Friday said all staff and visitors must show proof of full vaccination before admission to their premises. It said the move is in line with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As G20 leaders prepare to convene in Rome to improve pandemic preparedness, a frontline international not-for-profit organisation, WaterAid has harped on the need for governments, particularly in the poor countries to invest more to enable every citizens wash their hands with soap and water. Currently working in 28 countries to change the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 251 infections and five COVID-19 related death on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total number of infections toll to 208,404. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday morning. The 251 fresh cases reported on Wednesday indicate an increase from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The search for a consensus National Chairman candidate from the North is still on as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders from the region have yet to arrive at an agreement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a meeting of the party’s stakeholders from the Northern region where a consensus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisia’s president unveiled a new government on Monday, but gave no hint when he would relinquish his near total control after seizing most powers in July, or start reforms needed for a financial rescue package to avert economic disaster. Under rules President Kais Saied announced last month when he swept aside much […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Liberia’s Presidential and Legislative elections in 2023, Mr Jawarlah Tonpo, Liberia’s Deputy Minister, Press and Public Affairs, has urged security agencies in the country to redouble their efforts at containing the circulation of Small Arms and Light Weapons. Tonpo made the call in Monrovia, while delivering an address at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has described as unfounded and untrue, the report connecting him to the purchase of a property in London, United Kingdom. Oyetola disclosed that he resigned from the company, ‘Aranda Overseas Corporation’, that was allegedly used to buy the said property in 2011 when he was appointed as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attairu Jega, says that the two major political parties in the country have led Nigeria astray in the last 21 years of democratic governance. Jega disclosed this at the maiden inaugural lecture of Kwaravisioners Network for Rural Development, in Ilorin the Kwara State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, has stated that no candidate from the south will be able to win the 2023 presidential election. Dokpesi disclosed this during an interview with Daily Trust saying that if the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decides to zone the presidency to the south, it will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the recent decision to declare seven of the Organisation’s staff persona non grata and expel them from the country. Guterres said this while addressing the Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 55 people died in a boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities confirmed . Many of people were still missing, spokesperson Jose Misiso said. The overcrowded boat was travelling on the Congo River and capsized close to the town of Bumba in the northern Mongala province in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno state Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated facilities that would facilitate cross border trading between Borno and Cameroon. African Examiner recalls that the violence in northeastern Nigeria has affected more than two million people to vacate their homes and disrupted livelihood opportunities. It has also erased access to basic services, like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates suspends renewal Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global health agency Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Wednesday, welcomed the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation for a wider routine use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The recommendation was based on data gathered through the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says the number and duration of droughts also increased by 29 per cent over the past two decades in Africa as floods and droughts contribute to global water crisis. WMO and partners in a report published on Tuesday said improved water management, monitoring and forecasting were needed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 538 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week. “From Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 538 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya,’’ IOM said. So far this year, a total of 25,823 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Ambassador to Guinea Bissau, Mr John Usanga says there is no record of any Nigerian in any prison in Guinea Bissau. The Envoy disclosed this at the sidelines of the inauguration of a newly constructed Nigeria Chancery building in Bissau, the capital of Guinea Bissau. Usanga said official record of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Sao Tome and Principe is an important and strategic partner to Nigeria. The vice president said that Nigeria’s relationship with the twin-island Central African nation had been growing over the years and would be further strengthened. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the […]
