Read the full article Below: Enemy of The State, By Femi Adesina (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an American Congressman, and the tape of the plot was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Egyptian army said an explosive hit an armoured carrier in the volatile northern province of Sinai on Thursday, killing or injuring 10 members of the military. Among the casualties were two officers and eight soldiers, a spokesman said on the army’s Facebook page without specifying how many people had been killed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Royal Dutch Shell RDSa cuts its dividend for the first time in 80 years and suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme following the collapse in global oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said this in a statement issued on Thursday in London. “Given […]
… Shareholders ratify N1.00 Total Dividend (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) held its Annual General Meeting virtually by proxy on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – a first in UBA’s seventy-one year history. The meeting, which had in attendance shareholders, management and staff members, together with representatives of […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has appealed to the Nigerian federal government to as a matter of urgency, expedite action on arrangements to bring back home over 300 of its citizens who went on a business trip to Guangzhou, China, but are presently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five police officers attached to the Obudu Divisional Police Office in Cross River State, have been accused of extra-judicial killing and unlawful shooting of Superintendent Amawu Gabriel Anang on March 10, 2020. Ironically, the deceased, prior to his gruesome murder, was a Superintendent of Police and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Nigerian Police Force, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared the air on the alleged appointment of a ‘dead’ man from Ebonyi as member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC). The party made the clarification at a news conference on Wednesday in Abakaliki by Mr Eze Nwachukwu, the Ebonyi Chairman of the party. This followed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prime Minister Nuno Nabian of Guinea-Bissau and several other senior officials have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the Lusa news agency reported on Wednesday. Nabian and at least three other members of his government are infected, Lusa quoted Health Minister Antonio Deuna as saying in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has placed some members of staff on mandatory leave pending the conclusion and outcome of the on-going forensic audit. A statement from the commission says the action is based on the advice of the Lead Consultant on the Forensic Audit exercise, which has been accepted by […]
By Muyiwa Bamidele (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Senate committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has appealed to the Security operatives saddled with responsibility of enforcing National Center for Disease Control and World Health Organisation Protocols on containment of corona virus to do it with human face. Ekiti Central […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 195 new cases of COVID -19 in the country. According to the agency in its daily briefing late Tuesday, Lagos State recorded the highest number of 80 new cases. NCDC announced that 38 new cases were also recorded in Kano, […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned medical practitioner Dr. Chidi Ezeihu, from the University of Nigeria, (UNN) Nsukka, Enugu state, has urged the Federal government and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), to as matter of urgency carry out a clinical trial of his therapy, researched for the cure of the dreaded coronavirus […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 45-year-old man, Mr. Osita Ezuruike in Umudafa, Awo Mbieri, Mbaitoli local government Area of Imo state, South- East Nigeria, has committed Suicide. The state police public Relations officer, PPRO, Mr. Ikeokwu, Godson Orlando, who confirmed the sad story to newsmen on Tuesday, via a statement issued in Owerri, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved US$3.4 billion in emergency financial assistance to support Nigeria in addressing economic impact of COVID-19 shock and the sharp fall in oil prices. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Fund said that the support, under the Rapid Financing Instrument, would help […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared Friday, May 1, 2020 as public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, made the declaration Tuesday on behalf of FG. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Barr. Georgina Ehuriah, Aregbesola commended Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President Ahmad Lawan has appointed Senator Ajibola Basiru (Osun Central) as the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs. Lawan announced the new appointment Tuesday at the close of plenary. Senator Basiru is taking over as spokesperson from the Vice Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman and managing director of Lee Engineering Group and Allied Companies Limited Chief (Dr) Leemon IKPEA has consoled with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari. Mr Kyari died from Covid-19 related complications last week and his death has drawn flood of sympathy messages within […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the gradual relaxation of the lockdown directive by President Muhammadu Buhari due to ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, schools resumption across the country for normal academic activities may still be delayed. Speaking during an interview on a private TV station (TVC), the Special Assistant to President on Media and Publicity, Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has approved the N850bn loan request made by President Muhammadu Buhari. The loan request according the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan while reading the official communication from Mr. President, Tuesday at the plenary is meant to finance capital projects stated in the 2020 budget. President Buhari’s request is to seek the Senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There were serious protests in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents of the area trooped out to protest the continuous lockdown, ordered by the Federal Government in the state. While some of the youths carried placards pleading that the lockdown be stopped, others shouted at […]
