(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the death of its former Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru. Dr. Baru, a Mechanical Engineer, died after a brief illness, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Dr. Kennie Obateru stated this in a release today (Saturday). The release said NNPC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old daughter in Lugbe area of Abuja. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Mr Bala Ciroma, disclosed on Friday this at a media briefing in Abuja. Ciroma said the suspect was mentally stable and had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the release of Mr Mathew Omonigho, a journalist working with Daily Post newspapers who was arrested by the police in Delta. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement in Lagos on Friday. “The Inspector General of Police Squad on May […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mr George Mbessey, the Commandant, Benue State Vigilante Group (BSVG), following a petition over alleged conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of N449.5 million public funds. The EFCC Makurdi Zonal Office Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale said in a statement made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Taiwanese envoy in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, on Friday donated about 50,000 medical masks to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control( NCDC). Yang, while handing over the consignment to the Head of NCDC Lagos office, Mrs Olajumoke Babatunde, said Nigeria would soon receive another consignment of 100,000 masks from Taiwan. ”The donation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered assets worth N81.23 billion In the last one year. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a media briefing to mark the first anniversary of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term administration. Mohammed who said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Twitter said Friday that President Donald Trump violated its rules against glorifying violence when he tweeted about protests over the death of George Floyd. The company, which is already embroiled in a dispute with the president over what is acceptable on the platform, did not remove the tweet. On Thursday, with fires burning […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of Kaduna State governor, Hadiza Isma el-Rufai, is trending on Twitter for not using her role as the first lady of her state to condemn the killings in Kaduna last week. It was recalled that more than a dozen of people were killed last week in Kaduna […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda’s High Court has sentenced a former mayor, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, for life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide. According to reports, Ntaganzwa, who was the former mayor of southern Nyakizu was arrested in DR Congo five years ago and he was found guilty of personally leading a series of […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohmmed, has refuted claims that the ventilators President Donald Trump promised Nigeria has arrived the country. According to Lai Mohammed, if the ventilators come into the country, it will be announced publicly. It will be recalled that President Donald Trump in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the major reshufflement affected 110 senior officers, consisting of 33 Rear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire tore through an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala on Thursday leading to the hospitalisation of three prisoners with serious burns, a local fire chief said. Firefighters, backed up by the Police, were able to contain the blaze and stop it spreading beyond New Bell jail, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 182 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total active cases for Nigeria now stand at 6,064. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 28, 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and five deaths were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Professor of Petroleum Economics, Chijioke Nwaozuzu, has stated that the federal government would need to significantly increase its expenditure and mobilise about $40 billion to stimulate the Nigerian economy and bailout small and big businesses. He stated that this will prevent the country’s economy from plunging deeper into recession, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has cautioned the board of the African Development Bank to ignore calls for an independent investigation of its President, Akinwumi Adesina, by the United States Government stressing that the organization followed due process. In a letter dated May 26 to Kaba Niale, Chairman of the AfDB board of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has maintained that the State is free of confirmed cases of COVID-19. While reacting to the daily update reported last (Wednesday) night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which claimed the State has recorded two confirmed cases, the State Commissioner for health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, in a […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of Police Commissioners in Edo, Ondo and Oyo States. The development is contained in a statement issued Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The release reads in part: “The IGP has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector general of police has announced the reorganization of the Nigeria police force, creating a unit from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), and five new zonal commands, among changes. African Examiner reports that the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will be removed from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to become […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Bishop Joseph Masin, the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by gunmen in Lafia. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. Longe said the bishop was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After several meetings, the Premier League season is set to restart Wednesday, June 17, 2020. The restart match is between Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal. The matches are the two games in hand. With these as resumption matches, a full fixture list would be played in the weekend […]
