(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says no doctor or health worker in Nigeria is owed monthly salary. The Minster of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this at the opening of the meeting of the Presidential Committee on Salaries with the leadership of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna Government has said it has no plan to shut down telecommunication services in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Kaduna by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication. According to the statement, the government has not made such a decision, neither has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has relaxed the curfew in Jos North Local Government. This is contained in a statement issued by Lalong’s Director of Press and Public Affairs , Dr Makut Macham in Jos. Lalong said the curfew in Jos North is now to be enforced from 10p.m. to 6a.m., with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said it has taken its investment portfolio further into Africa’s fast-growing technology infrastructure landscape in order to make far reaching development impact across the continent. Afreximbank is a Pan-African multilateral financial institution mandated to finance and promote intra-and extra-African trade. The bank deploys innovative structures to deliver financing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Piqued by the recent military coup in Guinea, the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) has called for speedy return of democratic governance in strict compliance with the constitution of the Republic of Guinea as well as all applicable laws. WACSOF gave the charge in statement while condemning the September 5 military […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo Information Commissioner Declan Emelumba says the state government is set to receive President Mohammadu Buhari on Thursday in Owerri. African Examiner reports that the president is scheduled to pay a working visit to the state to inaugurate some state-executed projects. Emelumba disclosed on Tuesday in Owerri that the president would inaugurate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has dismissed Dr. Adebayo Mosobalaje, a lecturer at the Department of English Language in the Faculty of Art, who was allegedly found guilty of sexual misconduct against a female student. This was announced in a statement by the university’s Public Relations Officer of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State has disagreed with the practice of open grazing, because herdsmen supposed to learn to graze their cattle in one place. He disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today as he condemned the movement of herders from one part of the country to another […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles continued their 100 per cent record against Cape Verde in their second match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. The Nigerian team won the game 2-1 after staging a comeback. While Victor Osimhen scored Nigeria’s first goal in the 28th minute, the Super Eagles got their second […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced resumption guidelines for the 2021 to 2022 academic session for public and private schools across the State. Schools are expected to resume on September 13, while for Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools students are to resume in batches from September 19. African Examiner in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, says President Muhammadu Buhari is not welcomed to the Southeast. IPOB Director of Socials, Chika Edoziem, announced this in a broadcast as he ordered a sit-at-home order in protest of Buhari’s visit to Imo State . He said: “Nigeria’s president is not welcome in Imo State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have abducted former Zonal Director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmed Abdulkadir, his daughter and three others in an attack on Monday night in Bakori, Katsina State. A colleague of the ace broadcaster disclosed that Mr Abdulkadir was abducted when the bandits stormed Shema quarters, a government estate in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Alagbado in Ijaiye-Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have appealed to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to rehabilitate all roads in deplorable conditions in the area. The residents made the appeal in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday. They said that all the major roads in Ojokoro area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hundreds of bank customers were left stranded on Tuesday as the officials of the Imo State Government shut all the banks on Bank Road in Owerri, the state capital. Our correspondent who visited the area around 9am saw hundreds of banks customers waiting at various banks. Our correspondent saw customised ribbons the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Okwesilieze Nwodo, has cautioned former president Goodluck Jonathan not to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress,( APC), ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Nwodo disclosed this during an interview with Arise News saying that Jonathan would lose his integrity if he defects […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is receiving briefings from the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the Inspector General of Police, and other heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Also attending the meeting are the Ministers of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Justice, Abubakar Malami; Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi; […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Things are looking up for the health sector of the Nigerian economy as President Muhammadu Buhari has successfully constituted a Health Sector Reform Committee to review all healthcare reforms adopted in the past two decades. The committee which is chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will commence the development and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Not less than ten people have died in Magboro Community of Ogun over a suspected Cholera outbreak. African Examiner reports that the suspected Cholera outbreak was first reported on Friday, when a resident of the community living in an uncompleted building died. Two people living with her were said to have died […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) has announced its partnership with Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative to jointly establish a digital academy solely for women. The establishment of the female digital school which is aimed at fostering tech diversity, will educate over 500 women to become technology gurus over the next three to five years. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A woman, Emmanuella Anyanwu, who escaped from the hoodlums on Saturday, has said the gunmen demanded a ransom of N10m shortly before she escaped from the camp where she was kept with four others. Anyanwu, who said she was on her way from Lagos to Imo to bury her husband, stated that […]
