(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Omicron variant is spreading faster than other variants as it is now present in 77 countries. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at a news briefing at WHO headquarters in Geneva that it would be a mistake to dismiss the COVID-19 strain as mild. “Omicron […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bisi Akande, former interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that some northern elites had asked the party not to field Muhammadu Buhari as presidential candidate in 2015. In his autobiography “My Participations”, Akande stated that some prominent royal fathers from the region were not eager in fielding Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, reacted to a statement by former president Olusegun Obasanjo that President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing more to offer in solving banditry, kidnapping, and general insecurity in the country. Mohammed stated that the statement that Buhari can’t tackle insecurity in Nigeria is fallacious […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Service, DSS, yesterday dared terrorists, their sponsors and other criminal elements causing mayhem in the country to urgently stop all forms of atrocities in the land or be crushed. The DSS warned that the malevolent elements had carried their luck too far and had unwittingly crossed the red […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The naira continued its downward trend as the dollar was sold for N570 in the parallel market on Tuesday. Operators, who spoke to our correspondent, said the dollar was bought and sold for N567 and N570 respectively on Tuesday, compared to N550 and N555 three weeks earlier. Some Bureau de Change Operators […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 37-year-old man, Azeez Ilias, identified as the son of a traditional ruler in the Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, and a woman, identified only as Deborah, have been found dead in a car parked in front of a building in Ago Egun, Idiroko. While they were found naked, their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – The Bauchi Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the attitude of the Federal Government towards the implementation of the 2009 agreement with ASUU is forcing its members to embark on an indefinite strike. The Zonal Coordinator, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, said this at a press conference in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has berated Chief Bisi Akande, over allegations leveled against him in his book, ‘My Participation’. It could be recalled that Akande, a former Governor of Osun State and first chairman of the All Progressives Congress, had last week presented his book to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – TabithaNewLifeFoundation, a non- governmental organization is set to feed 500 widows and widowers at their annual event tagged Dorcas Heart ,’Taking Over” It has been a normal and consistent way of improving life most especially on the part of the less privileged in the society. Reaching out to widows and widowers to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the gruesome murder of the Katsina State Commissioner of Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, at his residence last Wednesday, the state Governor, Aminu Masari, has said Nasir’s death has nothing to do with banditry. This is as he said all States in the Northwest must collaborate to address the security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hanoi People’s Court on Tuesday sentenced Pham Doan Trang, a prominent Vietnamese activist, and dissident who has won European human rights awards, to 9 years in prison. Trang was charged with disseminating “anti-state propaganda,’’ although the authorities dropped another similar charge that would have seen her jailed for up to 20 years. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Gunmen have abducted 70 year old Hajia Zuliehat Raji, the mother of the Chief of Staff to Kogi Governor, Mr Abdulkarim Asuku. The septuagenarian was abducted from her residence at Nagazi in Adavi Local Government Area of the state by the gunmen at about 7.40 p.m. on Monday. An eye-witness, who craved […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Tuesday said that the rate of COVID-19 infections due to the Omicron variant had sky rocked. He said this was signaling that the southwestern African nation was now in the fourth COVID-19 wave. Geingob said this on the 38th occasion of the COVID-19 public briefing on national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The nation’s Total Public Debt rose to N38.005 trillion as at September 30, 2021. This was contained in the debt data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO), this evening. The figure showed that Nigeria’s Public Debt increased from N35.465 trillion at the end of Q2 2021 by N2.540 trillion to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a woman, Christiana Odo, accused of stabbing her husband to death during a fight. Justice Yetunde Adesanya, discharged and acquitted the defendant after the evidence of self defence was established by the testimonies of the witnesses. The judge, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom has said Nigeria and 10 other countries will be removed from its travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. The move follows anger from Nigeria and other African countries, with the United Nations describing the ban on non-UK residents entering England as “travel apartheid.” The British government had on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), enjoys full rights in custody. Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. It could be recalled that IPOB had alleged that Kanu was starved of food […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that President Buhari has done the best he could do and expecting him to do anything more is like beating a dead horse.According to Daily Trust, Obasanjo disclosed this at a retreat on inclusive security organized by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Management of Spa Lavender, Sanus Per Aquam (SPA) has said it opened its new state of the Art health farm facility in Enugu, with a view to be attending to the health related issues of customers. The facility situated inside the new Carlton Swiss Hotel, Independence Layout, Enugu, was officially inaugurated on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dragged former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, over his alleged procurement of a “fabricated” medical report The controversial minister and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress was about 9am marched before Justice O.O Abike-Fadipe by EFCC operatives for […]
