(AFRRICAN EXAMINER) – An estimate of 43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR COVID-19 test results in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. The Agency said testing operations provided by Immensa Health Clinic at its laboratory in Wolverhampton have been suspended. “It has been suspended following an investigation into reports of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said deaths from Tuberculosis (TB), one of the top infectious killers in the world, increased for the first time in a decade, as a direct result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. WHO’s 2021 Global TB report highlighted how years of global progress in tackling the disease had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said plans were on the way to set up mass vaccination centres across the country. This came as Nigeria was ranked as the worst performing country in West Africa in the global effort to defeat inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Federal Government has been charged to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the largest private aid organizations in Germany, Welthungerhilfe has hinted that more than 800 million people are currently going hungry around the world. Welthungerhilfe is politically independent and non-denominational organization that is fighting hunger around the world and is focusing it works around the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger […]
(AFRIAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that all television stations across the country will be tasked to adopt the use of sign language interpreters. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this on Thursday at the 2021 annual lecture organised by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in partnership with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Enugu State, says it has arrested three suspects in connection with alleged murder of Mr Chika Nwobodo at Ogbozinne-Ndiagu in Akpugo community of Nkanu West Local Government Area. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed this in a statement in Enugu. Ndukwe said that Nwobodo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced that the ongoing repair of the Airport Flyover Bridge along Apapa/Oshodi Expressway has been rescheduled for completion by October 2021. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. Oladeinde said the completion of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has named Prof. Kayode Adebowale, the new substantive Vice Chancellor of the 73-year-old university. Adebowale, a professor of Chemistry and the current Deputy Vice Chancellor, administration was announced on Thursday by the Governing Council. The Chairman, UI Governing Council, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, confirmed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has upheld the candidacy of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. A panel of the apex court, in a judgment on Thursday dismissed the appeal against an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which upheld the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to abide by his oath of office by calling on the police not to disrupt upcoming #EndSARS protests. Falana, who is the Interim Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, said this in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 2Baba, the Nigerian singer, has pleaded with the youth in Anambra to shun violence during the November 6 governorship poll. Insecurities — coupled with the activities of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the crackdown by security operatives — have heightened the tension in the southeast over the past months. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Adamawa have arrested a man (name withheld) from Mayo -Belwa town in Mayo -Belwa Local Government Area for the alleged disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, Spokesperson of the state police Command, confirmed the arrest on Thursday. ”The suspect is in police custody and investigation into the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Edo has rescued 51 kidnap victims in different operations across the state. Mr Phillip Ogbadu, the state Commissioner of Police, disclosed this in Benin . Ogbadu said that the victims were rescued between July and September from various bushes in the state where they were held hostage by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Syrian soldier was killed and three others wounded in an Israeli airstrike in central Homs province. Syrian TV and the state-run Syrian News Agency (SANA) said that shortly after midnight Israeli strikes hit the eastern countryside of Homs, targeting a communications tower and surrounding points. According to the report, the attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The absence of Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday delayed the re-arraignment of former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over alleged N400 million fraud. The court fixed Sept. 28 for Metuh’s re-arraignment, following Justice Egwuatu’s inability to sit on that day. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State says it will soon begin enforcement of installation speed limit devices on articulated vehicles plying the Ore-Benin expressway to curtail road crashes. Mr Sikiru Alonge, the Ore Unit Commander of FRSC disclosed in Ore that the move was aimed at reducing road accidents which […]
(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) – The president of the fifth assembly and former Nigeria senator , Ken Nnamani has put his thoughts, experiences in the national assembly during his tenure into a book titled standing strong. He stated that in any good thing there must be check and balances, he said journalist play vital role in checking […]
