(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has issued an order for the immediate suspension of all approvals of land extensions into the lagoon at the Banana Island and Osborne Foreshore axis of Ikoyi, Lagos. The government also said all construction and dredging activities on the axis must stop, as erring firms stood the risk […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN) has appealed to the Police to investigate alleged camping of under-aged girls for trafficking and prostitution Lokoja. Mr Nathaniel Abaniwo, Coordinator of the Kogi chapter of AONN, made the call in a press statement on Saturday in Lokoja. Abaniwo, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 130,557. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late Saturday. The country has so far tested 1,270,523 people since the first confirmed case of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, says President Buhari should no longer be referred to as “Mr integrity” due to the recent report by the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020 report published by Transparency International. According to the report, Nigeria occupies the 149th position out of the 180 countries surveyed as well […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation has urged countries bickering over COVID-19 vaccine supplies to think about the situation of health workers in less developed countries. MIKE Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert said “We all need to step into the place of them. Where they are today fighting on the front line” “Fighting over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has criticized the burning of a church pavilion conference in Zangon Kataf local government. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna, said in a statement on Friday that the Government of Kaduna received security report detailing the incident. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo emerges as the 21st indigenous Chief of Naval Staff. He was born on 22 April 1966 and hails from Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Gambo enlisted into the Nigerian Navy in 1984 as a member of the Regular Course 36 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A second new variants of COVID-19 has emerged in African as new cases of deaths is recorded as more contangious variants is spreading to other countries says Dr Matshidiso Moeti of World Health Organization(WHO) Regional Director for African in Brazzaville Moetti, disclosed this in a virtual press conference, said over 175,000 new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Thursday presented 39 cheques totalling N160 million to families of policemen who were killed across the country during last October #EndSARS protests. Adamu, who made the presentation at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, said the gesture was a clear statement that the Nigeria Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has approved the appointment of 17 Permanent Secretaries in the state public service. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said that the appointments took effect immediately. He said that the appointments were made after a rigorous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Thursday, destroyed over 6,000 expired and substandard imported tyres confiscated in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said that the destruction was to prevent access of such tyres into the markets and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the automatic promotion of primary five and six pupils to Junior Secondary School (JSS) by Edo Government. Mr Victor Osehobo, the state APC Assistant Publicity Secretary said this in a statement in Benin on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola has cautioned travel agencies never to engage in trafficking and smuggling into the country or outside the nation. He made the call during a joint stakeholders dialogue on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) in Abuja. Aregbesola, who was represented by the Comptroller General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed a law to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this while handing over five ambulances donated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications service provider on Thursday says it has commenced the National Identity Number (NIN) registration exercise in its retail outlets nationwide Airtel in a statement made available in Lagos said it was following an approval from the Federal Government which granted them a verification and enrolment license. The telecom […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says plans are set to start implementing the restriction of trucks and long vehicles to night operations on certain routes. The state said that the decision was as a result of traffic menace and fatalities caused by articulated vehicles on roads in the state. The Lagos State Commissioner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thomas Tuchel said he was excited with his new team in spite of seeing Chelsea draw 0-0 with Wolves in his first match as manager on Wednesday. The German, who replaced Frank Lampard on Tuesday, watched his side create 14 shots on goal but saw them unable to find the breakthrough. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on wednesday announced another three days of total shutdown of the Third Mainland Bridge for another round of delicate expansion joints replacement. Popoola disclose this in a telephone interview that the shutdown would take effect from midnight on Friday to midnight of Monday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US-Nigeria Trade Council, United States of America says there is need to urgently review the challenges faced by Nigerians both at home and in diaspora in the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise. The council made the call in a statement signed jointly by its Executive Director, Mr Titus Olowokere […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Benue State,Samuel Ortom has tested positive to COVID -19 His Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, announced this on Wednesday. Akase, in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi, said: “The latest result of his (governor Ortom) COVID-19 test has returned positive. “This follows the test results of most […]
