(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thomas Tuchel was appointed Chelsea manager on an 18-month contract on Tuesday, tasked with hauling the underperforming Blues back into the Champions League next season The 47-year-old German replaces the sacked Frank Lampard to become the 13th Chelsea boss since Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, says 70 lockup shops have been destroyed by fire in Alade Market in Somolu He added that goods worth millions of Naira were also damaged by the inferno. According to him, the Agency received distress calls on Tuesday at 1.05 a.m. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government inaugurated 20,000 Extended Special Public Works (SPW) Programme in Lagos state. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, made this known in Lagos during the inauguration of the Extended SPW Programme of the 774,000 jobs in the country. Fashola, represented by the ministry’s Head of Works in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs for the country. The governor made this known on Tuesday in Port Harcourt in a statement by Mr Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications. He noted that although the appointments came late, the president should […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council (NECO) has fixed a new date for the senior secondary school certificate examination for external candidates. The council stated that due to candidates pleas it has extended the registration process . According to NECO, the examination which earlier scheduled to commerce on Monday 1st February 2021 and end […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged the Council of Works to call on governments at all levels to enforce the minimum 45.72 meters right of way regulation on all highways. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, said this in an interview in Abuja. Kazeem […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A house belonging to Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho in Soka, Ibadan has reportedly been razed by suspected arsonists. The fire began around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The incident occurs days after Mr Igboho led his followers and aggrieved residents to Igangan in Ibarapa area of Oyo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has threatened to close down any National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp across Nigeria that fails to comply with all the COVID-19 protocols. The Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, who made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 national briefing on Monday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least nine people were reported killed after tropical cyclone Eloise hit Africa’s east coast at the weekend with wind gusts of up to 160 kilometres per hour and heavy rain. The majority of the deaths were reported in worst-hit Mozambican port city of Beira, according to authorities – most of them […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Federal Government is exploring all options to ensure the vaccination of 70 per cent of Nigeria population in two years. Ehanire made this known on Monday at the national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja. According to him, Nigeria is exploring all options […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has disclosed that four Nigerians had tested positive of the United Kingdom (UK) COVID-19 strain. Our correspondent reports that the UK COVID-19 strain is highly contagious and deadly. Speaking on Monday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, ), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has imposed dusk to dawn curfew in 10 council areas in Imo to check further breakdown of laws in Orlu Local Government and other affected areas. The governor said in Owerri on Monday that the curfew would hold between 6am and 6pm daily till further notice. This […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said military and political leaders are addressing security challenges in the South-West. He pleaded with Nigerians and different ethnic groups to “lower the temperature.” He said since the beginning of the year, Armed Forces have neutralised 158 criminal elements across the country. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea Football Club have parted company with Head Coach Frank Lampard. The sack was contained in a statement issued today in London by the club. The statement reads: “This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the Board have taken lightly. “We are grateful to Frank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State House of Assembly has tasked road safety authorities in the state to take measures to forestall recurrence of Saturday’s road accident in Akungba Akoko community. Eight persons lost their lives in the accident which occurred in front of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA). Mr Bamidele Oloyelogun, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has waived the ‘no work, no pay’ Trade Act for striking university lecturers to allow peace to reign, Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, said at the weekend. The government has released N40billion for the payment of earned academic allowances for varsity lecturers and earned allowances for non-academic staff. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said she detests the leadership style of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Ezekwesili who shared on her official Twitter handle said Buhari’s “ethnic chauvinism and condemnable clannishness” have “deepened the gullies of disagreement and disaffection among people, ethnicities, regions, religions and classes.” She […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI), in Abuja on Monday urged government officials at all levels and members of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to avail themselves of the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to restore the people’s confidence. Nigeria is expecting 100,000 doses of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to disregard a fake news making round of its resumption on Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on Monday. The commission, in a flyer titled “Fake News Alert” on its social media said no date had been fixed for such exercise. “INEC wishes to inform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 964 cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the tally of infections in the country to 121,566. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Sunday. The country has so far tested 1,258,534 people since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was recorded […]
