(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso was on Monday inaugurated for the second five-year term after winning the November 22 presidential election. “I swear before the people of Burkina Faso and on my honour, to preserve, respect, enforce the constitution and laws to do everything possible to ensure justice for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 838 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the country. The centre announced this on its verified website on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 925,215 persons have been tested since the first confirmed case of the virus was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal ended their seven-match winless run in the English Premier League (EPL) with a surprise 3-1 London derby victory over Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Meanwhile, Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw at Leicester City. United, who had won their last 10 away games in the Premier League, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The bodies of 41 victims of a wrecked boat were recovered Thursday from Lake Albert, which lies between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), official sources told PANA ijn Kinshasa on Saturday. An administrative source in Bunia, capital of the province of Ituri in the North-East of DR […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, the Commandant of the Southwest Security Network in Oyo State, otherwise known as Amotekun, has debunked a report that its operatives killed a student of the University of Ibadan last Sunday. Olayanju said in a statement issue in Ibadan on Saturday that men of the Amotekun Corps had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano have warned against the sale and use of fireworks and knockouts in the state during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, issued the warning in a statement in Kano on Thursday. He stated that the sale and use of fireworks, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Iheakwazu, said the mutant strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK has not been found in Nigeria. Iheakwazu, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja during the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) briefing on COVID-19, however, advised Nigerians to stay calm and safe. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 1,041 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last February, more than 912,114 samples had been tested by the agency. NCDC said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Michael Jackson’s famous 2,700-acre Southern California ranch has been sold for 22 million dollars to billionaire Ron Burkle, The Wall Street Journal reported. Burkle, who Forbes estimates is worth 1.5 billion dollars, was a friend of Jackson, who helped manage his money in the mid-2000s, according to the Journal. He is also co-owner […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has announced new travel rules for passengers coming into Nigeria from South Africa and the UK where a new variant of the virus has been discovered. The National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr Sani Aliyu made the announcement on Thursday in Abuja, during a media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tunisian Coast Guard on Thursday recovered 20 bodies of illegal migrants whose boat capsized off Sfax port in central Tunisia, according to a Ministry of Defence spokesman. He said that five migrants were rescued by National Guard units assisted by fishing boats that were on the scene. Contacted by PANA, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 has stated that it will soon publish the passport numbers of 100 travellers who refused to do the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning to the country. The African Examiner recalls that travellers are mandated to run the test seven days after their arrival. At its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the wife of the Minister of Transportation, Dame Judith Amaechi, as she turns 50 on Thursday. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, the president lauded Judith for being a strong pillar of support for her husband who had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 1,133 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, bringing the total figure of infected persons to 80,922. NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. Reports that more than 903,800 samples have been tested by the public health agency since the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced December 25, 28, 2020 and January 1, 2021 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year respectively. The announcement was made via a statement issued in Abuja Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore. Dr Belgore explained that Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed the purported takeover of Kidney Island asset of the SPDC Joint Venture in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government in the exercise of rights purportedly acquired through a court auction process that is still the subject of ongoing appeals at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After 47 years of marriage, a 71-year-old mechanic, Mr Mojidi Osho, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday to nullify his marriage because his wife denied him sex. The petitioner said that his wife, Tolu, with whom he had 10 children in marriage denied him his matrimonial right to sleep […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its nine months old strike. ASUU National President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the suspension early hours of Wednesday during a news conference at the end of the union’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting Wednesday in Abuja. Prof. Ogunyemi, stressed that ASUU NEC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that the Federal Government was substantially ready for a successful COVID-19 vaccination to save lives of citizens. However, he said the ministry needs about N400 billion to vaccinate the whole country. Ehanire made this known on Monday in Abuja while briefing the Senate […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Commissioner of police, Amad AbdurRahman, on Monday confirmed the escape of 17 criminal suspects remanded in police custody by court for various offences, directing his men to intensify efforts to rearrest them. He equally ordered for thorough investigation into the development, urging members […]
