(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has tested positive for COVID-19, an aide disclosed in a statement on Monday in Minna. Chief Press Secretary to Bello, Mary Noel-Berje, who signed the statement, said that the governor’s sample was taken for test, and the result came positive. Noel-Berje said the governor made this known […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a directive which will allow members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to be enrolled into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This was disclosed on Monday by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, at a press briefing in Abuja. Ibrahim stated that the NYSC mobilises […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE prevented more than 90% of infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers, the most encouraging scientific advance so far in the battle against the coronavirus. Eight months into the worst pandemic in a century, the preliminary results pave the way for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 300 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday. The NCDC said after some weeks of recording low number of cases in the country, the 300 new cases brings […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 48-year-old Bus Rapid Transit, (BRT) driver, Bohan Abiodun, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged reckless driving and causing the death of three pedestrians. The police charged Abiodun, whose residential address was not given with reckless driving and manslaughter. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nurses in Nigeria, under the banner of University Graduates of Nursing Science Association, UGONSA, have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the continuous unjust detention of three of their members, for over one year now, demanding his intervention. Similar petition which was made available to African Examiner has also been written to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As some people have continued to drag the former President Goodluck Jonathan into the 2023 presidential election permutation, A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, on Sunday cautioned the former President against the idea. Although, Gololo recognized that it is the turn of the South to produce the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, says his first task in office is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. Biden stated this in his acceptance speech, which he delivered before a crowd of supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday night. “Our work begins with getting Covid-19 under control. “We cannot […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 59 new infections of Coronavirus (Covid-19), were reported in Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday. The NCDC has conducted about 681,599 tests since the first confirmed case was announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democratic candidate and former vice president Joe Biden has been projected as the new president of the United States of America. Mr Biden defeated controversial incumbent President Donald Trump. Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States, having been projected to have won the highest number of the electoral college […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the deployment of legitimate force to protect lives and property of citizens, including police officers. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Adamu said the protection must also cover personnel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 223 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic with one death in the country. The agency disclosed that Lagos state led the chart with 85 infections, while FCT occupied the second spot with 35 infections, Akwa Ibom, Enugu and Plateau confirmed cases were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a cryptic remark to United States President, Donald Trump as he says that it is better to gain honour at the cost of losing power. It is a bit hazy to say if the message is meant for Donald Trump but it is coming at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced an additional 180 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID19) infections in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 63,508. The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, gave the figures in Abuja on Thursday while updating newsmen on COVID-19 infections in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that there are plans to bring to book rogue elements that have tarnished the image of the Nigeria police force. Buhari disclosed this during a meeting a meeting with a delegation of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday. He stated that the effort with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, says he cried due to the destruction of public assets in Lagos State. African Examiner recalls that the #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums as they perpetrated havoc and vandalized and looted public and private properties. Governor, El-Rufai, who paid a visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Biden’s campaign manager says she is confident that her candidate will win the U.S presidential election and called the lawsuits being filed by President Donald Trump meritless. “Donald Trump continues to push a flailing strategy designed to prevent people’s votes from being counted,’’ Jen O’Malley Dillon says. “Joe Biden will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s electoral body on Wednesday set Jan. 14, 2021 as polling date for the country’s presidential election. The Electoral Commission said in a statement issued in Kampala that the 11 presidential candidates who were nominated on Monday and Tuesday, would start campaign on Nov. 19 till Jan. 12. The Electoral Commission urged nominated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was wild jubilation in Omu-Aran community of Kwara on Wednesday as its indigene, Adeoye Owolewa, was declared winner of the U.S. Congress election for Columbia District. The residents, especially members of Igangu family where Owolewa hails from, embarked on celebration across the metropolis as news of the election victory filtered in. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Centre (IPC) has faulted the call for social media censorship by Governors of the Northern States of Nigeria. The IPC is a leading media development and press freedom organization dedicated to building media capacities for democracy and development. Northern Governors under the aegis of the Nigerian Northern Governors’ Forum […]
