(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, reported that COVID-19 cases in Africa as at June 1 had risen to over 144, 700. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official twitter handle @WHOAFRO. “There are over 144,700 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent […]
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has adjusted curfew hours across the country to 10:00 pm to 4:00 am. This follows some new measures taken by the FG towards total relaxation of lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced a technician, Rasak Abiona, to death for beating his 62-year-old father to death with an iron rod during a dispute over property in Lagos. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo delivered the judgment in a virtual hearing. Justice Taiwo held that though the prosecution had presented circumstantial evidence […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria government has further relaxed the lockdown in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic by lifting the ban on the opening of churches and mosques. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on the virus and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It appears that the marriage between the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali and his heartthrob, Hajiya Zainab Abdullahi, will not be enjoying the necessary honeymoon soon as the former boyfriend of Hajiya Zainab Abdullahi, Zubairu Malami, has demanded for N9 million compensation for the “collapsed” relationship. In a letter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spokesman of the Senate, Senator Akinola Bashiru, has said that the National Assembly will under no circumstance back down on its probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This was just as the spokesman dared the Commission to provide evidence of alleged corruption claims against lawmakers of the Senate and House […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – – The Bayelsa Government has sealed six churches in the state for breaching ”operational protocols” required to conduct services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recall that the state government on May 7, relaxed its restriction on social gatherings and allowed churches to hold services with up to 50 worshipers. The relaxation was granted, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the murder of a 22-year-old Uwa Omozuwa, who is a student of the University of Benin on Saturday, Nigerians in the micro blogging platform, have called for justice for the deceased. According to report, Uwa was said to have gone to Redeemed Church of God, in Edo at Ikpoba Hill, Benin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Ministry of Health late Saturday reported 84 new cases of COVID-19, the highest daily increase so far, bringing the nationwide tally to 413. Out of the 1,835 samples collected from cross-border cargo truck drivers and communities in the last 24 hours, 52 Ugandan truck drivers and 32 contacts of previously confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle said that as of May 30, 12 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the ex-Edo Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Presley Ediagbonya, has been recovered 14 days after he was abducted. According to reports, his body was found in a forest near his farm. Ediagbonya, who was kidnapped from his farm at Utese, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities in South Africa are worried over shortages of COVID-19 testing kits and reagents as cases consistently rise in the country and across the continent. The Health Ministry disclosed that about 100,000 people have not taken the coronavirus tests in South Africa now priority is now given to patients admitted to hospitals […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former senator representing Kogi, Dino Melaye, has stated that the cases of Covid-19 as reported by the NCDC in Kogi is real and he won’t be a party that will play politics with people’s lives. He stated this in a statement he released to the press on Saturday stressing that he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with family, friends and professional colleagues of former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru. The President, in a condolence message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, also commiserated with government and people of Bauchi State, management and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old daughter in Lugbe area of Abuja. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Mr Bala Ciroma, disclosed on Friday this at a media briefing in Abuja. Ciroma said the suspect was mentally stable and had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda’s High Court has sentenced a former mayor, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, for life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide. According to reports, Ntaganzwa, who was the former mayor of southern Nyakizu was arrested in DR Congo five years ago and he was found guilty of personally leading a series of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the major reshufflement affected 110 senior officers, consisting of 33 Rear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire tore through an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala on Thursday leading to the hospitalisation of three prisoners with serious burns, a local fire chief said. Firefighters, backed up by the Police, were able to contain the blaze and stop it spreading beyond New Bell jail, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 182 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total active cases for Nigeria now stand at 6,064. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 28, 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and five deaths were […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of Police Commissioners in Edo, Ondo and Oyo States. The development is contained in a statement issued Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The release reads in part: “The IGP has […]
