Posted by Eric Ojo
Banking & Finance, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A leading commercial bank in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc has emerged winner of the 2020 Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) service award for the highest disbursement to DBN-focused locations. Fidelity Bank currently has about 6 million customers who are serviced across its 250 business offices and various other digital banking channels. The […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria, were on Thursday thrown into shock as a moving heavy duty vehicle crushed six persons to death, leaving three others who were critically injured hospitalized. The ugly incident happened at Ndi-Uduma village, Oso Edda community, in the Afikpo South Council Area of the state. African […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, has stated that Nigerians are more attracted to President Muhammadu Buhari than first republic leaders like Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo. Adesina disclosed this in an article on Thursday entitled, ‘The Essential Buhari: VP Osinbajo got it!’, saying that he has not seen any Nigerian leader that has […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A consultant cardiologist, Dr Ramon Moronkola, has advised Nigerians to cut down their intake of seasonings to reduce the risk of having cardiovascular diseases. Moronkola, who works with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), gave the advice on Friday in an interview Lagos. He said the major component of most seasonings […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Democratic Party (ADP), has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the Nov.6 Anambra governorship poll to test run electronic transmission of results, ahead of 2023 election. Yabaji Sani, National Chairman, ADP made the appeal on Friday in Abuja during the inauguration of the party’s campaign council for […]
Posted by African Examiner
Asia, Featured, Latest Headlines
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least seven people were killed and 15 wounded when an explosion hit a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, a doctor told AFP. “So far seven dead and 13 wounded have been brought to our hospital,” the medic in the southern city’s central hospital said. Details later… […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Government Departments and Agencies in Uganda have started demanding proof of full COVID-19 vaccination before allowing access to their premises. The National Medical Stores (NMS) on Friday said all staff and visitors must show proof of full vaccination before admission to their premises. It said the move is in line with […]
Posted by African Examiner
Europe, Featured, Latest Headlines
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRRICAN EXAMINER) – An estimate of 43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR COVID-19 test results in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said. The Agency said testing operations provided by Immensa Health Clinic at its laboratory in Wolverhampton have been suspended. “It has been suspended following an investigation into reports of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, U.S./Canada
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said deaths from Tuberculosis (TB), one of the top infectious killers in the world, increased for the first time in a decade, as a direct result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. WHO’s 2021 Global TB report highlighted how years of global progress in tackling the disease had […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said plans were on the way to set up mass vaccination centres across the country. This came as Nigeria was ranked as the worst performing country in West Africa in the global effort to defeat inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Federal Government has been charged to […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As G20 leaders prepare to convene in Rome to improve pandemic preparedness, a frontline international not-for-profit organisation, WaterAid has harped on the need for governments, particularly in the poor countries to invest more to enable every citizens wash their hands with soap and water. Currently working in 28 countries to change the […]
Posted by African Examiner
Europe, Featured, Latest Headlines
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the largest private aid organizations in Germany, Welthungerhilfe has hinted that more than 800 million people are currently going hungry around the world. Welthungerhilfe is politically independent and non-denominational organization that is fighting hunger around the world and is focusing it works around the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, October 15th, 2021
(AFRIAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has stated that all television stations across the country will be tasked to adopt the use of sign language interpreters. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, disclosed this on Thursday at the 2021 annual lecture organised by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in partnership with the […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Enugu State, says it has arrested three suspects in connection with alleged murder of Mr Chika Nwobodo at Ogbozinne-Ndiagu in Akpugo community of Nkanu West Local Government Area. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed this in a statement in Enugu. Ndukwe said that Nwobodo […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced that the ongoing repair of the Airport Flyover Bridge along Apapa/Oshodi Expressway has been rescheduled for completion by October 2021. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday. Oladeinde said the completion of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has named Prof. Kayode Adebowale, the new substantive Vice Chancellor of the 73-year-old university. Adebowale, a professor of Chemistry and the current Deputy Vice Chancellor, administration was announced on Thursday by the Governing Council. The Chairman, UI Governing Council, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, confirmed this […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has upheld the candidacy of the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State. A panel of the apex court, in a judgment on Thursday dismissed the appeal against an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which upheld the […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to abide by his oath of office by calling on the police not to disrupt upcoming #EndSARS protests. Falana, who is the Interim Chairman, Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, said this in a statement […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has stated that 34,587 operatives, including special forces, would be deployed. According to Baba, the deployment is due to the outcome of the election security threat analysis conducted by the Force Intelligence Bureau. The IG, who […]
