(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden has mourned the about 700,000 Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19. Biden, in his twitter handle on Saturday night, said: “Today, we mark another grim and heartbreaking milestone in this pandemic: over 700,000 Americans lost. “As we acknowledge the tragic scale of this death toll, we must […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced one Jamiu Isiaka to 28 years at the Mandala Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for impersonating presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, to commit fraud against a South Korean national. The prosecution claimed that Isiaka had presented himself as the Special Adviser to the President on Media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has announced the death of its Director-General, Dr Timothy Olawale. NECA Secretariat said in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday that Olawale passed on, on Friday, Oct. 1 in a hospital in Abuja. “It is with deepest sadness that we announce the passing of Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested a notorious bandits commander, one Bello Rugga and neutralised five others during a raid in Gummi Local Government Area of the state. Mr Ayuba Elkanah, the Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure while parading the kingpin alongside 21 other suspected bandits and their collaborators, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said that he was retiring from politics and has decided not to run for vice president in next year’s elections. This, he said, was amidst surveys showing Filipinos believed it would violate the constitution. Duterte, whose six-year term as president ends 2022, instead endorsed his long-time […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday travel to Ethiopia to attend the inauguration of the country’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for a second five-year term in office on Monday in Addis Ababa. This was disclosed through a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, says he is fine but only undergoing physiotherapy in London. He stated this while addressing members of the House of Representatives northern caucus that visited him in London on Friday. The former governor, who has been in the United Kingdom for the last three months […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Training Depot Commander of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Coastal Defence Force, Lagos, Ichuku Agaba, says the force has identified criminal hideouts on Lagos waterways. Agaba stated this in Lagos that the force was prepared to take battle to the criminal hideouts. He said also that the group had joined forces with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of Anambra Women for Peace has slammed the state governor Chief Willie Obiano for spiraling insecurity in the state, saying the governor’s ineptitude has turned the state into the epicenter of insecurity in southern Nigeria. The group asked security agencies to investigate the complicity of the governor in the current […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British care home workers who are not prepared to get the COVID vaccine should “get out and get another job,’’ Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Saturday. Javid brushed off appeals from providers to pause the legal requirement for staff in England to be fully vaccinated, amid warnings some homes will be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Oshadumo, who was kidnapped, has died in a crossfire between his abductors and rescuers. Oshadumo was kidnapped two Sundays ago when gunmen attacked the ECWA church in Okedayo-Kabba, Kogi State, where one person was killed, and his wife and other worshippers were shot. The attack came barely seven days after the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A proposed law to compel the Executive Arm of government to regulate prices of food and other items, in order to guarantee food security and lessen the economic hardship on majority of Nigerians, is underway in the House of Representatives. The Bill seeking that regulation, is entitled: “An Act to Alter the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – APC has postponed the flag-off of its Anambra governorship campaign scheduled for Saturday in Onitsha, Anambra, in honour of victims of various attacks in the state. The governorship election holds in the state Nov. 6. The governorship candidate, Sen. Andy Uba, announced the postponement in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 161 new cases of COVID-19 in the country as of Oct. 1. The NCDC said on its website on Saturday morning that the additional 161 infections brought the total of infections in the country to 205,940. It said 193,812 cases had been successfully […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen kidnapped Dr Ibrahim Garba, Permanent Secretary, Niger Ministry of Transport, and his son on Friday. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, confirmed in Minna on Saturday. He stated that father and son were kidnapped from their home in Zungeru in Wushishi Local Government Area after a wedding ceremony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kidnappers have released Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), who was abducted on Monday in the Ajah area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the retired General was released in the early hours of Saturday. The spokesman for the Police in Lagos State, Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development . “I can […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, have closed down the institution until further notice, following students’ protest over the death of their colleague, and in its bid to forestall further breakdown of law and order. This was contained in a release issued by the Public Relations Officer of the University, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has advised members of his church to willing take the COVID-19 vaccine , saying he will not hesitate to do same if it is the requirement of any country he intends to visit on evangelism. Addressing a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Country Director of ActionAid, Nigeria, Ene Obi, has called on Nigerians to use the 61st anniversary of Nigeria’s independence to reflect on the journey so far and rise to alter the narratives of Corruption and insecurity. Obi made the call in Lokoja in an interview on the sidelines of the passing out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Force Commander (FC), Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, says the fight against terrorism requires global approach by integrating various skills held by both civilians and the military. A statement by the Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Muhammad Dole, disclosed the statement during inauguration of the […]
