(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, says he and his family have run out of food items to sustain themselves. The musician turned politician disclosed this on Tuesday saying that he has been placed under house arrest for six days. According to him, the soldiers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off the Extended Special Public Works (SPW) programme tagged “temporary employment of 774,000 youths across the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.” The flag-off took place on Tuesday, at Peace Park Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital. The scheme entails temporary employment of 774,000 youths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had defended Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah, concerning his Christmas homily, as he stated that the bishop does not deserve the attack on him by the federal government and some Islamic groups. He reported that the bishop in his Christmas homily had accused President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zimbabwe Health ministry on Monday reported 60 deaths due to Covid-19 as the country battles the worst wave of the pandemic which has killed 773 since the first case was detected in March last year. New cases and deaths have tripled to 27 892 and 773 from about 8 000 and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially signed the Africa Fact Book whose objective is to dispel myths and western perceptions about the African continent, paving way for the document to be circulated among all 54 Heads of State in the continent. Mnangagwa on Monday morning signed the Fact Book which is published […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has constituted a 15-member committee to look into the boundary dispute between Aguleri and Umuleri communities in Anambra East Local Government Area. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Monday, pointing out that the committee would be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion to support domestic vaccines production to tackle COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) COVID-19 briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ehanire said: “The Ministry of Finance has released N10 billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Arewa Consultative Forum has reacted to the seven days ultimatum Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, gave to herders in the State. African Examiner had reported that the governor had given the herders a seven days ultimatum to vacate the forest reserves in the state due to their criminal activities. Reacting to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has handed a seven day ultimatum to herdsmen to immediately vacate the Ondo forest reserves. Akeredolu who is angry concerning the criminal activities of the herdsmen in the state disclosed this on Monday in Akure, the state capital as he stated that his administration will no […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country ahead of elections the opposition says were rigged. The gradual easing of internet curbs came as police announced dozens of arrests for alleged election-related violence, and surrounded the headquarters of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the death of a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Sen Jubril Martins-Kuye. The PDP in a statement by its Ogun State Chairman, Sikirulai Ogundele, on Sunday stated that the death of the former minister was a “devastating blow below […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some aggrieved members of the apex- Igbo socio cultural organization Ohaneze Ndigbo, led by one Chidi Ibeh- who was defeated by Professor George Obiozor during its recent election in Owerri, Imo state, have dragged the new leadership to court. The faction, has asked a High Court sitting in Bwari Abuja to restrain […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a total export receipt for crude oil and gas valued at $120.49 million for the month of September 2020. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that the figure is contained in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti Government, on Sunday said it was not taking anything to chance in 2021 addressing the growing insecurity in the state, particularly kidnapping. It therefore voted N1.4billion for the State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in its 2021 budget. The Commissioner for Budget, Mr Femi Ajayi made this known at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday reported 1,598 new cases of COVID-19 with seven deaths. The NCDC, on its official Twitter handle, said the total infections in the country is now 108,943 with 22,156 active cases and 1,420 fatalities. The country has so far tested 1,147, 523 people since […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abusers in Uganda following Thursday’s general elections in the country. The U.S. position came in a statement by the Department of State through its spokesperson, Ms Morgan Ortagus, on Saturday. Ortagus said the government was “deeply troubled” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi state police Command in South- East Nigeria, says it has begun full scale investigation into the recent alleged murder of Mr. Kyrian Nwoke, a lecturer at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) in the state. African Examiner reports that the University teacher, was allegedly murdered recently by yet […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has alerted the public to be aware of a fake recruitment form, circulating on social media, warning that the commission was currently not recruiting. “Scammers bent on defrauding hapless job seekers, have been active in the social media, providing link for unsuspecting members of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A body, Pan Nigeria Presidency of Igbo Extraction Coalition, PANPIEC, has urged former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ashwaju Bola Tinubu, to drop their presidential ambitions in the 2023 election. PANPIEC, disclosed this in a statement by its Director of Planning and […]
