(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Concerning report that scores of people are in a hospitals after eating the food Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto, donated in bags, he has come out to deny the speculation that he gave “contaminated food”. Mr Ruto denied any involvement in distributing the food, blaming the incident on “political thuggery”. “Reports from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai has extended the lockdown order in Kaduna State by another two weeks, the state Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe said in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday. News Agency of Nigeria reports that residents of the state have been on lockdown for the past 60 days and there were calls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has declared as untrue and fake news, a media report that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the cancellation of 150 memos and appointments signed by his former Chief of Staff, late Abba Kyari. The declaration is contained in a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, has taken the spotlight in twitter as some elderly women gone topless to protest the release of one of their son, the manager of the demolished hotel in Port Harcourt who allegedly tested positive to coronavirus. It will be recalled that the governor had demolished two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Governors’ Forum will on Wednesday, meet to discuss the issue of financial autonomy for the states’ judiciary and legislature, code-named the Executive Order 10, 2020. A statement issued by Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head, Media and Public Affairs, NGF, on Tuesday in Abuja indicated that the consultation would be the 9th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, is trending on Twitter because a woman was arrested and detained because according to her, her husband who is a journalist allegedly criticized the minister. According to the Dorcas Jolayemi, who spent 8 days in the custody of Kwara police command, she stated that her […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state police Command says it has commenced full scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of a 70 year old woman, by her husband, a former Director-General of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Chief Theophilus Okere. African Examiner gathered that the suspect, who is currently 82 years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Monday recorded 229 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total active cases to 5,524. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said that as of May 25, 2020, seven deaths were recorded in the country. The health agency said no new state reported a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government and Lufthansa have agreed on a much-anticipated bailout deal to help the airline cope with losses from the coronavirus pandemic, both sides announced on Monday. The deal, which provides for aid and equity measures worth nine billion euros ($9.8 billion), is yet to be approved by Lufthansa’s supervisory board and […]
…Say Global Co-Operation Needed to Stem Global Depression (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global leaders at the second edition of United Bank for Africa (UBA) African Day Conversations, have emphasised the need for meaningful collaborations between governments and the private sector as a panacea for the quick recovery of the economy of the African continent post Covid-19. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst COVID-19, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that Polling Units shall be redesigned by the Commission to ensure substantial compliance with the COVID-19 protocols established by health authorities. INEC noted that, among other things, the redesign would emphasise social distancing, general hygienic conduct and enforcement of COVID-19 prevention protocols. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday confirmed the partial collapse of a three-storey building situated at No.6 Olonode Str., Ebute Metta in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said after evacuating all the residents, preliminary report on the collapsed building showed that it had been “severely distressed with the reinforcement’’. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Burundi’s ruling party candidate, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has won the presidential election.Ndayishimiye, who is a retired general, secured 68.72% of the vote according to the electoral commission. Ndayishimiye is expected to take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, after he beat the main opposition candidate, Agathon Rwasa. Opposition candidate, , Agathon Rwasa, who is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 69 stranded Nigerians and 50 trafficked ladies have arrived the country from Lebanon. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed this via a post on his Twitter handle. Mr. Onyeama also confirmed that the new set of evacuees arrived Nigeria Sunday. The Minister tweeted: “With the financial and logistic support of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, has called for an independent probe of the president of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, rejecting a move by the board to end its investigation. The secretary stated this in a letter and addressed to Niale Kaba, chairwoman of the bank’s board of governors, stressing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan, Deputy Governor of Oyo State, says his relationship with his boss, Gov. Seyi Makinde, is very robust and cordial. Olaniyan told newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday that reports alleging a rift were “the handiwork of fifth columnists bent on destabilising the current administration in the state”. He rejected suggestions […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the number of COVID-19 in Nigeria is on the increase as the country has just recorded 313 new confirmed cases. Also, Lagos the Nigeria’s epicenter of the virus recorded 148 – the highest of the newly confirmed incidents. The latest figure as released late Sunday by the Nigeria Centre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has mourned the death of the Saturday Editor, the New Telegraph newspaper, Mr. Abdulwaheed Bakare. Late Bakare, it was learnt, died Sunday after a brief illness. MMPN National President, Abdur-Rahman Balogun in a statement issued late Sunday condoled with Mr. Bakare’s immediate family, describing the […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The conflict between the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has gone to another level as both continue to tongue lash each other on Twitter. Abike Dabiri-Erewa had accused the minister of ordering gunmen to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC) has explained the parametres for employment as well as career progression in the corporation, using the recently concluded Graduate Trainee employment process as well as top Management promotion exercise executed by the corporation as an illustration. The National Oil company says unblemished academic competence, logical thinking, ability […]
