(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Saturday gave a directive for the relaxation of the lockdown order imposed across the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Mustapha Inuwa, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Katsina. He however said the relaxation of the lockdown order would be effective […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China’s Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, has died in his apartment in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israeli media report. Mr Du, 58, was found dead in his bed and the cause of his death has not yet been reported. He was only appointed ambassador in February having previously served as China’s […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Bhauri has declared that he will first listen to experts before allowing the Madagascar herbal cure for COVID-19 product or any new medicines to be used in Nigeria. Buhari made this declaration Saturday while receiving the samples of the product otherwise referred to as CVO, from the visiting […]
Photo: Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 176 new cases of COVID-19 which brought the total number of infections in Nigeria to 5,621. NCDC also said that five new patients have been confirmed dead in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenyan, on Saturday, closed the country’s borders with Somalia and Tanzania effective midnight as part of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease. Kenyatta banned the movement of persons in and out of Kenya through the Tanzania and Somalia borders for 21 days, following the rise […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama on Saturday at the premises of the Enugu state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ, as members of the association rejected the palliatives from the state Government over alleged interference in the union activities. The governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government had brought […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the recovery and discharge of 67 COVID-19 patients, including two Indians and a Chinese national. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle, on Saturday said the patients – 22 females and 45 males – were discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. “Twenty-four are from […]
Photo: Head of the World Health Organization (WHO), De Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has not been proven if people can catch the novel coronavirus by touching surfaces where it lingers, such as handles, doorknobs or keyboards. The UN agency, which said this on Saturday, recommended in its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun government says it will extend the current lockdown in the state by another one week. Gov. Dapo Abiodun made this known while addressing journalists on Friday evening in Abeokuta. He said it had become expedient to further add another week to the lockdown in view of the rising number of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state government on Friday sealed – off headquarters premises of the Pastor Lazarus Muoka, led Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement in Enugu, for erecting the structure on waterway. According to the Enugu capital territory Development Authority (ECTDA,) which carried out the sealing exercise, the structure built on waterway have been ravaged […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state, South- East Nigeria, has announced that it is now a crime for anyone to pay government revenue through any task force or consultants in the state, saying such arrangements introduced by past administration stands abolished. He stated this in Owerri, the Imo state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), has received N792 million as donations to eradicate the virus. Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and PTF chairman, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja. “The OAGF has published […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eleven COVID-19 patients were on Friday discharged from the Infectious Disease Centre (IDC) at Olodo, near Ibadan, Oyo State, after receiving their second negative test results. Prof. Temitope Alonge, the Coordinator of the Oyo State Isolation and Treatment Centres, disclosed this while discharging the patients. Alonge said the number of persons discharged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday said the country has recorded 193 new cases of the coronavirus. According to the agency, the latest incidents bring the total number of infections in the country to 5,162, while three new deaths have also been recorded, bringing the total death toll in the country […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Thursday said that Canada denied Nigerian carrier landing rights for a scheduled evacuation of Nigerians. The minister, however, said that further diplomatic negotiations were ongoing on the matter. Onyeama confirmed the development during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID- […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna on Thursday confirmed the abduction of the Vice-Chairman, All Progressive Congress (APC), Kaduna State chapter, Shu’aibu Idris-Lauge and his Daughter. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. According to him, Shu’aibu and his daughter were abducted from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia, on Thursday, dissolved the state executive committee (EXCO) and replaced it with a caretaker committee. The dissolution was coming in the wake of the expiration of the four years of the EXCO headed by Chief Johnson Onuigbo from Abia Central Senatorial District. The Acting Publicity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Kehinde Ayoola, the Oyo state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources has died at the age of 55. Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde, confirmed his death while speaking with Governor’s office correspondents on Thursday in Ibadan. African Examiner gathered that the commissioner died at a private hospital in Ibadan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Egyptian Health Ministry, on Thursday, announced that all restaurants, schools and universities, gyms and sports facilities will remain closed to curb the spread of the COVID-19. The decision is part of a three-stage anti-coronavirus plan in preparation for the gradual return of normal life in the country, the government said in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT High Court on Thursday urged the EFCC to put its house in order in the trial of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal. The EFCC charged Lawal alongside six others with alleged N544.1 million contract fraud. Also charged are the former SGF, his brother, […]
