(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Borno State office, says it has shut down an illegal facility engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt. The information was disclosed in a statement signed by the state Acting Coordinator, Mr Nasiru Mayo, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After over three weeks of being tested positive, the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has recovered from dreaded coronavirus. Just like he did on March 28, El-Rufai disclosed his present state of health Wednesday via his Twitter handle. The tweet read: “I am delighted to report today, that after nearly four weeks of observing a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 782. According to the NCDC, 59 cases were discovered in Lagos, 23 in FCT, 14 in Kano, six in Borno, four in Kastina […]
By. Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi Nigerians would probably remember that on August 2015, that Abba Kyari was appointed the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. From there on Kyari became a more known and an influential figure within the Buhari administration, especially in this second term. During the first term, he worked mainly behind […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, had ordered the deployment of Ms Janet Agbede as the new Commissioner of Police in Abia. Consequently, the current commissioner of police Mr Okon Ene has been redeployed to the Force Headquarters. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Mrs Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu as his Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora. This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ibadan by Moses Alao, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Print Media. Sarumi -Aliyu was the governorship candidate of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 15 suspects for allegedly violating the lockdown order of the state government. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano. NAN reports that Gov. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has condemned in the strongest terms the forceful and provocative conversion of Christian minor girls from Christianity to Islam by Kano state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The CRA, in a statement issued by its interim director of Publicity Tom Chiahemen, noted that with concern that since becoming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. Born in Ibadan, in the early 1930s, the late foremost lawyer and Ibadan High Chief attended Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife. He was a Minister of Education in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia Government on Monday disclosed that the state has two confirmed index cases of COVID-19 after the test results of the patients returned positive. Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, the state Commissioner for Information, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia. “We have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s order that all those who attended the burial of his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari be self-isolated for 14 days, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the control of Coronavirus and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha made a public […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Says Action Hampers Deployment of Technology to Boost Electricity, Slash Consumer Bills (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Engineer, Kenechukwu Agu, has lamented his inability to deploy a modern technology that could boost revenue for electricity distribution companies and slash the electricity bills (tariff) for consumers in Nigeria. He explained that he was unable to deploy the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian music artiste David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has disclosed that his fiancée, Chioma, has tested negative for coronavirus after 23 days of contracting the virus. Davido disclosed this in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle. The “Assurance” crooner explained that Chioma tested negative twice for the infection. He said: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Bauchi Office, has tested positive to the deadly Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bauchi State. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, confirmed this on Sunday in a statement in Bauchi by Mr Ibrahim Sani, Information Officer, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency. Maigoro […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its humanitarian services to the people, for the cushioning of the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic, food items and cash valued over N10 million naira were at the weekend presented as palliatives to vulnerable and less privileged individuals and groups by an Igbo Association based outside Nigeria. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Edo on Sunday said the command was on the trail of the kidnappers who abducted the Edo Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Emmanuel Agbale. The spokesman of the command, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, stated this while fielding questions on the abducted commissioner from newsmen in Benin. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Arabia has urged Muslims worldwide to observe prayers at home during the incoming Ramadan, in line with the social distancing measure to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The kingdom’s highest religious body – the Council of Senior Scholars, gave the advice on Sunday. The body in a statement said: “Muslims shall avoid gatherings, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced COVID-19 designated test centres in the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. This was made public Sunday via the State Government’s Twitter handle. The tweet clarified that visits to the centres was “strictly” by appointment and not by emergency. For residents to benefit from the service, they have […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of All Progressives Congress ( APC), on Sunday put smile on faces of scores of its vulnerable faithful and members of the ruling People’s Democratic party PDP, as it began distribution of assorted food items and cash to them as palliatives to cushion the grueling effect […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of 33 prison inmates serving in various prison centres of Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, weekend knew no bounds, as the state governor, David Nweze Umahi, granted them amnesty. African Examiner reports that the lucky inmates comprise of the aged and those with minor offences who have been […]
