(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mobile Courts activated by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has prosecuted no fewer than 156 violators of the Stay-at-home Presidential Order aimed at curtailing the spread of covid-19 in the country. Malam Wadata Bodinga, the Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), made the disclosure in an interactive session […]
(AFRICAN EAMINER) – The Rivers State Government has released the 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil who were arrested for allegedly violating the state lockdown order. Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor said that 22 oil workers were released without charges He added that the State Government will no longer press charges […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A medical doctor at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). Gov. Seyi Makinde revealed this on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday night. “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case; a doctor at the University College Hospital Ibadan came back POSITIVE today. “Isolation and contact […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Hope Uzodinma led administration in Imo, state, South- East Nigeria, says it has uncovered a total of 1,000 ghost workers in the state civil service, with a vow to end the endemic rot in the system. He made this known in Owerri, after a crucial meeting with Heads of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State government, southeast, Nigeria, Saturday evening hinted that a suspected COVID-19 patient it had earlier declared wanted has been apprehended, and now in its custody. Commissioner for Information in the state, Chief John Okiyi-Kalu, who made this known in a press statement issued on Saturday in Umuahia, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has evacuated the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) dumped by a man who participated in the burial rites of Malam Abba Kyari, at the Gudu cemetery, Abuja. Dr Mohammed Kawu, acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA, made this in a statement on Saturday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a condolence letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demise of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari, which occurred on Friday. Obasanjo, in a letter addressed to Buhari and dated April 18, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of late Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari has arrived abuja from Lagos where he died on Friday on complications related to the deadly coronavirus. African Examiner reports that after a brief prayer at his official residence, the late politician will be interred at Gudu Cemetery, Abuja. Earlier, one of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Government has ordered the lifting of the suspension on Sunday church services in the state from Sunday. Mr Ahmed Matane, the Secretary to the State Government, said in a statement that Sunday services were expected to hold between 7a.m. and 1p.m. Matane, the Chairman of the State Task Force on COVID-19, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Advocacy (LEAD) Network has called for proper funding of the health sector to ensure optimal health of all Nigerians. The Executive Director of LEAD Network, Mr Chukwuma Okenwa, made the call on Saturday in Enugu while reacting to the death of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S., Germany, and France have questioned Beijing’s response to the coronavirus as Chinese authorities announced a large jump in the official number of fatalities in Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. Earlier on Friday China revised the number of virus-related fatalities in the central city up by 1,290, to 3,869 – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has announced the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja. ”The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. But […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Muhammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Rivers State Police Commissioner (CP), Dandaura Mustapha. This was made known in a statement issued Friday and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The statement indicated that a new CP, Mr. Joseph […]
…PENGASSAN Says Arrested Workers Are on Essential Duty (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Friday announced the arrest of 22 staff of Exxon Mobil, a multinational oil company, for entering the State in violation of the State Executive Order on Covid-19. The governor, who made this known at a news Conference in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bothered with the increasing trend and spread of Covid 19 pandemic, the Presidential Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Committee, set up in 2012 by the Federal Government and led by the President of Dangote group, Aliko Dangote has announced a donation of N1.5billion, to further curtail the virus spread. Announcing the donation on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger Government has lifted the suspension of congregational Friday Prayer (Juma’at) for today Friday, April 17, 2020. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government and Chairman Task Force on COVID-19, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Minna on Friday. According to him, the Juma’at Prayer is expected to hold […]
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has called on its customers to exercise utmost caution in their banking transactions and ensure that they do not fall prey to any nefarious activities during the Coronavirus lock down period. Specifically, UBA has urged its customers not to divulge any sensitive personal information regarding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The son of late environmental activist and poet, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Menegian has died of coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom (UK). His sisiter, Noo disclosed this Thursday in a post on Facebook. The post read in part: “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday. He had COVID-19 combined with underlying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has raised alarm over the inadequacy of the face mask in the country, to prevent the spread and contracting of the dreaded Coronavirus. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr.Boss Mustapha revealed this at a Coronavirus press briefing Thursday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 34 new positive cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The latest cases were from Lagos, Kano, Kastina, Delta and Niger States, as total number of infections in the country rises to 407. NCDC, through its verified Twitter account, on Wednesday said that the 34 […]
