(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the release of Mr Mathew Omonigho, a journalist working with Daily Post newspapers who was arrested by the police in Delta. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement in Lagos on Friday. “The Inspector General of Police Squad on May […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mr George Mbessey, the Commandant, Benue State Vigilante Group (BSVG), following a petition over alleged conspiracy, abuse of office and diversion of N449.5 million public funds. The EFCC Makurdi Zonal Office Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale said in a statement made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Taiwanese envoy in Nigeria, Amb. Vincent Yang, on Friday donated about 50,000 medical masks to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control( NCDC). Yang, while handing over the consignment to the Head of NCDC Lagos office, Mrs Olajumoke Babatunde, said Nigeria would soon receive another consignment of 100,000 masks from Taiwan. ”The donation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered assets worth N81.23 billion In the last one year. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a media briefing to mark the first anniversary of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term administration. Mohammed who said that […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of Kaduna State governor, Hadiza Isma el-Rufai, is trending on Twitter for not using her role as the first lady of her state to condemn the killings in Kaduna last week. It was recalled that more than a dozen of people were killed last week in Kaduna […]
By Emmanuel Adigwe, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohmmed, has refuted claims that the ventilators President Donald Trump promised Nigeria has arrived the country. According to Lai Mohammed, if the ventilators come into the country, it will be announced publicly. It will be recalled that President Donald Trump in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved new appointments of some senior officers in the Nigerian Navy. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Suleman Dahun, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the major reshufflement affected 110 senior officers, consisting of 33 Rear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 182 new cases of the Coronavirus, (COVID-19), in the country, the total active cases for Nigeria now stand at 6,064. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle, said that as at May 28, 2020, 182 new confirmed cases and five deaths were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Professor of Petroleum Economics, Chijioke Nwaozuzu, has stated that the federal government would need to significantly increase its expenditure and mobilise about $40 billion to stimulate the Nigerian economy and bailout small and big businesses. He stated that this will prevent the country’s economy from plunging deeper into recession, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has cautioned the board of the African Development Bank to ignore calls for an independent investigation of its President, Akinwumi Adesina, by the United States Government stressing that the organization followed due process. In a letter dated May 26 to Kaba Niale, Chairman of the AfDB board of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has maintained that the State is free of confirmed cases of COVID-19. While reacting to the daily update reported last (Wednesday) night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which claimed the State has recorded two confirmed cases, the State Commissioner for health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, in a […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting and redeployment of Police Commissioners in Edo, Ondo and Oyo States. The development is contained in a statement issued Thursday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. The release reads in part: “The IGP has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector general of police has announced the reorganization of the Nigeria police force, creating a unit from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), and five new zonal commands, among changes. African Examiner reports that the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) will be removed from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) to become […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Bishop Joseph Masin, the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), by gunmen in Lafia. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Bola Longe, confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. Longe said the bishop was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives, seeking its approval to obtain $5.513bn – new external loan. The request was contained in Mr. President’s letter which was read Thursday by the Speaker, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary. According to the letter, the loan if obtained, were for 2020 budget […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights body, Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has on behalf of a medical practitioner, Dr. Afam Edeh, who is a Consultant Surgeon dragged the Enugu East local government Area to court over alleged imposition of several illegal taxes on the citizens as well as unlawful invasion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Wednesday reported 389 new confirmed new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total of confirmed infections in the country to 8,733. The figure is the highest daily cases so far reported since the beginning of the outbreak in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official twitter handle, said […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has lamented the difficulties being faced by young girls in accessing safe hygienic mensuration facilities such as water sanitation especially during school hours, saying such development makes some of them drop from school or refuses to attend classes during menstrual period. The agency, therefore, canvassed support from government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government of Nigeria has stated that it will soon stipulate guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country. Boss Mustapha, chairman of the presidential task force on COVID-19, disclosed this during a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He said: “Today, 27th May, 2020 is also Children’s Day worldwide and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has stated that he will still become the governor of Edo State. The governor who stated this when he spoke as a guest on a Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, stated that he will return as the governor of the State. He said: “I am […]
