(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana confirmed 311 more infections of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, increasing its total caseload to 16,742, according to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The update also put the number of recovered cases at 12,720, with 463 more recoveries recorded among patients under treatment. The GHS data added […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Nasir Ajanah, the Chief Judge of Kogi state, Nigeria is dead. According to TheCable, Ajanah died at the COVID-19 isolation centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja in the early hours of Sunday, June 28, at the age of 64. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Information Officer of the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed reports insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari and APC chieftain Bola Tinubu have fallen apart, following the dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, condemned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 779 new cases of COVID-19 as its total infections hit 24,077. The figure is the highest daily tally in the country since the pandemic broke out about 4 months ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 779 […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he has accepted the decision of the former acting National Executive Council (NEC) which dissolved the National Working Committee (NWC) he led and put in place a Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Committee. Oshiomhole said this […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the People’s Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has stated that no PDP governor is decamping to APC describing the claim made by the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, as misleading and false. Recall that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, had, while appearing on […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed why it is problematic for the agency to effectively enforce COVID-19 guidelines across all states of the federation. Dr Chinwe Ochu, the Acting Director of Prevention Programmes and Knowledge Management at the NCDC, stated this at a webinar on Friday […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has revealed that the commission will go after Nigerian looters who hide their loot in Ghana. He stated this on Friday when a delegation of the Chartered Institute of Public Resources Management and Politics paid a visit in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it is tracking 250 constituency projects in Kwara. According to a statement issued by the commission’s spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, the tracking exercise is under the second phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise in 16 states of the federation. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has recorded 684 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 23,298. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 684 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with five deaths as at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian High Commission in London, the United Kingdom on Friday set July 13 for the next phase of the evacuation of stranded Nigerians back home. The commission, which announced the date in a notification issued on Friday, also issued guidelines for travel and ticket fares for the evacuation. The notice made […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seun Fakorede, the Oyo State Commissioner for Youth Development and Sports, has revealed that he has tested positive to the dreaded COVID-19 disease. The 28-years-old commissioner, who stated this on Friday, stated that he had gone into isolation revealing that he is confused on how he contracted the disease […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has mourned the death of the former Deputy National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Abiola Ajimobi. PGF Chairman and Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu, in a statement issued Friday on behalf of his colleagues, (elected under the platform of the APC) said it received […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court of Justice, has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay the salaries and allowances of 244 soldiers dismissed in 2016. A statement issued by the court on Friday said that the order was given in a Judgment issued by a panel of three justices of the court on […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa, has disclosed that one of his daughters, Edith, has tested positive to the dreaded coronavirus. The governor, who took to his Twitter handle to announce this, disclosed that he and his wife will immediately go through the necessary 14-day isolation. He wrote: “Earlier […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Thursday emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and would fly the party’s flag in the Sept. 19 governorship election. Obaseki emerged candidate after two other aspirants, Mr Omeregie Ogbeide-Ihama representing the Oredo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and Mr Ken Imasuangbon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 594 new cases of covid-19 even as the total infections rose to 22,614. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced Thursday the new figure on its official twitter handle. African Examiner reports that seven deaths were recorded from the virus, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi is dead. He was 70 years old. He was said to have died of COVID-19 complications at First Cardiology Specialist Hospital, Lagos. Oyo House of Representatives member, Akin Alabi, who also is a political associate of the former governor tweeted: “Forever in my heart.” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The security operatives who have laid siege at the premises of the National secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have vacated the complex. The development happened hours after the dissolution of former National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC and constitution of the National Caretaker Committee, headed by Yobe State […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has recognized the party’s primary which produced Pastor Ize-Iyamu as its Edo State Governorship candidate. This is one of the resolutions reached at the party’s virtual meeting held Thursday. Following this resolution by the APC NEC, President […]
