(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Friday announced the recovery and discharge of 42 Coronavirus patients who tested negative twice to the disease. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated in a statement that those who had recovered and discharged in Lagos were now 448. ”Good people of Lagos, 42 more persons; 22 males and 20 […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the deadly Coronavirous pandemic continues to spread across states in Nigeria, Enugu State has recorded 1 new case and 9 total of number of confirmed cases. The state Commissioner for Health, Professor Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, who announced this Thursday night, said the new case “is a nine-year-old child” and a “contact […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is a case of double tragedy in Lagos as the State just recorded two new deaths as well as 82 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known Thursday. Apart from the latest cases, the Commissioner announced that two other patients have died of COVID-19 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos House of Assembly on Thursday asked Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to account for expenses incurred from donations received in support of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the state. At the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the House asked Sanwo-Olu to introduce a co-chairman from the executive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Ngozi Ozioko, Chairman of Nsukka Main Market Traders Association, has threatened to recommend 14 days isolation for any foodstuff seller who fails to maintain social distancing and wearing of face mask. Ozioko gave the warning in Nsukka while addressing foodstuff traders at different locations in the market. She said that the […]
Sacked Kano Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Muazu Magaji, has tested positive for COVID-19. He was sacked on April 18 by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for mocking late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari who recently died of coronavirus. Magaji declared his health status in a Facebook post on Thursday. He wrote: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Wednesday faulted the decision by the Federal Government to engage foreign airlines for the evacuation of Nigerians abroad. Capt. Nogie Meggison, Chairman of AON, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos. Meggison said that government’s action was disappointing after it had earlier said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sokoto State Government has announced the death of the second civilian governor of the state, Dr Garba Nadama. According to a statement by the state government, Nadama died at the age of 82 years after an illness of natural cause. The government said that Gov. Aminu Tambuwal had commiserated with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Prof. Isa Hashim, a senior council member, Kano Emirate Council, is dead, aged 86 years. Hashim, who is the Jarman Kano, died on Sunday after a brief illness. A family member of the deceased, Aliyu Ibrahim, said Hashim’s health deteriorated in recent days and suddenly died. His remains had been buried in accordance […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed 80 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), as total infections in the area hit 219. The ministry via its verified Twitter handle @KNSMOH, said that five COVID-19 deaths had been recorded in the state. “Update as at 11:58 p.m. April 30, 2020; 80 new […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An international non-profit humanitarian organization, Baywood Foundation, on Thursday distributed Covid 19 lockdown palliatives to the Enugu state Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, for onward distribution to its members. It said the gesture is in recognition of the fundamental role the media play in providing daily reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An eight storey building under construction in Owerri, Imo capital on Thursday collapsed claiming two lives, with many others injured, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The incident occurred around 6.30 pm at Yaradua Drive near Lords Chosen church. Disaster managers including the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Imo counterpart, SEMA […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has appealed to the Nigerian federal government to as a matter of urgency, expedite action on arrangements to bring back home over 300 of its citizens who went on a business trip to Guangzhou, China, but are presently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five police officers attached to the Obudu Divisional Police Office in Cross River State, have been accused of extra-judicial killing and unlawful shooting of Superintendent Amawu Gabriel Anang on March 10, 2020. Ironically, the deceased, prior to his gruesome murder, was a Superintendent of Police and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Nigerian Police Force, […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned medical practitioner Dr. Chidi Ezeihu, from the University of Nigeria, (UNN) Nsukka, Enugu state, has urged the Federal government and the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), to as matter of urgency carry out a clinical trial of his therapy, researched for the cure of the dreaded coronavirus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman and managing director of Lee Engineering Group and Allied Companies Limited Chief (Dr) Leemon IKPEA has consoled with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff Mallam Abba Kyari. Mr Kyari died from Covid-19 related complications last week and his death has drawn flood of sympathy messages within […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There were serious protests in Ibeju-Lekki axis of Lagos State on Monday as irate youths and other residents of the area trooped out to protest the continuous lockdown, ordered by the Federal Government in the state. While some of the youths carried placards pleading that the lockdown be stopped, others shouted at […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A high court sitting in Enugu, South- East Nigeria, has restrained the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Adamu Mohammed, from arresting the Enugu state Chairman of All Progressive congress ( APC) Dr. Ben Nwoye, over a petition written against him by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing political war between some Councilors and the Executive chairman of Aninri local government Area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, Hon. Ezekiel Chukwu. at the weekend took a new twist, as the state police command arrested six of the council legislators, over alleged forceful entry into the council headquarters […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Patients on admission at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Teaching Hospital, Parklane Enugu, are now at the mercy of God, as members of the Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) in the health facility have embarked on an indefinite strike. African Examiner reports that the medical personnel, commenced […]
