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Wednesday, April 29th, 2020
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 […]
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
(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 […]
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
(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 […]
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Monday, April 27th, 2020
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. […]
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Monday, April 27th, 2020
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 […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2020
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 […]
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
(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 […]
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
(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 […]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
(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. […]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
(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 […]
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Monday, April 20th, 2020
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 […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
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 […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
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 […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
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 […]
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Sunday, April 19th, 2020
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 […]
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Saturday, April 18th, 2020
(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 […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Ministry of Health has discharged one patient who had earlier tested positive of the dreaded Coronavirus disease after treatment and Isolation for the pandemic. African Examiner reports that the Nigeria Centre for Decease Control NCDC had announced 2 cases of COVID 19 in Enugu that have […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it will release impounded vehicles to the owners after the lockdown is over. The Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso made the clarification in a statement on Wednesday. Omotosho said that the attention of the state government had been drawn to visits by motorists to […]
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some residents of Magboro in Ogun State, South West Nigeria, Tuesday decried the hardship being suffered from the lockdown ordered by the Federal Government (FG), complaining that the extension, without palliatives might be unbearable. Magboro is a suburb of Ogun, close to Lagos – Ogun border, along the Lagos-Ibadan highway. President Muhammadu Buhari had in a national […]
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Friday, April 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State government, on Friday, confirmed the second case of Coronavirus in Akure, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, confirmed the second case at a news conference in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this confirmation came barely a week after an […]
