(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As new cases of the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic continues to escalate in parts of Nigeria since the inception of the second wave, the Enugu State Government has urged all residents of the area to go for test for the disease for effective prevention and possible cure. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has extended the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) integration exercise by eight weeks, with a new deadline of April 6. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde on Tuesday. He said the extension was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020. The house passed the bill during the plenary session on Monday through a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa said the house had included punishment for parents of cultists found guilty of cultism […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Minister of Information and Culture Prince Tony Momoh is dead. Prince Momoh, a veteran journalist, served as a Nigerian minister during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida between 1986 and 1990. He was among the founders of the ruling APC. Prince […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and its environs have been hit by the persistent blackout following the destruction of one of the towers supplying electricity to the ancient city from the national grid. Reports said the blackout, which has lasted for a week, has grounded many businesses relying on power. Even those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Samuel Nzekwe, a former President of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), has implored the Federal Government to make concerted efforts toward decongesting the Apapa-wharf port. Nzekwe made the call in an interview in Ota, Ogun. He said the Federal Government needs to make concerted efforts to decongest the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has confirmed the completion of the Third Mainland Bridge casting and will be opened to vehicular movement by 12 midnight Sunday, Jan. 31. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed in a statement in Lagos. The state government announced on Jan. 28 that the bridge would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that the demand for oxygen by coronavirus patients has increased to 400 cylinders per day. Sanwo-Olu made this known on Sunday in a statement in which he updated residents on the management of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state. He reiterated that oxygen was free in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling People’s Democratic Party PDP in Enugu state on Sunday suffered a setback, as a former Deputy state Chairman of the party Chief Emma Okenwa, alongside his ex- lawmaker son, Barr. Obinna Okenwa, and their supporters defected to the All-Progressives Congress (APC). African Examiner reports that Chief Okenwa was also a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of peace Mass transit (PMT) company, has appealed to members of the public and the media, to always publish only veried information on issues concerning road accidents so as not to cause unnecessary panic and tension among victims’ families. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr. David Okoroafor, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Sunday paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Niger state Government has denied social media reports that some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) tested positive for COVID-19 at the ongoing orientation camp in Paiko. Dr Muhammed Makusidi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in a statement in Minna “We wish to state that in line with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has issued an order for the immediate suspension of all approvals of land extensions into the lagoon at the Banana Island and Osborne Foreshore axis of Ikoyi, Lagos. The government also said all construction and dredging activities on the axis must stop, as erring firms stood the risk […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association for Orphans and Vulnerable Children NGOs in Nigeria (AONN) has appealed to the Police to investigate alleged camping of under-aged girls for trafficking and prostitution Lokoja. Mr Nathaniel Abaniwo, Coordinator of the Kogi chapter of AONN, made the call in a press statement on Saturday in Lokoja. Abaniwo, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 130,557. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website late Saturday. The country has so far tested 1,270,523 people since the first confirmed case of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ekiti governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose, says President Buhari should no longer be referred to as “Mr integrity” due to the recent report by the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020 report published by Transparency International. According to the report, Nigeria occupies the 149th position out of the 180 countries surveyed as well […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Osun state, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, prevented former Lagos state governor and national chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu from being the running mate of President Buhari in 2015. Oyinlola disclosed this during an interview with The Punch saying that the idea of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo emerges as the 21st indigenous Chief of Naval Staff. He was born on 22 April 1966 and hails from Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Gambo enlisted into the Nigerian Navy in 1984 as a member of the Regular Course 36 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has approved the appointment of 17 Permanent Secretaries in the state public service. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said that the appointments took effect immediately. He said that the appointments were made after a rigorous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Thursday, destroyed over 6,000 expired and substandard imported tyres confiscated in Port Harcourt, Rivers. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said that the destruction was to prevent access of such tyres into the markets and […]
