(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Few days to the termination of the second two weeks lockdown order, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government (FG) not to extend the stay at home order aimed at containing the raging COVID-19 in the country. NLC in a letter dated April 14, 2020 and addressed to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen in the wee hours of Monday shot and killed an Assistant Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abeeka Abeeka, in Benue state. The officer was killed at Akile village, Tyo Mu along Makurdi-Gboko road at about 4am on Monday outside his house. The gunmen took to […]
Photo: Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has rejected the submission of Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a condition for payment of February and March withheld salaries of lectures in the Federal Universities. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this in an interview with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Borno State office, says it has shut down an illegal facility engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt. The information was disclosed in a statement signed by the state Acting Coordinator, Mr Nasiru Mayo, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has confirmed 117 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country. This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 782. According to the NCDC, 59 cases were discovered in Lagos, 23 in FCT, 14 in Kano, six in Borno, four in Kastina […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, had ordered the deployment of Ms Janet Agbede as the new Commissioner of Police in Abia. Consequently, the current commissioner of police Mr Okon Ene has been redeployed to the Force Headquarters. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has condemned in the strongest terms the forceful and provocative conversion of Christian minor girls from Christianity to Islam by Kano state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The CRA, in a statement issued by its interim director of Publicity Tom Chiahemen, noted that with concern that since becoming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. Born in Ibadan, in the early 1930s, the late foremost lawyer and Ibadan High Chief attended Oduduwa College, Ile-Ife. He was a Minister of Education in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s order that all those who attended the burial of his late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari be self-isolated for 14 days, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the control of Coronavirus and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha made a public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Bauchi Office, has tested positive to the deadly Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bauchi State. Dr Aliyu Maigoro, Bauchi State Commissioner for Health, confirmed this on Sunday in a statement in Bauchi by Mr Ibrahim Sani, Information Officer, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency. Maigoro […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Edo on Sunday said the command was on the trail of the kidnappers who abducted the Edo Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Emmanuel Agbale. The spokesman of the command, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, stated this while fielding questions on the abducted commissioner from newsmen in Benin. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Arabia has urged Muslims worldwide to observe prayers at home during the incoming Ramadan, in line with the social distancing measure to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The kingdom’s highest religious body – the Council of Senior Scholars, gave the advice on Sunday. The body in a statement said: “Muslims shall avoid gatherings, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced COVID-19 designated test centres in the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. This was made public Sunday via the State Government’s Twitter handle. The tweet clarified that visits to the centres was “strictly” by appointment and not by emergency. For residents to benefit from the service, they have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mobile Courts activated by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has prosecuted no fewer than 156 violators of the Stay-at-home Presidential Order aimed at curtailing the spread of covid-19 in the country. Malam Wadata Bodinga, the Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), made the disclosure in an interactive session […]
(AFRICAN EAMINER) – The Rivers State Government has released the 22 Staff of Exxon Mobil who were arrested for allegedly violating the state lockdown order. Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Rivers State, Professor Zaccheus Adangor said that 22 oil workers were released without charges He added that the State Government will no longer press charges […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A medical doctor at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, has tested positive for Coronavirus (Covid-19). Gov. Seyi Makinde revealed this on his verified Twitter handle on Saturday night. “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case; a doctor at the University College Hospital Ibadan came back POSITIVE today. “Isolation and contact […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has evacuated the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) dumped by a man who participated in the burial rites of Malam Abba Kyari, at the Gudu cemetery, Abuja. Dr Mohammed Kawu, acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA, made this in a statement on Saturday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a condolence letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demise of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abba Kyari, which occurred on Friday. Obasanjo, in a letter addressed to Buhari and dated April 18, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of late Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari has arrived abuja from Lagos where he died on Friday on complications related to the deadly coronavirus. African Examiner reports that after a brief prayer at his official residence, the late politician will be interred at Gudu Cemetery, Abuja. Earlier, one of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership and Entrepreneurship Advocacy (LEAD) Network has called for proper funding of the health sector to ensure optimal health of all Nigerians. The Executive Director of LEAD Network, Mr Chukwuma Okenwa, made the call on Saturday in Enugu while reacting to the death of Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, […]
