(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 452 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the cases in the country to 21,371. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the figure on Tuesday night through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that the new cases were from 14 states. It said that […]
By Buchi Nnaji (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One would not have wasted his time replying such a clueless, incoherent and misguided analysis published in THISDAY newspaper of 18th June 2020 captioned. The deceitful propaganda for zoning in Enugu State by one Akpa Francis if not that one may be accused of keeping silence amidst disinformation, Misinformation […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has alleged that Governor Oluwarotimi Akerdolu plans to impeach him. Ajayi accused the governor of giving out N10 million each to influence lawmakers to meet the requirement of two-third majority to impeach him. Recall that the deputy governor and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly a proposed date for the reopening of schools across the country as a post COVID-19 measure. He made the presentation during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on the ministry’s plans […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has sent apologies to President Muhammadu Buhari over the demolition of a building in the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra, Ghana. Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. “The Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has pulled out of the reconciliation efforts of the Edo State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP are sycophants and tax collectors who will never […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President of Uganda, Yoweri Musveni, has lamented his frustration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), stressing that they are not gods and as such the organization should be modest as they set out guidelines to contain the spread of the pandemic. The president who stated this when addressing Uganda on […]
…Asks Management to Apologise for COVID-19 Violation By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal Capital Territory Magistrates Court has ordered the re-opening of Jabi Lake Mall which hosted a concert that featured popular musician, Azeez Fashola aka, Naira Marley. The mall was sealed over a week ago by Magistrate Idayat Akanni over a musical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, was on Tuesday sealed off by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order following leadership crisis rocking the party. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DSP. Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the development. Manzah said that the […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The headmaster of Eton College has apologized to Nigerian writer, Dillibe Onyeama, for the racism he experienced at the college. The headmaster of the prestigious British public school, Simon Henderson, told the BBC that he is “appalled” by the racism experienced by Onyeama who is the first black person […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial of South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, on decade-old corruption charges, alongside French arms company Thales, is due to resume on Tuesday. If Zuma arrives at the high court in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, that is. In February, a judge issued a stayed warrant for his arrest after he failed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Malawians on Tuesday headed to the polls in a historic re-run of 2019 presidential elections that were declared null and void by the country’s Constitutional Court. In February, the court found that the elections, which saw incumbent President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected for a five-year term, had been riddled with irregularities and ordered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the Saudi Arabia authority has declared that international pilgrims will not be allowed to perform this year’s Hajj, The move is to check the spread of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of the normal practice, the kingdom’s authority has finalized that only a very limited number of people currently living in the […]
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has barred Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship primary. The primary which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 23, 2020 was last weekend shifted to Thursday, June 25, 2020. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has announced 675 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 20,919. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday, through its official Twitter handle. The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 288 new cases, while Oyo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday released guidelines to guide member associations on the restart of football activities on the continent. A statement on the continental body’s website said that the guidelines were put together by the CAF Medical Committee in collaboration with the Technical and Development Department as well as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Gov. Kayode Fayemi has appointed new special advisers, senior special assistants and members of boards of some parastatal-agencies. In a statement on Monday in Ado Ekiti, the governor said that the appointments were to strengthen government for effective service delivery In the statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe has temporarily closed its consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa, after two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, confirmed the development in a statement Monday. “On a sad note, the nation is informed that the consulate in Johannesburg has temporarily closed after two confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi to resign honourably having defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This was contained in a statement by Mr Alex Kalejaiye, the state Publicity Secretary of the party, on Monday in Akure. “We wish Ajayi had not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday summoned Ms Iva Denoo, Charge d’ Affaires of Ghana to Nigeria, to explain the recent attacks on the country’s mission in Ghana. Onyeama said this in his verified twitter handle @GeoffreyOnyeama in Abuja on Monday. The minister also called for provision of adequate security […]
