(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Michael Yigao, Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria Ltd, says the 15 Chinese medical experts that arrived in the country on April 8 are in the company’s care. Yigao made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja while reacting to questions raised by the media and opposition parties on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China’s Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, has died in his apartment in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israeli media report. Mr Du, 58, was found dead in his bed and the cause of his death has not yet been reported. He was only appointed ambassador in February having previously served as China’s […]
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) – The Nigerian Government has launched an investigations into the alleged abuse and maltreatment of Nigerians in China since the outbreak of the dreaded Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic There have been a wave of outcry over the alleged attacks and abuse of Nigerians in the Chinese region of Guangdong over the handling, test and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S., Germany, and France have questioned Beijing’s response to the coronavirus as Chinese authorities announced a large jump in the official number of fatalities in Wuhan, the original epicentre of the outbreak. Earlier on Friday China revised the number of virus-related fatalities in the central city up by 1,290, to 3,869 – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks on Monday, as the country tries to prevent a second wave of COVIS-19 infections. Authorities counted 108 new coronavirus infections over the past day, including 98 cases among travelers returning from abroad, according to the National Health Commission. This is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African residents of the southern Chinese metropolis Guangzhou have complained that they are experiencing discrimination and being accused of spreading the coronavirus, triggering diplomatic tensions. People of African origin have been evicted from their homes at short notice, sent to stay in hotels, arbitrarily told to undergo virus tests or placed under 14-day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has reiterated the Federal Government’s resolve to protect all citizens living abroad. NIDCOM reiterated this on Friday in a statement by its Head of Media and Public Relations Unit, Abdur-Rahman Balogun. Dabiri-Erewa said that an incident had compelled Nigerians to protest on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the House of Representatives has condemned the inhuman treatment meted out on some Nigerians by the Chinese authorities in Beijing. The Speaker of the House, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila expressed the displeasure at a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian on Friday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila said that the inhuman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As previously reported, a team of Chinese medical experts Wednesday arrived Nigeria to support the Federal Government (FG) in combating the raging COVID-19 in the country. The 15-member team arrived the country through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The experts were flown into the country around 5 :15pm by Air Peace. On […]
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of Chinese investors Association for Development and Promotion in Nigeria, Chief Ronnie Liu has decried what he termed alleged “enmity that the US sows in the minds of Nigerians and Africans against China as baseless. Liu, a Lagos based businessman with interests in several sectors of the economy, lamented […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China’s medical supplies for 18 African countries have arrived in Accra and are scheduled to be delivered to the other 17 countries within a few days. The beneficiary African countries are Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, and Liberia. The others are Mali, Burkina Faso, Republic of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new coronavirus is still ravaging unabated as the forty Americans being taken off the quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess is reportedly being infected. US officials said among 400 people from the US leaving the vessel were docked in Japan. Reports said most are due to depart for the US on two government-chartered aircraft. However, those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says the official name for the new and ravaging coronavirus is Covid-19. The global health body chief, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made known to journalists in Geneva. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19’’ the official said. Dr Ghebreyesus therefore called on the world to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s forward, Odion Ighalo says he has been desperate to join Manchester United, not minding the pay cut to make the deal happen. Ighalo confessed Wednesday that he did not sleep the night the deal was sealed. Similarly, the ex-Watford player disclosed that his mum cried at the news of his crossing to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll in China’s new and raging coronavirus has risen to 81, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. Following the outbreak, the National new Year holiday has been extended by three days till Sunday, in an attempt to contain the spread. On Monday, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Wuhan, the capital of Hubei […]
