(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it impounded 3,850 vehicles between May and July this year. LASTMA Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Mr Olumide Filade, made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Lagos. Filade said that the authority impounded a total of 580 privately-owned vehicles and 367 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has admonished political, religious leaders and opinion molders to stop spewing incendiary rhetoric capable of setting the country ablaze. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition while speaking on Wednesday in Sal Island, Cape Verde. African Examiner reports that the minister is in Cape […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Panic has gripped Emudo village, in Nenwe Community of Aninri Council are of Enugu State , following the beheading of a rice farmer in the locality by one Ifeanyi Ubah. Meanwhile, the State Police Command says it has launched a full scale investigation into the barbaric act committed by the 25 year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Antoine Griezmann has rejoined Atletico Madrid from FC Barcelona on loan, just two years after leaving the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid sold France striker Griezmann to Barca for 120 million euros (140 million dollars) in 2019, yet he has never managed to recapture his best form at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi’s departure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over plans by some subversive groups and individuals to undertake a negative media campaign against the Service. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja that the plan would involve the use fake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Abia Government has appealed for calm over the death of one Sunday Ugba, a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church. He died on Monday night, along with six other people, in his home in Umuahia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugba and the others, including four children that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh, for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners, five years ago. Xulhaz Mannan, 35, and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, 25, were hacked to death in Mannan’s apartment in the capital Dhaka in April 2016, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Taliban fighters took control of Kabul airport on Tuesday, following withdrawal of last U.S. troops, marking end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist militia stronger than it was in 2001. Celebratory gunfire resounded across Kabul, as shaky video footage showed fighters entering the airport after the last U.S. troops flew out […]
