(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The locker Kobe Bryant used for the majority of his legendary NBA career sold for $2.9 million on Friday in New York, as part of an auction of rare sports memorabilia at Sotheby’s. The price for the Staples Center locker, which Bryant used while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, nearly doubled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian military on Friday announced that it may step in to control the looting crisis and fish out its sponsors in the ongoing nationwide hunger protest, tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, made this known in a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Musa said: “We are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students across tertiary institutions in the country under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have passed a vote of confidence on the Dangote Refinery describing the recent demarketing of the world’s largest single train refinery by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) as the greatest disservice to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Dutsinma Local Government Area. The Secretary to Government of the State, Alhaji Abdullahi Garba-Faskari announced the decision in a statement issued in Katsina on Thursday. The statement was signed by Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu-Yar’adua, the Director of media at the office of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says two transmission towers, T98 and T99 along the Ahoada/Yenagoa 132kV line in the Igbooghene community of Bayelsa were destroyed by vandals. TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs Mrs Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Mbah said that the incident caused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Thursday asked government officials to engage the aggrieved demonstrators. Angry Nigerians had stormed the states of the federation and the FCT to register their grievance against poverty in the land, high cost of living demanding better economic conditions for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City have been fined 2.09 million pounds (about 2.7 million dollars) by the Premier League in England for 22 instances of delaying the kick-off or restart of matches. The English champions have accepted the sanction, which relates to rule infringements over the past two seasons, the league confirmed on Wednesday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Economic activities are on standby as the long-awaited #EndBadGovernance protest started in several cities across the nation. From Abuja to Abeokuta, Port Harcourt to Lagos State, banks, and businesses have been shut. The roads are unusually deserted as protesters defy last-minute push by authorities to stop the demonstrations. The usually bustling roads […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has established Legal Support Services Teams across the country to offer free legal services to protesters whose fundamental rights may be breached during the nationwide protests that started Thursday morning. President of the NBA Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) directed all chairpersons of the 130 branches of the association […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it acknowledges protest as a fundamental right of citizens but is worried because the process might be hijacked by hoodlums and dissidents to unleash mayhem. Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, stated the position on Wednesday, shortly after participating in a Forum of Councillors in Nigeria, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Tuesday, appealed to aggrieved youths planning the forthcoming #EndBadGovernance protests slated for August to give the Federal Government more time to fix the wobbling economy. The first-class monarch described the economic hardship being felt in Nigeria as a “global phenomenon” hence the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The head of the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday said global commerce was going through troubling times, with protectionism on the rise. WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the future of trade lay in services, digitalisation and the green economy, in the global trade body’s annual report. “These are troubling times for global […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted a territorial arms embargo on the Central African Republic that was put in place in 2013 after civil war broke out, but which the country’s foreign minister said was now “unjust.” The unanimously adopted resolution scrubbed the sanctions that were already watered-down last year when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved a monthly stipend of N50,000 for 10,000 Niger Delta youths to mitigate current hardship in the country. President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, announced this during the Niger Delta Sensitisation Conference for ethnic nationalities and youths and women in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said the payment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seventeen human skulls buried in metal boxes have been unearthed at a suspected shrine in the centre of Uganda, police told AFP on Tuesday. Children foraging for firewood outside Kabanga village near Mpigi town, about 40 kilometres (24 miles) west of the capital Kampala, made the grisly discovery on Monday, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Valedictory Court Session for the retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola (GCON), will be held on Thursday, 22nd August 2024, a spokesman for the apex court said. Festus Akande also said the Supreme Court’s 2023/2024 legal year ended on Friday, 19th July 2024, He said the court proceeded on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed police top brass to protect intending participants of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest slated for August 1 to 10, 2024. This was contained in a letter by the IGP to the request of human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Monday, thousands of MTN users were in the MTN’s company in Idi-Ape office in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, to protest the sudden blockage of their Subscriber Identification Modules. The situation escalated after the telecom company blocked users’ phone numbers because of the NIN-SIM linkage issues without giving prior warning. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu, has opened up on why African countries can’t create prosperity. Moghalu, in a statement on his X handle on Monday stated that Nigeria and other African countries do have a bad governance capacity, which includes their foundational philosophical worldview, their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 28 housemates on Sunday entered the Big Brother Naija house for the ninth season of the reality show. The season, with theme, “No Loose Guard”, promises exciting twists designed to keep viewers on the edge of their seats for the next 10 weeks. The grand prize for this season […]
