(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ace gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead. The singer died on Friday morning, He was 51. His project manager, Hillary Vincent, confirmed the news to our correspondent via phone call. Responding to inquiries, he said, “Yes it’s true. It happened this morning.” Vincent, however, declined further comments on the singer’s demise as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seven-year-old daughter of Togolese immigrants has been killed by a suspected ritualist in Ota area of Ogun State. The girl was said to be in her mother’s shop when a neighbour sent her home on an errand. The unknown killer, thought to have hidden somewhere around the house, then smashed her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck on Wednesday when policemen allegedly shot a prince, Lukman Olatunji, to death during a scuffle at the entrance to the Akinrun of Ikirun palace, in the Ikirun area of Osun State. African Examiner gathered that the palace had been locked since the new Akinrun of Ikirun, Oba Olalekan Akadiri, became […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, on money laundering charges. Mr Yero was re-arraigned along with his co-defendants at the Federal High Court in Kaduna, on eight counts, according to a statement by EFCC. The statement by EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – King Charles will host his first state visit since his accession to the British throne when he welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Charles, 74, has played a leading role in many of the recent official visits by the 112 foreign heads of state during the record-breaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mr Bamidele Ologun, says the state government is ready to sell off Sunshine Stars Football Club. Ologun said this during a press briefing to end a four-day partnership scouting programme between Sunshine Stars and Moyero Football Club. He explained that with the right […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to skip backlog of academic sessions halted by their seven months strike if federal government persists on the no work no pay rule. ASUU members, mainly of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Chapter, Rivers state, after a special congress and protest rally on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France’s hopes of successfully defending the World Cup were dealt a huge blow late on Saturday as Ballon d’Or winner, Karim Benzema, was ruled out of the tournament in Qatar with an injured left thigh. The 34-year-old Real Madrid striker had been struggling with the injury for some time and had played […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos State have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. Police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian woman has been allegedly gang-raped while seeking asylum in Cyprus. According to a report by In-Cyprus, the woman was raped at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers in Kokkinotrimithia by five men who are also from Nigeria. The woman, it was gathered, reported the rape to Cyprus authorities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed no fewer than four persons, including a former Commissioner in Enugu State, Chief Gab Onuzuluike. The incidents occurred on Friday evening at Oji River LGA and Aguikpa community in Nkanu East council area of the state Onuzulike, who was also a former Local Government Chairman of Oji-River, was shot […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has discharged and acquitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and five others from the N544 million grass-cutting contract fraud offences brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Court on Friday held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – EFCC arrested 18 internet fraudsters in Ilorin on Friday. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated that “the suspects were smoked out of their hideouts at different locations following credible intelligence information. “They were arrested at Sobi, Akerebiata and Las Vegas Estate, Asa Dam, Ilorin. “The suspects, mostly in their early twenties, include […]
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development Sunday Dare has confirmed the sack of the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General, Mohammed Fadah. There were rumours of Fadah’s sack Thursday evening with many online platforms quoting discreet Presidency sources. All efforts to confirm the report late Thursday night were unsuccessful as reliable […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command, on Friday botched attempts by hoodlums to burn down the Ekiti Assembly complex. The Nation reliably gathered that the incident happened around 4am when the hoodlums were said to have scaled the fence and made spirited efforts to raze […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Cup host, Qatar, is pressuring FIFA to stop the sale of beer at the eight World Cup stadiums, according to reports. The sale of alcohol is strictly controlled in Qatar, but it is due to be available in the area immediately outside match venues and fan zones, as well as within […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A soldier of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno ran amok on Thursday and shot a female humanitarian aid worker to death while injuring a UN pilot. He also shot and killed another soldier. Reports said he would have taken more lives, but for the quick intervention of his colleagues who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has stated he has no time to reply or pay attention to Anambra Governor Charles Soludo who clamped down on him on Monday. Rather, he said he is preoccupied with convincing voters a new Nigeria is possible through rigorous campaigns. He spoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s ‘shim’ Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju aka Bobrisky has expressed gratitude to his/her partner for monthly upkeep. The controversial crossdresser, who has continued to hammer that he’s become a female, claimed that his/her partner doles out $17,000 for his/her monthly expenses. Bob gave a breakdown of the money explaining $7,000 was meant for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi has picked out Brazil, France and England as the biggest threats to his dream of finally adding a FIFA World Cup winners’ medal to his bulging trophy cabinet. The 35-year-old Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward will again shoulder Argentina’s hopes in Qatar as they bid to deliver the South American […]
