(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State on Tuesday announced the killing of its women leader, Victoria Chintex, by suspected gunmen in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. The publicity secretary of the party in the southern Kaduna zone, Edward Buju, in a statement said she was shot dead at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon’s first choice goalkeeper in the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Andre Onana, is set to leave Qatar after a fallout with the country’s coach, Rigobert Song. Onana was removed from the country’s squad in their dramatic 3-3 match with Serbia on Monday afternoon, having been reportedly involved in a face-off […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday warned Nigerians that if the Federal Government kept withholding their pay, a new crisis in the country’s universities would transcend break out. It urged interested parties and well-meaning Nigerians to pressure the Federal Government into paying its members’ withheld eight-month salaries across the nation. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State wing of the Southwest Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps has recovered AK-47 rifles, military camouflage and other items hidden in a forest in the state by suspected kidnappers. Commandant of the corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), told newsmen in Ibadan, on Monday, that the corps recovered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire has razed 150 improvised shops at the Kachako Central Market in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State. This news of the fire incident is contained in a statement issued in Kano by the spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi. He said the incident occurred on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after his inauguration, Osun Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has sacked 12,000 workers and ordered the dethronement of three monarchs. The Governor also nullified the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The affected monarchs include Akinrun of Ikinrun […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 14 people Sunday died from a landslide that occurred during a funeral ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Al Jazeera reported that the number of confirmed death was given by the regional governor, Naseri Bea, as rescuers continue to search for dozens of others who remain missing. Mr Bea described the area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons died on Saturday while nine others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Nissan car and a Toyota sienna at Fidiwo bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun, Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta on Sunday. Mr Umar explained that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) —Hoodlums have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, destroying, among others, 340 ballot boxes and yet to be determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. The attack is the third on INEC’s local government offices in less than three weeks, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A war of attrition is quietly raging in the Presidency between the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over the constitution of the proposed Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The arrowhead in the contest of wit and influence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigeria captain, John Mikel Obi, has stated that he has never been a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo. Mikel Obi stated he has always preferred his 37-year-old rival, Lionel Messi. Ronaldo is presently a free agent after Manchester United terminated his contract this week. “I’ve never been a Ronaldo fan really. “For […]
(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 […]
