(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has exclusively gathered. Lecturers and senior members of ASUU, who spoke to our correspondent under strict confidence noted that the government only paid half salaries. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The two suspects detained in connection with the death of three-year-old Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of music artiste, Davido, and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, may remain in police custody until they are cleared by an autopsy report. A credible source, who disclosed on Wednesday, said the nanny and the cook were directly in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sunday Faleye, has questioned the Divisional Crime Officer of Ode-Omu Police Division, Matthew Ajayi, who was accused of torturing a woman inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo. In a video on Wednesday, Olorunsogo could be seen displaying the injuries she sustained on her chest and hands. She claimed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has described the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, as a political tourist, who will be permanently retired to the United Arab Emirates after the 2023 election. Mr Shettima spoke at the presentation of the manifesto […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Peoples Democratic Party Chairman, Dr. Ahmed Sani Kaura, is dead. The chairman died immediately after he attended a peace meeting organized by the Nigeria Council of Ulamah, Zamfara state chapter on Wednesday. The Secretary of the party, Faruku Ahmed Gusau, said the chairman who was invited along with PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday said eight domestic workers were brought in for questioning in connection with the death of Davido’s son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, said the domestic workers’ narrations would assist the command in ascertaining […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted four travellers along the Irele Ekiti-Oke Ako Highway in Ajoni Local Council Development Area(LCDA) of Ekiti. African Examiner reports that the latest abduction is one in a series of abductions on the highway in which some victims were killed. Local sources in the community told reporters that the victims, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday announced the east African nation’s latest population as 61,741,120 people. Hassan made public the country’s latest population in the capital Dodoma, following the National Population and Housing Census held from Aug. 23 to Sept. 4, this year. A statement by the Directorate of Presidential Communications […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed deep concern over the increase in the fight between government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the 23 March Movement (M23) rebels in the east. The fight, in 10 days, has seen multiple civilians killed, “massive displacement” and four peacekeepers from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many passengers on Monday got stranded following a one-week strike action embarked upon by commercial drivers operating under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association in Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the group embarked on the strike in protest against the numerous fees imposed on its members by the Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian popstar Davido is currently trending in the Nigerian digital space and it is due to the speculation that the singer and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland, have lost their son, Ifeanyi. The news emanated from popular Nigerian actress and close friend of the singer, Eniola Badmus, in a now-deleted tweet. Details of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State PDP Governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, better known as Jandor has stated that he would end all excesses of transport unions and Motor Park touts if elected governor in 2023. Speaking during the formal presentation of the PDP Governorship Candidate of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, to indigenes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A professor of political science and former deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Adigun Agbaje, has thanked Nigerians for their concerns before he was released by kidnappers. “It’s a new day today and I’m happy to be alive. I was released by my kidnappers yesterday (Sunday) evening after spending two nights […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is pioneering a voluntary billion dollars’ worth Carbon Market on the continent. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said “It is an innovative climate change solution which will create, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Adebola Agbaje, wife of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, the kidnapped University of Ibadan (UI) don, has pleaded for the release of her husband, saying her expected gratuity was not enough to pay the N50 million ransom demanded. In an exclusive interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, the distraught […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, and several South West leaders on Sunday endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu received their endorsement during a meeting he had with the leaders of the organisation at Fasoranti’s residence in Akure, the Ondo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has his backing to redesign the naira notes. President Buhari stated the country has a lot to gain from the change in naira notes adding that he did not think the period of three months for the change to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday meet with security chiefs in the nation’s capital, Abuja, to further review and strengthen the security network in the country. This was revealed last night via a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. The statement explained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Edo State Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, says that contrary to media reports, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar never held any crucial meeting with the critical stakeholders of the United States State Department. Afegbua in a statement issued Sunday alleged that “this level of dubiety, desperation, boldness, wildness […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje, has been kidnapped. The kidnappers who have contacted the family are asking for a sum of N50m as ransom. According to a report by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Prof. Agbaje, who is currently on sabbatical at Olabisi Onabanjo […]
