(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s D’Tigers lost their first qualifying game against Cote d’Ivoire on Friday night at the Palais des Sports Treichville in Abidjan The Nigerian team, who had suffered three defeats in their last qualifier window, suffered another in the hands of the Elephants, who out-fought them 78-66. In the first quarter, both teams […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several shops and houses were set ablaze on Thursday when gunmen invaded Izombe, a community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, South-east Nigeria. The gunmen were said to have attacked the community at about 4:30 p.m. The attack lasted for over two hours. A resident of the area, Chijioke Kelechi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, has clarified why he wore sneakers to the Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Lagos State on Monday. Shettima, who represented APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the event, was dressed in a black suit and red tie, accompanied by a pair of gym shoes, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several persons have been trapped as a shopping mall in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja collapses in the early hours of Friday. The shopping mall is close to Aso Savings Bank. Our correspondent confirmed that there was no presence of a rescue team at the time of filing this report. Details later… […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has just come out the the Uyo Correctional Centre. Inibehe came out one month after he was sent to prison by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot, for contempt of court. He was seen given a heroic welcome march by a team of supporters. The lawyer, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension brews in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as armed police officers took over the state secretariat of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) following its closure by the Borno State Government on Thursday. The office was declared illegal and sealed by the Borno government which said it was meant to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has cautioned Nigerian students against going to Northern Cyprus. Its chairperson, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team. She said Northern Cyprus was not recognised by the UN, adding that a lot of students had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Workers at the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday issued a notice of indefinite strike to the management of the commission over breach of conditions. The workers, in a leaked letter written by the joint union congress, PSC chapter and addressed to Musiliu Smith, PSC chairman, said the indefinite strike will commence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists on Wednesday evening abducted an unspecified number of travelers inside two vehicles along the Katsina/Jibia highway in Katsina State. Sources said the incident occurred at a portion of the highway at Kadobe village around 5p.m The Spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident, insisting he should […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a bloc of eight East African countries, has called on warring parties in northern Ethiopia to immediately cease hostilities. In a statement, the bloc’s Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu said that he was concerned about reports of hostilities on the border of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. He called […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As many as 903 people were killed, nearly 1,300 injured and thousands left homeless as heavy monsoon rains and flash floods continued to wreck havoc in Pakistan since mid-June. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday. More than 70 people died and over 82,000 houses were damaged over the past […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen on Wednesday in Coker Aguda area of Lagos. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated on Thursday in Lagos that the Inspector was inside a tricycle when he was shot. The spokesman, however, said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, is dead. According to reports, Dokubo, 70, died at a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday night. The professor of strategy was born in Abonnema, Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State on March 23, 1952. His primary and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A clash between Oro traditional worshippers and worshippers at the Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church has led to the death of a tailor, Akeem Adebisi, in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that Akeem alongside other Oro worshippers were performing sacrament when they got to know that the […]
…Decorated As FNIOB (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been decorated as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Building ( FNIOB) for his unquantifiable contributions to the growth and development of the building industry. The investiture of the Governor was performed by the President of the institute, Professor Yohanna Izam […]
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, known better as Cubana Prime Minister, was arraigned alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday attended the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting physically. Osinbajo is attending the meeting physically for the first time after he underwent thigh surgery at a hospital in Lagos State. He participated in last week’s FEC meeting virtually. The meeting holding at the Council Chambers of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver, Valentine Enwerem, was on Friday evening killed when gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, attacked his vehicle. The incident happened at Nkwo Orji market junction along Owerri-Okigwe Road in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, South-east Nigeria. The slain driver was carrying two Catholic priests before the gunmen attacked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps has declared rotational number plates illegal in the country. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem, said the declaration followed a video circulating on social media with rotational number plates showing different details. The statement read: “The attention of the FRSC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Majority Leader of Anambra Assembly Hon. Nnamdi Okafor is dead. Okafor died on Tuesday night in South Africa. Okafor, a second term legislator, represented Awka-South 1 State Constituency. He came into the State Assembly in 2015 on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Details of his death are still […]
