(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday. Amusan, who had obliterated the world record in an astonishing semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered over the line at Hayward Field in 12.06sec. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC), Kwali in Kwali Area Council, FCT, Abuja. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu gave the directive on Monday in Abuja in a statement made available to newsmen by the Director of Press and Public Relations, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 30 passengers were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when their bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a river along the highway in Tharaka Nithi. The Eastern Regional Police Commander Rono Brunei said on Monday. The bus, travelling from Meru town to the coastal city of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted some travellers in Lokpanta, a community in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. African Examiner learnt that the victims — who were travelling in a Toyota Corolla car –– were attacked by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has been ranked as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Bank retained its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria with a Tier-1 Capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is returning tolling to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the rehabilitation of the highway is completed. In an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Fashola stated that three toll plazas were expected on the highway. While projecting the completion of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation, on Saturday, officially declared the Monkeypox disease as a global health emergency. The global health body noted that it activated its highest alert level for the growing Monkeypox outbreak, making the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. African Examiner reports that Monkeypox, according to the Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Music mogul Michael Collins aka Don Jazzy has lost his mother, Mrs Ajereh, to cancer. The veteran music producer shared the sad news via his verified Instagram page on Friday. The Marvin boss, who described his late mother as his backbone and supporter wrote: “I lost my sweet mother this morning. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixteen people, including civilians, were killed in clashes among rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, health officials said Saturday, amid fears of growing unrest in the country roiled by years-long strife. The Health Ministry said the fighting also left 52 injured. The fatalities included six civilians, the spokesman for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police command in Niger says it has arrested one Alhaji Bashiru Abdulahi, an alleged serial killer and notorious kidnapper in Kontagora Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer(PRO), Mr Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday in Minna. Abiodun said the police’s tactical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy leader of Song Local Government Legislative Council of Adamawa State, Hon Ishaya Bakano, has been killed. A gang of men of the underworld got at the local council lawmaker in the early hours of Saturday and gunned him down. Ishaya, who was representing Gudu Mboi Ward, was whisked from his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Customs Area Controller in charge of the TinCan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Adekunle Oloyode, has said that four clearing agents forged his signature to clear imported cars. Oloyode, who said this while briefing journalists on the half-year report of the command, said that the agents wanted to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told the leadership and some senior members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the unity, security and prosperity of the country will matter most to him beyond his days in office as president. The president, who made his feelings known at a meeting with the APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body of all airline companies operating in Nigeria, has said that henceforth, aggrieved passengers who destroy properties belonging to any airline or assault airline staff, will be arrested and prosecuted. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesman for the AON, Prof. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons failed to finish among the top three at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) as they lost 0-1 to the Copper Queens of Zambia on Friday. The Falcons lost in the third-place playoff game after Evarine Katungo’s 28th minute goal made the difference at the Stade Mohammed V […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Enugu State has foiled an attempt by armed hoodlums to attack Igbo-Eze North Police Division headquarters within the Nsukka axis of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Friday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that police operatives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists have abducted fifty people from Kuchi, in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the Co-convener of Concerned Shiroro Youths Of Niger State, Sani Kokki, who made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent, the abduction was said to have occurred while it rained at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS said on Friday that, it would replace the gas from Russia with Nigeria Gas due to the invasion in Ukraine. The Deputy Director-General Department for (Energy), European Commission in Brussels, Mr Matthew Baldwin, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Adeyemi Ajayi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and two others in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje. Justice Ajayi ordered that Idris and his co-defendants be kept in Kuje Correctional pending the hearing of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Islamist militants on Friday attacked the main military base where Mali’s interim president lives outside the capital Bamako, but the armed forces said they had repelled the assault and had the situation under control. The attack on the Kati military base began at 5a.m. local time with two vehicles packed with […]
