(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was panic in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday evening as outlaws took over the streets to enforce the Monday sit-at-home order. The shooting brought to an abrupt end all commercial and social activities in the state capital. The shooting which started around 4:30 pm saw residents and visitors scampering […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday extended their two-weeks warning strike by one month. The unions under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) stated this in a circular, addressed to the branch chairmen and jointly signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira exchanged at 417.30 to the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Monday, representing a -0.25 per cent appreciation, compared to N418.33 to the dollar recorded on Friday. The open indicative rate closed at 417.92 naira to the dollar on Monday. An exchange rate of 444 naira to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, said it would be a great injustice if he did not contest the 2023 election with his vast experience in the last seven years in office. Osinbajo said this when he visited Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State in his office in Akure. The vice president hailed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that the death toll in Sunday’s illegal refinery explosion in Abaeze community Ohaji/Egbema Local Government of Imo had risen to 110. Acting Head of Imo/Abia Operations Office of the agency, Mr Ifeanyi Nnaji, disclosed this on Monday. Nnaji said more dead bodies were recovered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coroner sitting in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday barred journalists and other interested parties from covering and witnessing the inquest. The case aims to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. African Examiner reports that the registrar of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo on Monday adjourned the trial of owner of Hilton hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, and its six staff over alleged murder and interference with the corpse of a Master’s Student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke. The adjournment was hinged on the health condition of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 11 people were confirmed dead and property destroyed in Rwanda after heavy rains pounded different parts of the country on Saturday overnight, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Monday. Seven of the victims were from the Nyamasheke district in western Rwanda, while three were from the capital city Kigali, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya Airways (KQ) on Monday resumed operations to Madagascar following the easing of travel restrictions by Antananarivo. Julius Thairu, the airline’s chief commercial and customer officer, said the airline would operate the direct flight thrice weekly from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi to Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo. Thairu, in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 201 people died and 98 injured, in violence in West Darfur state in Sudan, an official working for the governor of the region said on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported that tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes by the violence. It added that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday claimed that his main spy agency had foiled a Western plot to kill a prominent Russian journalist. “This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist. “They have moved to terror, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested suspected billionaire drug baron allegedly behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT. The alleged drug baron is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu who is the Chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies. This is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No few than six members of the Deeper life Bible Church, located at Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos state, were injured on Sunday, sustaining serious degrees of injuries when the building of the Church collapsed during heavy storm while the service was in progress. African Examiner reports that heavy rain which was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government ( FG) to resolve the lingering crisis that has led to the closure of all public universities. Ajakaye said that the resolution should be in the interest of students, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits were reported to have abducted a former Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaduna Polytechnic, Dr. Ramatu Abarshi, and her daughter, Ameera, near Kasuwan Magani, in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the mother and daughter, together with a commercial driver conveying them, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Pius Anyim, has assured Nigerians that no cabal in Nigeria’s seat of power would dictate to the country who the next president will be. Anyim said any Nigerian with the impression that some inner caucus arrangement would produce the president in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany defender Antonio Rüdiger will leave Chelsea at the end of the season after turning down the offer of a new contract, manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed on Sunday. “The situation is that he wants to leave the club,” Tuchel said after their 1-0 English Premier League (EPL) win over West Ham. “He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some political heavyweights, including some presidential aspirants, are being hosted to an Iftar dinner by the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to available information, as at 6:20pm, some of the dignitaries had started arriving at the venue of the event, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, may recover his N500m mansion in Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his pardon by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Dariye, who was convicted for stealing N1.16bn while he was governor between 1999 […]
