(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kwara has condoled with families of 13 persons burnt beyond recognition in an auto crash that happened on Saturday at Lasoju along Ogbomoso-Ilorin Express way in Kwara. The state Police Public Relations Officer( PPRO), SP. Ajayi Okasanmi, said this in a statement in Ilorin. He said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 301 stranded Nigerians returned home from Ukraine amidst Russia attacks on multiple fronts through Budapest. This is according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Twitter handles: @ NigeriaGov. #Nigeriansinukraine https://t.co/yKnPRRwlEb stated that the evacuees boarded Flight AZM2351 with AzmanAir from Budapest, Hungary. It stated that the evacuees arrived […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court sitting in Enugu presided over by Justice Oluwakayode Arowosegbe, of Court 2 has dismissed a suit filed by the governor Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi, led state Government seeking to stop primary school teachers from embarking on industrial action over non-payment of the national minimum wage. Our Correspondent reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti State, has stated that Nigeria should have outgrown tribalism but there is still hope as 2023 will give Nigerians a chance to make the country of their dreams. Fayemi made this known at a symposium to mark Hamzat Lawal’s 35th birthday in Abuja on Saturday. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ovation Magazine boss, Dele Momodu, has warned the Redeemed Christian Church of God, saying it might face moral crisis if it supports Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and the Presidential ambition he’s allegedly nursing. African Examiner had earlier reported that the RCCG, headed by Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had created the Office of Directorate of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Portuguese prosecutors have detained a rabbi and carried out raids over the naturalisation process of a number of Jewish people, including Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club. Portugal’s Public Prosecution Service said late Friday that it has detained the leader of Porto’s Jewish community, Daniel Litvak, as part […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday endorsed his former arch-rival for the country’s top job, weeks after their parties joined forces ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August. “We have chosen Raila Odinga without any opposition to be the fifth president of Kenya,” Kenyatta told a cheering crowd numbering thousands in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown people have torched the gym entrance of the Lomonosov Russian-German bilingual school in Berlin overnight Friday, the Berlin police said. The police, however, added that the arson did not result in any casualties. “After unknown people set fire to the entrance of a gym in Marzahn this morning, the police department […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano Pillars on Friday defeated Bauchi Nets 77-68 to emerge Group 3 winners in the 2022 Mark ‘D’ Ball Men’s basketball championship in Abuja. African Examiner reports that the result meant that Kano Pillars finished with a 100 percent win record. They topped the eight-team Phase 1 Group 3 table with 14 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yobe’s Gov. Mai Mala Buni remains the Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). The declaration was made in Abuja on Saturday by Alhaji Garba Muhammed, a chieftain of the APC. He stated that the party’s leadership remained intact contrary to reports in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Competition Consumer Protection Commission, in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, National Information Technology Development Agency, and the Nigerian Police Force, on Friday, raided some illegal financial institutions operating on Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos. Among the financial institutions affected were, GoCash, Okash, EasyCredit, Kashkash, Speedy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, former Nigeria’s Deputy President of the Senate, professor Ike Ekweremadu has made public his ambition to run for the Governorship position of Enugu state in 2023. The lawmaker, who represents Enugu West Senatorial district in the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly NASS revealed this Friday in Enugu during a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely few days when bandits killed 63 vigilantes, the outlaws on Tuesday again struck again killing 19 security agents in the entourage of the Kebbi State deputy governor, Samaila Yombe, in Kanya in Dangu Wasagu Local Government Area of the state. The latest incident occurred during a visit by the deputy governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have invaded Ungwan Galadima in Chikun council of Kaduna State, killing three persons and abducting two women. The state chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. John Joseph Hayab confirmed the attack yesterday, saying that the bandits stormed the community in the early hours of the morning and operated for about an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civilian targets came under Russian shelling in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday, killing one, emergency services said, in what appeared to be the first direct attack on the city. Early on Friday, “there were three airstrikes on the city, namely hitting a kindergarten, an apartment building and a two-story shoe […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Nordic Development Fund (NDF) have made a combined-equity investments amounting to over $30 million in the AfricaGoGreen Fund. AfricaGoGreen Fund is a debt fund established to promote private investments in energy-efficient technologies and business models, with the objective of decarbonising African economies and accelerating the energy transition. Launched in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Government has suspended the activities of the union from all parks and garages with immediate effect, following the crisis engulfing the National Union of Road Transport Workers Union in Lagos State. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement late Thursday. The statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fiji says that it has recorded 991 cases of leptospirosis with 29 deaths this year, 53 cases of typhoid with five deaths and 965 confirmed cases of dengue fever. This was according to the Health Ministry on Wednesday. Leptospirosis is caused by bacteria that enter the body through skin or eyes, nose […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has suspended its Lagos chapter’s Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called Mc Oluomo, indefinitely over alleged misconduct, insubordination, and inciting members of the state chapter against the apex body. The development followed earlier query sent to the NURTW boss in Lagos over alleged misconduct in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service, has explained why it permitted a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, and other inmates at its facilities to participate in a beauty pageant. Ojukwu, prime suspect in the alleged murder of the Chief Executive Officer […]
