(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will blacklist any vendors or its agents who violate its rules for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) exercise. The Registrar of the board, Prof Is’haq Oloyede, stated this in Ibadan on Saturday, while monitoring the registration exercise at some centres. Oloyede, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has sealed Havillah Event Centre, Oniru, where petrol was used as a souvenir at a party. The event centre was sealed by officials of the Lagos Safety Commission and the Rapid Response Squad “for Contravening Public Safety Rules”. Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. has expressed satisfaction with the level of compliance by petroleum products depots with the directive to extend hours of operation, to end the lingering petrol scarcity. Mr Isiyaku Abdullahi, Managing Director, Pipelines Products Marketing Company Ltd.(PPMC), made this known during a monitoring visit to some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday paid a visit to the traditional rulers in the three senatorial district of Ondo State, seeking their support for his aspiration. Speaking at the palace of the Deji of Akure, the former governor of Lagos State said he had helped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is at the risk of ending up in prison for war crimes carried out by his Russian forces in Ukraine, Britain’s Justice Secretary has said. Dominic Raab, who is also Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, was asked on Times Radio on Friday whether he saw the conflict ending with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of people who had fled Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion has reached 1.25 million, according to the UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The IOM said that out of the number, 672,000 fled to Poland, 194,000 to Moldova and around 133,000 to Hungary. The IOM also said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A court in Tanzania on Friday, ordered the release of opposition leader Freeman Mbowe after the prosecution dropped charges, including of terrorism, against him. The Chadema Party leader was arrested in July 2021 shortly before a party conference at which reforms were to be discussed. After Mbowe was arrested, politicians, religious leaders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire broke out Friday afternoon at the Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) store, destroying properties worth N18.5 million at the Mariri Kumbotso Local Government. The Executive Secretary SEMA, Dr Saleh Jili, confirmed the outbreak while briefing newsmen in Kano on Friday. He said that the incident occurred on Friday at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Second batch of 183 Nigerians stranded as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, through Poland with Air Peace. This indication was given by the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on its Twitter handle: @NigeriaGov @abikedabiri @toluogunlesi #NigeriansInUkraine #Ukraine https://t.co/bK70XgwJBb. It stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has advised Nigerian youths not to let themselves be used as willing tools by do-or-die politicians who want to stir up trouble in their communities. Buratai gave the advice in his Message to Nigerian Youths, titled, “Dynamism in Politics and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has approved a new improved dress code for women police officers in the country. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Adejobi said the new dress code would permit female police officers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday says it may likely suspend the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in July. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the ongoing two-day Editorial Capacity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari came back to Abuja on Friday after he participated in the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. President Buhari was initially scheduled to go to London for a medical check-up after the Kenya event as contained in an earlier press statement issued. During his stay in Kenya, Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James (alias Baba) Ijesha on Friday stated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court that comedienne Damilola Adekoya (alias Princess) was his former lover. The actor testified as the second defence witness at his trial for alleged defilement of 14-year-old foster daughter of Princess. Led in evidence by defence counsel, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, has stated that the Federal Government does not have the funds to meet its obligations in the agreement signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Ngige said that government was considering a renegotiation of the terms of the agreement with ASUU, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First batch of Nigerians stranded in Ukraine have arrived in the country. They arrived from Romania on Friday morning . The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri, confirmed this in a tweet. She said , “First batch of Nigerians from #Ukraine arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja from Romania […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government will, on Monday, arraigned the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on eight-count charge bordering on drug trafficking. African Examiner gathered that Kyari, alongside six others, will be arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. Defendants in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government and regulatory authorities are making efforts to address fuel scarcity by ensuring that supply disruption is overcome. The minister made this known to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja after a meeting with some key leaders in the petroleum industry. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has approved the request by the United States of America to extradite the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The US had requested that Kyari should be extradited over alleged $1.1million wire fraud involving Abass Ramon aka Hushpuppi and four others. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s senior national women basketball team, D’Tigress, have been drawn in Group B of the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Australia. African Examiner reports that the Nigerian side were drawn to face France, Australia, Canada, Japan and Serbia at the competition which is in its 19th edition. The World Cup is […]
