(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it had finalised the list of approved computer-based test centres in preparation for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board also reiterated its decision to have a hitch-free registration process for all candidates. This was disclosed in the latest bulletin released by the board […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated the Pharaohs of Egypt 1-0 in their group stage encounter at the ongoing 33rd Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday in Garoua, Cameroon. Super Eagles, who top Group D with the victory, were dominant and impressive in the game. With today’s victory, Nigeria broke Egypt’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described late elder statesman, Chief Ernest Shonekan, as a role model who would be remembered as a man of sustained strong will to succeed. Obasanjo, in a condolence letter addressed to Mrs Margaret Shonekan, the deceased wife, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian celebrity dancer, Kafayat Shafau, popularly known as Kaffy, has opened up on her separation from her husband, Joseph Ameh. According to her, marriage was supposed to be an alignment of destinies but that was not the case in her union. The mother-of-two said this in a video on her Instagram page […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Will Smith has won his debut award for the best actor in a drama film at the award ceremony from the Golden Globes on Sunday. Having been nominated for 5 different categories in 1993, 1994, 2002, 2007, and 2016; Will Smith’s 2022 nomination has finally gained him a win. The 53-year-old rapper-turned-actor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Ernest Shonekan who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has died. Shonekan died at a hospital, in the Lekki area of Lagos state, at the age of 85. He was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and between August 26 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dorcas Vem, the wife of Silas Vem, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plateau Government House, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The gunmen, in a separate operation, equally kidnapped Dr. Samuel Audu, a Director in the Plateau State Ministry of Health. Sources within the Government House in Jos and the State Secretariat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says he is considering succeeding the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the next presidential election in 2023 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party. This is just as the Publisher of Ovation International and The Boss magazines, Dele Momodu, on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has announced that the military authorities said troops foiled an attack and neutralised five terrorists in Kwanan Bataro, Giwa Local Government Area. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan disclosed this in a statement. Aruwan said according to operational feedback received, the troops, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Egypt will faceoff at the Stade Roumdé Adjia, Garoua as both sides aim to begin their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on a positive note. Nigeria will be without top scorer in the qualifiers Victor Osimhen, Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis and 2019 AFCON top scorer Odion Ighalo, while Egypt will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news of the alleged invitation extended to the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev Mathew Hassan-Kukah, by the Department of State Services has been described as untrue. The Director of Social Communication in the diocese, Rev Fr Christopher Omotosho, advised members of the public to ignore the rumour. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday declared that he had informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition. Asiwaju Tinubu disclosed this while addressing State House Correspondents after a closed-door meeting with Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, for laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. Mompha, who was arrested on Monday, is currently standing trial alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has suspended its three-day warning strike. The nurses on Monday had commenced a three-day warning strike to protest poor remuneration and working conditions in the Lagos State health sector. But the state NANNM chairman, Olurotimi Awojide, after an emergency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Juju musician, Dayo Kujore, has died at the age of 63. Kujore who was among the modern-day pioneers of the Nigerian-styled musical art form is said to have died on Monday, according to his daughter, Dayo Kujore. Circumstances surrounding the ‘Soko Extra’ crooner’s death are yet to be revealed as a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday advised its nearly 14 million people to stay home while it conducted mass Covid testing after a spate of recent cases, including two caused by the Omicron variant, state-controlled media reported. Tianjin emerged as a new area of concern after more than 20 Covid […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will declare interest in the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the first quarter of 2022. Atiku, who piped 11 other aspirants to the sole ticket of the party in the Presidential convention held in Port Harcourt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three police officers, on Sunday, lost their lives in an accident along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway, when the patrol van in which they were traveling experienced a burst tyre and crashed into a drainage. It was learned that the accident, which occurred opposite the Gwarimpa Estate section of the road, involved operatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) said on Sunday that they would mobilise to join the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in appearing before the Department of State Services. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said this in a statement on Sunday, titled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and […]
