(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran actress, Sidikat Odukanwi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko is dead. She died Wednesday evening. Actress Foluke Daramola-Salako confirmed her death. She wrote on her Instagram page: “and finally we lost her.. rip Iyabo Oko, we did our best but God knows best” Also Sidikat’s daughter Bisi Aisha, a female soldier, confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has commenced the implementation of its nutrition flagship program, tagged: Aliko Dangote Foundation Integrated Nutrition (ADFIN) program in Kano State. According to the ADF’s Director of Health and Nutrition, Dr. Francis Aminu, the program is in line with the plan to use the newly refurbished Primary Healthcare […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has charged the Super Eagles to do Nigeria proud at the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations by lifting the coveted trophy in Cameroon. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, conveyed the president’s message at a ‘send forth’ ceremony for the team on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed thugs have invaded the office of Thunder Blowers Online, an online newspaper and TV station in Gusau, the state capital of Zamfara. African Examiner learnt that the attackers stormed the offices Monday night, injured a Multimedia editor, Mansur Rabiu, and destroyed some working tools. In a statement signed by Zaharadeen Zarumi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kano has ordered a 20-year-old man, Tasi’u Adamu be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a four-year-old. The defendant, who lives in Indabawa Quarters, Kano, was standing trial on a count charge of the unnatural offence. The Prosecutor, Mrs Maryam Jibril, told the court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Juventus begin a crucial month for the season with the visit of old rivals Napoli as Serie A returns to action on Thursday, with a Covid-19 resurgence looming large over fixtures. Dozens of players among the top division’s 20 clubs are out of action with the virus, with Juve captain Giorgio Chiellini […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential campaign billboard bearing the name and picture of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has surfaced in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Osinbajo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is serving his second and final term of four years as the Vice President alongside the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday has openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state. The CSP told the governor categorically that he and his armed colleagues were at the estate on the orders of the Inspector-General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the state government is yet to implement the new minimum wage after three years in which the federal government passed the bill into law. The NLC chairman in the state, Chinwe Orizu, made this known on Tuesday in Awka during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has stated that Nigeria needs to invest in security in the year 2022. Obi, who described 2021 as a difficult year for Nigerians in every aspect talked about the state of the nation on Monday while he answered questions from newsmen at the Sam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board directed admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre of the Joint […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six persons died while 12 sustained injuries on Monday in an accident involving a Mistubishi canter and a Mazda bus, around Lala/Kere area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:10pm, with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in a letter addressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mayor of the Turkish city of Bodrum, Ahmet Aras, has beckoned on Nigerians to explore the city’s mediterranean culture and other tourists’ sites in Turkey. Aras made the call on Monday when he hosted some Nigerian tourism stakeholders to an exploratory meeting in Turkey. Tourism promoter Ikechi Uko, said in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owners of over 250 shops damaged by a mysterious fire at Obi Isiedo foodstuff market, Okpuno-Egbu, Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State, yesterday wept uncontrollably as they count their losses African Examiner gathered that the disaster which occurred at about 10pm, destroyed goods valued several millions of naira, and has thrown the affected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of residents of Nguru community in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State on Monday staged a protest against the Traditional Ruler of the locality, Igwe Linus Obayi, calling for his sack from office. Some of the placards displayed by over 500 protesters read thus” ‘ Igwe Linus Obayi must go, “We […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least six villagers were killed on Monday in an attack by al-Shabab militants at a village in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu, local officials said. Lamu County Commissioner, Irungu Macharia, said that the attackers, believed to have crossed over from neighbouring Somalia, also torched several houses in the attack there. “The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned the slaughtering of Fulani cows and the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem in Biafraland -South-East. This was contained in a New Year message by IPOB director of state, Chika Edoziem. Instead, Edoziem said only the Biafran national anthem should be taught in schools. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has placed a ban on all nightclub activities, including night-time trading and street prostitution along Abacha road and surrounding streets in Port Harcourt with immediate effect. “No responsible government should continue to tolerate the open display and solicitation of sexual services, drug abuse and public intoxication […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, has announced his intention to contest the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State. Sani served as senator from 2015 to 2019. Speaking in an interview on a radio programme weekend, Sani said he would contest the governorship election on the platform of the People’s Democratic […]
