(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Fuji Music Icon, Adewale Ayuba, says his new single “Koloba Koloba” has generated additional eight thousand online videos. Ayuba, who made this known in a telephone interview in Lagos, said the videos were made by fans, four months after its release. He expressed excitement over the rate at which the single […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to implement existing programmes and projects aimed at addressing the impact of climate change in the country. This is coming at the heels of Nigeria’s renewed zest to further pursue initiatives geared toward achieving the national commitments made at the United Nations Climate Change Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has stated that the term “repentant bandits” is a misnomer and does not exist. Governor El-Rufai disclosed this on Tuesday shortly after meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, the goal of the Kaduna State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, has stated that he will be available to feature at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. It could be recalled that Osimhen’s participation was doubtful after he suffered a facial injury during their Serie A clash against Inter Milan last November. The striker fractured his left cheekbone and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has passed the 2022 Appropriation Bill and the 2021 Finance Bill. The House also raised the total estimates of the Federal Government’s budget from the proposed N16.39 trillion to over N17 trillion. The passage followed the consideration of the reports by the House Committee on Appropriation and Committee […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja received his third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Presidential Villa. The president had taken his first jab of the vaccine on March 6 and the second jab on May 29, 2021. African Examiner reports that the third vaccine was administered on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, said it discovered 14,665 multiple registrations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The number, it said, was among 42,986 Nigerians who completed their Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the FCT. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at the commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, and Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Comrade Bonnie Iwuoha is dead. A family Source said he died Monday evening in Umuahia, the Abia State capital during a brief illness. The former Commissioner was at the 7th NUJ triennial delegate conference held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church (DLBC), Pastor William F. Kumuyi, has stated that from his observations, the COVID-19 virus is not fake. Kumuyi disclosed this at a meeting in Lagos with journalists ahead of the church’s global crusade which begins on Tuesday. Speaking on theories alleging that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor David Ibiyeomie of the Salvation Ministries, has kicked against the state of insecurity under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ibiyeomie frowned at the Buhari-led government that has allowed cows to have more value than human lives. The cleric made this known while addressing his members in Port Harcourt, the Rivers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the relative of a patient at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, for allegedly attacking medical workers at the hospital. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified relative brought the patient with a gunshot injury in a Toyota Sienna to the surgical emergency unit of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Matthew Hollingworth, has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker that also left another injured, after the convoy they were travelling in came under attack. Hollingworth, in a statement on Monday, said the World Food Programme (WFP) convoy had been deliberately targeted. Armed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Boundary Commission (NBC) says it is poised to resolve the four out of 20 issues concerning the Nigeria-Cameroon border in 2022. Mr Admu Adaji, the Director-General of the NBC, disclosed this during a media parley with top media executives in Abuja. Adaji said the judgment by the International Court of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) says that there are plans to adopt Arabic as its fifth official language. FIFA announced this in a statement posted on its website. The proposal to adopt Arabic which is spoken by over 450 million people was made to commemorate the UN’s World Arabic Language […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Christmas is fast approaching, sellers and buyers of food items have lamented the hike in prices of commodities. Our correspondent who spoke with sellers in Various markets on Monday, report that dealers in tomato, pepper and rice decried the low patronage due to the high cost. Many attributed the situation to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Polytechnic of Ibadan has confirmed an attack by suspected armed robbers on the institution’s staff quarters in the early hours of Monday. The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Soladoye Adewole confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. The attack occurred […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Monday said the Israeli government had approved the ban of all non-essential travel to 10 countries including the United States to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain. The countries include Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey. “The cabinet ministers have now […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked all prospective candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to acquire their National Identification Numbers (NIN) ahead of the exercise. The board stated this on Monday in its weekly bulletin released by the Office of the Registrar in Abuja. JAMB said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has drawn the attention of the general public to a fake competition trending online which claims to celebrate its so-called “Anniversary Event”. Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, in a statement on Monday said the NNPC had nothing to do with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Republic of Benin, Niger Republic and Togo made no payment for the electricity supplied to them from Nigeria in the second quarter of 2021, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. In its just released Second Quarter Report 2021, the NERC stated that the power firms of the three nations and […]
