(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll of a military helicopter crash in India on Wednesday has risen to four, sources from the Tamil Nadu Police told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, sources said that two people died and three others suffered injuries. In total, there were nine people aboard the helicopter. According to sources, Chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anger reigned in the two chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly as senators, and members of the House of Representatives, separately, condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in her COVID-19 red list without justification. This is even as governors of the 36 states of the federation expressed angst over the UK government’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion among power sector operators on Tuesday after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), fired the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company as a result of the strike embarked upon by the AEDC workers the preceding day. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Power said the management of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday repatriated another 180 stranded Nigerians in Libya. Mr Kabiru Musa, Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Musa said that the 180 stranded Nigerians, who departed from Mitiga Airport, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two people were killed and three injured in a shooting in a public services center in southeastern Moscow on Tuesday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Earlier in the day, a police source told Sputnik that two people were killed during the shooting. “A tragedy occurred in the Ryazansky public services center. “As a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 15 students have lost their lives by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The president of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, Yerima Shettima, has stated that 2023 is already too late for the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s president. Shettima stated that the Southeast should look beyond 2023 because the next two years might be too late to produce the country’s president. The Arewa youth leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has stated that the reputation of President Buhari is already established irrespective of whether he signs the electoral bill or not. It could be recalled that Buhari received the electoral act amendment bill from the National Assembly in November and has 30 days to make a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and former Abia governor has refuted claims that he told the Department of State Service (DSS) to starve the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is presently detained on the order of Justice Binta Murtala Nyako-led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate, seeking the consideration and subsequent passage of the 2021 Finance bill that will guide the implementation of the 2022 appropriation In a letter addressed to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan and read during plenary on Tuesday, President Buhari said that the bill […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has confirmed that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody while the other two are at large for alleged assault of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. Odumosu, disclosed this Tuesday morning that two other students of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA), has sent a “Save Our Souls (SOS)” signal to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over multiple and indiscriminate charges and deductions on customers by commercial banks. SEAMATA is the umbrella association of traders in all the markets in the South East geo-political zone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Russian state commission (Roscosmos) has authorised the launch of a Soyuz-2.1, a rocket with a Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, which will carry two Japanese space tourists. Roscosmos on Tuesday said Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, along with famous Russian cosmonaut, Alexander Misurkin will leave for orbit on Wednesday. Roscosmos in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A police officer in Nairobi has allegedly killed six people, including his wife, before finally turning the gun on himself early on Tuesday. According to police, security forces became aware something was amiss after a loud noise was heard in the officer’s apartment followed by the sound of gunfire. Armed with an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of The Gambian citizens have taken to the streets in protest after the December 4 presidential election result. The election, contested by six candidates, was won by the incumbent president, Adama Barrow. Mr Barrow, who contested the election under the flagship of the National People’s Party (NPP), polled 457, 519 votes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of the Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, who died under controversial circumstances, has demanded a coroner inquest into his death. The news of Sylvester’s death went viral last Wednesday following a social media post by his cousin, Perry Oromoni, who alleged that some senior […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Kim Young-Chae, Ambassador of Korea to Nigeria, has said that his country would provide US$12.4 million for the construction of solar mini-grids in Nigeria. Kim said this in his address at the “Stand-alone mini grid project” presentation ceremony, granted by the Korean Government, held in Abuja. Kim said, “The project to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops has thwarted an attempt by outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) members to unleash mayhem on two communities in Imo. The outlawed IPOB/ESN members attempted to unleash mayhem on Mgbidi and Awo-Mmamma communities within Oru West Local Government Area of Imo when troops conducting Exercise […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The global music industry is turning its attention to Africa and Nigeria’s new generation of artistes are quickly becoming its biggest success. Top on the list of these Nigerian artistes is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as “Burna Boy” who according to Spotify’s ratings bagged second most streamed album after Wizkid who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has stated that the ban of travelers from Nigeria by the UK over Omicron, a COVID-19 variant, is discriminatory. African examiner recalls that on Saturday, the UK placed Nigeria on its red list as a result of COVID Omicron cases linked to Nigeria. Addressing a […]
