(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom on Saturday night announced the imposition of travel restriction on citizens of Nigeria following an increase in the number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the world. This was disclosed by the UK’s Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, via his official Twitter account . […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – West Ham United added Chelsea to their top teams of defeat this season after an entertaining 3-2 win. Arthur Masuaku scored an absolutely bizarre winner in the 89th minute, which dashed the hope of Tuchel Chelsea team to maintain their top on the table. Details shortly…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said it has commenced investigation into the death of one Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos who died under tragic circumstances a few days ago. The controversial death of Sylvester who would have turned 12 years on Saturday has since gone viral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers, Karibi Bob-Manuel, says Nigerian youths are without focus and more interested in following leaders than being leaders. “Pre-election activities for 2023 will begin in 2022, but as youths, we are yet to be organised because we have no focus,” he stated. “Until we […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Itunu Babalola, the Nigerian lady who died in Côte D’Ivoire prison after wrongly jailed, has been buried in Ibadan, Oyo State. The remains of the young lady were interred on Saturday at the Sango Cemetery at 11:25am. Babalola was buried in the presence of officials of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles may have gotten a massive boost for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as Napoli’s striker, Victor Osimhen, is likely to be ready for the tournament after he was earlier being ruled out for three months due to injury. African Examiner recalls that Osimhen fractured his eye socket and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of children from communities sharing border with the Shadawanka Army Barracks in Bauchi have formed human barricade at the Zaranda hotel junction, along Bauchi-Jos road. With the approval of their parents and youths of the affected communities, children between ages 3 – 8 years were seen lying down across the width […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With many African countries struggling from the shackles of debt servicing amid the downward economic trend occasioned by COVID-19, a ‘New Deal’ worth 7.1 trillion dollars has been suggested as the only solution. This was the position of Mr Antonio Pedro, Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the ongoing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police have confirmed the kidnapping of over 20 persons by bandits in Unguwan Gimbiya in Sabon Tasha, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the police spokesperson in the state, Mohammed Jalige, who spoke on Channels TV, the assault took place in the early hours of Friday. Mr Jalige […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress are currently jostling to host the party’s national convention slated for February 2022. Apart from the governors, it was also gathered that some powerful stakeholders are making moves to determine the venue of the convention, where the party’s National Working Committee members would be elected. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, better known by his stage name D’banj, and Akon added flavour to the ARISE Fashion show 2021 at the Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa, Dubai . D’banj endeared himself to the audience with his stage craftsmanship. The Kokomaster carried the audience along with his hit songs and the audience sang […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev. Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has said that the Israeli authorities have agreed to look into the possibility of procuring a three-month group visa for Nigerian Pilgrims that would cover the pilgrimage period as against the two-week visa policy. Rev. Pam also stressed that Nigerians […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is no iota of truth in the report that two students of Bashorun High School, Ibadan, were on Friday turned to tubers of yam by a suspected ritualist. The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Mr Abiodun Abdulramah, made this clarification, while addressing students, parents and guardians of the school when he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, has authorised vaccine booster against the pandemic for eligible Nigerians. Dr Faisal Shuaib, the Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), stated on Friday in Abuja, that the decision was reached, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the agency. Shauib said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority (FHA), on Friday said the demolition of substandard and illegal construction across FESTAC Town in Lagos would continue. He said that some squatters would be relocated. Ashafa, represented by Mr Chinonso Omoke, FHA Executive Director, Project Implementation during a meeting with stakeholders at FHA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, an angry mob has lynched an unidentified middle-aged man accusing him of turning students into tubers of yam. It was gathered that the suspect was arrested, killed and set ablaze on Friday morning by residents of Ashi, Bodija, and Akobo for allegedly turning two students of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s transport unions went on open-ended strike Friday over alleged police harassment and illicit competition, paralysing the capital Dakar and other regions. Many people were unable to go to work or send their children to school in the capital without buses or taxis to take them, AFP journalists and witnesses said. Patients […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB in Mgbowo Community in Awgu Council area of Enugu state, Mr. Ejiofor Stanley Oti, now at large after he was declared wanted by the Nigerian Army has called on Igbo leaders and international Community to come to his rescue. He said life […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Nigerian Navy has freed online Comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, from detention. Naval spokesperson, Commodore Suleman Dahun, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Friday. Cute Abiola was said to have been missing on Monday, November 15, 2021, when his colleague in the comedy industry, Debo Adedayo aka Mr Macaroni, raised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Friday ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, following the investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of the school. This was contained in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, of the Lagos State Ministry of Education The statement read, “The […]
