(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he convened the 2014 National Conference with the intention to create an environment for Nigerians to address issues pushing citizens towards divisive politics and sowing the seeds of discord. Jonathan stated this in his remarks at the “2nd Igbo Nsukka Zik Annual Merit Award”, in memory of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received 95 Nigerians stranded from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Alhaji Habib Mustapha, the Director General of NEMA who was represented by the Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in Lagos. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government as well as several human rights groups, including Amnesty International, has called for action on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, which stated that at least nine persons were killed and 39 others […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad hoc committee to intervene in the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirate (UAE). The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Ndudi Elumelu (PDP-Delta) at plenary on Tuesday. Moving the motion earlier, Elumelu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria may experience fuel scarcity in the coming days following the threat issued on Monday by the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas. NUPENG has given the Federal Government a two-week strike notice, raising the possibility of fuel scarcity across the country in the coming weeks. NUPENG members basically control the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N28.10 billion for the nine months ended Sept. 30. Fidelity Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, said this in the bank’s unaudited financial statement posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd., on Tuesday in Lagos. Onyeali-Ikpe said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has invited the Ministers of Finance and Education over the planned strike by Academic Staff Union if Universities (ASUU). He made the announcement on Tuesday at the plenary while the house was debating on the need to intervene to prevent the strike. Gbajabiamila […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons are feared dead in a gas explosion that occurred at Ojekunle Street, Ladipo, Mushin area of Lagos on Tuesday morning, Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-west coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said. Mr Farinloye said one female and three male bodies have been recovered. He added that a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police operatives have rescued 11 passengers who were kidnapped by hoodlums dressed in army camouflage along the Ozoro/ Ughelli expressway, Delta State. Police Public Relations Officer of the State command, Mr. Bright Edafe, said the kidnappers numbering five who were armed with AK 47 rifles came out of the bush at IDU […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled a final-year student, Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa of the Department of Microbiology after being found guilty of assaulting a female lecturer, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyau, of the same Department. A statement by the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the verdict […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has arrived at the scene of a gas explosion on Ojekunle Street in the Ladipo area of the state. Five persons have been confirmed to have been burnt to death in the tragic occurrence that happened on Tuesday morning. Security operatives including policemen, soldiers and emergency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two explosions hit Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country. The explosions occurred in the central business district of Kampala near the central police station and the entrance to parliament, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to Niger State Government, has stated that Boko Haram insurgents are controlling 5 communities in the state. Matane who disclosed this while addressing journalists, stated that Boko Haram insurgents are fully in charge in Hanawanka, Madaka, in Rafi LGA and Kurebe, Gussau, Farina Kuka in Shiroro LGA. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Incident and Cases of Police Brutality as well as human rights violations has indicted the Nigerian Army and the Police of complicity in the death of protesters at the Lekki Toll gate in 2020. The 309-page report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lady, identified as Susan, has been electrocuted at the Hustle and Bustle club in the Aminu Kano Crescent area of Wuse, Abuja. Hustle and Bustle is a club and restaurant co-owned by a popular socialite, Obi Cubana. It was gathered that the victim, who went to the club on Saturday, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) electricity consumers are not required to pay directly for the meters issued to them. This is contained in a statement NERC issued in Abuja . “We wish to reiterate that the NMMP designed to provide all consumers of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has said the partial or full vaccination against the dreaded COVID-19 is not enough reason to drop non pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) guard, or a guarantee against infection. Ehanire said this in Abuja, at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19. “Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal government has called for a full autopsy over the death of a Nigerian and Oyo State indigene, Itunu Babalola, who died in Cote D’ivoire. African Examiner had reported that Itunu who was wrongfully jailed in Cote D’ivoire, died on Sunday. According to available information, Itunu was said to have contracted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Detained American journalist, Denny Fenster, has been released and deported amid growing international pressure after a Myanmar court sentenced him to 11 years in prison. According to his employer, Frontier Myanmar, “we are relieved that Danny is finally out of prison, somewhere he never should have been in the first place.” Frontier’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo conceded that Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Serbia was “tough” but vowed that Portugal’s hopes of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup are “still very much alive.” In spite an early goal from Renato Sanches in Lisbon, an equalizer from Dusan Tadic and a 90th-minute Aleksandar Mitrovic header saw Serbia leapfrog […]
