(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government has adopted Saturday as a school day to replace Monday, which has been marked as the sit-at-home day by the Indigenous People of Biafra. This was made known in a recent memo by the government titled, ‘Anambra State Government Approves Saturday as School Day’, adding that Saturday classes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians. The NLC President, MrAyuba Wabba, expressed labour position while unveiling the COVID-19 vaccination Advisory for the Federal Civil Servants on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the federal government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudan’s military seized power in a coup on Monday, while youths opposed to the takeover barricaded streets and gunfire was heard as demonstrators clashed with the security forces. The military dissolved a transitional government that had been set up to guide the country to democracy following the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat Omar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The November 6, 2021 Anambra state Governorship election may have run into serious hitch, as a huge number of adhoc Staff recruited for the exercise have resigned due to fear of attacks by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Pro Biafran group, had last weekend, issued a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, was seized at his jungle hideout by the country’s security forces, Al Jazeera reports. The Colombian government had offered $800,000 reward for information about his whereabouts, while the United States […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun Police Command, have re- arrested 13 of the inmates who escaped from Abologo Correctional Centre in Oyo, on Friday, in Ejigbo, Osun. SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson, confirmed the development to newsmen and stated that the inmates were arrested on Saturday night, adding that they would soon be transferred […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis over the appointment of Prince Gbenga Adeyeye as the lralepo of lsinkan by the Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi deepened this weekend as the Princes and Princesses in the community asked governor Rotimi Akeredolu to call the monarch to order to avoid the disruption of existing peace in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year 2021, a new report has revealed. A list of debarred individuals and firms were presented in a new annual report titled World Bank Group Sanctions System FY21. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have decried increasing cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) against women and girls in spite of the domestication of extant laws in the country. They also expressed concern over harmful traditional practices against women and girls when there are laws against such practices. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, on Thursday said it has reviewed downward the price of gas-to-power from $2.50/mmbtu to $2.18/mmbtu for domestic supply obligation (DSO). In his remarks at the 2021 Gas Sector Stakeholders’ Forum themed: Optimizing the Economic Development Capacity of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano “AKK” Gas Pipeline Project, in Kano, Minister of State Petroleum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as the Reds thrashed their rival 5-0 at Old Trafford, handing Manchester United one of its worst defeats in recent memory. Salah became the first opposing player to score a hat trick at Old Trafford in Premier League history. Undefeated Liverpool (21 points) is now just […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered that Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras be installed in all the correctional facilities in the state. Makinde gave the order on Sunday when he visited the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo, that was attacked on Friday night by unknown gunmen, where majority of the inmates escaped. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed that all escapees from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town will be fished out of there hiding places. He made this declaration on Sunday during his visit to the correctional centre in Oyo. African Examiner recalls that unknown gunmen attacked the correctional facility […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Kogi have arrested three suspects believed to belong to a gang of kidnappers terrorising motorists on Itobe-Anyigba highway. They are Danlami Shauibu, Kabiru Amodu and Adejoh Tijani all of Adumu village in Ofu Local Government suspected to be responsible for series of kidnappings in the area. A statement signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the attack on Goronyo market which claimed the lives of 43 people last week, the Sokoto state government has formally written to the Federal Government to suspend the blockade of telecommunications services earlier imposed on 14 local government areas of the state. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state disclosed this on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In an upset 3 -2 win, Namibia on Saturday knocked COSAFA Women’s Championship winners Tanzania, out of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022 qualifier played at the Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Namibians’ came into the game smarting from a 1-2 loss they suffered in the first leg […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC) has decried increasing impediment to health care delivery due to incessant restrictions and insecurity across the country. The Red Cross expressed the worry at a workshop organised for journalists and Monitoring and Evaluation Officers of healthcare facilities, themed “Healthcare Delivery in Danger” (HCiD) in Awka, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Arise News and Publisher of ThisDay, Nduka Obaigbena, has stated that nobody in Nigeria can predict who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Obaigbena disclosed this in Abuja at the inauguration of the new leadership of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria. African Examiner writes that the Chief Executive […]
