(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigerian (FAAN) says it has deployed new equipment at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) and Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for the safety of flying public. FAAN Aviation Security Services Director, Group Capt. Usman Sodiq, made this known during an interview on Saturday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The military on Saturday conducted a combined route march in Maiduguri for security agencies to keep fit and synergise for effectiveness. African Examiner reports that the march through Maiduguri involved the Army, Air Force, Police, paramilitary organisations, the Civilian Joint Task Force and hunters. Addressing troops after the exercise, General Officer Commanding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea have retained their place at the top of the Premier League thanks to a hat trick by Mason Mount and a resounding 7-0 win over 10-man Norwich City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The hosts were without first-choice strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner, who both suffered injuries in Wednesday’s Champions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has stated that medical tourism is straining the country’s foreign reserves. Emefiele disclosed this at the launch of Duchess International Hospital, a newly built 100-suit health facility located in Ikeja, Lagos. He tasked the private sector operators to invest in medical facilities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Saturday that its fighter aircraft under Operation Hadin Kai have continued their onslaught on terrorist and insurgent targets on islands and localities around the Lake Chad with strikes on 20 boats ferrying Boko Haram terrorists for an attack A statement by Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ondo State has confirmed the abduction of two little girls of nursery and kindergarten classes and the stealing of their mother’s car in Akure. DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo State disclosed that the abduction took place on Friday night. She said upon their return from an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has registered five more COVID-19 deaths and additional 176 new infections in 11 states and the FCT. The NCDC made this known on its website on Saturday. It says the 176 new cases reported on Friday indicate a decrease from the 247 cases posted on […]
