(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday has convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Faisal Maina, to 14 years imprisonment. Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, was found guilty on three counts of money laundering filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is heavy security operatives presence within the environs of the the National Assembly Complex in Abuja as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is due to present the 2022 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly at 12noon. Buhari had on Tuesday written to both the Senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury vowed to knockout Deontay Wilder when the two meet for the third time on Saturday in Las Vegas with the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title on the line. The undefeated Fury (30-0-1), who battled Wilder (42-1-1) to a draw in 2018 before taking the belt from the American 20 months ago, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has flagged off the “Exercise Golden Dawn”, an initiative of the Nigerian Armed Forces, to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. The governor performed the flag-off at the 34 Artillery Brigade Forward Operation Base in Orlu Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Speaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates suspends renewal Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global health agency Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Wednesday, welcomed the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation for a wider routine use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The recommendation was based on data gathered through the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Abia chapter, has shut Aba North Local Government Area (LGA) Secretariat over the battering of a staff, Mrs Chidimma Nwanosike, by the LGA Chairman, Mr David Ikonne. The NULGE, Abia Chapter President, Mr Ikechi Nwigwe, announced the shutdown of the secretariat by the union […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says there will be a temporary closure of the regular drop off zone at the departure frontage of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. Yakubu said it became […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An outbreak of dengue fever has hit major Pakistani cities, overwhelming hospitals and further exhausting health workers already fatigued by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Wednesday. Hospitals in the capital Islamabad and eastern city of Lahore were running out of beds in the isolation wards as patients with the symptoms of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Police Command has confirmed the killing of two operatives of the Neighbourhood Watch Group in Ogurute in Enugu-Ezike, The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the incident said that three persons had been arrested in connection with the dastardly act. Ndukwe stated that some hoodlums […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has confirmed the appointment of the nominees for the Secretary and Board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission submitted by the President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). One of them was Alhaji Yahaya Muhammad who was said to have started his primary school before he was born. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says the number and duration of droughts also increased by 29 per cent over the past two decades in Africa as floods and droughts contribute to global water crisis. WMO and partners in a report published on Tuesday said improved water management, monitoring and forecasting were needed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four persons were feared killed and another seriously injured when an ancient majestic “Odan’’ tree fell to heavy windstorm in Saabo area of Oyo town. Our correspondent reports that the ancient tree provided shelter for butchers, mini buses and commercial motorcycle operators with its far-spreading branches at a popular foodstuffs market in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said that the accusation in certain quarters that it treats bandits with kid-gloves is fake news and misinformation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria’’. Speaking on the renewed attack against bandits on the programme , the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 538 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to Libya in the past week. “From Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 538 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya,’’ IOM said. So far this year, a total of 25,823 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has been arrested by EFCC over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son. The arrest comes weeks after she failed to honour EFCC invite. She had earlier been invited to report to the EFCC’s Abuja headquarters on September 13,. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) have suspended their threat to shutdown healthcare services in the country. The unions had earlier threatened to disrupt normal services in hospitals and other healthhcare facilities across the country over Federal Government’s inability to meet their members demands. Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Panic as residents on the District Centre Estate, Phase 4, Kubwa, in the Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,over the invasion of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre by suspected robbers . The hoodlums were said to have stabbed a security guard, identified only as John, in the stomach and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives have arrested two principal suspects, aged 12 and 14 for kidnapping a three-year-old boy in Potiskum, Yobe. ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this in statement on Tuesday in Damaturu. “The victim, aged three, was kidnapped and later released by his assailants after they collected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 80 inmates will be granted presidential pardon in lagos state. The exercise was kicked off at the ikoyi correctional center by Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Chairman of the committee and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Malami was represented by Mrs Leticia Ayoola-Daniel, the Lead at […]
