(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemates, Emmanuel, Whitemoney, Liquorose, Cross have become the first set of housemates to make it to the final week of the show this season. This was announced during the live show hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. Meanwhile, about six housemates are remaining in the BBNaija ‘Shine Ya […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have purportedly attacked a joint military base code named “Burkusuma camp” in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state killing 15 people. The base is located at Dama village of Sabon Birni local government. While the attack was carried out early hours of friday. “The bandits whom came in large […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. In consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, which requires the Minister of Petroleum Resources to cause for the incorporation of the NNPC Limited within six months of the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Joshua, fresh from being dethroned as world boxing heavyweight champions, is set to go to hospital to check a suspected broken eye socket. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, who announced this moments after the loss to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine on Saturday in London, said also that his fighter was “devastated” by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a loaded weeklong engagements at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States of America. African Examiner reports the Nigerian leader came back with a special request from the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, to help in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, stated that vaccinated individuals in the country could also get infected with COVID-19 and infect other people. Giving this charge at the South-South zonal town hall meeting on COVID-19 in Edo state, Dr. Ehanire told elders across the country to endorse COVID-19 vaccination and encourage […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has in the early hours of Sunday appointed Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim-Gaya as the new emir of Gaya. Ibrahim-Gaya succeeded his late father, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir who died at the age of 91 years after protracted illness. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anthony Joshua’s reign as world heavyweight champion ended in London on Saturday after he was defeated by Oleksandr Usyk. Oleksandr Usyk is crowned as the new unified world heavyweight champion after a unanimous decision win over Anthony Joshua with scores of 117-112, 116-112, 115-113. Usyk has become the third boxer after Evander […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igwe Christopher Okwor, the Traditional Ruler of Ihekwuenu Aku Community of Enugu State, has cried out over an alleged invasion of his residence by suspected thugs. Okwor told newsmen in Enugu that the incident, which happened on June 22, caused serious trauma to his household. African Examiner reports that the state government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started the nationwide display of details of newly registered voters in the first quarter of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). African Examiner reports that the commission on Friday started the display of details at local government offices across the country. The display which would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has departed the New York for Nigeria. The President arrived the United States last Sunday ahead of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, held at the world body’s headquarters. He is expected to arrive Nigeria on Monday.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested one lsmail Saliu, 25, for allegedly conspiring with a herbalist and one other, to slaughter his brother. The NSCDC Command Spokesman in Kwara, Mr Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, in Ilorin. Afolabi said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Mr Echeng Echeng, has ordered an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old robbery suspect, Goodluck Oviekeme, while in police custody. Police spokesman in Bayelsa, SP Asinmi Butswait, said in a statement issued in Yenagoa on Saturday that preliminary investigation showed that the deceased was the mastermind […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Bank of Africa has published the names of some individuals who applied for Personal Travel Allowance and bought cheap dollars at the bank but did not use it for the purpose they applied for. The account numbers and Bank Verification Numbers of the defaulters were included in the publication. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Idris Jere, acting Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Setvice (NIS), has ordered its Special Task Force Team to clear backlog of passport applications in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Jere directed the taskforce to proceed to the Ikoyi Passport Office to ensure all existing backlog of Passport applications were cleared within one week. Mr Amos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says the support by the United States of America has made a great difference in Nigeria’s efforts to stamp out terrorism within its borders. The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement late Friday, said that the president stated this at a meeting on Friday in New York […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the final of the 2021 Afrobasket women championship in Cameroon. African Examiner sports reports that D’Tigress defeated their Senegalese opponents 73-63 in Friday night’s semifinals to book a place in their third consecutive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police have arrested a creditor, simply identified as Oluchi (a.k.a PACA), for allegedly tying his alleged debtor, Alozie Reuben, to a stake over a N4.6 million debt. The spokesman for the police command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the arrest on Saturday in a statement. He said that the suspect allegedly tied […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the striking members of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off their ongoing strike and embrace dialogue. Abubakar III made the call during the opening ceremony of the 20th Conference of the National Pediatric Surgeons of Nigeria (APSON) on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a dismissed Police Sergeant, Samuel Philips, in prison custody for allegedly killing an 18-year-old girl, Monsurat Ojuade. Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo said that Phillips, 30, should remain behind bars pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The defendant, […]
