(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday, said there was an early fire incident at a wing of its headquarters in Lagos. Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications made this known in a statement in Lagos. He said that the fire incident suspected to have been triggered by an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Edo State have frowned at the Edo State Government’s restrictions imposed on persons without COVID-19 green cards. Some of the residents who spoke on Wednesday said it was unnecessary to impose restrictions because of the COVID-19 vaccination green card. Some civil servant in Edo State Civil Commission, Central Hospital Benin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened a one-month sit-at-home protest in ‘Biafraland’ if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not brought to court on October 21. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, stated this in a statement in Awka, Anambra State. He reportedly said IPOB got from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malaysians from Wednesday can resume sending international mail after a break of more than a year which the national postal service put down to the Coronavirus pandemic’s impact on air transport. Sending is to be limited to 56 countries “due to limited international flights available,” POS Malaysia said, listing many European countries […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said that no candidate in Enugu state missed its ongoing examination in spite of the IPOB-declared Mondays’ sit-at- home order. The Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator, WAEC, Mrs Eucharia Onodu disclosed this in Enugu. Onodu said the sit-at-home order only affected the students emotionally, as many of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some senior Police retirees based in Edo have condemned what they referred to as “poor retirement benefits” after their service years. The retirees, who were at the headquarters of the state’s Police Command in Benin, also called on the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force to yank them off the current Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the involvement of the Traditional ruler of Ihekwuenu Aku Autonomous Community in Igbo-Etiti Council Area of Enugu state, Igwe Christopher Okwor in the Demolition of the house belonging to a 60 year old virtually impaired man in the locality, the state government has announced the immediate suspension of the Monarch. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano have arrested a female resident of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters who sends fake bank credit alerts to traders after taking their goods. This is contained in a statement issued in Kano on Tuesday by the police command’s spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa. “On Sept. 12, at about 6:30p.m., three traders, Jamilu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Davido’s official photographer Fortunate Umunname Peter aka Fortune is dead. He died three months after the hit maker’s close friend and associate, Habeeb Ademola Uthman aka as Obama DMW passed on. Davido had also lost his bodyguard of six years, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan (Teejay) in 2020. In 2017, Davido lost two friends […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and U.S. President Joe Biden were among the world leaders that attended the opening of the General Debate of the 76th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. Buhari was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Permanent Representative of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Banyana Banyana of South Africa on Tuesday emerged champions of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament after defeating the Super Falcons of Nigeria 4-2 in the final game. The match, played at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos, saw the two top teams in women’s football on the African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says measures are in place to sensitise Nigerians on some major public health challenges. According to it, some of the various infractions that impact negatively on public health and healthcare delivery system include the use of Azo-dyes in Palm Oil and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrate Court presided by Chief Magistrate Shu’aibu Ahmad has sentenced Aminu Tafida, son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal and two others to a four- year and six- month imprisonment respectively. It however gave them a fine option of N400, 000 each, including compensation for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Nini, has been tasked to prank housemates by exiting the house for 24 hours. Biggie gave her this secret mission on Tuesday, day 59 of the show, during her Diary Session. Big Brother said, “Upstairs in the games lounge, there is a secret emergency exit. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina says the new measures put in place to fight insecurity in the state are working and they are winning the war against banditry. The governor stated this in Katsina at a consultative briefing he held with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to amend the recently enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). According to Buhari’s letter read on the floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the amendments have become necessary to make for seamless administrative structure in the Act. Buhari, in his letter titled: “Forwarding administrative structure amendments […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Risikat Ajoke Adegeye, a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and wife of Juju maestro, King Sunny Ade, died hours before hubby’s 74th birthday The late Risikat Adegeye, was an ex-member of the Lagos House of Assembly, died in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased was a two-time […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coup attempt in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, state media reported, as the country grapples with a fragile transition since the 2019 ouster of longtime president Omar al-Bashir. Top military and government sources told AFP that the attempt involved a group of officers who were “immediately suspended” after they “failed” to take […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Preventive Terrorism Consultant, Temitope Olodo has said that policing in Nigeria should be by consent and not by force. According to him, community policing was the easiest way of policing but expressed regrets that corruption has become so endemic in the security institution. Olodo, who is the President , African Security […]
…Reinforces Its Commitment To Customer Service (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In furtherance of the need to expand diaspora remittance inflow into the country, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has increased its network of International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs), targeted at easing the accessibility of its customers to receive money from close to 100 countries across the […]
