(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Team Nigeria athletes won gold in the 4×400 mixed relay at the ongoing U-20 World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. The quartet Johnson Nnamani, Ella Onojuvwevwo, Opeyemi Oke, and Bamidele Ajayi had run a national record time of 3:21.66 to claim Heat 2 and qualify for the final. They proceeded to set a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Youths of Umuejechi Nekede autonomous community in Imo have expressed worry over the life threatening landslide that cut off the community from the state capital, Owerri. The youth made their feelings known in a letter jointly signed by Kenneth Nkwanzema and Obijuru Ogbenna, Chairman and Secretary respectively and addressed to Imo Commissioner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria has lost an estimated $50 billion worth of oil and gas industry investments in ten years as a result of stagnation in the industry caused by uncertainties created by the failure to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Wednesday in his remarks at a ceremony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has scheduled September 4 for the conduct of its State Congresses. This was contained in a terse statement titled, “APC Schedules Local Government Area Congresses for Saturday, 4th September, 2021; begins sale of forms,” signed by the party’s National Secretary, Sen. John Akpanudoedehe in Abuja, on Wednesday. Details […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) says no fewer than 2000 people have been affected by flood within a week across the state. Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman, the Executive Secretary of the agency disclosed on Wednesday in Yola that 227 houses and 300 farmlands were also destroyed by the flood. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Wednesday filed an application before an Oyo State High Court praying to vacate the order stopping the arrest and freezing the accounts of Sunday Adeyemi, a.k.a , Sunday Igboho. African Examiner reports that the court had on Aug. 4 granted an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Delta has deployed 1000 personnel to ensure maximum security in the state ahead of the Aug.21 coronation of the new Olu of Warri, Omoba Emiko. The deployment of the officers was contained in a statement issued in Warri on Wednesday by the acting Police Public Relations Officer of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has recalled students to take their second semester examinations between August 26 and September 26, 2021. The students were sent home six weeks ago following COVID-19 scare on the campus. The students have been receiving online classes using the institution’s Learning Management System (LMS) since the July […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari has urged Katsina State citizens resident in areas prone to activities of bandits to acquire weapons and defend themselves. Masari noted that it is morally wrong for people to submit cheaply to the bandits without any attempt to defend themselves, according to a statement by his Media Aide, Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied claims in some quarters that it hoists a “strange flag” at its headquarters in Abuja. African Examiner reports that on Tuesday, picture of a flag other than Nigerian flag circulated through various social media platforms. The agency in a statement signed by Mr Manzo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Adamawa have confirmed the arrest of 14 suspected notorious kidnappers terrorizing people of the state. DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, the Police Spokesperson in the state, disclosed this in a statement in Yola. Nguroje said the breakthrough followed credible information from reliable sources. “The Operatives from Adamawa Police Command attached to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN agencies has appealed to the Taliban to make good on promises to protect the vulnerable as Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of the crisis in the country where humanitarian needs remain critical. Some 18 million people in the country need aid assistance and one in three children is expected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pan-Northern socio-political organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum has frowned against reintegrating repentant Boko Haram insurgents into the society. The National Chairman of the Northern body, Audu Ogbeh, stated that repentant Boko Haram members are not different from the Igbohos or ESN members and should be prosecuted for their crimes. Ogbeh, a former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has described the late former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, as a grassroots politician who did everything within his power to serve and empower the people. This is contained in a statement issued by Makut Macham, the state Director of Press and Public Affairs in Jos on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Government has accused the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, of wasting public funds on substandard projects. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, stated this in Owerri. He explained that the Governor Hope Uzodinma-led administration was more interested in safeguarding the lives of the citizens of state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to increase security surveillance and patrol on various highways in the country. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the NLC President made the call in a statement in Abuja, while condemning the murder of 22 travellers along Jos Road in Plateau. Wabba said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Maria, one of the housemates in Big Brother Naija, Season 6 has won the Head of House (HOH) challenge for Week 4. Biggie declared that Maria had also become immune from the eviction nomination process. Maria was, however, punished for inviting Liquorose and Peace into the HoH lounge, which was against the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person lost his life while 13 luxury buses and property worth several millions of naira were destroyed at New Tarzan junction at Ogidi, near Onitsha in a fire disaster. Mr Emeka Obinwa, official of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), confirmed the incident in Awka. Obinwa said that the unfortunate incident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far received 2, 449, 648 applications since the start of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on June 28, according to a pictogram of the weekly update of the exercise it released on Monday, in Abuja. African Examiner reports that the update also showed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bordeaux doctors have said that Nigerian striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the pitch in a French Ligue 1 game at Marseille on Sunday because of “dizzy spell”. Bordeaux player, Remy Oudin, who replaced the Nigerian after he was substituted made this known. Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the pitch in a […]
