(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its sponsorship of the 5th edition of the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo golf tournament, organized by the Abeokuta golf club. The competition, which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 14th August 2021 will have Chief Obasanjo perform the ceremonial Tee-off to the glamour of the 150 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zambia on Friday began announcing results of the tight presidential election between top contenders President Edgar Lungu and main rival Hakainde Hichilema held amidst restrictions on internet access and violence in three regions. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) said voting continued overnight in some areas with the last polling station closing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun Police Command on Friday announced the dismissal of the police officer who shot and killed a man on a motorcycle in Osogbo. Sgt. Adamu Garba shot and killed Saheed Olabomi on July 27. In a statement by the Osun Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, the officer was dismissed after an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Mission in Tripoli said on Friday that it was evacuating 100 Nigerians stranded in Libya, with another set of 100 stranded Nigerians to be returned home in the next 10 days. Mr Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’affaires en titre of the Nigerian Embassy in Libya, disclosed this in a statement made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brentford announced their arrival in the English Premier League (EPL) in style on Friday as goals from Sergi Canos and Christian Norgaard secured a memorable 2-0 win over Arsenal. A below-par Gunners side missing captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and fellow striker Alexandre Lacazette were deservedly beaten in the 2021/2022 season opening game. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Friday said 22 suspected arsonists were arrested in connection to massive wildfires that killed at least 69 people in the North African country. The fires broke out in 17 Algerian provinces on Monday amid scorching temperatures and authorities said evidence showed the fires had been started deliberately. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Princess, one of the Big Brother Naija, Season 6 housemates, says she is in love with a fellow housemate, Cross. Princess said on Friday during a Diary Session that she had not been able express her feeling to Cross because too many ladies were always around him. Earlier in the week, Cross […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met in the United Kingdom, at Tinubu’s London home. Details of their discussions were however not disclosed by the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, who confirmed the development. President Buhari travelled to the UK on July 26 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be back in Abuja today after an 18-day visitation to London, the United Kingdom (UK) capital. A police wireless message dispatched Thursday by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command to all Sector Commanders and Divisional Police Officers alerted of the President’s expected return. The wireless dispatch, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Miss Gift Agenoisa, a JSS1 female student of Mary Immaculate Secondary School , Ado- Ekiti, has dragged the Ekiti Government, before a state High Court, seeking N15 million in damages for breach of fundamental rights. In a suit number HAD/01/CR/2021 and sworn to, at the Ado-Ekiti High Court, on her behalf by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Africa Center for Disease Control (AfricaCDC) has explained that the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine was chosen for the continent because ‘it is a single shot vaccine, with a long shelf-life and partly manufactured on the African continent’. “First of all, as a single-shot vaccine, it is easier and cheaper to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Muhammad Idris, who was kidnapped five days ago, has regained his freedom at about 9.30 pm on Thursday night, according to a statement by the family. A member of the family, Mr. Ado Ada, who issued the statement, expressed his delight over the victim’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced the reopening of Eko Bridge, which had been under repairs, to traffic on Friday, Aug. 13. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, in a statement said the 10-week rehabilitation works on Eko Bridge was completed on schedule. He also said traffic would be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Romelu Lukaku returned to Chelsea on Thursday for a reported club record fee of £97 million ($135 million) from Inter Milan, seven years after his first spell at Stamford Bridge came to an end. “Romelu Lukaku is back in Chelsea blue,” the English club said in statement. “The Belgian has signed a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, popularly known as IBB, did not go out of his way to victimise late Maj.-Gen. Mamman Vatsa during the military trial that directed execution of Vatsa. Rtd Gen. Haliru Akilu, a former Director of National Intelligence and Director of Military Intelligence at various times in the 1990s, disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, says he is not involved in the political misfortune of former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole. Keyamo disclosed that he is not involved in the crisis that “consumed” Oshiomhole in the last governorship election in Edo State. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hadiza Shagari, the wife of late former President, Shehu Shagari, has died after battling COVID-19 complications. This was announced in a statement signed by Capt. Muhammad Bala Shagari (rtd) which was shared on Facebook by Bello Shagari, a grandson of the late former president. The statement said Hadiza who died at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Payment of toll on some federal highways will return soon, Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola stated. The tolling will begin after the roads have been fixed, he added. According to the former Lagos State Governor, yesterday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting approved a memorandum his ministry presented to allow tolling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of the late irrepressible lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, over the death of their son, Mohammed. Mohammed died on Wednesday at 52 after a brief illness. The President, in a condolence message released by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday condoled with Ganiat, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of Team Gold in the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season Six will be walking home with N500,000 each after winning the Guinness Challenge . The housemates were tasked with making a stage presentation which consisted of choreography and singing, following the theme, “Let Your Black Shine Through.” The Head of House, […]
