(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Onsi Sawiris, the patriarch of a family of billionaire businessmen who launched a group of multinational companies under the Orascom umbrella, died on Tuesday at the age of 90. Chairman of Coptic Christian General Authority Sherif Doss announced on Facebook. Sawiris received an engineering degree from Cairo University and started his construction […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yann Sommer’s save in the penalty shootout against France’s superstar Kylian Mbappe in Bucharest has turned Switzerland into a gigantic party mile. The country’s first quarterfinal appearance in over 67 years at the European Championship has triggered incomparable emotions among most of the 8.5 million inhabitants. Packed streets in all regions with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja. African Examiner had earlier reported that the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, announced the arrest of the IPOB leader on Tuesday afternoon. Malami said Kanu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet TB Joshua, will be buried in the church premises on July 9, 2021. Head of the burial committee, Dr Gary Tonge, disclosed this on Tuesday at a briefing. He said burial activities for the renowned cleric will hold from July […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife of the Odogwu (War lord) of Ogwash-Uku kingdom, Aniocha South LGA, Mrs. Ohai, was at the weekend stripped and raped by irate youths over chieftaincy tussle. African Examiner gathered over three houses, poultry and two vehicles worth over N500 million were destroyed during the attack. Also, over 12 persons were injured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday said flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are yet to resume due to discriminatory nature of protocol introduced by the UAE. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, made the remark during the briefing by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 in Abuja . Sirika, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), in collaboration with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Forum on Detention and Corrections in Nigeria, has called on other CSOs in Nigeria to stand up for humanity, especially for victims of torture. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by PRAWA and 16 CSOs. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has flagged-off Imo-CARES, the state’s version of the Federal Government’s NG-CARES programme meant to cushion the devastating effect of the novel Covid-19 pandemic on the citizens. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser, Oguwike Nwachuku, made available to African Examiner said “It was another laudable […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has approved the extension of the deadline for NIN-SIM data verification to July 26. The earlier deadline would have lapsed tomorrow, June 30. The deadline date has now been shifted for about seven times. The first deadline was December 30, 2020, two weeks after the exercise started in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reactions have continued to trail the recently released results of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination ( UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Some candidates and parents who spoke in separate interviews on Monday in Abuja, expressed their displeasure. African Examiner recalls that the board on Friday, June […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many passengers have been left stranded in the bush as a Kaduna – Abuja bound train broke down in Duste, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday. It was gathered that the train which left the Rigasa Station at about 7.00am developed a mechanical fault shortly after departing the station. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in 18 judges who were recently elevated to the Court of Appeal. The new justices of the Court of Appeal are Mohammed Danjuma (Niger State), Muhammad Sirajo (Plateau), Abdul-Azeez Waziri (Adamawa), Yusuf Bashir (Taraba), Usman Musale (Yobe), Ibrahim Jauro (Yobe), Abba Mohammed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has frowned at threats by a group, Niger Delta Avengers, to bomb nation’s oil installations unless their demands including restructuring of the federation were met by the Federal Government within 90 days. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, condemned the threats in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person has been reportedly killed and many injured when armed masquerades invaded a mosque at Oluode Aranyin area of Osogbo capital of Osun. Our correspondent gathered many worshippers were injured during the attack on Sunday evening. An eyewitness disclosed the reason for the invasion by the masquerades was not yet known, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has directed the resumption of normal social activities in line with existing laid down procedures. The Registrar of the institution, Mrs Modupe Fawale, announced this in a statement in Ibadan . According to her, the management issued the directive after engaging all organs of the institution […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation Agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has declared that nobody can attack or kill him over the Yoruba Nation rally billed for Lagos on Saturday, July 3, 2021. Igboho, while receiving a vehicle presented to him by some donors to support the Yoruba Nation agitation, stated that nobody can […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has come under severe criticism on social media after his claim that a “transparent primary election” returned Sen. Andy Uba as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State. The African Examiner recalls that Uba was declared winner of the APC governorship primary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco where the team was isolated. The team was in isolation after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. Uganda Rugby Union in a statement said the player, James Odong, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appointed a former Lagos State Accountant General, Mr David Sunmoni, as chairman of the 13-member Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU). Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, said in a statement that the appointment was based on the report of the Special Visitation Panel on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 45-year-old man simply identified as Mr Christopher, on Saturday night beat his 39 year-old wife to death over N2,000. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the incident happened at No.1, Agbontaen Street, beside Ebvareke Secondary School, off Agboniro Street, Uselu, Benin City. The man was said to have beaten […]
