(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some varsity teachers are being owed between 15 and 16 months’ salaries, the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), claimed on Sunday. The union said those mostly affected are lecturers who went on sabbatical. The claim could not be verified last night. The varsity teachers accused Office of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has announced the release of a student of Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), abducted on Wednesday night on the Okigwe-Uturu Road. African Examiner recalls that the student was abducted by hoodlums, along with other passengers in a Sienna Van between 7.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. on their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, has debunked the allegation by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that the Federal Government has plans to slash salaries of civil servants. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), discredited the allegation in a statement. African Examiner reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed is in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are yet to remit over N3 trillion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government between 2014 and 2020, says the Senate. Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC- Lagos), made the revelation in a statement by Kayode Odunaro, his Media Adviser, on […]
By Jackson Udema (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership is in doing, not in talking. All great leaders act. No pontification. No story-telling. They brace up to confront situations knowing that challenges are not fixed by mere words or sophistry of language. Delta governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, belongs to this class of leaders who lead by action, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has said that he will not commiserate with Pastor Enoch Adeboye over son’s death because he did not back yoruba nation agitation. Igboho disclosed this in a video that has since gone viral on Saturday. According to Igboho, anybody of Adeboye’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 15 people were killed in a landslide at a gold mine in the West African nation of Guinea, according to officials. The Tatakourou mine collapsed on Saturday, killing the miners instantly, said Sekou Biniou Simagan, a local councillor. On Sunday, rescuers were still digging through the rubbles, searching for survivors. […]
(AFRICAN EXXAMINER) – Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London’s mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey. He won 55.2% of the popular vote, after entering a run-off with Mr Bailey when neither managed to secure a majority in the first round of voting. The former MP became the first Muslim mayor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex northern socio-cultural body, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed reservations about paying money to secure abductees. The body expressed its feelings in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Forum, Mr Emmanuel Yawe, on Saturday in Kaduna. The Forum, however, thanked Nigerians who risked their lives in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Zubair Dada, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora would soon be able to vote from their countries of residence. He gave the assurance at a webinar organised by Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Saturday. The minister said the Federal Government was working with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool did keep their faint top-four hopes alive on Saturday, but the unconvincing manner of their victory does not bode well for their 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League aspirations. Jurgen Klopp’s side stumbled over the line for only a second league win at Anfield in 2021 in beating Southampton 2-0. It was all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Saturday launched another attack on Odoro Ikpe Police Station, in Ini LGA of Akwa Ibom State, killing six officers on duty. It was gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Saturday when people were still sleeping. Our […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has called on the three tiers of government to participate more and take ownership of HIV/AIDS response. The Director-General of NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu, made the call at a four-day HIV Media Advocacy and Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Skills Building Workshop, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Friday night attacked security checkpoints and police stations in Rivers State, with no fewer than seven security operatives feared killed. The hoodlums attacked a police station along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road in the state. Also, the Rumuji police station in Emuoha Local Government Area was also torched, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Ahmed Umar, Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged passengers to always caution reckless drivers to avoid accidents and fatalities. Umar gave the advice in an interview on Friday in Ota, Ogun, while commiserating with accident victims families. He said the accident which occurred on Thursday along the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some maritime stakeholders in Lagos has backed the Federal Government’s suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), saying it had the right to hire and fire anyone in its establishment. The stakeholders were reacting to the suspension of the Managing Director of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is conflict in Ogba, Lagos over the alleged shooting of a motorcyclist also known as Okada rider by a police officer. A source disclosed that the unrest started yesterday when a police officer refused to pay for the service rendered to him by an Okada rider. The anonymous source stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives made a breakthrough for the first time in Imo this year as they successfully resisted and repelled an attack on Orlu Divisional Police Headquarters by unknown gunmen. The incident, which happened Thursday night, saw the joint security operatives killing about eight hoodlums in the gun duel. The Police Spokesperson in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many lives were lost in an accident that occurred along Lagos -Ibadan expressway where unspecified number of persons were burnt to death. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for TRACE, said this at a media briefing in Abeokuta on Friday. He said the accident involved a silver Toyota RAV 4, with registration number, […]
