(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A twitter user is trending on social media as he advised former Nigeria’s Vice President Atiku Abubakar to be careful of what he wishes for or he might end up in jail. In commenting on the election of President Joseph Biden of the United States of America and resulting crises following President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Yenagoa Local Government, Chief Nimizuo Urouoaye, on Thursday bemoaned the takeover of the collection of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the council area by the Bayelsa government. Urouoaye spoke at the Yenagoa Local Government Secretariat during the citizen’s input towards the preparation of the council’s 2021 budget and briefing […]
Photo: (L-R): Head of Media Relations, UBA Plc, Ramon Nasir; Deputy MD, United Bank for Africa, Liadi Ayoku, President, Nigerian Institute of Taxation, Dame Gladys Olajumoke Simplice; and MD, BusinessDay Newspapers. Mr Ogho Okiti (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, carted two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay’s Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that one Jayeoba Oluwafemi, 51, be remanded at the Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly raping his 14-year-old step daughter. The Police prosecutor, Insp. Caleb Leramo, said the offence was committed on Oct. 4 at Ado-Ekiti. He said the defendant unlawfully raped his step daughter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, Amuwo Odofin Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum in Lagos, on Monday wrote a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to commence a recall process of their representative, Mrs Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, in the Lagos State House of Assembly. In the petition, dated Nov. 2 and addressed to the Chairman of INEC, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Friday announced the suspension of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state to tackle the rising violence and damages caused by hoodlums under the #EndSARS protest. Oyetola, in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Wole Oyebamiji, in Osogbo, noted the high level […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to the #EndSARS protesters to leave the roads and opt for dialogue. The Governor made the appeal Monday at the swearing-in of members of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution at the State House in Marina. Mr Sanwo-Olu admitted that the pain expressed, and concerns […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 133 new cases of Coronavirus in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday The country recorded two new casualties bringing the total death toll to 1,125. The agency said that 54 patients were discharged from isolation centres […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protesters of #EndSARS are resolute and unrelenting, as the train Friday sustains the restiveness on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The protesters, mostly youths, occupied the Magboro side of the highway, clutching and brandishing in their hands different placards, with different inscriptions, such as “Na Person De Die” among others. The spot was blocked and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has revealed that 22 persons have so far tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), among the 1,473 persons of interest tested since the reopening of the nation’s international airspace. Ehanire, stated this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Thursday in Abuja, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 155 new Coronavirus (COVID-19), infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. The COVID-19 national death toll in the country remains 1,113 persons after four days without recording any death across the country. The agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Incumbent Governor of Ondo State and candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu has declared that the Saturday, October 10, 2020 Governorship election will be peaceful and the last poll he will contest in the south west State. Governor Akeredolu made the declaration Tuesday in Akure, the Ondo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 23 persons including five students of the Kogi State Polytechnic and three children on their way to school were reportedly killed in a road crash – involving a petrol tanker in Felele, along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway. The tanker, which was loaded with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and belonging to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A three-storey building used by a private school in Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb, collapsed on Saturday. The building is located at No. 15, Ansarudeen St., by Ile Epo Bus stop, Iyana Ejigbo. Speaking on the development, the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, told journalists that no person was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular and veteran Nollywood theatrical actor, Jimoh Aliu, aka Aworo is dead. Aliu, a former President of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Practitioners according to a family source, died Thursday at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, south west Nigeria. The vintage actor died at age 86 after a brief illness. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares to mark the 60th Independence Anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to support his administration in working towards greater inclusiveness. Buhari made the call Wednesday while unveiling the anniversary Logo, advocating for the participation of all Nigerians. The unveiling of the logo by the President held shortly before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver and his passengers Monday in Lagos State escaped death by whiskers as the bus they were traveling with, rammed into a moving train around the PWD, Ikeja – inward Oshodi. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident, disclosed that the bus suddenly veered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Government has announced Monday, September 21, 2020, for the reopening of all schools in the South west state. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Mr. Kunle Somorin made the announcement Monday in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The statement noted that the second phase […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government has directed principals and heads of public elementary schools to revert to the old names of their various schools before the ‘’re-classification’’ introduced by the administration of the immediate past Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The directive was contained in a circular signed by the Coordinating Director, the State’s Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has announced Monday, September 14, 2020 as the reopening date for all schools – starting from primary to tertiary levels in the North central State. The State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, announced this Tuesday in Lokoja, the state capital. Jones disclosed that the government […]
