(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Head Coach of kickboxing in Ogun State, Olufunke Ogunsuyi, has been confirmed dead. She died in Ilorin on Saturday while participating in the Kwara Zonal and Invitational Kickboxing Championship. She officiated in the competition and also fielded two athletes. The corpse of the former kickboxing champion was picked up in her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has stated that they find it strange that a US Court would call for the arrest of a Nigerian living in Nigeria. PSC on Saturday stated that it is yet to get a formal report on the allegations against Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Usman Kyari, younger brother to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, on Saturday deleted pictures of himself posing with several luxury vehicles or in apartments on his Instagram handle. Usman’s social media posts began attracting attention on Friday following his elder brother’s indictment by the FBI. Usman’s page, with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC on Saturday conducted its ward congress amid missing result sheets in all the 260 political wards of the state. Our correspondent who monitored the exercise in parts of the state, reports that the congress was characterized by complaints of non availability of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday organised parallel ward congresses in Abia, as leadership crisis continues to rock the party. The congresses came barely two days after the party re-affirmed the suspension of its chieftain, Chief Ikechi Emenike. Emenike is the leader of a faction of the party, challenging the Donatus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Peace, Reconciliation and Outreach Committee on Saturday in Enugu held a closed door meeting with Mrs Bianca Ojukwu. Mrs Ojukwu is the wife of late national leader of the party, Chief Chukwuemeka Ojukwu and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain. The delegation which included the Speaker, Anambra […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday in Abuja confirmed the arrest and detention of the former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesperson of the commission said that Saraki was invited for questioning over allegations of corruption and money laundering. He said the former senate president […]
By Emmanuel Aziken (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was in 2018 that the people of Akwa Ibom saw what many at that time called the Udom wonder when the price of garri crashed from more than N200 a cup to N100. For a former top banker it was another move that further crushed the idea that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace process” and an obstacle to upcoming elections, independent UN human rights experts said on Friday. The Chair of the UN’s Working Group on the use of mercenaries, Jelena Aparac, therefore, called for “long overdue” departure of mercenaries […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have taken custody of 91 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and their families who surrendered recently in North East. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended Team Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare with immediate effect after a sample collected from the sprinter tested positive for human growth hormone. The AIU, which is an independent integrity body created by the World Athletics, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The growth hormone is […]
By Cornelius Ehimiaghe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian sports administrators have a knack for doing things that would make “last minute.com” to envy them. Sometimes, they may not even respond to a basic thing, as an email letter. While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) are currently promoting the safeguarding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMNER) – A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Obiora Okonkwo, who participated in the primary election of the party, has left the party. Okonkwo, in a letter he submitted to his ward chairman in Ogidi ward 2, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, mentioned among other reasons the unending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has said it is not aware of any $875 million ammunition deal with the United States. Reports had emerged that some US lawmakers blocked the deal. The report listed the blocked proposed sale to include 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters accompanied by defence systems, 28 helicopter engines produced by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has released its unaudited results for the half-year ended June 2021, recording significant improvement across its major income lines. The Conglomerate with strategic investments in the Power, Hospitality, and Energy sectors, recorded a profit after tax of N6.5bn, rising by 713% up from N0.8bn recorded in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says no Nigerian parent jokes with education, as they know that if their children or wards missed the opportunity of being educated, they have missed a lot. The Nigerian leader said this at a panel session at the Global Education Summit in London, on Thursday. According to him, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Federal Government has embarked on an audit of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Katsina State. Alhaji Mustapha Bara’u, NHGSFP Programme Manager in Katsina State, said during the launch of the exercise on Thursday that the enumeration targeted 833,957 pupils across 2,777 public primary schools in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has won the award of the MOST COVID-19 COMPLIANT TERMINAL instituted by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents’ (LAAC) The presentation took place during the 25th edition of LAAC Annual Conference & Awards held at Sheraton Hotel, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently supporting the Ondo State Government in scaling up COVID-19 sample collection and testing services in the state. The intervention was informed following a decline in most of the COVID-19 monitoring indices in the state. In first week of February this year, the number of samples […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited former Governor of Nasarawa State and serving senator, Tanko Al-Makura, and his wife, Mairo, over alleged corruption. A source at the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday evening. As of the time of filing this report, the […]
