(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rio 2016 champions Brazil were held 0-0 by Cote d’Ivoire in Olympic football on Sunday while Egypt and South Africa lost to Argentina and France respectively. Germany, France and Spain also claimed first victories, and hosts Japan are the only side with the maximum points. Coming off an opening 4-2 win over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) swept all the 20 chairmanship seats in Saturday’s local government elections in Ogun, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, the Chairman, Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has announced. Osibodu, had earlier on Sunday morning announced results of 17 councils while the remaining three results and winners […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, may be released by the Cour D’Appal De Cotonou on Monday. This is according to Ibrahim Salami, one of the Benin Republic-based lawyers representing Mr Igboho. In an interview on BBC, Ibrahim Salami explained that Igboho has two more stages to undergo before he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded one death and an additional 272 coronavirus infections in Nigeria as at July 24. The NCDC released the information on its official website early on Sunday. The latest infections figure shows a decline, compared with 317 cases announced on July 23, an 18-week high […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some bandits have attacked Government Secondary School, Ungwan Sarki in Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State and taking away National Examination Council question papers. According to available information, the hoodlums had followed a NECO supervisor from one of the new generation banks in town into the school. The hooded gunmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has swept all the 17 chairmanship seats so far announced as counting of votes of Saturday’s local government elections in Ogun continues. The results were announced on Sunday morning by Mr Babatunde Osibodu, the Chairman of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGISIEC) at the commission’s head […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has stated that there is no hope of Nigeria continuing together as a country if the Federal Government does not do the needful. According to the elder statesman, Nigeria cannot continue as one country unless it is decentralised as a matter of urgency. Soyinka was responding to a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that some persons are working behind the scenes over the arrest of the Yoruba. nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. The governor disclosed this on Saturday while addressing journalists at the Polling Unit 019 Ward 08, Ikoyi II, where he cast his vote […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) has warned intending pilgrims against abscondment. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev. Yakubu Pam, gave the warning at the kick-off of the 2020 main pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Jordan. The event was held on Saturday at the Yakubu Gowon International Airport Heipang, near Jos, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As results begin to trickle in, candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have won the council polls in Badagry, Epe, Agege local government areas of Lagos state. The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) declared Mr Olusegun Onilude, the incumbent APC Chairman of the Badagry Local Council, the winner. LASIEC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boko Haram militants overrun an army base in Cameroon’s Far North region on Saturday, killing at least seven soldiers and wounding several others, said military and local sources. They hit the base in Sagme locality of the region by 4.00 a.m. local time on Saturday, two soldiers and a local resident told […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Referees Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, has slammed indefinite suspension on 12 of its members over alleged misconducts while officiating different Matches in the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League. The affected Referees have been summoned to appear before the Nigeria Football Federation Referees Committee to answer questions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Yoruba nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho yesterday made good his threat to sue the federal authorities over the July 2 raid of his Sooka, Ibadan residence by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS). Igboho filed a suit at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, against the DSS […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rev. Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), says the ongoing crisis in Gaza is part of reasons why pilgrims from Nigeria will not go to Israel but the Kingdom of Jordan to perform this year’s pilgrimage. Mr Ayuba Pam, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An ex-banker, Ebenezer Alonge along with his wife, Olamide and his mother in-law Moradeke Isakunle have been convicted for theft of the Nigeria Customs fund. Mr Wilson Uwujarem, the Head of the Media of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement he issued on Friday in lbadan, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said his administration would follow the blasphemy case involving Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara to the logical conclusion. He stated the government’s position when he paid Sallah visit to the leader of Qadiriyya Movement, Sheikh Khalifa Qaribullahi Nasiru-Kabara at Qadiriyya House, Kano. The Chief Press Secretary to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Guinea’s five athletes will participate in the Tokyo Olympics after all, a statement from the West African nation’s sports ministry said on Thursday. This reverses the previous day’s decision to suspend its participation in the Games citing the pandemic. On Wednesday, Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow said in a letter to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe and critical COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The report which was released last week at the 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021) found […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kaduna State on Thursday confirmed the escape of two of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of the state ASP Mohammed Jalige, the Command’s Public Relations Officer said in a press statement that information reached the Command about the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at the high-level virtual conference organized by African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), an independent, not-for-profit Pan-African policy research and advocacy centre, have renewed the call to stop violence against children in Africa. ACPF was established in 2003 out of concern about the situation of the African child and the need for […]
