(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N20.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, disclosed this in the bank’s audited half-year (H1) results released to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Sunday in Lagos. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits trying to escape the ongoing military operation in Zamfara and Katsina states met their waterloo in the hands of soldiers at Maganda village near Allawa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits, who were said to be escaping through the notorious Allawa Forest in their hundreds, ran into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reality TV star, Paul Ephraim, popularly known as Jaypaul, and Jackie B have been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season Six. The duo had been nominated for eviction alongside Pere, Saga, Emmanuel, Liquorose, Whitemoney, Sasky. Others who have been evicted from the BBNaija Season Six show include Arin, Beatrice, Boma, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the expulsion of a former Military Governor of Gombe state, Chief Joe Orji, ex- Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odoh, and 39 other members, over their alleged violation of the provision of the party’s constitution. Also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Commissioner of police (CP) Abubakar Lawal has ordered immediate investigation and sanction of a Policeman recently involved in physical assault of a lady in Enugu. He however, warned the Command’s personnel against acts of unprofessionalism under his watch, stressing that his administration will not condone any conduct capable of dragging […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state Police Command have arrested and killed two suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, during a gun due in Orlu. They were apprehended in an uncompleted building situated in a valley at Amaifeke, Orlu. Commissioner of Police in the state, Rabiu Hussaini, made this known in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has praised the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) for securing the long-awaited promotion to the elite Nigerian Premier Football League. Makinde says the promotion was in line with his campaign promise to get the club promoted to the elite. Taiwo Adisa, Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau State and its environs, has constituted a Board of Enquiry to investigate the alleged murder of one Abdullahi Karafa, a taxi driver in Jos, the state capital, by its personnel. Maj. Ishaku Takwa, its Media Officer, disclosed this in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Simon Ekpa, an athlete who represented Nigeria at the 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships, says he is no longer a Nigerian and he has vowed to return the medal he won for the country. Ekpa disclosed this in a Facebook post on Sunday, saying that leaders have failed the country. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded two additional fatalities from the COVID-19 with 547 fresh cases reported across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed in an update shared on the Facebook page of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday morning. The additional 547 COVID-19 infections on Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT), a grant making non-profit organization, has announced the hosting of the 5th edition of its annual Breakfast Dialogue on the role of innovation in national development. Established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non-profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has stated the federal government has spent N6 trillion on the war against insurgency since 2008, and lost N5.4 trillion to tax evasion by multi-national corporations operating in the country between 2011 and 2021. This was disclosed in a statement According to a statement by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi states are top of the list of schools involved in examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was announced by the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Dantani Wushishi. According to Wushishi, examination malpractices are rampant in northern states and high in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi States in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday, has stated that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is not interested in Igbo presidency but a Nigerian President. Uzodinma said this as he refuted claims of APC zoning its presidential ticket to the Southeast. Appearing on Channels Television, the Imo governor stated that APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said that the state government is no longer interested in dialoguing with bandits as they rejected the olive branch stretched at them earlier. He said in Gusau that instead, security forces would flush them out of the state. “My administration will no longer grant amnesty to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 1,000 students have been abducted from Nigerian schools this year, Save the Children International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has observed. The group said increasing cases of attacks on schools between 2020 and 2021 have led to many schools being shut, thereby putting the education system of the country at “extreme risk.” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, Dr. Usman Salisu Ogbo, has announced the suspension of a lecturer in the institution for allegedly forcing students to buy textbooks before they would pass their examinations. Dr. Ogbo disclosed this when the President, National Association of Nigeria Students, Sunday Asefon; alongside his entourage, paid […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger State Police Command has rescued the kidnapped traditional ruler of Wawa in Borgu Local Government of Niger. Dr Mahmud Aliyu, the victim, was kidnapped by heavily armed gunmen on Sunday at his palace at about 10pm. The Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP. Wassiu Abiodun, made this known in Minna […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, has vowed to remain vigilant against all forms of cyber-criminal activities, including the fake website for passport applications. Mr Abdukmalik Ahmed, Consul-General of Nigeria to South Africa, stated this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. He observed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has pledged to provide adequate COVID-19 vaccines for all the corps members in the state. Masari made the pledge on Friday in Katsina when he received the Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, who paid him a courtesy call at […]
