(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian reality television show, Gulder Ultimate Search has returned to the television screen after a seven-year break. The show which borders on the survival instincts of its contestants dominated the Nigerian airwaves in the early 2000s. The show which began in 2004 ran for 11 seasons before its break in 2016. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jamb has adopted the minimum cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions sent by heads of tertiary institutions across the country. The adoption signifies that there will be no uniform cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions, as was done in the past. Every institution is expected to maintain its minimum score during the admissions. These […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Alhaji Sabo Nanono. The President also announced the redeployment of two Ministers to take over from them. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar is to take over as the Minister of Agriculture and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ActionAid Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has decried the reported directive of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to increase their tariffs as from Sept. 1, 2021. ActionAid Country Director, Ene Obi, who stated this to newsmen in Lagos, added that the increase in tariff […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Etim Ene, Head of the Bakassi Returnees in Cross River, has appealed to the Federal and Cross River Government to assist them return their children to school. Ene made the appeal in an interview in Calabar on Wednesday. He said that, as displaced people, it was hard for them to afford […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said it impounded 3,850 vehicles between May and July this year. LASTMA Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Mr Olumide Filade, made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Lagos. Filade said that the authority impounded a total of 580 privately-owned vehicles and 367 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has admonished political, religious leaders and opinion molders to stop spewing incendiary rhetoric capable of setting the country ablaze. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition while speaking on Wednesday in Sal Island, Cape Verde. African Examiner reports that the minister is in Cape […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Panic has gripped Emudo village, in Nenwe Community of Aninri Council are of Enugu State , following the beheading of a rice farmer in the locality by one Ifeanyi Ubah. Meanwhile, the State Police Command says it has launched a full scale investigation into the barbaric act committed by the 25 year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Antoine Griezmann has rejoined Atletico Madrid from FC Barcelona on loan, just two years after leaving the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid sold France striker Griezmann to Barca for 120 million euros (140 million dollars) in 2019, yet he has never managed to recapture his best form at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi’s departure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over plans by some subversive groups and individuals to undertake a negative media campaign against the Service. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja that the plan would involve the use fake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Abia Government has appealed for calm over the death of one Sunday Ugba, a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church. He died on Monday night, along with six other people, in his home in Umuahia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugba and the others, including four children that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh, for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners, five years ago. Xulhaz Mannan, 35, and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, 25, were hacked to death in Mannan’s apartment in the capital Dhaka in April 2016, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Taliban fighters took control of Kabul airport on Tuesday, following withdrawal of last U.S. troops, marking end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist militia stronger than it was in 2001. Celebratory gunfire resounded across Kabul, as shaky video footage showed fighters entering the airport after the last U.S. troops flew out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all commercial banks to publish on their websites the names and Bank Verification Numbers of customers who engage in fraudulent and unscrupulous practices to obtain foreign exchange from banks. In a circular issued by the on Tuesday, the bank outlined the fraudulent practices to include […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has signed the state Security Challenge Containment Order, in which the government adopted 12 measures to contain banditry in the state. Alhaji Abdu Labaran, the Director General, Media to the governor disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government may sanction eligible Nigerians who refuse COVID-19 vaccination. The Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, gave the hint at a press briefing briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. In Edo and Ondo States, the state governments had already announced restrictions regarding some public places that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mary Leonard, US ambassador to Nigeria, has stated that the type of insecurity experienced in Afghanistan cannot take place in Nigeria as the situation is not the same. Leonard disclosed this during a chat with journalists in Abuja. According to her, the US troops invaded Afghanistan in 2001 because of the killing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director, Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka says that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho are not the problems of Nigeria. According to Mbaka, despite the arrest of Kanu and Igboho, Nigeria is still experiencing security issues saying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to always look inwards and develop local content to move the country forward in spite of its current challenges. Obasanjo said this in an interview in Abeokuta. He said this in response to a question on “Urah Micellar Transdermal” product presented to him by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has attributed the milestones recorded by the Federal Government in its fight against COVID-19 so far, to the lessons learnt from the response to Ebola. The minister said Nigeria’s experience in the battle against Ebola has been very helpful in the COVID-19 response. “We leveraged […]
