(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The popular Araromi auto spare parts market in Agodi-Gate, Ibadan has been razed by a midnight fire. Mostly affected are the tyre and car engine sections of the market. The fire, which is still being battled by a combined team of firefighters and some traders, has led to the loss of goods […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yinka Odumakin, National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, is dead. He died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. Odumakin, aged 56, reportedly died of complications from COVID-19. His wife, Dr. Joe Odumakin, a human rights activist has confirmed the sad the news. More soon…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered adequate deployment of police personnel across the country to ensure hitch free Easter celebration. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mba said the order was in line with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Acting Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sam Obi is dead. He died in the early hours of Saturday. Circumstances leading to his sudden was not known as at press time, but a dependable source confirmed that his body has been deposited in a mortuary in Asaba. The late Sam Obi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Millions of telecommunications subscribers were stranded on Friday as commercial banks disconnected MTN customers from banking channels including the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data and banking apps. MTN has 77.35 million subscribers, according to latest industry statistics from the Nigerian Communications Commission. MTN customers complained on Friday about being unable to recharge their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop of Lagos, Anglican Diocese, Humphrey Olumakaiye, on Friday, warned Nigerians to desist from voting for dishonest people if they want a better nation. Olumakaiye gave the warning while speaking with journalists after the Good Friday service, held at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos. “We should ensure we vote […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri and some Nigerians protested at the Nigeria House in London against the President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari is presently in London where he would be spending two weeks to undergo a medical checkup. Expressing their displeasure at the medical trip, Omokri and other protesters embarked on a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Air Force has dismissed claims by terror group Boko Haram that it gunned down the missing Alpha jet, which disappeared from radar on Wednesday, March 31. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for downing the aircraft in a viral video. But the Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore […]
…Shareholders Optimistic About Future Earnings Prospects (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has assured its teeming shareholders and investors of even greater returns in the coming months, with the bank having established a diversified business model that ensures impressive performance even in periods of uncertainty, across its geographical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), on Wednesday, empowered a total of 16,000 women in all the 16 local governments area of Kwara State. Each of the 16 thousand rural women were given the sum of N10,000 each, to help boost their petty trade and also start new businesses. In all, a total of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said that no office is worth shedding of blood not even the life of a chicken He disclosed this when Anambra State Police Command arrested five suspects and beefed up security around him. Soludo stated that he would be shocked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has extended the deadline for linking Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) with valid National Identity Numbers (NIN) by one month. This was contained in a statement by spokesperson of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Kayode Adegoke. He informed the deadline was extended from April 6, 2021 to May 6, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger’s newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum is set to be sworn into office on Friday, after a failed coup attempt The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. But the Sahel country’s instability and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Niger have killed three suspected kidnappers and recovered firearms at Fapo village of Lapai Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna Abiodun said on March 14 at about 1500 hours, credible information was received […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four new suspects have been arrested in connection with the reported attack on Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The command’s Spokeman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the fresh arrest in a statement issued in Awka on Thursday. Ikenga gave the names of the four suspects as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has warned Nigerians against contracting fake marriages with foreigners. Babandede, who handed the warning at a briefing with newsmen in Abuja, said doing so constituted a punishable offence because, it deprived the Federal Government of expected revenue of tax and payment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traders at the Bodija market in Ibadan, on Thursday protested the seizure of bags of rice worth millions of Naira by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS.) Hundreds of traders took to the streets of Ibadan to protest against what they called invasion of their shops by men of the Custom […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Federal Government on Thursday said about fifty one (51) million Nigerians have so far completed their enrollment in the ongoing National Identity Number, NIN. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, who disclosed this during the ministerial organized by the Presidential Media Team at the State House, Abuja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for voter registration. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Yakubu said that NIN was only a means of identification for registration as listed in the Electoral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command under the watch of Commissioner, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, have arrested four (4) male criminal suspects Involved in various crimes. According to the Command, the offences ranges from armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearm, burglary, stealing and cultism. The state police public Relations officer, PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe, who […]
