(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran, has said that contrary to the alleged propaganda by some groups, no teacher in Oyo State is being owed 2020 leave bonus. Adeniran declared this in Ibadan, warning primary school teachers against plans to embark on any illegal procession or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected hoodlums have attacked and killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the victim, Pastor Babatunde Dada, was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – What could have resulted to a major tragedy was averted in the Commercial city of Aba, Abia State, when a High Court building suddenly collapsed just twenty minutes after sitting. The disaster which happened at High Court Four Aba being presided over by Justice Clinton Okoroafor, has put fear on Court users, […]
…Directs police, DPR, Others To Act (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government in Enugu State, has raised alarm over the illegal circulation, distribution and sale of compromised Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) and other related products to unsuspecting residents of the state. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have again wreak havoc in another community in the state, killing some persons and injuring others. Many residents of Etekwuru community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, yesterday, began to leave the community in their numbers as armed men in motorcycle convoy invaded the community and allegedly killed many […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Government has banned with immediate effect the indiscriminate parking of vehicles along the Sagamu Interchange-Abeokuta expressway. This is contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta by Mr Kunle Somorin, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Dapo Abiodun. Somorin said the renewed enforcement of the ban would take effect immediately. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, has cautioned the public to be careful, saying being vaccinated doesn’t guarantee total immunity against COVID-19 infection. She stated this at the 11th Annual Symposium of the Health Writers Association Of Nigeria (HEWAN) themed; “Building Confidence In COVID-19 Vaccines”, and sub themed: “Addressing COVID-19 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be visiting Lagos on Thursday, December 9, 2021. He will be attending the public presentation of ‘My Participations,’ the autobiography of Bisi Akande, a former interim national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Tunde Rahman, media aide of APC chieftain Bola Tinubu, the event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, founder of DAAR Communications, has stated that the north should still produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Dokpesi disclosed this during a media briefing saying that based on an arrangement and calculation by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the North would still produce Nigeria’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with parents, relations and friends of Ojodu Grammar School students who lost their lives in a tragic accident on Tuesday, along Isheri Road, Ojodu, in Lagos State. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement released by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four students of Delta State University (DELSU) and five others abducted on Saturday, have regained their freedom. Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the release of the abductees in Warri . The victims were kidnapped on the Abraka-Eku Road in Ethiope East Local Government Area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School until January 2022. A trailer had on Tuesday crushed some pupils of the school. Some of the students died on the spot, while some others were injured. The incident sparked outrage among the students and inhabitants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was rampage in Idogbo Secondary School, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, as students of the school in a viral video , went haywire, setting a section of the school ablaze, equally vandalizing the principal’s office. They were said to have also harassed a policeman on duty in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was great outburst of emotions as some mothers protested on Wednesday at the gate of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos where a 12 year old Sylvester Oromoni was allegedly beaten to death by some students of the school. In the video , monitored on BBC News Pidgin, the group also called on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Touched by the untold hardship currently facing Nigerian workers as a result of the present economic instability in the nation, the Enugu State Branch of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Civil Society organizations CSOs have urged Council area Chairmen in the state to consider payment of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has presented a budget estimate of 186 billion naira to the state House Assembly for the 2022 fiscal year. Presenting the proposal titled: ‘budget of Sustained growth and consolidation’ to the state lawmakers Tuesday, the governor, expressed determination to complete all ongoing projects embarked upon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has assured the National Population Commission (NPC), of the preparedness of government at the sub-national level to support the conduct of 2022 national population census, saying that the exercise is necessary to the socio-economic index of the country. Fayemi disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 15 students have lost their lives by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate and former Abia governor has refuted claims that he told the Department of State Service (DSS) to starve the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is presently detained on the order of Justice Binta Murtala Nyako-led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has confirmed that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody while the other two are at large for alleged assault of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. Odumosu, disclosed this Tuesday morning that two other students of […]
