(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Services, Mr Martin Agbili, has said that 80 shops were affected in the chemical market fire explosion in Onitsha Head Bridge. This is contained in a statement signed by Agbili on Wednesday in Onitsha. He said that incident took place at the Science and Lab Line […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday insisted that its Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not disregard the order of the court. The clarification was made in a statement the commission posted on its facebook page. The commission opined that the ruling has created a ‘wrong impression of the person of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – University teachers yesterday rejected the incomplete salaries paid to them by the Federal Government, saying it violated labour laws. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in a statement after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. He argued that his members were not casual workers but intellectuals who cannot be paid on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Everton’s long wait to win a trophy will not end with the League Cup after Frank Lampard’s men were well beaten 4-1 by Bournemouth on Tuesday, as Brentford bowed out on penalties to League Two Gillingham. In the first of two meetings between the clubs in five days, Bournemouth got the better […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chude Jideonwo’s debut film entitled, “Awaiting Trial”, is set to be screened at the ongoing Africa Film Festival (AFRIFF). This is coming after holding an exclusive 5-day screening on YouTube. ‘Awaiting Trial’ is a documentary that explores both the #EndSARS protests and the ‘deeper illness’ they point to – the phenomenon in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been sentenced to Kuje Prison over contempt of court. In a ruling delivered by Justice Chizoba Oji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja on October 28, and sighted by newsmen on Tuesday, the EFCC boss was convicted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Tuesday constituted its State Campaign Council with a total of 1,795 members. Director-General (DG) of the Campaign Organization, Chief Ikeje Asogwa, who disclosed this at a press briefing at the campaign headquarters in Enugu, said the members are you work in various […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 350 Africa has urged world leaders to say no to public finance for new fossil fuel development in their respective countries. 350 Africa is an international environmental movement that is focused on addressing the climate crisis. Its goal is to end the use of fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) has announced that its scientists will present climate and livelihood impacts of land restoration in Africa at the ongoing 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. CIFOR-ICRAF is a world-class […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has opened up on some of the reasons she sometimes thank God for not knowing her biological mother. Tonto Dikeh disclosed this as she celebrated the impact of her late stepmother in g an interview with Chude Chideonwo. She said: “My stepmom was the only woman involved […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have released the abducted daughters of Abubakar Furfuri, a former accountant-general in Zamfara state. African Examiner recalls that five girls were reportedly kidnapped from their home in Furfuri, a community in Bungudu LGA in March. In October, their abductors were said to have released a video showing the girls with firearms […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, has been convicted of his fraud crimes and sentenced to 11 years in a United States prison on Monday, November 7, 2022. Also, US District Judge Otis D. Wright ordered the defendant to pay $1,732,841 in compensation to two fraud victims. According to Judge Wright, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has slammed the Federal Government over the payment of half salaries to lecturers in October. In a statement on Tuesday by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, the union condemned the ‘pro-rata’ payment to its members and accused the government of an attempt to reduce Nigerian scholars […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government defended the pro-rata payment to ASUU members in October, saying they cannot be paid for work not done. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, through the ministry’s spokesman, Olajide Oshundun, also dismissed media reports that the government was biased in paying the university teachers. “They were paid […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has spent 138 days in the custody of authorities in the United Kingdom over human trafficking. The lawmaker was arrested in June 2022 at the Heathrow Airport in London and was immediately arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court for allegedly bringing a child into the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bank Customers Association of Nigeria, BCAN, has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to extend the deadline for returning of the old notes, as the nation gear up for the introduction of new Naira notes and phase out of old ones. Speaking Monday on the readiness of banks customers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Benue State, Dr Samuel Ortom, has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar that he won’t be supporting his aspiration because of the continuous killings of Benue people and he can as well go to hell. Ortom made this known on Sunday night when he hosted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The race for second most coveted trophy in club football heats up, the final is slated to be played in Budapest’s Puskás Aréna on May 31 2023. If there was one team Erik ten Hag would have wanted to avoid, it would probably have been Barcelona. United were drawn as the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of plans for citizens to get to know the plans the 2023 presidential candidates have for Nigerians, the popular Nigerian television network, Arise Tv news, conducted a town hall meeting featuring the presidential candidates from some of the political parties and the absence of the presidential candidate of the All […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian missionary priest working in Gambia, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has accused popular journalist, Reuben Abati, of been partial when he anchored the Presidential Town Hall by Arise Television. Fr Kelvin was of the view that a vice, whose constitutional role is far different from that of the President, would be let alone […]
