(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has refuted claims that it has rescheduled any of its ongoing Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school-based candidates fixed for Saturday, July 9. In a statement issued to the press on Monday, which was signed by the NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has called on police operatives to embrace holistic and effective intelligence gathering in the prevention of crime and criminal activities in the country. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement in Abuja. Baba said preventive policing was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The criminal elements terrorizing parts of South- East Nigeria Sunday night continued with their nefarious activity as they attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC office in Ogurute, Igboeze North Council area Headquarters, Enugu State, setting the facility on fire. African Examiner learnt that the arsonists perpetrated the unholy act late in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after the priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, Ikabigbo, Uzairue, Edo North Senatorial District, Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, 41, was abducted and killed, two Catholic clerics, Rev. Fathers Udo Peter and Philemon Oboh, have been abducted in the state. Rev. Fr. Peter is of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Uromi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has stated that the South-East region has lost across major political fronts and that the only hope to the realisation of its ambition is with the NNPP. Kwankwaso disclosed this on Saturday in Gombe State after the inauguration of the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has refuted claims that he tasked Christians to go and buy guns for self-protection due to the church attacks and killings across the country. The revered preacher, however, tasked Christians to get jaw bones of cows instead of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned Public Relations Strategist, Dr. Walter Duru has urged public institutions across Africa to evolve plans for rumour management as part of their overall communication strategy. Duru, an Assistant Professor of Communications and Multimedia Design, gave the charge while contributing to a discourse on communications and citizens engagement during the just […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – White House-recognized innovator and founder of the Women CEO Project, Kristi Jackson-Muhammad has impacted the lives of over 300,000 entrepreneurs in-person, virtually and globally, through her conferences, digital products, books, private and group coaching. Jackson-Mohammad’s story has also gone viral for being one of very few Black women entrepreneurs that own a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) governorship flag bearer in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria Barrister Peter Mbah, has prayed that the senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and wife, Mrs Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu will be exonerated from the allegations of organ harvesting leveled against him by the United Kingdom UK […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tough time awaits any individual who engages in open defecation in Igbo- Etiti Council Area of Enugu State, as a byelaw prohibiting the uncivilized act has been formally lunched in the locality. The official launch and dissemination of the byelaw which was enacted by the legislative arm of the local government area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least eleven persons were burnt beyond recognition in an accident that happened at Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Ogere Remo-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Sector, Florence Okpe, confirmed this development on Sunday adding that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood director, Wasiu Adebola Onitilo is dead. Onitilo, who has been a movie director for over two decades died on Sunday, July 3, 2022. His death was confirmed by the Chief Executive Officer of Best of Nollywood, Seun Oloketuyi. More to come…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday, expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan, including a 15-year-old child. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said the nine protesters were killed in the course of the Thursday Marches of the Millions in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – D’Tigers, Nigeria’s senior male national basketball team, on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda booked their place in the second round of the 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers. They recorded a 20-0 points win over Mali who failed to show up for the game, the second game of the three they are to play […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday engaged in commercial tricycle business as he rode and picked a male passenger around Kuto area of Abeokuta. A statement by Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, Special Assistant to Obasanjo on Media, stated that he (Obasanjo) rode from his Pent House residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening returned to Abuja after a five-day State Visit to Lisbon, Portugal, where Nigeria and the European nation signed Memorandum of Understanding in diverse sectors. While in Lisbon, the Nigerian leader held several bilateral engagements which culminated into the signing of Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding between […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, said accepting to be running mate to any presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of NNPP. Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, who was in Gombe State to inaugurate the state office of NNPP and to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church. A source said victims were over 50 while the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in the newly established 1,750 polling units. Alhaji Jibril Zarewa, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Friday in Berlin during the signing of a historic joint declaration between Nigeria and Germany. The signing of joint declaration according to the minister, will pave the way for the return of the 1,130 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. A statement […]
