(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has started moves to avert the impending nationwide strike by aviation workers. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this at a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Aviation and the aviation workers unions on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the aviation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor David Ibiyeomie during his sermon on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Salvation Ministries Home talked about what led to the death of the former head of state, Abacha at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja on June 8, 1998. According to David Ibiyeomie, “It is impossible to be proud and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits on Sunday abducted Reverend Father Joseph Shekari and murdered one of his cooks in Chawai, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Ali Mudashir, a resident in the area, told the press on Monday that the bandits invaded the Catholic priest’s residence around 12.00 midnight and started shooting sporadically. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Head of Service of Lagos State has denied reports that he is interested in governing the state and will stop the rumored second-term ambition of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement on Sunday, February 6, 2022, Muri-okunola stated that he has no plan to replace Sanwo-Olu as he expressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has informed Portuguese coach, Jose Peseiro that he can take another job ahead of Nigeria’s 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ghana in March. African Examiner recalls that NFF named Peseiro as Super Eagles’ substantive head coach last December following the sack of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been extended by six months. The Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN confirmed the extended incarceration of his client. But this is contrary to claim by Abuja-based human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi on Saturday that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected killer of a retired Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Christian Kpatuma. The police officer was killed on Wednesday by suspected cultists in the Agwa area of Oguta Local Government Area of the state. African Examiner reports that Kpatuma was abducted from his residence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Iraq’s parliament on Monday indefinitely postponed the scheduled election of the national president, an official said, after only 58 of the 329 lawmakers showed up. Major political blocs had announced they would boycott the vote that requires a quorum of two-thirds of MPs. An official, speaking on condition of anonymity, then confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kidnapped cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Jephthah Robert, has been released by his captors after spending 14 days in their custody. Jephthah was kidnapped on January 24 in front of his residence at Biogbolo-Epie suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital. Austin Ekeinde, a media aide to the victim’s younger brother, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says it plans to introduce self-service registration outlets in Abuja and Lagos to leverage the digital competence of its computer-savvy candidates. JAMB disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin from the Office of the Registrar, on Monday in Abuja. It said that the system is expected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has felicitated with Nigeria’s Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi on his turbaned as the Dan Amanar Daura, by His Royal Highness, Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk, the Emir of Daura in Kastina state on Saturday February 5, 2022. According to the Emir, Dan Amanar Daura means the Trusted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins the world today, 6, February, to mark the 2022 International day of zero tolerance to female genital mutilation, The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has warned that the harmful practice is on the rise in the country among girls between ages 0-14, saying the worrisome trend rates have risen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afrobeat maestro Femi Kuti has declared that he wants to be cremated when he dies. Kuti said he doesn’t want to be buried with a loud ceremony but prefers cremation and a close-knit burial ceremony. The son of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti disclosed this at the New Africa Shrine during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 22,160kg of codeine syrup, methamphetamine and cannabis have been seized at Apapa seaport and a notorious drug den, Akala, in Mushin, Lagos in two major operations in the state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement yesterday that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sadio Mane made up for an earlier penalty kick miss with the decisive kick on Sunday in Yaounde as Senegal claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. They claimed the title with a 4-2 penalty kick shootout win over Egypt at the Olembe Stadium in the final match of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday ahead of a trip to Moscow. The White House disclosed this in a statement. “The leaders discussed ongoing diplomatic and deterrence efforts in response to Russia’s continued military build-up on Ukraine’s borders,. “And (they) affirmed their support for Ukraine’s sovereignty […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigerians of Southern extraction continues to clamour for power shift from the Northern part of the country to Southern region in 2023, the Rosicrucian Order (AMORC), has posited that rather than laying emphasis on area of origin, citizens should insist on enthroning a competent person with character and capacity to deliver. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minority Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe of the people’s Democratic party PDP, has expressed concern over insecurity challenges and the continued Monday sit- at home being order by the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB in South East Nigeria, saying the development has destroyed the economy of the region. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has stated that Africa’s growth and development will require strong, visionary leadership that looks to the people’s needs and effectively strengthens institutions that will encourage peaceful co-existence and also provide uniqueness to conflicts and coups. The Nigerian leader disclosed this on Sunday in Addis Ababa, at a meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has refuted claims that the Financial Times’ Africa Editor, David Pilling, made in an article on the Buhari regime published January 31, 2022. In an open letter to The Editor, Financial Times, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said, “The caricature of a government […]
