(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many traders at the popular Balogun market in Lagos State, wept, yesterday morning as fire burnt their goods. The fire was said to have occurred at 5a.m., before it was put out by combined efforts of the federal and state fire services. Many of the traders lamented that they had stocked millions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano State paraded 245 suspected criminals at their headquarters in Bompai. Thirty-eight of the suspects were arrested for robbery, nine for kidnap, 12 for fraud, seven cattle for rustling, 44 for vehicle theft, and 118 for thuggish acts while 17 were held for drug deals. Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major air mishap was averted on Wednesday as a Max Air jet, which landed on runway 18L of the Lagos airport, almost rammed into a malfunctioning car that was being tested on the runway. Investigations revealed that a Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria’s Civil Department van had developed a fault, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has replied his predecessor, Bisi Akande, over comments made in the latter’s recently released autobiography. At the launch, President Muhammadu Buhari said the author had retained his ‘‘inflexible integrity,” in and out of public office, never accepting or offering bribes. The book has continued […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services on Thursday crushed over 1,400 impounded motorcycles. FCT DRTS Director, Mr Wadata Bodinga, said that the commercial motorcycles were seized between January and June from operators within the city centre. Bodinga said that there were 600 more motorcycles undergoing the process of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Premier League have postponed four more matches this weekend as the coronavirus crisis wreaked further havoc on the English top-flight on Thursday. Covid outbreaks across the Premier League forced officials to cancel Southampton’s game against Brentford, Watford’s meeting with Crystal Palace and West Ham’s fixture against Norwich on Saturday. Leicester’s trip […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred erring judges from being promoted over their roles in the legal brawl involving former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus. Soji Oye, NJC Director of Information who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the decision was taken during the council’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Interim Super Eagles boss, Augustine Eguavoen, has stated that he was shocked when his name was mentioned as the next coach of the national team. African Examiner recalls that Franco-German gaffer, Gernot Rohr was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the weekend after a series of poor performance in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Experts, stakeholders and representatives from agencies dealing with migration and other related issues converged at the auditorium of Nile University of Nigeria penultimate Tuesday to brainstorm on the implications of irregular migration for Nigeria and the way forward. Irregular migration and human trafficking has remained a global scourge, with Nigeria acting a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Turkish security forces on Thursday detained 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) in Turkey’s financial and cultural hub Istanbul. The Ihlas news agency said police units carried out simultaneous operations in nine districts and captured 14 suspects, including 13 foreigners whose identities were not immediately clear. The suspects have been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A businesswoman, Mrs Loveth Oyakhilome, has told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that a 34-year-old church usher, Patrick Ekene defiled her eight-year-old daughter. Ekene is charged by the police on one count of rape. Oyakhilome, who, was led in evidence by the Prosecution Counsel, John Ijagbemi said the defendant called her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared Thursday the end of the 13th Ebola outbreak, which killed six people in its northeastern province of North Kivu. Since the beginning of the epidemic declared on Oct. 8, 2021, a total of 11 cases have been recorded, including six deaths in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Local Government Councilor representing Ward 5 in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Jude Adjekpogu, who was shot by suspected Fulani herdsmen some days ago is dead. The councilor passed on early hours of Thursday at Warri where he has been receiving treatment in an undisclosed private hospital. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on Thursday, berated former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, for saying he (Adebanjo) disturbed APC chieftain, Bola Tinubu, to build him a house in Lekki, where he now stays. The 93-year-old Afenifere leader, who disclosed how he gathered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Authorities in Anambra state, South East Nigeria, has arrested 24 suspected members of a cult group allegedly involved in a recent deadly shooting incident that recently claimed two lives in the state. The Command’s Spokesman, Toochukwu Ikenga, made this known to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra state capital. Two Police officers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the National Assembly have criticised the Department of State Services for going public with its warning to lawmakers without a formal security notice to the parliament on potential threats. Several lawmakers who were contacted by our correspondent on Wednesday denied getting any advisory from the DSS to the National Assembly. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Thursday leave Abuja for Istanbul, Turkey to attend the third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement on Thursday. The summit, themed, ‘Enhanced Partnership for Common Development and Prosperity,’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Israeli Nurses Association (INA) on Wednesday declared a 24-hour strike in all hospitals and clinics nationwide in protest of violence against nurses in the country’s health system. Ilana Cohen, Chairperson of INA, in a statement demanded the immediate implementation of a government plan to eradicate violence against them in hospitals. “This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Structural Engineer, Mr Muritala Olawale, has narrated how Fourscore Heights altered a four storey building plan to 21-storey building which collapsed on Nov. 1 at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. African Examiner reports that Olawale, Managing Director of Prowess Engineering, made the revelation while responding to questions from Mr Akin George, counsel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed two executive orders restructuring how the federal government coordinates transnational criminal investigations, and expanding the sanctions programme to target narco-trafficking persons and organisations. Biden, in a statement from the White House, said the Administration was formally establishing the U.S. Council on Trans-national Organised Crime. ”The […]
