Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Saturday, December 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Knights of St. John International (KSJI), an international sodality Order of the Roman Catholic Church, with headquarters in the United States of America (USA), has elected a new leadership, headed by a renowned Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Sir Remy Uche as president. He […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Saturday, December 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Renowned virologists on Friday told Saturday PUNCH that the change in weather was largely responsible for the surge in COVID-19 cases reported in the country. The virologists, who spoke in separate interviews with our correspondents, also urged Nigerians to engage the monitoring of trends as the country might gradually slip into the […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Saturday, December 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Emirates has announced the suspension of flights operations to Nigeria indefinitely. The Dubai-based airline said it took the action in response to a restriction by the Nigerian government limiting its flights to the country to just a once a week. The government on Thursday limited the carrier’s daily flights to Abuja to […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Saturday, December 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated that the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for accreditation during elections has come to stay. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said this at the one-day Implementation meeting for the FCT Area Council Election on Friday […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Saturday, December 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun has arrested one Ibrahim Abdulazeez, 30, who allegedly purchased a Toyota Camry 2010 model for N2,650 from a car dealer in Osogbo, Osun State. The Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, while parading some suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Friday, said the Abdulazeez allegedly committed […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Saturday, December 11th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA), has urged residents to be safety cautions to guard against fire outbreaks in the state. Muhammed Mukaddas, KADSEMA Executive Secretary made the appeal while commiserating with victims of fire disaster in Tudun Wada Zaria Market, on Friday. Mukaddas said that the market fire occurred at […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has lamented that terrorists kill people on a daily basis in the northern part of the country especially in the North West and the killings are mostly not reported. This is just as the Sultan called on Christians to disregard the recent threat by some […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans) on Friday prayed an Ikeja high court to acquit and discharge them of charges of conspiracy and kidnapping brought against them by Lagos State Government. Uche Amadi, Ogechi Uchechukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba made the prayer via their counsel during […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has approved the compulsory writing in the state all the examinations conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO). Umahi gave the approval in Abakaliki when officials of the examination body paid him a courtesy call in his office. African Examiner reports that the governor made the writing […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice E. M. Egumgbe has awarded 2.5 Million naira (Two million, five hundred thousand) cost against four doctors working with Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Enugu over defamation of Character of a Senior Staff of the health institution. The court ordered the doctors, namely, Ubochi Vincent, […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Enugu, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local government workers in Enugu state, South East Nigeria, may soon start smiling home with the new minimum wage salary package like their other colleagues in the Ministries and agencies, as the Council Chairmen have expressed their disposition towards doing the needful in that regard . This followed a passionate appeal to […]
Posted by African Examiner
Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Multiple award-winning artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, is currently in a cheerful mood as he has gifted himself a brand new Lamborghini Aventador. The singer, who shared pictures of his newly acquired luxury car on Friday, stated that it was an early Christmas gift. “Christmas came early,” he wrote on […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, Sports News
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool FC right-back, Trent Alexander-Arnold, has been named the Premier League’s Player of the Month for November. This is due to his recent form part of which had him contribute one goal – a pinpoint free-kick away at West Ham United – and four assists to help Liverpool continue a strong push […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana will from Monday vaccinate returning citizens and residents against COVID-19 upon arrival at the airport, if they have not received shots. Ghana’s Health Service Director-General, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, amid concerns over low take-up of vaccination. He said that all Ghanaians leaving the country would […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB has disclosed that the plans by President Muhammadu Buhari to secretly pay a visit to Ebonyi State will be resisted by youths of the South East geopolitical zone, unless the national leader, Nnamdi Kanu is released unconditionally from the DSS detention. According to IPOB, their leader, […]
Posted by African Examiner
Asia, Latest Headlines
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – India on Friday reported two more COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant, taking the country’s case tally of the new variant to 25, officials said. The two cases have been reported in the Jamnagar district of the western state of Gujarat. They were both contacts of a previously confirmed Omicron case detected […]
Posted by African Examiner
Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos socialite, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu better known as Pretty Mike, stormed the show of Eniola Badmus with painted men and women in underwear therefore stealing the show with his creativity . This time around, all eyes are on him at the celebration of ace Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus. The screen diva […]
Posted by African Examiner
Breaking News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have murdered the traditional ruler of Atta ancient kingdom in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Edwin Azike. His corpse was found at the market square in the community on Friday morning after he was abducted on Thursday. A community source, who craved anonymity said that four persons were […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed the claims in some quarters that public servants will not get paid in December due to shortfall in budgetary allocations. African Examiner reports that a circular which purportedly issued by the Federal Government advised police officers and federal civil servants to spend their November salaries wisely because their […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Friday, December 10th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Government has ordered psychiatric test for a mother who allegedly poured boiled water on her 8-year-old son in Romi area of Kaduna on Monday. African Examiner gathered that the mother allegedly took the action to punish the boy for removing a bolt from her grinding machine and sold it to […]