(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tottenham Hotspur manager, Antonio Conte, has revealed that players on his team and some of his backroom staff have contracted the COVID-19 virus. Conte, who was scheduled for an in-person pre-match press conference on Wednesday, was only able to take questions virtually due to the incident where he revealed that eight players […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four students of Delta State University (DELSU) and five others abducted on Saturday, have regained their freedom. Spokesman of the Police Command in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the release of the abductees in Warri . The victims were kidnapped on the Abraka-Eku Road in Ethiope East Local Government Area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay the Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, the sum of N2 million over unlawful seizure of his mobile phone in 2019 at the point of his arrest. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, also ordered the DSS to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, India-based Serum Institute, plans to reduce production of the AstraZeneca jab against COVID-19 by at least half, its chief executive said in a television interview. Serum Institute head, Adar Poonawalla said the failure of the Indian government to place any new orders was the reason for plans […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School until January 2022. A trailer had on Tuesday crushed some pupils of the school. Some of the students died on the spot, while some others were injured. The incident sparked outrage among the students and inhabitants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US tennis star, Serena Williams, will not compete at the Australian Open in January on the advice of doctors, organisers announced on Wednesday. The seven-time winner, 40, is still one behind the all-time record of grand slam tournament victories with 23. She said, “While this is never an easy decision to make, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Maria Chike, on Wednesday revealed that she has been tested positive for COVID-19. She made this announcement via her Instagram page where she also appreciated her fans for showing concern about her well-being. Taking to her Instagram stories, Maria wrote, “My heartbeats, I heard […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was rampage in Idogbo Secondary School, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, as students of the school in a viral video , went haywire, setting a section of the school ablaze, equally vandalizing the principal’s office. They were said to have also harassed a policeman on duty in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was great outburst of emotions as some mothers protested on Wednesday at the gate of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos where a 12 year old Sylvester Oromoni was allegedly beaten to death by some students of the school. In the video , monitored on BBC News Pidgin, the group also called on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides joking about holding a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social gatherings were banned under Covid rules. The government has been accused repeatedly of hypocrisy over breaches of lockdown rules and in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed financial sanctions on Uganda’s chief of military intelligence, Major General Abel Kandiho, over alleged human rights abuses committed under his watch. Uganda’s military said it was disappointed by the decision and would seek clarification from Washington, for whom Kampala has been a security partner against militancy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll of a military helicopter crash in India on Wednesday has risen to four, sources from the Tamil Nadu Police told Sputnik. Earlier in the day, sources said that two people died and three others suffered injuries. In total, there were nine people aboard the helicopter. According to sources, Chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anger reigned in the two chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly as senators, and members of the House of Representatives, separately, condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in her COVID-19 red list without justification. This is even as governors of the 36 states of the federation expressed angst over the UK government’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion among power sector operators on Tuesday after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), fired the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company as a result of the strike embarked upon by the AEDC workers the preceding day. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Power said the management of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday repatriated another 180 stranded Nigerians in Libya. Mr Kabiru Musa, Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Musa said that the 180 stranded Nigerians, who departed from Mitiga Airport, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Touched by the untold hardship currently facing Nigerian workers as a result of the present economic instability in the nation, the Enugu State Branch of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Civil Society organizations CSOs have urged Council area Chairmen in the state to consider payment of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has presented a budget estimate of 186 billion naira to the state House Assembly for the 2022 fiscal year. Presenting the proposal titled: ‘budget of Sustained growth and consolidation’ to the state lawmakers Tuesday, the governor, expressed determination to complete all ongoing projects embarked upon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor and Chairman Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has assured the National Population Commission (NPC), of the preparedness of government at the sub-national level to support the conduct of 2022 national population census, saying that the exercise is necessary to the socio-economic index of the country. Fayemi disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two people were killed and three injured in a shooting in a public services center in southeastern Moscow on Tuesday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Earlier in the day, a police source told Sputnik that two people were killed during the shooting. “A tragedy occurred in the Ryazansky public services center. “As a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 15 students have lost their lives by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to […]
