(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – India’s Supreme Court on Monday orders authorities to shut offices in the capital and nearby cities amid hazardous air pollution. The court also permitted millions to work from home as officials seek ways to reduce the air pollution that led to the closure of schools. Authorities in New Delhi, has been battling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has condemned the attack of a female lecturer of Faculty of Life Sciences, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyyah, by a student of the institution. Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman of the association, made the condemnation during an interview on Monday in Ilorin. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Jigawa have confirmed the murder of husband and wife in Malammadori Local Government Area of the state by suspected assassins. ASP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Command, confirmed the incident in Dutse on Monday. Shiisu said that the incident occurred on Nov. 13, at about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeem Christian Church of God pastor, Sunday Adeniran, has regained freedom. Adeniran and two other persons were abducted on Saturday by yet to be identified gunmen in Calabar. A source who pleaded anonymity stated that they were released at about 2: am this morning near Scanobo filling station, Ikot Ekpo 8 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Nigerians have taken to social media to express disgust concerning the death of a ‘wrongfully jailed’ Nigerian lady, Itunu Babalola. According to available information, 21-year-old Babalola from Oyo State was a trader based in Bondoukou, Cote d’Ivoire. Her apartment had been burgled by an Ivorian in September 2019 and she had reported the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has enjoined former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Bode George to stop his rift with Bola Tinubu, APC National Leader. Igbokwe stated that George should stop attacking Tinubu and admit that the APC National Leader is better. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission may be forced to use serving members of the National Youth Service Corps to monitor political parties’ direct primaries across the country if the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), signs the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. This is because of the large number of personnel that will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected ritualists for unlawful possession of a fresh human head. The suspects, Monday Karezu, 32, a national of Benin Republic, and Anagonou Kamelan, 44, a Togolese, were arrested at the house of a herbalist while attempting a money ritual. The state Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a flash flood caused by downpour on Sunday damaged several houses and vehicles in some parts of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. NEMA also advised residents and motorists in the area to exercise utmost caution as some electric poles fell due to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina Police command says it has repelled an attack by bandits on Gidan Duka village, in Kankara Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, during which it rescued 11 kidnap victims in Safana. SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson who disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The vice president of the Dangote Group, Sani Dangote, brother to Aliko Dangote, is dead. Mr Dangote died in the United States Sunday after a protracted illness. Relatively less popular than his billionaire brother, Mr Dangote had investments in manufacturing, agriculture, banking and oil services. He sat on the boards of several […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. African Examiner reports that most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Sunday. A private car owner, Mr Emmanuel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that all the police stations burnt in the state during last year’s EndSARS protests are now undergoing renovation. Odumosu, who disclosed this to the African Examiner on Sunday, stressed that some of the police stations had been completed and were now ready […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Sunday said that the Nov. 5 oil spill which occurred at an oil well within Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 is yet to be abated, 10 days on. African Examiner learnt that NOSDRA officials who were deployed to ascertain the cause and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Kano State have rescued one Alhaji Nadabo, 80, from suspected kidnappers in Garun Mallam local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, on Sunday in Kano. “On Nov. 12, 2021, at about 19:57 hours, a report was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted fresh consignments of cocaine and heroin weighing 16.85 kilograms and worth more than N4.9 billion in street value. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that NDLEA operatives […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 12-year-old Senior Secondary School (SSS) student, Miss Zainab Jimoh, has called on Nigerians to avail themselves of the COVID-19 vaccine in order to help the nation’s struggling economy. Jimoh, an SSS 1 student of Elite Comprehensive School, Auchi, made the call in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo, at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo Presidency come 2023 is possible and feasible, the apex sociocultural organisation in Igbo land, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said. Ohaneze disclosed this in a statement signed by the factional Secretary-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Okechukwu Isiguzuro, saying that any attempt to scuttle the 2023 Igbo Presidential project on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Chief Gboyega Oguntuase, has stated that Senator Biodun Olujimi’s governorship ambition will bring to an end the internal wrangling in the party in the state and ensure PDP’s return to Ekiti Government House through the 2022 election. Oguntuase, who is the Director for Campaigns […]
(AFRICAN Examiner) – The African Union’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, remains hopeful that dialogue can end Ethiopia’s year-long war, but warned in a statement released on Sunday that “such talks cannot deliver” without an immediate ceasefire. The former Nigerian president is leading an international push to end a conflict that […]
