(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has advocated the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to reflect a single term rotational presidency. Ekweremadu made the call on Monday in Lagos while speaking at Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch Law Week 2021 with the theme “The Nigeria of Our Dreams.” The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Forty-nine people were arrested and 19 police officers were injured in London on Sunday under a policing operation for England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley. The Metropolitan Police said early on Monday that a total of 49 people were arrested during a policing operation for the football match “for a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has compelled all public and civil servants to wear Adire to work every Thursday. The governor, who launched mass production, promotion and marketing of Adire Osun, also declared every Thursday of the week ‘Adire Osun Day’. This was issued in a statement by the Chief Press […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joining calls for state police, a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said in Lagos on Monday that Nigeria’s policing system had failed to tackle insecurity. Speaking on “Nigerian State and the Call for Restructuring’’ at the opening of Law Week 2021 of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to ensure food Security and sufficiency in Enugu State, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), says it’s currently boosting rice and Cassava productions in the state via modern best practices. The organization which is domiciled in the State Ministry of Agriculture and natural Resources, stressed that its target is to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has frowned against the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as a commissioner of the electoral body. Jega disclosed this when he appeared on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. He said: “This kind of controversy is really avoidable. Any person who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has stated that his administration will not engage in “disrespectful exchanges” with the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, concerning stolen artifacts. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday, by the Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie. It could be recalled that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos, has failed to grant bail to the 49 Yoruba Nation Agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos State Police Command. The agitators were arrested at Ojota, Lagos on July 3rd while protesting in support of the actualisation of Yoruba Nation. The motion for their bail […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of taxi drivers in the Federal Capital Territory have gathered at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on Monday to protest alleged harassment and collection of illegal levies by officials of the Vehicle Inspection Office. African Examiner reports that Union leaders are preventing taxi drivers from operating by stopping their vehicles and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was heavy security presence at the entrance of Osun High Court, Osogbo on Monday when masquerade custodian, Fashola Esuleke, Chief Imam, Kazeem Yunus and others were arraigned over the attack on Kamarudeen mosque where a cleric was shot dead and 14 worshippers injured. At the popular Oke-Fia roundabout, which leads to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, if she failed to appear in court by the next adjourned date. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning after Dr Hassan Liman, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline international aid agency, WaterAid has called on governments, donors and businesses around the world to invest more in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to boost economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. WaterAid is currently working in 28 countries to change the lives of the poorest and most marginalised […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that COVID-19 third wave has hit the state. In an address on Sunday, the governor directed that religious, event centres and other enclosed places are to henceforth operate at 50 percent capacity. According to him, since the end of March 2021, the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gareth Southgate took full responsibility for England’s failure from the penalty kicks spot as Italy secured Euro 2020 glory at Wembley on Sunday. Following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes, after Leonardo Bonucci had cancelled out Luke Shaw’s second-minute opener, it was a familiar spot-kick outcome for the Three Lions. Marcus Rashford, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday said the state is experiencing a steep increase in the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases. Sanwo-Olu made this known on the Update of the Coronavirus pandemic situation in the state. He said that the test positivity rate went up from 1.1 per cent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Football went to Rome from Wembley in London on Sunday, thanks to an astonishing penalty kicks shootout which ended 3-2 in Italy’s favour against England in the Euro 2020 final. After a 1-1 draw following 120 minutes, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, brought on at the death just to take penalty kicks, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos House of Assembly has commenced an audit exercise for all the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and the 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The Chairman, House Committee on Public Account (Local), Mojeed Fatai, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday. Fatai said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has dissolved the party’s executives in Zamfara. Sen. John Akpanuodedehe, National Secretary of the CECPC, announced the dissolution in a letter dated July 9, 2021 and addressed to the dissolved Caretaker Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman. “I write to please inform you […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –The police command in kaduna has confirmed abduction of Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu at his residence in Kajuru Local Government Area. Police spokesman Muhammed Jalige confirmed the second class Emir’s abduction on Sunday morning. According to him: “Yes, it is true; the Emir was abducted alongside 10 other persons, not 12 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan, has died at the age of 44. The singer died after battling Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Dr. Kayode Fasasi on behalf of the Fasasi family. The statement read, “It is with heavy hearts that we announce […]
