(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has confirmed the first case in the city of the Lassa Hemorrhagic fever, generally called Lassa Fever. The State Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi, confirmed this early hours of Wednesday (today), in a statement. Prof. Abayomi affirmed that the patient is currently in isolation at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. […]
Photo: Owen Omogiafo, President, CEO of Transnational Corporation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has announced significant appointments to its Board and Executive Management. Transcorp is Nigeria’s leading listed industrial holding company, whose interests include Transcorp Power, Nigeria’s largest power generator, Transcorp Hotels, owner of the iconic Transcorp Hilton, and significant upstream […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Activist and a lawyer, Mr. Tope Akinyode, has sued Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for banning commercial motorcycles also called Okada, and commercial tricycles in six Local Government Areas and nine Local Council Development Areas of the State. Akinyode joined the Lagos State Government, the state Attorney-General, the State’s Speaker and its […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ojokoro in Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government area of Lagos State Sunday witnessed another devastating fire outbreak. Our correspondent gathered that the fire erupted around 4pm from a factory, located on popular Clem road, Jankara side in Ojokoro area. The fire subsequently raged and razed down another three nearby […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Sunday led some of his church members on a prayer walk in Lagos metropolis over the ravaging insecurity in the country. The walk commenced from Ebute Meta in Lagos Mainland to Atan Cemetery, while the return trek started […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos on Friday, ordered that two men who allegedly robbed and murdered the wife of the Managing Director of Maersk, be in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, pending legal advice. The police charge Olamilekan Oke and Adeyinka Akande, both electricians, with five counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos based and popular trado-medical practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, aka Okooloyun, has been shot dead by suspected gunmen on the Eruwa-Igboora Road in the Ibarapa Local Government area of Oyo State, South Western Nigeria. The popular traditional physician was reportedly shot dead Thursday, while returning from an outing around 4.30pm, when the gunmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of UBA Group, Tony O. Elumelu, has made the donation of a multipurpose information technology centre to his alma mater, Ambrose Ali University. Through the UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Elumelu has championed the construction of a state-of-the-art multipurpose information technology […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 33-year-old man, Banjo Babatunde, who allegedly beat up his wife to stupor, was, on Friday, arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The defendant, who resides at 6B, Abosede Kuboye Street, Surulere, Lagos, is being tried for assault to which he, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, W/Sgt. Chekube Okeh, told […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has called on personnel of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) not to betray the region on the ideals behind setting up the security outfit. Ogunwusi stated this on Thursday in Ibadan during the launching of Amotekun by the governors of the South West region. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old carpenter, Timothy Olayiwola, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice. Chief Magistrate K.O. Ogundare, who did not take the plea of Olayiwola, ordered that he should be kept in Kirikiri Crectional Centre, pending advice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Wednesday said the joint security outfit, “Amotekun,” initiated by the six governors in the zone would commence work on Jan. 9. Fayemi, who disclosed this in his New Year message to the people of the state, said the outfit would complement the efforts of the regular […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed N1.169 trillion 2020 Appropriation Bill for the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Nov. 8 presented a budget of N1.168 trillion with the theme “Budget of Reawakening”. The passage followed the report by the joint Committee of the House on Appropriation and Finance, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)—the private-sector-led philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs—has announced a final list of 2,100 entrepreneurs to benefit from the inaugural TEF-UNDP Entrepreneurship Programme. The Programme targets small business owners in rural communities across the 7 Sahel countries of Africa – Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali and Cameroon. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, December 23, 2019, dismissed an application for a post-conviction bail filed by a convicted former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. Kalu had, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, filed the application, following his conviction and sentencing to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered that a Nigerian musician, Adeyemi Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley should be arrested and arraigned over alleged car theft. The chief magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Sgt. Sunday Idoko, handling the case must present Naira Marley in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) says from Dec. 21, it will embark on a clean-up exercise by removing illegal structures in Lekki, Lagos. The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, made this known in a statement signed by the agency’s Head, Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofik. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, today announced the appointment of AlhajiAdo Yakubu Wanka as Non-Executive Director. Speaking on his appointment, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited said, “We are delighted to welcome AlhajiAdo Yakubu Wanka, to the FirstBank Board. We are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians may likely face challenge of persistent nationwide blackout as electricity workers begin indefinite strike Wednesday morning. Assistant Secretary General of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) Comrade Anthony Sule said in a statement issued in Jos, the Plateau State capital that the 21-day ultimatum given to Minister of Power Saleh Mamman expired […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says it has sealed 24 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in various parts of the state for illegal operation and operating beyond scope of pharmaceutical practice. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Abayomi said that the enforcement […]
