(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FIFA has suspended Pakistan’s membership on Wednesday, and ordered an unrecognised committee to vacate the national football federation’s headquarters in the country. Pakistan football has been run by a FIFA-appointed committee since 2019, but members were evicted from their Lahore office last week by a group claiming to have held legitimate elections. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has handed over to his successor Usman Alkali Baba. The ceremony took place at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. He handed over after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo decorated Baba with his new rank in the State House, Abuja. Details shortly…..
…To Award Warri, Kaduna Refineries Rehab EPC in June (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The drive by the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to boost in-country refining capacity was bolstered on Tuesday with the signing of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) contract for the rehabilitation of the 210,000 barrels per day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City’s Phil Foden grabbed a last-minute winner as they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in their 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match on Tuesday. Foden’s goal was a saving grace after Marco Reus had netted a late equaliser for the German visitors. Manchester City took a 19th minute lead with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Edo chapter, on Tuesday, shunned the nationwide strike directed by the national body. The union based its decision to shun the industrial action on what it called ”the 2015 experience”. A NAN correspondent, who visited some of the courts in Benin, observed that workers were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I would never have believed that a day would come when a Nigerian judge would engage in street fighting no matter the level of provocation. It was for this reason that I initially thought the video showing a suit-wearing fellow, referred to as a certain powerful judge kicking and slapping a security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has received 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from India. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, confirmed this on Tuesday at the national briefing by the PTF in Abuja. HE said: “As you […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has told a federal high court sitting in Abuja that former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, is not a Nigerian by birth and can’t run for president in Nigeria. Malami made this known in an affidavit in support of a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/177/2019 and filed before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, 2021 – First Series. Head of the Nigeria National Office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, told reporters on Tuesday the examination was primarily designed to help candidates seeking admission to tertiary institutions to reduce […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has appointed a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, as the acting Inspector-General of Police with immediate effect. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Baba is taking over from Mohammed Adamu, whose tenure Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police Muhammed Adamu has ordered operatives to be ruthless against members of the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB). The IGP gave the order when he visited the burnt Imo Police Command headquarters and the Owerri Correctional Service on Tuesday. Adamu said the police officers must use their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Biafra Nations League, BNL has asked the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma to resign immediately following the attacks on the state police headquarters and the correctional centre. The group said that the Governor found himself in the current situation after he invited the military to attack members of the Indigenous People […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Aisha Yesufu, Nigeria’s popular activist has expressed alarm that the country is on the verge of disintegration. Yesufu said comments from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency may lead to Nigeria’s breakup. The co-convener of BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) advocacy group stressed that Nigerians have reached the stage they need to discuss about the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vehemently denied that its security outfit, Eastern Security Network (ESN), was responsible for the attack on the Imo State police headquarters and the Nigeria Correctional Centre both in Owerri, the state capital on Monday. IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, in a statement on Monday insisted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi authorities said has disclosed on Monday that only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the holy fasting month for Muslims. The hajj and umrah ministry said in a statement that three categories of people would be considered “immunised” — […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has commenced an indefinite strike with effect from today. The union said this followed the failure of the government to address the sorry state of polytechnics and monotechnics and the expiration of the ultimatum issued since March 2020. The action is coming less than a week […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In compliance with the nationwide strike embarked on by judiciary workers under the aegis of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), all courts in Kano, Oyo State and Lagos were shut on Tuesday. JUSUN declared an indefinite nationwide strike to press home their demand for the financial autonomy of the judiciary. Our […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security agencies have started a massive hunt for 1,884 inmates of Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, who escaped when the facility was attacked by gunmen on Monday morning. Six escaped inmates willingly returned to the facility and 35 others did not escape during the attack. The attackers invaded the facility at about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Parents of the abducted students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Kaduna state says they are ready to negotiate with bandits to secure the release of their wards. They disclosed this during a press briefing in Kaduna on Monday, saying that “we cannot sit and do nothing” after governor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom, Chief Johnson Atserunleghe, have announced the death of the 20th Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli on Monday. As customary, the announcement of his death was followed by 20 cannon shots indicating that 20 Olus had reigned so far This was followed by the pronouncement of a mourning […]
