(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The international Mrs. World Inc. Organisation, says it has accepted the resignation of 2020 Mrs. World, Caroline Jurie, a Sri Lankan national after she decided to hand over her crown. The organisation, in a statement on Wednesday, said that following Jurie’s resignation, Kate Schneider, the first runner-up at the international pageant and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has called for urgent consideration of dialogue among all the stakeholders in the Chad Republic. This is coming after the death of President Idriss Deby of Chad who was shot in battle against rebels in his country on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Minister of Foreign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One person has died as gunmen attacked Greenfield University in Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday. According to Aruwan, the victim is a staff of the private university. He disclosed that the number of students kidnapped is yet to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, on Wednesday, urged the House to demand the resignation or sack of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for once backing activities of Jihadist leaders and deadly Islamic sects. Pantami has been under fire for once preaching the violent […]
……Confirms Killing Of 2 Operatives (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The state Commissioner of Police, (CP) Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, has ordered the immediate deployment of the Command’s operational and intelligence assets to identify and apprehend the yet to be identified gunmen, who violently attacked and set ablaze Adani Police Station in Uzuwani Council area of Enugu state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A son of Chad’s slain leader Idriss Deby Itno is to take over as president in place of his father, according to a charter released Wednesday by the presidency. It said General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 37, who on Tuesday was named transitional leader as head of a military council following his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Divisional Police Station in Adani, in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State has been attacked on Wednesday by gunmen. This is coming barely 24 hours after a Police Zonal Headquarters, Zone 13 in Ukpo, Anambra State was attacked. African Examiner gathered that three policemen on duty were killed, while several […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted some students of Green Field University in Kaduna State. The private varsity is located along the Kaduna–Abuja Highway in Chikun Local Government Area, and also the first private university in the state established about three years ago. The latest incident is the first major attack that bandits […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance on Tuesday said it has not nominated a former governor of Central Bank, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, as its candidate in the November 6 poll in Anambra State. The APGA state chairman, Norbert Obi, stated this at a press conference in Awka, the state capital. He described as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A move by the United Kingdom to grant asylum to some members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has pitted the Federal Government and the UK. The British government is considering asylum for members of the groups […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The jury has found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd last May. Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The judge asked each juror if the verdict was correct, thanked them and dismissed them. “I have to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Movement of vehicles and passengers along the Enugu Abakaliki expressway has been halted following heavy shooting at the Ezilo axis of the highway by gunmen. It was not immediately clear those responsible for the shootings. African Examiner had reported two persons were killed in a renewed boundary dispute between Exilic community and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 200 level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, in the department of Management and Accounting, Emmanuel Adedeji, had reportedly committed suicide. Emmanuel, it was said, left a suicide note after he took a poisonous substance which led to his death. It was not immediately clear why Emmanuel took the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has asked Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami to resign immediately irrespective of his recent volte-face. The Governor said in an ideal society, the allegation that the United States of America placed a serving Minister on its watch list was enough to propel the government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea and Manchester City are set to withdraw from proposals for a European Super League on Tuesday after a furious backlash against the controversial plan. Chelsea and City were two of 12 leading European clubs to sign up to the breakaway league on Sunday. But reaction to the incendiary scheme has been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine inmates reported to have broken out of jail in Nigeria have been arrested on their way to Ghana. According to MyNewsGH.com, the Ada district police command stated that the force got a tip-off that some Nigerians “believed to be fugitive jailbreakers” were crossing the Volta River into Ada Foah. Police disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has described as a “welcome development” Federal Government’s lifting of ban on registration of new SIM cards. NATCOMS President, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday, said that the gesture would remove the hardship subscribers went through while the ban lasted. He advised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the people were basking in the euphoria of joy on Tuesday in Ekiti when the kidnapped traditional ruler of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye Council Area Oba David Oyewumi regained freedom. Oyewumi was abducted by gunmen last Thursday around 8:30pm when they forcefully gained entrance to his palace through the fence. The kidnappers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has directed its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate the alleged invasion of rice shops in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, by men of the Nigerian Customs Service. The Customs officers were said to have allegedly carted away goods to the tune of N85m This followed receipt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The transitional period in Chad, which was imposed after the death of President Idriss Deby, will last for 18 months, the military council said on Tuesday, also announcing the closure of land and air borders. A transitional military council, led by the son of the late president, was established in Chad. “The […]
