(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two days after a mid-night fire disaster gutted the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Obollo Afor, Udenu Council area of Enugu state, its headquarters in Enugu was on Sunday Razed by fire. As at the time of filling this report, men of the Enugu state fire Service were still […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Igboho, says governors of the south-west have shown their support concerning the demand of a Yoruba nation. Igboho, who had earlier announced that the Yoruba are no longer part of Nigeria joined supporters on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun state capital, for a pro-Yoruba nation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nsukwa Divisional Police Station in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State has been razed down by unknown gunmen leaving three police officers reportedly killed. According to available information, the hoodlums attacked the Police Station around 2.am Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that the building and vehicles were razed while the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called for more synergy among the state governors in order to resolve the numerous challenges affecting the country. Jonathan spoke in Benin after a thanksgiving service organised to mark the 59th birthday anniversary of Pastor Charles Osazuwa, General Overseer of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Goalkeeper Alisson Becker headed a dramatic stoppage-time winner at West Brom to keep Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League hopes alive. Just as the Reds’ top-four chances looked virtually over, the Brazil international glanced in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner-kick to clinch a 2-1 win on Sunday. He was mobbed by his teammates after his shock goal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona put on a brilliant display to beat Chelsea 4-0 to win the Women’s Champions League final for the first time in the club’s history Sunday. Coming into the game full of confidence after winning the Women’s Super League title last week, Chelsea were on the back foot from the very beginning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) has described Midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi and Forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, as gifts to Nigeria. The duo helped their club, Leicester City to clinch the 2020/2021 English FA Cup title. The club’s National Chairman, Samuel Ikpea, gave the commendation in a statement by NFSC’s media officer, Peter Ejiofor. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As agitation for self-determination by various ethnic groups in the country continues unabated, the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS) Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has declared that it has the capacity to address the issue in Southeast Nigeria if given the mandate. It noted that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ongoing rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, retaliatory airstrikes by the Israeli army and confrontations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Arab-majority areas in Israel marked a region inflamed with violence unlikely to subside anytime soon. Saturday marked Nakba Day, referring to the Palestinian “catastrophe,” which remembers the mass displacement of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian election officials announced on Saturday that it had postponed the planned June 5 election indefinitely. The move came amid the widespread security and logistical challenges the country is facing. Birutkan Mideksa, chairwoman of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, confirmed the change of date in a press statement: “The vote will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Airlines on Saturday relaunched its passenger flight operation from Washington, D.C. to Accra, the capital of Ghana, after a hiatus of about a decade. A speech read on behalf of the Minister of Transport Kweku Ofori Asiamah at a news conference held at the forecourt of the Kotoka International Airport commended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Saturday said that the decision of the Southern Governors on open grazing and other issues remain irrevocable and must be respected. NAN reports that the Forum of Southern Governors in one voice, recently announced a ban on open grazing in all the 17 Southern states. Wike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing, Uche Okah, is dead. She reportedly died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja, where she was getting treatment over an undisclosed illness. Governor David Umahi on Saturday condoled with the husband of the deceased, Celestine Okah, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave Abuja for France where he will attend the African finance summit. While in France for four days, Buhari will participate in the summit and meet with Emmanuel Macron, who is the host country’s president. The summit is organised by Macron to look into external funding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheneancho’s Leicester City have beaten Chelsea 1-0 to win the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history. Telemann’s second half cracker settled the game in which Chelsea were largely poor. Chelsea’s equaliser in the dying minute was rightly ruled out for offside with the Leicester […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Government is yet to respond as the opposition People’s Democratic Party berated Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for not participating in the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum meeting held in Delta State earlier in the week. African Examiner recalls that governors from the southern part of the country had at the meeting discussed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavy rain and thunderstorm on Saturday dispersed agitators of Yoruba Nation at the popular Nelson Mandela Freedom park via Old garage area of Osogbo capital of Osun State on Saturday afternoon. African Examiner reports that scores of Yoruba Nation agitators stormed the streets of Osogbo on Saturday after they changed the venue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has arrived Osogbo the capital of Osun State to join other agitators who had stormed the streets at the early hours of Saturday. Igboho stormed the capital city with many of his supporters in his convoy. He arrived around 1:40 pm. Details […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) has been shifted from June 19 to July 3. Prof Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced. He made the announcement at an ongoing press conference on Saturday in Abuja. The examination was slated to hold between June 5 and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Yohana Izam, the Vice Chancellor, Plateau State University, Bokkos, has announced the release of a student of the institution, Stanley Showul-Mushi, kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday. Izam announced the rescue of the final year accounting student in a telephone interview on Saturday in Jos. The vice chancellor said that it was […]
