(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ferran Torres scored a remarkable hat-trick as Manchester City celebrated being English Premier League (EPL) champions with a thrilling 4-3 win over Newcastle. The visitors dominated the early stages, although without creating meaningful changes, and it was the Magpies who took the lead with 25 minutes gone. Jonjo Shelvey delivered the set-piece […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Seriake Dickson, representing Bayelsa West (PDP) in the National Assembly on Friday said police was not the problem of Nigeria and should not be seen as an enemy . The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba in Abuja in a statement on Friday in Abuja quoted Dickson as saying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice, has delayed any possibility of releasing Olanrewaju James, popularly known as, “Baba Ijesha” on bail. According to it, this is based on criminal charges he had to answer to. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the person declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) is not an in law to President Muhammadu Buhari as being claimed in some quarters. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in the state from 8pm to 6am daily. The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina Duba, in a statement on Friday, said the curfew was part of the measures to prevent the spread of the surging trait of the new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says that his regime will assist the Republic of Chad in any way possible to stabilise and return to constitutional order. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President made the promise when he received the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are strong indications that workers at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology ( ESUT ) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, may soon embarked on indefinite industrial action, following series of disagreements, alleged injustices, and maltreatment by the Enugu state government on the labor unions in the health facility. Some of the […]
…….Wants Past Confab Documents reviewed Now (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), has hit hard on members of the upper and lower Chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) describing their current leadership, as the worst performing principal officers in history of the Nation. Reacting to a recent call by Mike Ozekhome […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, Prof. Is’aq Oloyede, has stated that the board will check to see the possibility of extending the registration period and change the date of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Oloyede made this known on Friday at a zoom meeting titled, ‘Briefing session for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel intensified its attacks on Gaza late Thursday, as the country’s military said its troops were on the ground. According to an army spokesman, seven people have been killed by shelling in Israel so far. In Gaza, more than 100 people have died, according to the Health Ministry there. “I said Hamas […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that combatting kidnappings, banditry and other security challenges in Nigeria is not the responsibility of the federal government alone. Mohammed told newsmen in Bauchi :”it is the responsibility of the federal, state and the local governments, including all the traditional institutions in the country. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command has confirmed Thursday’s night fire outbreak at the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC office in Obollo Afor, Udenu Council area of Enugu state, saying full scale investigation into the incident has begun. African Examiner reports that the mystery inferno had destroyed part of the building It was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank says remittance inflows to Nigeria declined by 28 per cent in 2020 because of COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also said remittance flows fell for Sub-Saharan Africa by 12.5 per cent, according to its Migration and Development Brief 33 Phase 11 entitled: “COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens’’ published on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo state, engaged suspected smugglers in a shootout during which four persons were reportedly killed and property destroyed. The exchange of gun shots by the customs officials and suspected smugglers threw the rustic town of Iseyin into panic with residents, who […]
Liverpool breathed new life into their bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League after a 4-2 victory in their rescheduled game at Manchester United. The initial match on May 2 was called off as anti-Glazer protestors invaded Old Trafford, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team were stuck at the team hotel. United fans again […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lt. Gen. Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro, former Field Commander of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG). Lt. Gen. Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro, is dead at the age of 80. According to available information, he died in Jos on Thursday morning from an undisclosed ailment. Apart from his ECOMOG assignment, Dongoyaro […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yomi Fabiyi staged a protest on Wednesday demanding the release of Baba Ijesha, who has been detained for allegedly molesting a minor on bail. In a letter written by Ojo’s lawyers, The Maverick Forte Legal, it noted that during Fabiyi’s protest, defamatory statements which were attributed to Ojo were inscribed on some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen in a latest episode of sporadic gun duel , has attacked the Headquarters of Bende Divisional Police Station in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State. Bende Police Divisional Headquarter is under constituency of House of Representatives Spokesman, Hon. Benjamin Kalu. The incident which was said to have occurred on Wednesday night […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UEFA announced on Thursday that the Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea had been moved from Istanbul to Porto. The match on May 29 has been switched to allow English spectators to attend as travel between the UK and Turkey is suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier, European football’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 16,000 jobs would be created after the ongoing renovation of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos is completed. Prof. Sunday Ododo, General Manager of the 44-year-old complex, stated in Lagos. Ododo told the African Examiner that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology. […]
