(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outspoken Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has announced a one-month shutdown of the Adoration Ministry. The Priest made the announcement in a notice on Tuesday morning. This decision, it was gathered, followed the order to him by the Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga to embark on a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, states that the government is committed to clean up the state by confiscating abandoned properties, demolishing shanties and illegal structures in order to arrest insecurity . Sanwo-Olu said this during the Security Stakeholders Town Hall Meeting at Ikeja. He said that the shanties, abandoned buildings and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has inaugurated an 11-member committee to investigate activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). President Muhammadu Buhari has earlier approved the recommendation of the Amaechi for the setting up of an Administrative Panel of Inquiry to investigate the Management of the NPA. Amaechi, while inaugurating the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency has confirmed that burglars attacked the residence of the chief of staff to the president, Professor Ibrahim Gambari but were unable to get into the residence. Gambari’s residence is located within the Aso Villa area, a short distance from the State House, Abuja. Also attacked was the residence of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12am to 4am curfew as part of efforts to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Mohammed, disclosed this at a press briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 in Abuja. Mohammed said the curfew would take effect from midnight on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has shut down bars, night clubs and recreational centres in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. The government also reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The Head of Technical Secretariat of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that a ministerial delegation be sent to Ghana to resolve the lingering conflict between Nigerian traders and Ghanaian authorities. The delegation will be led by Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Special Assistant to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Wednesday and Thursday as Public Holidays to mark 2021 Eid-eI-Fitr celebration. A statement by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, stated that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement made by the Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church Lagos, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, advising his church members to get a plan B as sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that the cleric gave the advice on Sunday, May 9, when he spoke extensively on the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits early Monday morning, reportedly abducted Muslim worshippers who were observing Thajud (vigil) in a mosque at Jibia, Katsina State. According to residents, the numbers of those abducted are 40. An opinion leader in the town, Mallam Gide Dahiru, however, stated that the figures of those abducted at eleven, which consist of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu has said security agencies in the state were on top of threats by Oodua Republic and the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) agitators to disrupt law and order, and attack soft targets, respectively. He stated this at a stakeholders’ forum on security chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says that mock examination slips for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now be printed out in preparation for the exercise. JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available on Monday in Abuja. “Candidates who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation human rights agitator, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has explained that he never insulted nor mocked the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over the demise of his son, Dare. African Examiner reports that Igboho stirred the hornets’ nest when he rained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some varsity teachers are being owed between 15 and 16 months’ salaries, the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), claimed on Sunday. The union said those mostly affected are lecturers who went on sabbatical. The claim could not be verified last night. The varsity teachers accused Office of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has announced the release of a student of Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), abducted on Wednesday night on the Okigwe-Uturu Road. African Examiner recalls that the student was abducted by hoodlums, along with other passengers in a Sienna Van between 7.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. on their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, has debunked the allegation by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that the Federal Government has plans to slash salaries of civil servants. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), discredited the allegation in a statement. African Examiner reports that the […]
(African examiner) – West Brom have been relegated from the Premier League after a 3-1 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday. The loss leaves Sam Allardyce’s team 10 points away from safety in the English top flight with three games left to play. West Brom went behind against the Gunners less than 30 minutes into the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 28 persons have lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. The Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Ahmed Inga confirmed is in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Sunday. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are yet to remit over N3 trillion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government between 2014 and 2020, says the Senate. Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola (APC- Lagos), made the revelation in a statement by Kayode Odunaro, his Media Adviser, on […]
By Jackson Udema (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leadership is in doing, not in talking. All great leaders act. No pontification. No story-telling. They brace up to confront situations knowing that challenges are not fixed by mere words or sophistry of language. Delta governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, belongs to this class of leaders who lead by action, […]
