(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool and Chelsea claimed the last two remaining UEFA Champions League spots in Sunday’s English Premier League (EPL) finale. Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Anfield from Sadio Mane’s brace to place third behind Manchester City and Manchester United while Chelsea could afford a 1-2 loss at Aston Villa. The Blues finished […]
(NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of a former Senate President, the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, over the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari said: ”It is very sad to lose […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has declared People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of 32 out of the 33 councils of the south west State in the Council elections held Saturday. OYSIEC Chairman, Mr. Isiaka Olagunju made the declaration Sunday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. However, OYOSIEC boss announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders in the aviation sector have expressed grave concern over a recent spate of air mishaps involving a military aircraft. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, the aviation players expressed the belief that the Air Force should properly investigate the Beechcraft King Airplanes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has said that there is no going back on the agitation for Yoruba nation and there won’t be an election in 2023. Igboho disclosed this when he joined some of his followers in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The Yoruba activist, who spoke at the palace of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States has warned that anyone who obstructs or undermines Libya’s forthcoming elections on 24 December 2021, could be subject to sanctions. Speaking on Friday evening at the UN Security Council in New York during a session dedicated to the situation in Libya, the US Permanent Representative, Linda Greenfield, affirmed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians in New York under the aegis of the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN Inc.) has met with the new Consul-General Amb. Lot Egopija to discuss ways of improving consular services to the community. OAN, in a statement by Mr Yinka Dansalami, Chairman, Board of OAN, said that the organisation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Taiwo Kolawole, a Member Federal House of Representatives at the National Assembly has pleaded with the federal government to overhaul the nation’s aircraft to curb the recurrence crashes. Kolawole said this in an interview on Saturday, reacting to the recent plane crash that claimed the life of the nation’s Chief of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen at the early hours of Friday attacked Tse Ancha in the Agan community of Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State and killed eight people. The attack and killing of murder of the eight people including the kindred head of the community is coming few hours after the victims […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps in Anambra State have been killed by gunmen, their rifles taken while the operational vehicle was also set ablaze. Confirming the incident on Saturday, the NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Okadigbo Edwin, disclosed that the incident happened in Nneyi, Umueri […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Agitators for a separate Yoruba nation under the auspices of Ilana Omo Oodua on Saturday stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital in continuation of its support rally in all the Southwest States. This is in defiance to warning by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in March this year, that all agitators for Yoruba nation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Remains of Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers that lost their lives in the ill – fated crash on Friday have arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja. The NAF C-130 touched down around 10: 50 am Journalist were barred […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has sacked the Provost of the State College of Education, Ilorin, Prof. Abdulraheem Yusuf. He appointed the college’s Deputy Provost, Dr. Ahmed Jimoh Ayinla as the acting Provost. The Governor did not give any reason for the dropping of Yusuf other than in exercise of his powers as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Friends and family members of a Nigerian Air Force pilot, Flt Lt Taiwo Olufemi Asaniyi, are grief-stricken at the moment as the young officer, who was about to wed, died when a Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday. Asaniyi was the pilot of the ill-fated jet which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Assistant Commander General (ACG) of Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN), Ambassador (Dr) Augustine Nwangwu, has expressed concern over the current alarming spate of insecurity in parts of Nigeria, declaring that if not tackled, may spell doom for the nation. He, however, urged Perpetrators of all forms of criminalities such as kidnapping, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has described as a rude shock the death of the 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, barely four months in the saddle. Magashi said that the mishap that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, alongside others senior officers and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Late Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 6 other senior officers has been slated for Saturday in Abuja. The deceased lost their lives in an air mishap in Kaduna on Friday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said the event would commence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointment into the National Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Manga, the Director Press and Public Relations for the ministry, announced the appointment. The statement explained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says the data of Nigerians is not safe with the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who already has a record of sympathising with terrorists. Yesufu made this known when she spoke on Friday with The Punch as she reacted to a directive by […]
