(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 19 and June 22. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday said it was investing $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. It disclosed this at the official opening of the 51st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, adding that over N15tn would be required to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gbenga Kikiowo from Igbara Oke in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State is among the suspects arrested by men of the state police command for involvement in robberies. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bolaji Salami, who paraded Kikiowo alongside one Tope Aladeloye at the command’s headquarters in Akure, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) has appealed for urgent resources to support thousands of people who have fled armed violence in two small towns in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the past two months. The simultaneous attacks on Boga and Tchabi, located in Ituri […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities to mark this year’s International Olympic Day, Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative in collaboration with Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF) and the Association of Former Female Athletes of Nigeria (AFFAN), celebrated with the children and youths in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Uhogua community, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 21-year-old 300-level female student of University of Lagos on Thursday, told newsmen in Lagos that she stabbed Super TV CEO Michael Ataga to death in self defence. The student said this when she was presented by the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu at the command headquarters. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-governmental organisation, Women Information Network (NWINET), has given scholarship and instructional materials to one hundred and forty-seven female students of Community Secondary School CSC, Obeagu, Awkunanaw in Enugu South Council Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria. WINET works primarily to promote women’s and girl’s rights, gender equality and to ensure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for medicals. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday. The statement titled ‘President Buhari off to London Friday for medical follow-up,’ read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, fixed Sept. 27 to hear a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa, a group, challenging the citizenship of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. African Examiner reports that the plaintiff instituted the suit in 2019 challenging Abubakar’s eligibility to contest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has cautioned job seekers against online fraudsters posing as its recruitment agents. This is contained in a statement by Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem in Abuja. Kazeem said the clarification became necessary following desperate efforts by fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting job seekers. He said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Actor Olarewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha) has been granted bail in the sum of 2 million naira with two sureties in like sum by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court . African Examiner reports that James had pleaded not guilty on arraignment on Thursday. He is standing trial on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 21 year old chidinma ,an undergraduate of the university of Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said Chidinma has confessed to committing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Army has cautioned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, against comments that encourages bandit. Gumi, who was a guest on Arise News morning show, claimed that some soldiers were conniving with bandits to perpetrate crime. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement: “The Nigerian Army […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has urged the federal government to engage the services of bandits as forest guard Gumi, who was a guest on Arise News morning show, claimed that some soldiers were conniving with bandits to perpetrate crime and the blame should not be for bandits alone. He said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian afrobeat singer, Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a Wizkid, has received his Grammy award plaque. Wizkid became the second Nigerian to receive a plaque after Burna Boy received his own few weeks ago. The singer, who said he was so excited, took to his Instagram handle @wizkidayo to announce the award of plaque to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday emerged the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. Soludo scored a total of 740 votes out of 792 valid votes cast by delegates. Declaring the results of the exercise, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, has approved the appointment of 34 additional Sharia Court Judges in the state. The Kano State Judiciary Spokesman, Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano, on Thursday. According to the statement, the approval was sequel to having successfully […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday said it shared a total of N605.958 billion as May 2021 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments as well as other relevant agencies. Mr Charles Nwodo, Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in a statement in Abuja, said the […]
(ARICAN EXAMINER) – Ahmad Gumi, Islamic cleric, says it is not right to compare the activities of criminal herdsmen with those of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Gumi disclosed this when he appeared on Arise TV on Wednesday as he called for “fairness” in the comparison between the two groups, saying one “is killing […]
