(AFRICAN EXAMNINER) – The police in Ebonyi State have stated that it has recovered an abandoned nine (9) months baby girl dumped in Ezzillo warring community riverside. The police command led by CP. Aliyu Garba disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. According to Garba, the police will collaborate with Ebonyi State government and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced to its customers the decision of upward tariff adjustment effective from September 1, 2021. The African Examiner writes that starting from Wednesday September 1, 2021, there are indications that Nigerians will pay more for electricity. This is coming after a directive by the Nigerian Electricity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Saturday recommenced the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in Lagos State. Flagging-off the 5th and 6th Bi-Monthly payment in Lagos State, Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke, said that 6,810 persons/households had benefited from the programme since inception. Arobieke said that the CCT supported the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid homage to the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwaste lll, at his palace in Warri South council area of Delta state. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, also visited the Warri monarch The Ex-President visited the palace in the company of HRH […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary singer and guitarist, Sir Victor Uwaifo is dead. A close source to the family confirmed this on Saturday. The source said he died after a brief illness. The ‘Guitar boy’ as he was fondly called celebrated his 80th birthday in March. Uwaifo is also the first professional musicians to be awarded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Environmentalists and climate defenders have called on the Federal Government to stop the issuance of coal mining licenses in Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa. The group said at a press conference in Abuja that their call for a halt in the issuance of coal mining licenses in Nigeria, is premised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A sheriff of the Lagos State High Court, Inusile Babatunde, has alleged that Nollywood star, Mrs Elizabeth Anjorin Lawal, popularly known as Lizzy Anjorin, is evading service of court processes in the N30 million defamation suit filed against her. Lizzy Anjorin was dragged before the court by a Canada-based Yoruba art and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command has killed the leader of the Eastern Security Network, the paramilitary organisation of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, a pro-Biafra separatist movement. However Police did not disclose the identity of the ‘neutralised’ ESN leader while the arms and ammunition, as well as other items were allegedly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, on Saturday asked the Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwomi, to preside over the National Executive Committee meeting of the party in his stead. In a letter to Akinwomi, Secondus said, “I hereby request you to preside over the National Executive Committee meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government says three persons have been killed while many sustained injuries in an attack in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. “Security agencies have reported to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the Presidential applause for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on its posting of ₦287bn profit after tax in the 2020 financial year, the Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, has given an insight into the measures adopted by his management to achieve the feat. Speaking at a press conference Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Government has secured the release of 18 students of the state College of Agricultural and Animal Sciences Bakura, abducted by unknown gunmen recently. The gunmen had in Aug. 16, abducted students and staff of the College in Bakura Local Government Area of the state. Presenting the released abductees to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer/ songwriter, Ikechukwu Ahiauzu alias Ric Hassani, has lamented his inability to find the right life partner, saying that finding someone these days is scary. The renowned music star, who said he had handed over his search for a life partner to God, took to his Instagram handle @RicHassani, where he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Manchester United, 12 years after he ended his first contract there, the English Premier League (EPL) club said on Friday. Manchester United reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of the player, subject to agreement of personal terms, his visa and medical. Ronaldo had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has threatened that failure on the part of a corp member to adhere to COVID-19 protocols will be decamped from the scheme . Ibrahim gave this warning in Abuja during a sensitisation webinar jointly organised by the NYSC and the Nigeria Centre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LEGO Foundation and KIRKBI, the owners of The LEGO Group, have donated additional US$5 million to support the funding of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies. The new funding support for ECW is in response to the escalating crises in Afghanistan and Haiti with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Caucus of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),has proposed Oct. 30 to Oct. 31 for the party’s elective national convention. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the resolutions of the caucus meeting on Friday in Abuja. Tambuwal, who said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria would lose more if the country breaks-up. The Vice President, who spoke at the National Social Cohesion Dialogue in Abuja, stated that there are “more opportunities for prosperity” if Nigeria remains one. He expressed hope that the country would remain one irrespective of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday stated that the unity and indissolubility of Nigeria is not negotiable as the country will continue to exist no matter what happens. Obasanjo disclosed this during the Book Launch and 85th Birthday of Eminence Prelate Sunday Mbang of the Methodist Church Nigeria which was held at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo has decided he no longer wants to play for Juventus, coach Massimiliano Allegri revealed on Friday, as rumours of an imminent move to Manchester City gathers pace. “Yesterday Ronaldo told me that he no longer has any intention of playing for Juventus, for this reason he will not be picked […]
