(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Edo State have frowned at the Edo State Government’s restrictions imposed on persons without COVID-19 green cards. Some of the residents who spoke on Wednesday said it was unnecessary to impose restrictions because of the COVID-19 vaccination green card. Some civil servant in Edo State Civil Commission, Central Hospital Benin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened a one-month sit-at-home protest in ‘Biafraland’ if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not brought to court on October 21. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, stated this in a statement in Awka, Anambra State. He reportedly said IPOB got from […]
…Demand Compensation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos Nigeria, has condemned in strong terms the recent brutal attack on the General Manager, JAMZ 100.1FM, Ibadan, Mr. Tony Awobode, by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and his men from the Eleyele Police station in the Oyo State capital. Quoting a media report, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men have attacked a police checkpoint at Nachi in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu state, killing two officers. The victims, who were said to have died on the spot were on duty at the checkpoint when the hoodlums struck. It was gathered that the gunmen shot sporadically, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has given the requirements for a politician from the South to become the next president. Speaking on Arise TV , Baba-Ahmed tasked Nigerians to see beyond religious and ethnic sentiments in the 2023 general elections. According to him, the demands of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malaysians from Wednesday can resume sending international mail after a break of more than a year which the national postal service put down to the Coronavirus pandemic’s impact on air transport. Sending is to be limited to 56 countries “due to limited international flights available,” POS Malaysia said, listing many European countries […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said that no candidate in Enugu state missed its ongoing examination in spite of the IPOB-declared Mondays’ sit-at- home order. The Deputy Registrar/Zonal Coordinator, WAEC, Mrs Eucharia Onodu disclosed this in Enugu. Onodu said the sit-at-home order only affected the students emotionally, as many of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some senior Police retirees based in Edo have condemned what they referred to as “poor retirement benefits” after their service years. The retirees, who were at the headquarters of the state’s Police Command in Benin, also called on the authorities of the Nigeria Police Force to yank them off the current Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the involvement of the Traditional ruler of Ihekwuenu Aku Autonomous Community in Igbo-Etiti Council Area of Enugu state, Igwe Christopher Okwor in the Demolition of the house belonging to a 60 year old virtually impaired man in the locality, the state government has announced the immediate suspension of the Monarch. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kano have arrested a female resident of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters who sends fake bank credit alerts to traders after taking their goods. This is contained in a statement issued in Kano on Tuesday by the police command’s spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa. “On Sept. 12, at about 6:30p.m., three traders, Jamilu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President, Joe Biden on Tuesday, called for a new era of global unity against the compounding crises of COVID-19, climate change and insecurity. Biden made the call in his inaugural address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN General Debate of the 76th session of the General Assembly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Allen Onyema, the President of Air Peace Airline, has compensated the Super Falcons past and present teams with the sum of ₦20 million. This is contained in a statement by Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday. It said that Onyema presented the cheques to the various […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Davido’s official photographer Fortunate Umunname Peter aka Fortune is dead. He died three months after the hit maker’s close friend and associate, Habeeb Ademola Uthman aka as Obama DMW passed on. Davido had also lost his bodyguard of six years, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan (Teejay) in 2020. In 2017, Davido lost two friends […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and U.S. President Joe Biden were among the world leaders that attended the opening of the General Debate of the 76th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. Buhari was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Permanent Representative of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Banyana Banyana of South Africa on Tuesday emerged champions of the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament after defeating the Super Falcons of Nigeria 4-2 in the final game. The match, played at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos, saw the two top teams in women’s football on the African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says measures are in place to sensitise Nigerians on some major public health challenges. According to it, some of the various infractions that impact negatively on public health and healthcare delivery system include the use of Azo-dyes in Palm Oil and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrate Court presided by Chief Magistrate Shu’aibu Ahmad has sentenced Aminu Tafida, son of the Special Adviser on Social Investments to Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal and two others to a four- year and six- month imprisonment respectively. It however gave them a fine option of N400, 000 each, including compensation for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Nini, has been tasked to prank housemates by exiting the house for 24 hours. Biggie gave her this secret mission on Tuesday, day 59 of the show, during her Diary Session. Big Brother said, “Upstairs in the games lounge, there is a secret emergency exit. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina says the new measures put in place to fight insecurity in the state are working and they are winning the war against banditry. The governor stated this in Katsina at a consultative briefing he held with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to amend the recently enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). According to Buhari’s letter read on the floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, the amendments have become necessary to make for seamless administrative structure in the Act. Buhari, in his letter titled: “Forwarding administrative structure amendments […]
