(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and Nigerians. The NLC President, MrAyuba Wabba, expressed labour position while unveiling the COVID-19 vaccination Advisory for the Federal Civil Servants on Monday in Abuja. It would be recalled that the federal government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudan’s military seized power in a coup on Monday, while youths opposed to the takeover barricaded streets and gunfire was heard as demonstrators clashed with the security forces. The military dissolved a transitional government that had been set up to guide the country to democracy following the overthrow of long-ruling autocrat Omar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The November 6, 2021 Anambra state Governorship election may have run into serious hitch, as a huge number of adhoc Staff recruited for the exercise have resigned due to fear of attacks by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Pro Biafran group, had last weekend, issued a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unidentified armed men have Abducted a former Council Chairman of Nkanu West Council area of Enugu state, and Nolly wood Actor, movie producer, Mr. Afam Nnaji. A family Source who made this known on Monday in Enugu said the movie Director was kidnapped on Sunday, on his way back to Enugu from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, was seized at his jungle hideout by the country’s security forces, Al Jazeera reports. The Colombian government had offered $800,000 reward for information about his whereabouts, while the United States […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun Police Command, have re- arrested 13 of the inmates who escaped from Abologo Correctional Centre in Oyo, on Friday, in Ejigbo, Osun. SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson, confirmed the development to newsmen and stated that the inmates were arrested on Saturday night, adding that they would soon be transferred […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis over the appointment of Prince Gbenga Adeyeye as the lralepo of lsinkan by the Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi deepened this weekend as the Princes and Princesses in the community asked governor Rotimi Akeredolu to call the monarch to order to avoid the disruption of existing peace in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year 2021, a new report has revealed. A list of debarred individuals and firms were presented in a new annual report titled World Bank Group Sanctions System FY21. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have decried increasing cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) against women and girls in spite of the domestication of extant laws in the country. They also expressed concern over harmful traditional practices against women and girls when there are laws against such practices. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, on Thursday said it has reviewed downward the price of gas-to-power from $2.50/mmbtu to $2.18/mmbtu for domestic supply obligation (DSO). In his remarks at the 2021 Gas Sector Stakeholders’ Forum themed: Optimizing the Economic Development Capacity of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano “AKK” Gas Pipeline Project, in Kano, Minister of State Petroleum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human Rights group, International Society For Civil Liberties and rule of law, has warned against the recent one week sit- at home order, handed down by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, beginning from 5th, November in South East region, saying if not shelved, such act will jeopardize the forthcoming […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has advised the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB agitators to join the Apex Igbo Socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, in seeking political solution to the release of leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu. Speaking with newsnen at Enugu on Sunday, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, the President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mohamed Salah scored a hat trick as the Reds thrashed their rival 5-0 at Old Trafford, handing Manchester United one of its worst defeats in recent memory. Salah became the first opposing player to score a hat trick at Old Trafford in Premier League history. Undefeated Liverpool (21 points) is now just […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered that Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras be installed in all the correctional facilities in the state. Makinde gave the order on Sunday when he visited the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo, that was attacked on Friday night by unknown gunmen, where majority of the inmates escaped. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed that all escapees from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town will be fished out of there hiding places. He made this declaration on Sunday during his visit to the correctional centre in Oyo. African Examiner recalls that unknown gunmen attacked the correctional facility […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two people have been killed after an attack on the police divisional headquarters at Unwana, Afikpo North LGA of Ebonyi state. This development is coming on the heels of another attack on a police station in Ohuakwu LGA of the state. Loveth Odah, spokesperson of the Ebonyi police command, confirmed the incident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Sunday has kicked against the one-week sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. African Examiner had reported that the pro-Biafra group had threatened a one-week sit-at-home if their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remained in detention. This development has continued to spark reactions and condemnation. Joining […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele, on Sunday issued a warning to former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu concerning his 2023 presidential ambition. Primate Ayodele gave this warning in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, saying that Uzor Kalu is one of the politicians […]