(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday demolished over 100 illegal structures obstructing road construction leading to Kukwaba II Train Station, in Karon-Majigi community. Mr Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant (Designate) to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, who led the exercise, reiterated the commitment of the administration towards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, will not be available for action for three months after undergoing surgery on his cheekbone and eye socket. Serie A leaders Napoli announced this in a statement released on their official website on Tuesday. With this, the striker will not be available for action in the 2021 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 36 new infections were announced across seven states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The centre however said Nigeria recorded no additional fatalities on Monday. The NCDC disclosed this in an update on its website on Tuesday morning. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire says the 200 million dollars loan request is Nigeria’s counterpart fund to complement a global malaria action plan to combat malaria in the country. Ehanire said this at the Bi-Weekly National Briefing on COVID-19, Cholera, Health Promotion and other related issues in Abuja. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, has stated that the federal government will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with a N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians. Ahmed disclosed this at the launch of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU) on Tuesday, saying that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos resident, identified only as Fuad, has been arrested for allegedly raping a receptionist in a toilet in the Mutab Hotel and Suites on Abeokuta Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the 19-year-old victim was asleep at the reception of the hotel when one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko in Ondo State, yesterday, shut down the institution indefinitely following violent protest by the students over the ‘No school fees, No examination’ policy by the management of the institution. A statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Olugbenga Arujulu announced the indefinite closure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, insisted that there was no “massacre” at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. Mohammed, who also described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The nine-member panel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officials on Tuesday said over 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria. The officials said seven people leapt from the burning bus and were rushed to hospital in Sofia and they are currently in stable condition. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA) has announced the death of one of its Air Traffic Controllers (ATCO), Mr Aniekan Effiong, while on duty . Mr Khalid Emele, NAMA spokesman, confirmed the sad news in a statement in Lagos . Emele said that Effiong died on duty at the approach radar control […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors, who are members of the All Progressives Congress, have been unable to agree on a common position on the direct mode of primaries imposed on political parties by the National Assembly. It was gathered that the meeting between the 22 APC governors ended with no consensus. A meeting of the Progressive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Trading on the Nigerian bourse opened on Monday on a positive note with turnover appreciating by 1,103.94 per cent due to off-market trade in Oando Plc. Specifically, a total of 2.40 billion units valued at N16.47 billion were exchanged by investors in 4,811 deals. This was in contrast with 199.52 million shares […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Actor, Adebayo Salami, popularly known as “Oga Bello”,has said the death of Nigerian Comedian, Babatunde Omidina, fondly called “Baba Suwe”, has left a huge vacuum in the Nigerian Comedy industry. Salami, while speaking , paid tribute to late Omidina, describing him as an extraordinary comedian. He said that he had believed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid, an international not-for-profit organization has decried the current plight of sanitation workers around the world. In a statement to mark this year’s World Toilet Day, WaterAid said COVID-19 has exacerbated already horrendous conditions for sanitation workers across the globe, adding that they are the forgotten frontline workers in the fight against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), has expressed its concern over the current shortage of skilled workers in Germany. The association said the European nation is struggling to find skilled workers, adding that staffing shortages are increasingly becoming a problem for German companies. The DIHK, which is a key […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Music star, David Adeleke a.k.a Davido, says he has redeemed his N50 million pledged as part of N200 million donations to orphanages in Nigeria to Wema Bank. African Examiner reports that the Davido had earlier announced that N200 million received from friends and colleagues would be donated to orphanages in Nigeria. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Monday afternoon killed a military officer when they attacked some soldiers in Awo Mmamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. In reprisal, military men regrouped, stormed the town and allegedly burnt a hotel, cars, houses and shops. The incident which happened at Ishieke junction in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against the backdrop of rising insecurity in Nigeria, a non- governmental, and human rights body, African Law Foundation, (AFRILAW), and Geneva Centre for Security sector governance (DCAF) have said that the media and Civil Society organizations CSOs have fundamental roles to play in strengthening the private security sector in Nigeria. They posited […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his performance while in office, and support to the Godfrey Okoye University Enugu, the faculty of law of the institution, has conferred on the immediate past Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye an award of Excellence in Leadership. Dr. Nwoye received the award […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari, to discuss the way forward for the party’s upcoming national convention. The governors under the aegis of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) reached the agreement at the end of their meeting on Sunday night […]
