(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be ISWAP group have been killed by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in an attempt to infiltrate Biu Local government area of Borno state on Saturday. Biu is south and about 180km drive along the easiest Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was shut down […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria defeated Sudan 3-1 in their AFCON 2021 encounter at the Stade Roumdé Adjia in Garoua, Cameroon, on Saturday. The victory assures the Super Eagles of a place in the Round of 16. With the victory, the Super Eagles won their opening two matches at an Africa Cup of Nations in consecutive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, has expressed shock and dismay over the allegations levelled against the anti-vandal unit of Rivers State Command of the Corps by Governor Nyesom Wike. Wike had accused the NSCDC unit and police of aiding and abetting vandals and illegal bunkers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that there will be a sit-at-home protest in the south-east on January 18. It could be recalled that IPOB had suspended its sit-at-home directive in the region, including the days when Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, appears in court. However, in a statement issued to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has tasked Nigerians to show proof that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is not fit to vie for the Presidency in 2023 on health ground. Spokesman of ACF, Emmanuel Yawe, made this known on Friday against the backdrop of the APC stalwart’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced plans to immortalise late Nigerian singer, Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi aka Sound Sultan. The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Solomon Bonu, said the state will celebrate Sound Sultan every December for four days in Lagos. Bonu stated this at the just-concluded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles interim coach, Augustine Eguavoen, has said his team would play Sudan in their second group game of the Africa Cup of Nations with the utmost respect. Nigeria would take on the Falcons of Jediane in their second Group D game of the AFCON, at the Stade Roumdé Adjia in Garoua […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the 23 local government chairmen to provide a comprehensive list of illegal refineries and their operators within their jurisdiction. Wike gave the ultimatum at a meeting with the council chairmen and heads of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air force, Nigerian Navy, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The wives of the five engineers declared missing in Effium Community of Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east, said they marked Christmas and the New Year in grief and pain over the fate of their husbands, who went missing about two months ago. African Examiner reported that an Enugu-based engineering firm, Nelan Consultants, had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun 1 Area Command who were pursuing some suspected rice smugglers Thursday night have shot a two-year-old girl. The incident occurred at Itawaya, near the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. Photos made available to this newspaper showed the bullet […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “I’d think twice about it,” Uxbridge resident Veronika Machu said of voting again for her local MP Boris Johnson, after a slew of lockdown partying allegations. Voters in suburban Uxbridge, on the fringes of Greater London, feel anger, disappointment and resignation at the ongoing accusations, including that the prime minister’s staff partied […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, have reportedly been kidnapped by heavily armed men who stormed the university premises and whisked them away to an unknown destination. The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Ibrahim, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to our correspondent in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops and armed men have exchanged fire in the Cameroonian city of Buea, leaving several injured in the capital of a region hit by separatist violence and a host for teams in the Africa Cup of Nations, the local mayor said Thursday. “The security forces rapidly intervened and an investigation is under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Muslim Lecturers Association (MLA) has inaugurated new executives that will pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years. The new executives emerged through a selection process by a Selection Committee headed by Prof. Modiu Durowoju of Ladoke Akintola University of Techmology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State. After series of screening, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boko Haram terrorists have kidnapped an undisclosed number of mobile policemen at the police mobile training school in limankara Gwoza local government area of Borno State which is the hometown of Senator Ali Ndume, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army. According to available information, the insurgent fighters attacked the training school around […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on Twitter have enjoined former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi to declare for the office of Nigerian president in the 2023 general election. This development made the renowned economist trend on the social media App. African Examiner recalls that Peter Obi participated in the last general election as the vice presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has called on investors from Saudi Arabia and across the globe to invest in the mining sector of the Nigerian economy. The minister made the call while addressing international investors during the just concluded Mining Conference in Riyadh Saudi, Saudi Arabia. Describing the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government on Thursday inaugurated a 23-member board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). African Examiner had reported how the appointment of the members was earlier confirmed by the Senate in October last year. EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government yesterday dispelled rumours that there are fresh outbreaks of a new polio virus across the country. It stated that while there is no outbreak of the wild polio virus (WPV), there have however been 395 cases of Circulating Mutant Poliovirus Type 2 (cMPV2) reported across 27 states and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as China tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy and its ability to successfully host the Winter Olympics. Tianjin, a port and manufacturing centre with 14 million […]
