(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has said the omicron variant of the coronavirus pandemic is leading to hospitalisation and killing people, just as other variants. Mr Ghebreyesus said this on Thursday at a media briefing on COVID-19, noting that the omicron variant should not be classified as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government is not happy that three days after the official resumption of schools for a new term, some private schools are still on holiday, while attendance has not peaked in those which have resumed. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, who led a team […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, who became a sensation after his hit single titled, ‘Zazu Zeh’, on which he featured rapper, Olamide Adedeji, aka Baddo, and popular dancer, Iwe Pascal, popularly known as Poco Lee, went viral on social media about a month ago, has had another faceoff with his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sylvester Oromoni, the father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has vowed to get justice, saying that he would not bury his son even if it takes 30 years to get justice. He also kicked against the report of the autopsy carried out at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed worry concerning the death of 19 passengers who died on Thursday in a road accident that occurred on the Kano-Zaria Road. The president’s message was contained in a statement signed on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. Reacting to the incident, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the country may come to an end if the north keeps power in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Mbaka, disclosed this in a sermon at the adoration ground in Enugu State, as he cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has cautioned that nothing should happen to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the country would collapse. If anything happens to Kanu. In a video that has since gone viral, the cleric, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari may surprise the people of South-East come 2023. Kalu disclosed this in his Camp Neya country home in Igbere after a meeting with members of his political structures in Abia. According to the lawmaker, Buhari’s single biggest capital project is being constructed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dared devil gunmen on Thursday attacked a police facility in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The police spokesperson in Imo, Mike Abattam, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Thursday, said the incident occurred in the early hours of the day at Ideato South Police Station. The gunmen were “shooting sporadically, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Mojisola Dada, has fixed January 15, 2022, for the commencement of inquest into the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos. It would be recalled that Lagos Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi, has absolved the five students […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Africa Centre for Disease Control, on Thursday, said Nigeria had experienced a 249 per cent increase in new deaths as a result of COVID-19 just as a tally of epidemiological reports issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed that no fewer than 25 persons died in five days. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi State Police Command has nabbed three suspected kidnappers, recovered one Dane gun, two cartridges, food items and N45,000. DSP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer for the Police Command, disclosed this in a statement he signed, a copy of which was made available to our Correspondent in Lokoja on Thursday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to “declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation”. This development is coming hours after the federal government issued a directive declaring bandits as terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary (CPS), quoted the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the South – East chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the presidential aspiration of the Ex- Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim. The endorsement was made in Enugu during a consultative session hosted by Anyim. Political leaders from the five South Eastern states […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence headquarters on Thursday has warned state governors and politicians to desist from wearing and using military uniforms as campaign strategies to woo voters for elective offices noting that they risk prosecution A statement in this regard by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Air Commodore WAP Maigida said the action […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Yoruba actress Iyabo Oko who was declared dead has reportedly come back to life. The 61-year-old thespian’s daughter Bisi Aisha initially announced her mother’s death in several Instagram posts late on Wednesday night. She wrote: “My mum is gone. Rest well mummy. May ur soul Rest In Peace mummy.” Actress Foluke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Katsina, has recovered 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and arrested 999 suspects in various operations across the state in 2021. SP Gambo Isa, the spokesperson for the command, disclosed this when he spoke in Katsina. Isa said that the command also recovered various arms and ammunition during the period. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dignitaries from various parts of the globe, including United States of America (USA), Canada, as well as friends and well -wishers, converged at the Umuchima acient Community, in Ideato South Council Area of Imo State, South-East Nigeria to Felicitate with Nigerian (US) Based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. (Dr) Theophilus Tochukwu Okpara, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, has tested positive for COVID-19. The club announced this on their website on Thursday. This development means that Guardiola, who tested positive along with assistant Juanma Lillo, will not be available for Friday’s FA Cup trip to Swindon Town. The statement read: “Both are now isolating, along […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Aminu Dantata, billionaire businessman, says that the presidential system of government has failed the country. Dantatta disclosed this when he played host to Northern Elders’ Forum that paid him a condolence visit on the death of Sani Dangote, Alhaji Bashir Tofa and other prominent sons of Kano. The businessman stated that […]
