(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igoche Mark, the President, Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has congratulated D’Tigress over the team’s qualification for the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup. African Examiner reports that D’Tigress on Friday qualified for the 2022 FIBA Women World Cup to be hosted in Australia later in the year after a 67-65 win against world […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, professor Ike Ekweremadu, has emerged the preferred Aspirant of participants in the first opinion poll in the 2023 Enugu governorship race. Voters were asked, “Who amongst the following do you want to be the next Governor of Enugu State come 2023?” Ekweremadu, who hails […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular fast-rising street singer, Portable is seeking collaboration with Davido for his new song. Portable came into the limelight after he was introduced to the YBNL boss and rapper Olamide by dancer Poco Lee to make a song titled ‘ZaZoo Zehh’, The song, which has since turned out to be a smash […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the call on the People’s Democratic Party to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, saying that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not recognize it. He expressed optimism that the PDP would adopt the indirect primary, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Divisional Police Station, Uli, in Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra, was on Friday attacked by gunmen. African Examiner gathered that the gunmen launched an attack on the community on Thursday but were repelled by a combined team of policemen and vigilante group. According to the source, the gunmen later regrouped and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, has frowned at those attempting to cause disunity or dismemberment of the country, saying such people are struggling in vain. Adesina stated this when he received in audience, the Black Apple Media Group, a production outfit devoted to making movies and documentaries towards the promotion of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Police (FCT) Command has re- announced restriction of movement of residents from 8a.m. to 3p.m. during the FCT Area Council Elections slated Saturday, Feb. 12. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen, on Friday in Abuja. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) clashed on Friday in the Agbado area of Alimosho Local Government Area in Lagos over ticket collection at the parks. According to The Punch newspaper, the conflict led to pandemonium as road users and passersby scampered for safety as the warring […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Building Control Authority (LASBCA) has told an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that the late Femi Osibona, Managing Director of Fourscore Heights Ltd., prevented its officers from gaining access to the construction site of the collapsed 21-storey building. African Examiner reports that Oluseun Randle, an Assistant Director in charge of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has deferred decision on the case involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba A. Kyari, who until his suspension by the Commission was the Officer in charge of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). Recalled that Kyari had earlier been indicted by a Report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Nigeria cannot progress as it is struggling with a large population of children battling hardship and out of school. “At the heart of the At-Risk Children Programme is the idea that every Nigerian child counts. A nation will be measured ultimately by how it treats […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Friday, denied writing Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to solicit support for a proposed wedding in Kano State. A letter had gone viral on the internet where the royal father purportedly solicited money for the Kano wedding. The letter dated February 8, 2022, addressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani (PPD-Enugu) has revealed that Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi brought him back to the political limelight in the state after 15 years as governor. Nnamani, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, stated this during the PDP campaign in Nkanu West for Feb. 23 2022 Local Government Elections in the state on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspension of Rev. Fr. James Anelu, the priest-in-charge of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Ewu-Owa, Ikorodu, is eliciting reactions. Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos suspended Anelu for banning Igbo songs during mass in the church. Onyema Onyemankeya, Coordinator, Catholic Deanery of the Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC), FESTAC chapter, warned against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imam Tawhidi a.k.a Imam of Peace has called for support for the actualization of the Republic of Biafra. The cleric took to his Twitter handle as he talked about the killings within Nigeria’s Southeast saying that Biafra must be free. Imam Tawhidi wrote: “The images coming out of #Biafra are horrific. I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leicester City winger Ademola Lookman has had his application to change nationality to represent Nigeria instead of England approved by FIFA. The 24-year-old is on loan at the King Power Stadium from RB Leipzig, having previously represented Everton and Charlton Athletic. Lookman has not represented England’s senior team, but was an Under-19, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, yesterday, embarked on a protest over the murder of one Hassan Adedeji, who just graduated from the school and was preparing for his one-year mandatory youth service. It was gathered that the HND Banking and Finance graduate was on a commercial motorcycle around the Agbale-Bode […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A train bringing containers into the Apapa port derailed yesterday, ramming into a truck carrying containers loaded with cargoes. Eyewitnesses stated that for several hours there was no access into the ENL Terminal, APM Terminals and the ABTL Terminals through the railway crossing. There were efforts to salvage the situation by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda must pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 325 million dollars in reparations related to the brutal conflict between the two nations from 1998 to 2003, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled. ICJ stated this in a statement issued after delivering a judgment between the two countries from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool closed the gap on English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City to nine points as Diogo Jota’s double earned them a 2-0 victory over Leicester City on Thursday. After Manchester City’s 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday extended their advantage at the top to 12 points, second-placed Liverpool needed to issue […]
