(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar’s bank accounts and repeatedly stole small sums of money totaling more than 40,000 dollars, officials in Sao Paulo said. Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris St-Germain (PSG) and Brazil player and his business manager […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited may need an estimated N201bn worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to bring 170.25 million litres of adulterated product imported the country up to standard, an analysis of industry data has shown. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority had said on Tuesday that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has said the Second Niger Bridge is named after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and not his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Ahmad had shared a video of the 1.6km bridge on social media, describing it as a major connection point between two economically vital regions in Nigeria. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium as armed robbers reportedly hijacked a bullion van, killing people in the attack at Idi Ape area in ibadan . It was gathered that the Idi-Ape area of Iwo Road was deserted while the operation by the hoodlums lasted. A resident of the area, who identified himself as Waheed Adegoke, told […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu and environ following the killing of three policemen by unknown gunmen at a police check point in Enugu. The ugly incident occurred Thursday along timber junction, Maryland axis in Enugu South Council area of the State. African Examiner learnt that the criminal elements also abducted a woman and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has said their members are fully mobilized to begin another round of industrial action as soon as they get directive from its national headquarters in Abuja. Chairman of ASSU in UNN, Comrade Christian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was total outrage in the House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday over the recent importation of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into Nigeria. The House consequently resolved to investigate the matter, insisting that the government officials in the import and distribution chain, whose action or inaction led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, has tested positive for COVID-19, Clarence House announced on Twitter on Thursday. “This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating,” the statement read. “HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today’s events in Winchester and will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. truckers are planning to gather in California’s Coachella Valley on March 4 and 5, to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and roll on from there in a nationwide convoy to Washington. The organisers of the so-called People’s Convoy have said on Thursday. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to Sputnik on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s on Thursday escaped an assassination attempt when assailants struck his car with bullets. A source close to him said he escaped unharmed amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. The source said the incident happened as Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The so-called “honour killing” of a woman at the hands of her husband has caused nationwide outrage in Iran and criticism of the judicial system. An honour killing is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family by someone seeking to protect what they see as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A prosecution witness has told the Federal High Court in Abuja how a former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dibu Ojerinde, allegedly acquired choice assets through cronies while in office. Peter Oyewole, who said he served as Mr Ojerinde’s personal lawyer at the time, appeared in court on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Northern traders at the recently demolished new Artisan Goat market, Enugu, Alhaji Sani Na Dada and Alhaji Lawan Ayavgar, have appealed to the Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to pay them 47 Million naira compensation for the destruction of their shops in the market by his administration. They said the ugly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has disclosed the names of the companies that brought adulterated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, spoke with reporters Wednesday night in Abuja. According to available information, the contaminated petrol damaged vehicles of an unknown number of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian comedian, Bovi Ugboma, has opened up on a recent incident he had at a London hotel where he was almost accused of stealing. The funnyman took to his Instagram stories on Wednesday saying that he told officials at the London hotel to ‘goggle’ him in the course of the interrogation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has drummed his support for the present governor of the State, Aminu Tambuwal to become Nigeria’s president under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to Bafarawa, the political antecedents of Tambuwal and his ability to coordinate people gives him an added […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Nigerian Army (NA) have neutralized four suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB/ Eastern Security Network gunmen at Ihiala town in Anambra State. Director Army public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement made available to African Examiner, Wednesday said, the gunmen who were out enforcing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Wednesday has forced a member, Simon Atigwe (People’s Democratic Party/Enugu) to withdraw a bill proposing to bar workers in the health sector from embarking on industrial action. According to the House, the proposal, which failed its second reading at the plenary on Wednesday, was against the provisions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reps have proposed a bill seeking to prescribe a jail term of seven years and/or a fine of N500m for officials who spend public funds on foreign medical trips narrowly passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill Sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), titled, ‘A Bill for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that there will be a major probe to ascertain the cause of the unsafe quantity of methanol in the fuel imported into the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this during a media press briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting in the […]
