(AFRICAN EXAMINER)-The World Athletics has officially rectified the women’s world 100m hurdles record set by Tobi Amusan at the 2022 World Championships. A statement by the international athletic governing body on Tuesday further revealed that the record times of two other athletes — Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin – have also been ratified. The athletes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Myanmar’s ruling junta, on Tuesday, warned the public against showing moral support for a “terrorist” resistance movement. The junta also threatened jail terms of up to 10 years just for liking or sharing its content on social media. Myanmar has been plagued by violence since the military seized power in 2021 with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deontay Wilder’s head trainer Malik Scott believes Anthony Joshua’s chances in the potential title clash with Tyson Fury should not be overlooked. Fury, who is the current WBC heavyweight champion, fought the former champion, Wilder three times. In their third encounter, which took place last October, Fury overcame two knockdowns to eventually […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda health ministry on Tuesday announced that the deadly Ebola virus has broken out in the central part of the country. According to local authorities, a person was admitted at Mubende regional referral hospital on Sept. 15 after presenting Ebola symptoms and died on Sept. 19. The authorities said six other deaths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Average price of 5kg cooking gas increased from N4,397.68 in July to N4,456.56 in August. The assertion was made by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Cooking Gas Price Watch issued on Tuesday in Abuja. It noted that the price in August indicated a 1.34 per cent increase on a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 31-year-old teacher, Idowu Daniel, was on Monday, sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for sexually assaulting his 16-year-old student within a school premises. The convict was charged with defilement. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo held that the prosecution failed to establish the charge of defilement against the convict, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sports Enthusiast, and Special Adviser to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on information, Barrister Steve Oruruo, has stressed the need for all hands to be on deck towards promoting grass root football and other sports in the state and country. He said if the round leather game, soccer is properly developed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa are at a vantage position to benefit maximally from the newly released series of toolkits by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The toolkits are aimed at assisting SMEs in tapping green investment opportunities contained in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Released […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr. Akinwumi Adesina will join other eminent dignitaries and global leaders for the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum (NIEPF), holding in New York, United States. The conference which is scheduled for Thursday, on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two African American Developers, Miles Alexander III of Alexander Goshen and Leornard Burke of Cornerstone Strategic Partners, are poised to revamp the famous Black Historic Center in Fort Myers, Florida. Dubbed, McCollum Hall, is a historical site and commercial center in Dunbar, which was built in 1938 by Clifford McCollum. The center […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Octogenarian, and retired Federal Civil Servant, Chief Joseph Chuka Elobuike, from Eke, Udi Council Area of Enugu State, and his family have approached the State High Court, asking it to order their inlaw, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ambrose Maduabuchi, to Exhume and bring home the Corpse of his late […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, IMHA Rt. Hon. Barrister Kennedy Chidozie Ibeh, has Resigned from office. This was contrary to reports making rounds that he was impeached. A statement issued Monday by his Chief press Secretary, Ifeanyi Onyekachi, obtained by African Examiner read thus: “Is with due sense of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular disc jockey, Oluwaforijimi Amu, aka DJ Jimmy Jatt, has stated that he recently underwent a kidney ailment. In a video uploaded on social media, the DJ recalled his experience undergoing treatment and a transplant at the Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja. His statement took many by surprise as many […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, better known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for abducting one Sylvanus Hafia. The duo were accused of conspiring and abducting Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June 23, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has berated the outgoing governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, concerning his claims of over-voting during the state’s July governorship elections. Taking to this Twitter account on Monday, Davido, nephew to Osun’s governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, accused the governor of “spreading lies” and killing his legacy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has blocked roads connecting to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos to express their unhappiness with the ongoing ASUU strike. African Examiner recalls that the students had earlier threatened to block the Lagos airport to protest against the strike. They however carried out their threat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of the Lagos State Police Command, Lagos Airport Police Command and students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, may be set for a showdown over the students’ plan to ground the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Monday (today). The students’ planned mass action is in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nineteen persons have been confirmed killed while eight others were injured in a Sunday auto crash at Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in the FCT. Mr Dauda Biu, Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the figures to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when he visited the accident scene. Biu said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Osun have taken custody of a 28-year-old man, Ismail Adewuyi, found with a freshly-cut woman’s head and intestines in Ede area of the state. Police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated in Osogbo that the suspected ritualist was arrested on Saturday by one Isa Usman, a member of the Nigerian Hunters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in New York for the high-level meetings of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari arrived at the JF Kennedy International Airport in New York at about 6.20 pm local time. […]
