(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular and veteran Nollywood theatrical actor, Jimoh Aliu, aka Aworo is dead. Aliu, a former President of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Practitioners according to a family source, died Thursday at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, south west Nigeria. The vintage actor died at age 86 after a brief illness. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares to mark the 60th Independence Anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to support his administration in working towards greater inclusiveness. Buhari made the call Wednesday while unveiling the anniversary Logo, advocating for the participation of all Nigerians. The unveiling of the logo by the President held shortly before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A driver and his passengers Monday in Lagos State escaped death by whiskers as the bus they were traveling with, rammed into a moving train around the PWD, Ikeja – inward Oshodi. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident, disclosed that the bus suddenly veered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Government has announced Monday, September 21, 2020, for the reopening of all schools in the South west state. Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Mr. Kunle Somorin made the announcement Monday in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The statement noted that the second phase […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government has directed principals and heads of public elementary schools to revert to the old names of their various schools before the ‘’re-classification’’ introduced by the administration of the immediate past Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The directive was contained in a circular signed by the Coordinating Director, the State’s Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Government has announced Monday, September 14, 2020 as the reopening date for all schools – starting from primary to tertiary levels in the North central State. The State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr. Wemi Jones, announced this Tuesday in Lokoja, the state capital. Jones disclosed that the government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has been sworn-in for another term. The ceremony which was held virtually and broadcast online Tuesday was administered by the Chairperson of the bank’s board of Governors and Ghana’s Finance Minister, Kenneth Ofori-Attah. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Heads […]
