(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension enveloped the surrounding of the Court D’Apeal of Cotonou on Thursday as an extradition case involving Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Some of the supporters, who went to witness the case, told The PUNCH on the telephone that the environment is tensed. African Examiner gathered that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Medical Director, Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Dr Shedrack Offiah, said the management has sacked six doctors for abandoning their jobs after collecting their salaries. Offiah disclosed this on Thursday in an interview while showcasing steps taken to deter ABSUTH doctors who use government time to work in their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of movement across the State between the hours of 8a.m and 3p.m on Saturday, 24th July, 2021. This was contained in a press statement by the Commissioner of Information, Gbenga Omotoso, on Thursday. Part of the statement read, “The restriction is to enable the Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Beninoise security operatives are interrogating embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. A judicial source confirmed to BBC Pidgin that Igboho and his wife, Rope are with operatives of Brigade criminelle in Cotonou. It was gathered after the interrogation, he is expected to appear before the Cour d’Appel in Cotonou. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has released a manual for any persons willing to join or champion the Yoruba Nation agitation. The 37-page manual, exclusively obtained , contained the dos and don’ts for agitators, including the reason for the agitation This is coming barely three days after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Creative Director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed over making fun of the Holocaust in the past. Olympics organisers announced the firing of Kentaro Kobayashi on Thursday, and pledged that the entire opening programme of the ceremony at National Stadium would be closely scrutinised again. “How we’re going […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has intensified community sensitisation on cholera and severe diarrhoea diseases outbreak, as death toll rises from 54 to 60. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, made the disclosure at the continuation of sensitisation on cholera and other acute diarrhoea diseases in Pyakasa and Gwagwa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder of The Living Faith Church International aka Winners’ Chapel Bishop David Oyedepo has broken his silence on the recent sack of over 40 pastors by the church. He was reacting to allegation by one of the affected Pastors, Peter Godwin, that they were sacked for not generating enough income. Godwin, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3, died from gunshot injury. This was discovered by the report of an autopsy conducted on the remains of the 25-year-old on Monday. The report opposed the claim by the Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent. Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be an acquittal from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did not breach any law by being appointed to the ministerial position in 2015 without participating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his private residence by yet to be identified gunmen, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph, said on Wednesday. “At about 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of unknown individuals, some of whom spoke Spanish, attacked the president’s private residence and lethally wounded the Head […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari has decorated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya with a new rank of Lieutenant General. African Examiner reports that Yahaya takes over from former Chief of Army Staff, late Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash along with ten military officers in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has approved the request of the President, Major General Muhammadu (retd.), to borrow N2,343,387,942,848, to part finance the 2021 federal budget size of N13trn. The Senate resolution following the approval of its Committee on Local and Foreign Loans as presented by the Chairman, Clifford Ordia. The Committee recommended that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the raid by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) of the Soka, Ibadan residence of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, various groups in Yorubaland will stage a protest in Ibadan on Wednesday. African Examiner reports the DSS confirmed a joint team of security operatives raided Igboho’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 18 people were killed by suspected armed bandits in an attack on Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The police spokesperson in the state, Gambo Isah, told reporters that one other person was injured in the attack that occurred in Tsauwa village. Residents say the bandits may have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 children in Kano for violating the law against street begging. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the board in Kano. It quoted the Commander General of Hisbah, Dr Harun Ibn-Sina, as saying that all the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire has razed down a storey building at Ladipo, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, adding that efforts were on to put out the fire. He added that no casualties have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the unemployment rate in Russia has increased from 4.6 per cent to over six per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that it is unfortunate during the pandemic the unemployment in the country has grown. “ Before COVID-19, the total unemployment rate was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three Senators who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers in three separate letters to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, attributed their resignation from the opposition party to internal crisis, tyranny and leadership failure within the PDP. Mr Lawan read their […]
