(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to disregard a fake news making round of its resumption on Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on Monday. The commission, in a flyer titled “Fake News Alert” on its social media said no date had been fixed for such exercise. “INEC wishes to inform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State said it has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the clash between some youths in t Aguda area of Surulere on Sunday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Olumuyiwa Adejobi in Lagos. Adejobi said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for a dialogue and wider consultation as means to resolve the ongoing crisis between the Hausa-Fulani herdsmen and the Oke-Ogun community in Oyo state. The call was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. […]
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – Technology has been a veritable gift to mankind, and over the years, it has been responsible for creating amazingly useful resources which put all the information individuals need at their fingertips. The development of technology has also led to so many mind-blowing discoveries, better facilities, and better luxuries, which has in-turn helped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion had been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country ahead of elections the opposition says were rigged. The gradual easing of internet curbs came as police announced dozens of arrests for alleged election-related violence, and surrounded the headquarters of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has dismissed the purported takeover of Kidney Island asset of the SPDC Joint Venture in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government in the exercise of rights purportedly acquired through a court auction process that is still the subject of ongoing appeals at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After 47 years of marriage, a 71-year-old mechanic, Mr Mojidi Osho, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday to nullify his marriage because his wife denied him sex. The petitioner said that his wife, Tolu, with whom he had 10 children in marriage denied him his matrimonial right to sleep […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its nine months old strike. ASUU National President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the suspension early hours of Wednesday during a news conference at the end of the union’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting Wednesday in Abuja. Prof. Ogunyemi, stressed that ASUU NEC […]
