(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood star Iyabo Ojo has ruled out getting married again. The actress made this known in one of the episodes of the newly launched reality TV show, Real Housewives of Lagos. The mother of two, during the show’s confessional, declared that she doesn’t see herself getting married again. The ‘Arinzo’ actress revealed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) says it may lockdown some government offices, hotels, Plazas and other business premises due to debts owed the board. The Director of AEPB, Mr Osilama Briamah, made the disclosure in a statement, on Monday in Abuja. Brianah explained that the measure was coming on the heels […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that he contested for the governorship position four different times before he finally won in 1999. The former Vice President made this revelation on Tuesday while having an interaction with leaders of over 200 support groups across the country in Abuja. Addressing the leaders of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeemed Christian Church of God has taken disciplinary measures against Leke, son of the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over the former’s comment labeling some pastors in the mission ‘goats’. The younger Adeboye had called some pastors in the mission ‘goats’ for preaching after his dad’s sermon last […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, on Sunday said eight persons narrowly escaped death in an accident that occurred along the Gbangan-Ibadan expressway. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo, said the accident occurred around Wasimi axis, about 15 kilometres to Sasa Bridge. Ogungbemi explained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) says its convoy hit an improvised explosive device in the north of Mopti on Monday, killing at least two ‘blue helmets,’ from Egypt, and wounding four others. MINUSMA, in a statement, said the peacekeepers were part of a logistics convoy on its way to Timbuktu. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, has postponed the 2021/2022 matriculation ceremony earlier scheduled for Wednesday until further notice. A statement by Mr Murtala Agbaje, Director, Academic Affairs of the university, on Monday, in Ile-Ife, said a new date would be communicated to the general public, especially to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has advised the public to disregard a fake online recruitment portal being circulated on the social media and other platforms advertising recruitment of candidates into its 83 Regular Recruit Intake. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, gave the advice in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Nwachukwu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has rejected a bill for life pension for principal officers of the National Assembly. The lawmakers rejected the proposal during Clause by Clause electronic voting on the amendment of 1999 Constitution at Tuesday’s plenary. A total of 190 lawmakers voted against the bill, while 162 voted in its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has lifted the ban on tricycle, motorcycle and tipper earlier restricted in some parts of the state. The ban was lifted during a security meeting between him and leaders of the Association of Tricycle Riders Transport Union (ATRTU), Enugu State, Motorcycle Transport Union of Enugu State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it had received 128 Nigerian returnees from Libya. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the returnees were received through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Habib, represented by the Acting Coordinator […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government will start evacuating from Wednesday over 2,000 Nigerians who have fled the war in Ukraine to neighbouring countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, who disclosed this in an interview on a Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, revealed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had approved funds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to block all federal government roads in Oyo from Tuesday, if the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike continues. African Examiner reports that a section of NANS members from Zone B made the threat on Monday. The members spoke while protesting at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Atah of Ayede-Ekiti, Oba Afeleye Orisagbemi, narrowly escaped death in the hands of suspected kidnappers on Sunday. African Examiner reports that Oba Orisagbemi is the fourth Ekiti State traditional ruler to suffer similar fate in the last one year. The first ruler victim was kidnapped; the second one escaped kidnapping after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World football’s governing body FIFA has decided that no international competition shall be played in Russia, with home matches being played on neutral territory and without spectators. FIFA disclosed its decision in a statement on Sunday, following international condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It also said Russia would have to compete […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has rescued 11 kidnap victims in Gwargwada community in Kuje Area Council of the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. She said the victims, kidnapped on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the abduction of some of its adhoc members of staff in Imo. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Saturday, called on security agents to ensure safe return of its members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a major drug kingpin and Six other suspects, recovering 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in Abuja. Babafemi said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing about 20 persons. They also desecrated the corpse that was being prepared for burial. Our correspondent gathered that the burial was that of a suspected leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday said there can be no evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine until the airports in the European country, which is under attack by Russia, are reopened. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in the early hours of Thursday, had ordered an invasion of Ukraine. The invasion was marked with […]
