(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly has transmitted the 2022 Appropriation Bill to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for assent. The House of Representatives and the Senate passed the Federal Government’s budget on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, respectively, raising the total estimates from the proposed N16.391tn to N17.126tn. The oil benchmark was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bus loaded with passengers has plunged into a canal at the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State. It was learnt that some of the passengers were injured in the incident that happened on Monday. It was also gathered that the bus lost control before plunging into the canal with a yet-to-be-ascertained number […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has left the Presidential Villa, Abuja to the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport where he’ll jet off to Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital. According to our correspondent, Buhari’s chopper left the Aso Rock premises at exactly 10:04 am on Thursday. The President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Her Majesty Queen Silekunola Naomi has announced her divorce from the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II. In a statement posted on her verified Instagram handle on Thursday, she said announced an end to the three-year marriage. She wrote, “Today I announce the beginning of a new dawn and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran actor, Sam Obiago, is dead. His death was confirmed by the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ejezie Emeka Rollas. The cause of his death is yet to be known His colleagues have flooded the internet with condolence messages. Obiago has acted in a series of movies and is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent Itsekiri female Chief widely known more by the name Ugbogbo Ebebe, Chief Agnes Onesanden Enonuwewu is dead. she passed on in Warri on Sunday . An octogenarian, Pa Churchill Oki described her as the Itsekiri version of popular South Africa singer and song writer, Miriam Makeba ,adding that she was a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Alhaji Hussaini Zanwa Akwanga has been reportedly dead. Akwanga, died Friday, at the age of 77 after a protracted illness in his country home Akwanga, the headquarters of Akwanga local government of Nasarawa State. The former Minister, a professional teacher, became a minister in 2003 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Premier League have postponed four more matches this weekend as the coronavirus crisis wreaked further havoc on the English top-flight on Thursday. Covid outbreaks across the Premier League forced officials to cancel Southampton’s game against Brentford, Watford’s meeting with Crystal Palace and West Ham’s fixture against Norwich on Saturday. Leicester’s trip […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The nation’s Total Public Debt rose to N38.005 trillion as at September 30, 2021. This was contained in the debt data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO), this evening. The figure showed that Nigeria’s Public Debt increased from N35.465 trillion at the end of Q2 2021 by N2.540 trillion to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dragged former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, over his alleged procurement of a “fabricated” medical report The controversial minister and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress was about 9am marched before Justice O.O Abike-Fadipe by EFCC operatives for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have murdered the traditional ruler of Atta ancient kingdom in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, Edwin Azike. His corpse was found at the market square in the community on Friday morning after he was abducted on Thursday. A community source, who craved anonymity said that four persons were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has shut down Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School until January 2022. A trailer had on Tuesday crushed some pupils of the school. Some of the students died on the spot, while some others were injured. The incident sparked outrage among the students and inhabitants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 15 students have lost their lives by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. It was learnt that the pupils were going home after closing time and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was reportedly chased to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Friday ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, following the investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of the school. This was contained in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, of the Lagos State Ministry of Education The statement read, “The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday morning confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. This was contained in a press release issued by the centre and signed by the Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa. African Examiner reported that the Omicron variant, a new strain of the coronavirus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Lagos. Fani-Kayode was said to be under investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. Our correspondent learnt that the ex-minister, who rejoined the All Progressives Congress in September, was brought to the Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, insisted that there was no “massacre” at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020. Mohammed, who also described the leaked report of the Lagos State panel as fake, stated this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. The nine-member panel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the United States of America’s (USA) Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Blinken arrived at the Aso Rock Villa at about 3:47 pm and was received at the forecourt of the State House by State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Lawal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has arrived at the scene of a gas explosion on Ojekunle Street in the Ladipo area of the state. Five persons have been confirmed to have been burnt to death in the tragic occurrence that happened on Tuesday morning. Security operatives including policemen, soldiers and emergency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeem Christian Church of God pastor, Sunday Adeniran, has regained freedom. Adeniran and two other persons were abducted on Saturday by yet to be identified gunmen in Calabar. A source who pleaded anonymity stated that they were released at about 2: am this morning near Scanobo filling station, Ikot Ekpo 8 […]
