(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has asked the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to disclose to it the status of payment of license fees by all broadcasting stations and platforms operating in Nigeria and the amount of indebtedness of each of the stations owing license fees. The NBC is a parastatal of the Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) has enjoined Peter Obi’s supporters, who are addressed as Obidients, to make up their minds for defeat in the 2023 elections. Fani-Kayode, in his latest essay, stated that anger alone cannot be a catalyst for a revolution as there must be a goal. The former Aviation Minister stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two children, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl, have been killed after the fence of a school, Covenant Point Academy, fell on them at Ajose Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos State. According to the PUNCH, the nine-year-old girl was walking past the entrance of the school to get to her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement by the Director of Media and Public Affairs and Official Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, alleging that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, is planning to fake an assassination attempt on himself and hire some supporters dressed in the APC caps […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sonia, the daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday begged members of the public to donate kidney to her. The young woman, whose parents are currently facing charges of organ harvesting in the United Kingdom made the plea on her Instagram page on Monday. In the statement, Sonia noted […]
…passes vote of no confidence on Ngige, Adamu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West zone, on Monday, announced the commencement of a protest on the Lagos-Shagamu Expressway. According to the association, the protest was organised as a result of the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kidnappers of a prominent traditional ruler cum businessman in Imo State, Eze Joel Ndenkwo, have slammed a N200m ransom as the condition for his release. The kidnappers made the demand on Sunday, two days after he was abducted in front of his office at the ever-busy Tetlow Road in Owerri, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP-Anambra South) has confirmed the deaths of some of his personal and security aides during Sunday attack on his convoy. Ubah’s convoy was attacked around Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu Market axis of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra on its way to Nnewi his country home on Sunday night. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA arrested 761 suspected drug traffickers and users and seized 11,000kg of illicit drugs in Kaduna State in the first eight months of the year. Its Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, stated on Monday in Kaduna that 725 of those arrested are male while the 36 others are female. He […]
…. Advocates Legal Framework, Stiffer Sanctions For Criminals (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that the impact of crude oil theft has been affecting its performance, stressing that it losses 470,000 bpd amounting to $700 million monthly coupling with security challenges that hindered oil production in some terminals. Speaking with […]
The State Security Service (SSS) on Sunday advised Nigerians to be mindful of their utterances regarding the arrest of Tukur Mamu, the man who negotiated the release of some of the victims of the Kaduna train abduction. The SSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said Mr Mamu will be charged to court following an investigation. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Monday to Wednesday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted morning thunderstorms over the northern parts, especially over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Taraba, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno and Adamawa states. According to the agency, Kaduna, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) for adjudication on Monday over prolong strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said this on Sunday in Abuja in a letter addressed to the Registrar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Government has conducted a mass burial for 130 unclaimed corpses deposited at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) mortuary, Lokoja. Mrs Elizabeth Arokoyo, the General Manager, Kogi Sanitation and Waste Management Board made this known while fielding questions from newsmen on Sunday. Arokoyo, represented by the Acting Secretary of the board, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The legendary African American music industry giant and author, Teddy Astin has revealed the twists and turns of his monumental journey from being a 6-year-old paperboy to the warehouse of Warner Brothers Records. In his new memoir entitled, “A Golden Past -And- A Platinum Future”, Astin symbolically describes the journey from his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi Autonomous Community in Nkwere Council area of Imo State, Eze Jewel Ndenkwo. A Source who craved anonymity said that the Royal father, a business man, and Managing Director of a Company , Udekings Nigeria Limited was abducted yesterday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, says that he doesn’t hold any more grudge against those who are behind his imprisonment for over four years. Nyame, who disclosed this on Saturday on arriving in Jalingo, the state capital, stated that his detention had a divine purpose. African Examiner recalls that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian man, Vincent Omalu, who just became a United States citizen this summer, has been reportedly shot dead in Northeast Baltimore, by a shooter who is now on the run. According to available information, the victim was killed by a single bullet fired into his car from a silver Infiniti SUV. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular comedian, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Ejekwu aka Oga Sabinus, has survived a road crash. Video of the crash which took place on Sunday morning has continued to circulate on social media. African Examiner recalls that Sabinus won this year’s Best social media content creator at the Africa Movie Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA) and […]
