(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Owerri-Orlu road. He left the Banana Junction to Amaraku, Isiala Mbano LGA to inaugurate the first phase of Owerri-Okigwe road. Shortly after, the President is expected to commission the House of Assembly complex. Details Shortly…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 24-year-old lady, Annastasia Michael, has written an open letter to the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, offering to donate one of her kidneys to save her life. This is coming after the 25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu made an appeal to members of the public to donate a kidney to save her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are inching closer to having a robust National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) as the National Economic Council (NEC) meets on Thursday to ratify the policy document. After its ratification by the NEC under the chair of Vice-president Yemi Osinbanjo, the NSPP will be presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice Chairman of Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Frank Ozue, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers. African Examiner gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at Ogor town in Ughelli North LGA of the state when his car was reportedly waylaid by the gunmen who whisked him […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An air strike wounded at least one person on Tuesday in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a hospital official said, two days after Tigrayan forces said they were ready for a ceasefire with the federal government. The strike hit the business campus of Mekelle University and Dimitsi Woyane TV […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC Presidential Campaign Council has dismissed a report circulating on social media that its candidate in the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu, is planning to drop out of the race on health grounds. The council, in a statement by one of its spokespersons, Festus Keyamo, described the report as “fake news” planted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Kafur Local Government Area in Katsina State, Alhaji Garba Kanya, has confirmed that a heavy down pour accompanied by ice pellets has destroyed more than 300 farms in eight communities in the area. The chairman stated on Monday in Katsina that heavy rain and ice pellets lasted for over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday departed Abuja for Nairobi to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of William Ruto as the fifth President of Kenya. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Osinbajo will join […]
(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 […]
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 Bayelsa State Government has sealed off a worship centre in the state for hiding its collapsed building. The worship centre – an Assembly of God Church building – which is off Ebi’s Mechanic Road at Amarata axis of the state capital, Yenagoa, reportedly collapsed in July while under construction, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, lashed out yesterday at the Department of State Services (DSS) for what he branded the persecution of his associate, Malam Tukur Mamu. Mamu was arrested in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday at the prompting of the DSS, and deported to Nigeria immediately. The organisation said subsequently that security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Charles Aniagwu, Spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, says sacking the party National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, would have deepened the party’s crisis. Aniagwu stated this on Saturday in a Television programme monitored in Asaba, while giving reasons why the PDP was exploring other options toward resolving its current crisis. He […]
