(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has said that the guild cannot set aside funds to pay the ransom of their kidnapped members. Recall that two members of the AGN, Clemson Cornell and Cynthia Okereke, were kidnapped in Enugu, and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom of $100,000. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares for the 2023 presidential election, the minister of state for FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has extolled the leadership qualities of the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu describing him as a great leader that will make Nigeria greater. The minister spoke on Saturday in Abuja when she […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – EFCC operatives on Friday raided Wuse Zone 4, home to most bureaux de change in Abuja. The raid, conducted on other locations across the country, was undertaken days after the CBN blamed currency speculators of exacerbating the crash of the naira against the dollar and other foreign currencies. An authoritative source at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two prominent Nollywood actors and members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, aka Agbogidi, have been reportedly kidnapped. Monalisa Chinda, AGN’s Director of Communications, broke the news in a statement made available on Friday. Ms Chinda, in the statement, stated that the actors were reported missing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed an officer, Richard Gele, who was justifying extortion in a video clip that has now gone viral on the social media. Police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a statement on Friday. The dismissed officer was caught in the video clip which trended in June dignifying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) on Thursday night attacked soldiers of the Guards Brigade at the Zumu Rock, Madalla area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is the second attack within 48 hours on the seat of power targeted at the elite brigade […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has on Friday, announced a reshuffling of its leadership by appointing new General Commanders, Corp Commanders, Commandants of training institutions, Brigade Commanders, and Commanding Officers amongst others. According to a statement by the Defence Headquarters, signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Chief of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher who murdered his pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, last December to death Mr Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids College, was sentenced to death by hanging. Mr Tanko, alongside his accomplice, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Musa, were arraigned before the Kano State High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira on Thursday appreciated against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, after a two-day decrease, exchanging at N426.20. The figure represented an increase of 0.88 per cent compared with the N430 it exchanged for the dollar on Wednesday. The open indicative rate closed at N428.10 to the dollar on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some market men and women in Lagos State have given knocks and kudos to the state government over the closure of some major markets in the state. The state government gave the directive on Wednesday to enable the traders to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) on Thursday. The traders expressed their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate younger brother to Ebonyi Governor, Austin, has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment as the Secretary of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission(RMAFC). In a statement in Abakaliki, Austin Umahi said that the appointment was good for job seekers or retired civil servants and not for someone of his social status. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhamadu Buhari is presiding over the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which is holding at the Council Chambers, has Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of government troops, civilians and extremists have been killed and injured in attacks on two military outposts in Mali, the country’s army reported early on Thursday. In the fighting following the attacks in the towns of Sokolo and Kalumba in the centre of the West African country early on Wednesday morning, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kenyan government on Thursday sent 19 police officers to Somalia to help strengthen stabilisation efforts in the country. Police spokesman Bruno Shioso said in a statement that the officers would join an ongoing peacekeeping mission under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) “which is aiming at de-escalating violence in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Moroccan peacekeeper was accidentally shot dead on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) said on Thursday. The soldier was accidentally shot in Butembo, North Kivu by a UN police officer who was part of the teams sent to reinforce the Moroccan contingent, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Wednesday resolved to summon Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over skyrocketing inflation and naira devaluation which continue to plunge Nigerians into hardship. Stakeholders in key sectors of the economy expressed worry over the free fall of the naira against the United States Dollar. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical, yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature — as he dominated the horizons across Africa and beyond. He lived up to his legend of being a human Orisa. He is, perhaps, still one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senators, mainly of the minority block and some belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC), have called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country. They gave President Buhari six weeks to curb insecurity or face a formal notice of impeachment from them. The Senators staged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FOREMOST Diplomat, Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark is dead. He died in Lagos at 92. He is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. A statement titled: ”Press Statement on the passing on of Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark, CON,” by Dr. Christopher C. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State Police Command, on Tuesday, along Port Harcourt/Enugu highway, by Ntigha junction, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state, shot dead a bullion van robber. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, “Six mobile policemen attached to 28 PMF Umuahia and […]
