(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has ordered prisons’ officers to shoot dead anybody who attempts to attack any prison in the country. The minister gave the order while inspecting the facility at the Agodi Custodial Centre in Ibadan. Aregbesola said any attack on any prison is an attack on the state and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums enforcing the suspended sit-at-home yesterday unleashed terror as they destroy vehicles and flogged traders in Enugu State for disobeying the directives They flogged traders and destroyed their wares at about 8 am. The hoodlums, who came into the commercial town on motorcycles, beat up traders who had opened for business. They […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Super Eagles head coach, Austin Eguavoen, says his team will go for the maximum three points against Guinea-Bissau in their final Group D game at the Roumdé Adjia Stadium in Garoua on Wednesday. The Eagles are top of the group on six points and are already through to the round of 16, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States and the British Government have turned down a request by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to send representatives to observe the his trial holding at the Federal High Court, Abuja Division on January 18, 19, and 20. While the US said it was limiting […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER – President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has charged African leaders and citizens to be united in the promotion of the continent’s intrinsic greatness through improved trade relations amongst African countries. Speaking at the formal launch of the Pan-African Payment & Settlement System (PAPSS), which is a centralised payment and settlement infrastructure platform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Monday, entered fresh terrorism allegations against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. FG, in the amended process it filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, increased the counts in the initial charge it preferred against Kanu. The IPOB leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, trooped out of their campus to protest against the alleged harassment and extortion by some people suspected to be thugs and cultists at the second entrance of the institution. During the protest, the students barricaded the road that led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa State Police Command said they have arrested a 43-year-old Dan’asabe Eddo for raping an 80-year-old woman in the state. The suspect, who is indigenous to Kubasha Village in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State, but resides in Kundami Village, Garaku in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. He was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi Government has directed markets, parks and business premises to disregard the sit-at-home order, on Tuesday, January 19, by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The group had issued a sit-at-home order in solidarity with its Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, whose case comes up from January 18 to January 20. Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The four kidnapped students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) by gunmen on Thursday last week have regained their freedom. The four students, who were kidnapped outside the university premises, were released at the late hours of Saturday, January 15. This was disclosed through a statement made available to our correspondent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s total debt stock rose from N32.9tn as of December 2020 to N39.6tn in November 2021. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, in her presentation of the 2022 approved budget, disclosed that the government borrowed N6.7tn between January and November 2021, according to a copy of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has announced that Marine Bridge will be partially closed to allow the Federal Government carry out routine maintenance works on the bridge. The closure will be from Monday, January 17 to Saturday, April 2, 2022. This is according to the state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists have struck in Niger state again killing three people and abducting 28 in Farin-Shinge, Kulho, Jigawa, Dogo Fadama communities of Mashegu local government area of Niger state Our Correspondent gathered that the operation was carried out between Friday afternoon and lasted till Saturday morning. The gunmen are demanded seven 50 litres […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom State Steering Committee of the Tinubu Support Group on Sunday tackled the Peoples’ Democratic Party stalwart, Bode George, saying his comment on the presidential declaration of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is an indication that he (George) is a primitive critic still living in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali has said it will seek to overturn in international courts what Bamako calls “illegal sanctions” imposed by a West African economic bloc over delays to the country’s elections. “These measures are illegal under several international conventions” including those which “prohibit sanctions against landlocked countries” like Mali, interim Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Federal Government commenced full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in earnest, the new legislation has been tipped to provide business opportunities that will enable the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) earn more revenue for the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company, Mallam Mele Kyari disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi has said his recent meeting with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu had nothing to do with the 2023 presidential election. Fayemi said he was not in any clandestine meeting with Tinubu to discuss his chance of becoming President but rather a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Bauchi State have arrested a man for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter in Kirfi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Ahmed Wakil, the command’s spokesman, stated this in a statement he made available to journalists on Saturday in Bauchi. He said the arrest was part of the effort […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, saluted members of the Nigerian Armed forces for their courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and resilience in defending the nation, particularly in the face of resurged insecurity in the last six years. In a statement issued to mark the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day signed by Debo Ologunagba, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unspecified number of Boko Haram terrorists suspected to be ISWAP group have been killed by troops of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ in an attempt to infiltrate Biu Local government area of Borno state on Saturday. Biu is south and about 180km drive along the easiest Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu road which was shut down […]
