(AFRICANN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Garba Adam popularly known as Yousef and Sakute Jonah popularly known as Saskay have been evicted from the ongoing 2021 edition of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show tagged Shine Ya Eye. They were both nominated for eviction alongside Cross, Angel and Emmanuel. Yousef is a 29-year-old high school teacher, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will pay N35,000 in each of the next two terms. Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, made the clarification in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Ganiu Lawal, an assistant director in the ministry. Adefisayo said the “experimental […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen invaded a place of worship in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday, killing one person and abducting two worshippers. The place of worship located at Okedayo Area on Kabba-Okene Road was invaded at about 10.15a.m. as the day’s worship went underway. Police’s spokesman in Kogi, DSP William Aya, confirmed the incident. He described […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsonists set the INEC office at Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State ablaze on Sunday. The Chief Fire Officer in Enugu State, Chief Okwudili Ohaa, confirmed the incident in Enugu. Ohaa said that a distress call was received by the Enugu State Fire Service at about 1.30 a.m. “As usual, when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pressure group, Eastern Intelligentsia Coalition (EIC) has stressed the need for Nigeria to return to true federalism, saying the nation as presently constituted “is a subject of great worry to all men of good conscience. It noted that a “nation that not only promotes injustice, but perpetuates ethnic bigotry, is only […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An employee of the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation, Akinlolu Ajayi, will be prosecuted for attempting to commit suicide . The 54-year-old man was seen on September 15 on the Third Mainland Bridge trying to jump into the lagoon at the University of Lagos waterfront. Ajayi was, however, stopped when the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has described Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State as an attention seeker. The political party disclosed this on his official Twitter account as it accused the governor of seeking imaginary presidential ambition. According to the PDP, Umahi is confused having realized that he joined a “one chance […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has cautioned the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party against presenting a northern candidate for the 2023 presidential election in order to avoid another major defeat. The PDP chieftain disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Abuja. According to Okupe, the zoning arrangement in the PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police have arrested about 259 suspects over banditry, kidnapping, culpable homicide, rape, farmers/herders conflicts and other crimes in Niger in August. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, stated in Minna on Saturday that crimes were committed in 25 local government areas of the state. “We have charged 119 suspects […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76). This was issued in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina explained that the session opened […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Sokoto State on Saturday confirmed the killing of one person and the abduction of several others, as a result of an attack by some unknown gunmen in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, who confirmed the attack in Sokoto, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given erring contractors handling parts of the LagosHoms, Sangotedo in Eti-Osa one week to improve the level of work or have their contracts terminated. Sanwo-Olu gave the deadline on Friday when he inspected the housing project to assess the pace of the construction work. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will appeal against the judgment of an Oyo State High Court which awarded N20 billion in damages against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Department of State Services (DSS) for the purported invasion of Sunday Adeyemo’s residence by the DSS on July 1. The court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Miyetti Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced the death of Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, also known as Danbardi, the association’s Chairman in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The association announced this in a statement by its National Secretary, Othman Ngelzarma, and made available on Saturday, in Abuja, saying that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has suspended its strike and directed its members at Enugu depot to resume supply of petroleum products. “As a result of the intervention of higher authorities in the unwarranted and unprovoked invasion of our secretariat at Enugu depot, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), has advised APC governors not to allow themselves to be distracted from providing progressive leadership to develop the country’s productive potentials. He gave the advice in a statement in Abuja, while reacting to ongoing debate on whether the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Benin (UNIBEN) said the growing worrisome trend of students’ late registration was reason for introduction of the N20,000 late registration fee. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Lilian Salami, made the assertion at a news conference in Benin. Salami explained that the behaviour amongst students had continued to have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ebonyi said it has recovered two Ak-47, 40 rounds of live ammunition and some charms from suspected murderers in the state. In a press statement, issued to reporters in Abakaliki by the Spokesman of the Command, ASP Levi Phillips, the police said also recovered were two locally-Improvised Devices […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of the Nigerian Army, Airforce and other security agencies have rescued Maj. Christopher Datong, the officer abducted at the permanent site of Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, on Aug. 24. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Col Ezindu Idimah, said in a statement issued in Kaduna […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that former president, Goodluck Jonathan, will not be given an automatic ticket to contest in 2023 if he joins the party. The former president has been rumoured to be close to joining the party. Although Jonathan has denied the rumours of his defection from the People’s […]
