(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has stated that it has captured Boko Haram terrorists with sex enhancement drugs and other “assorted items” during a clearance operation in Borno. The army spokesman, Onyeama Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. According to him, the Nigerian troops arrested two terrorists at Muna. “Troops of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sani Yabagi, the national chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), says Nigeria’s southern governors meeting was a gang-up against northerners. Yabagi berated the governors for issuing an ultimatum to end open grazing in the southern part of the country. It could be recalled that the governors held a meeting in Lagos, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Iranian media reported on Tuesday that protests against the government has erupted across Iran due to frequent power shortage. The report said there were protest rallies in several cities, including the capital Tehran with people demanding the immediate resignation of the energy minister. Since the weekend, there has been power outage nationwide […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has condemned unlawful arrest of Nigerians, by the authorities in Republic of Benin. This followed a point of order by Sen. Tolu Odebiyi (APC-Ogun) at Tuesday’s plenary. Odebiyi rising under order 42 and 52 of the Senate rules, said there were numerous reports of encroachments into Nigerian territory by authorities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States has fixed July 9, 2021, to decide on the consolidation of all applications before the court on the Twitter ban by the Federal Government of Nigeria The ECOWAS Court stated this in a virtual court sitting held via zoom on Tuesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has ordered the closure of 13 schools it considered vulnerable to bandits attacks. The development followed the mass abduction of students by armed groups at Bethel Baptist Secondary School at Kajuma in Chikun Local Government Area of the State. The Director-General, Quality Assurance Authority in the state’s Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, bail on alleged fraud preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. Justice Obiora Egwuatu declined the oral application for bail by counsel to the defendant, P.O […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than two months, a former Judge of the Enugu State High Court, Justice Stanley Nnaji, was murdered in a cold blood by Unknown armed men in Enugu, the Managing Director of the popular Auto Ease, a vehicle body repair outlet, Mr. Ifeanyi Okeke, has been assassinated. The state police Command which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Monday, approved the reappointment of eight Special Advisers who were earlier relieved of their posts. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by Yakubu Haidara, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs, on behalf of the Acting Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe Those reappointed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced one Oke Gideon 20, to one month imprisonment for Internet fraud and romance scam. The trial judge, Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar, said Gideon was convicted and sentenced based on his confessional statement, his guilty plea to the charges and the exhibits tendered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government’s COVID-19 stimulus package under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) has been helpful. Osinbajo’ spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said the vice president chaired a virtual meeting of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) measuring implementation of the plan. The vice president said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police from parading suspects before the media henceforth. The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern Governors fixed September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the endorsement of anti-open grazing law among its member states. They jointly agreed on the date during their meeting on Monday in Lagos. During the meeting, the governors also deliberated on insecurity, constitution amendment, PIB and anti-open grazing law in all member-states. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern governors have resolved that security agencies must notify them as the chief security officer of their states before any operation can be carried out within their domain . This was contained in a communiqué issued today at the end of the governors’ meeting in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. It was signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagum has reportedly slumped during an official engagement in Bauchi State. Our correspondent gathered that Katagum was in in the state to launch an empowerment program in Bauchi metropolis on Monday, before she suddenly slumped while delivering her speech. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received 16 of his colleagues from the Southern part of the country. Sanwo-Olu arrived at Alausa, Ikeja, venue of their meeting which is holding eight weeks after the governors met in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on May 11, 2021. According to available information, the governors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticized the Petroleum Industrial Bill newly passed by the National Assembly. Clark, who was represented at a press conference in Abuja by PANDEF’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, declared that the region has had enough of the colonial oppression and will be resisting it. But the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said he is not floating any political party . He said reports that he picked three ex – Governors to help actualise the dream ahead of 2023 general elections were false. Obasanjo said the report in a national newspaper that he had formed a new party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has refuted claims that its members in the Eastern Security Network (ESN) used girls for rituals. Benjamin Emeoyiri, a commander of the ESNh had confessed to killing 10 girls. “We went in 10 vehicles. We tied white and red clothes on our bodies for protection against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMIN) – Suspected bandits on Monday kidnapped unspecified number of students of Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi town of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State. African Examiner reports that the bandits invaded the school at about 2 a.m. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Kaduna, ASP Mohammed Jalije, who […]
