(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has enjoined troops of Sector 2, Operation Lafiya Dole, to end insurgency in the North-East region. Yahaya made the call on Saturday during an operational visit to the troops of Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole in Damaturu. He said the visit was operational […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has seized 646.23 kilograms of hard drugs and arrested 60 drug suspects in Imo State between January and June 2021. The seized drugs are Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and tramadol while the suspects arrested were between the ages of 17 and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it impounded 835 articulated vehicles in 2020 under its Operation Scorpion I, II and III. The state Sector Commander, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, gave the figure at a conference in Lagos on Friday. The conference on: “Curbing Crashes Involving Articulated Vehicles, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Ngozichukwu Unaogu, on Saturday urged families to ensure that children and wards desist from experimenting or engaging in drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. Unaogu, who is the Head, Training and Research of Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, gave the task while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government Areas of Zamfara. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that troops, while on a fighting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd last year has been sentenced to to 22 and half years in prison. The trial Judge, Peter Cahill said the sentence was not based on emotion or public opinion even as he acknowledged the deep and tremendous pain that all of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Eze Ude, State Coordinator, International Society for Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP), said that Ebonyi was being rated highest in substance abuse among states of the federation. Ude disclosed this to newsmen on Friday during conclusion of a three-day workshop. The workshop was organised by officials of National Drug […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services has reportedly invited controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, for questioning over his recent comments during an Arise TV interview claiming that Nigerian soldiers aid bandits’ activities. Our correspondent gathered that the controversial Islamic cleric was summoned to the DSS office in Kaduna State, according to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday has refuted claims that it is sponsoring bills purportedly meant to gag the press and regulate social media. African Examiner recalls that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had tasked the House of Representatives to include regulation of Twitter in the National Broadcasting Commission Act. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who sat in more than 720 CBT centres for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted between June 19 and June 22. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Spokesperson made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday said it was investing $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. It disclosed this at the official opening of the 51st Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, adding that over N15tn would be required to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gbenga Kikiowo from Igbara Oke in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State is among the suspects arrested by men of the state police command for involvement in robberies. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bolaji Salami, who paraded Kikiowo alongside one Tope Aladeloye at the command’s headquarters in Akure, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) has appealed for urgent resources to support thousands of people who have fled armed violence in two small towns in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the past two months. The simultaneous attacks on Boga and Tchabi, located in Ituri […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities to mark this year’s International Olympic Day, Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative in collaboration with Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF) and the Association of Former Female Athletes of Nigeria (AFFAN), celebrated with the children and youths in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Uhogua community, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 21-year-old 300-level female student of University of Lagos on Thursday, told newsmen in Lagos that she stabbed Super TV CEO Michael Ataga to death in self defence. The student said this when she was presented by the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu at the command headquarters. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for medicals. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday. The statement titled ‘President Buhari off to London Friday for medical follow-up,’ read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Actor Olarewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha) has been granted bail in the sum of 2 million naira with two sureties in like sum by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court . African Examiner reports that James had pleaded not guilty on arraignment on Thursday. He is standing trial on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 21 year old chidinma ,an undergraduate of the university of Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said Chidinma has confessed to committing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Army has cautioned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, against comments that encourages bandit. Gumi, who was a guest on Arise News morning show, claimed that some soldiers were conniving with bandits to perpetrate crime. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement: “The Nigerian Army […]
