(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Promise Idorenyin a 17 year old SS2 student of Community Secondary School Ikot Ewa in Akpabuyo Local Government Area has been arrested for the possessesion of a locally made pistol in Cross River State, and also a member of a local cult group named the Sky Queens. She was paraded alongside her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that his leg would have been amputated if he did not travel to Niger Republic for medical care. Maina, in his affidavit to support the bail application filed before Justice Okon Abang, said a surgical operation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I Am LAYCON, a reality series which premiered Feb. 10 on showmax has broken the Nigerian record for the most viewed show on its first day on Showmax. This was disclosed in a statement that was made available to Journalists in Lagos by Showmax’s Public Relations Officer in Nigeria, Onna Okafor. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State Internal Revenue Service (EKIRS), has denied locking up pupils of a private Nursery and Primary school over alleged evasion of Tax when its officials sealed off the premises The Chairman of the Service, Mr Olumuyiwa Ogunmilade made the clarifications in a statement on Friday in Ekiti. Ogunmilade said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has urged the Federal Government to give bandits desiring to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The Islamic scholar disclosed this while addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State capital. “The Federal government should give them blanket amnesty, then if […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany is set to hold a memorial for victims of a racist shooting spree in Hanau on Friday, a year after 10 people were shot down by an extremist in the town near Frankfurt. The attacker, identified as Tobias R, went on the rampage on the evening of Feb. 19, 2020, targeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti Government will pay N7. 2 million compensation to 24 ENDSARS petitioners in 14 days, The Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda made this known during a visit to the panel sitting in Ado Ekiti It would be recalled that Dec. 30, 2020, the panel recommended the amount as compensation to some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano state government has empowered no fewer than 60 women and youths with different entrepreneurial skills, following the ban on street begging in the state, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, has said. Speaking during the presentation of the empowerment package to the beneficiaries, in […]
Photo: Managing Director/CEO NIRSAL, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Incentives- Based Risk Sharing System For Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has stated that it has helped in providing over N148 billion in finance and investments for agriculture and agribusiness. The Managing Director of NIRSAL, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, says that the present ethnic tensions rocking the country is a replica of the same tensions that led to the civil war in 1967. Abubakar disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared on ARISE News programme, The Morning Show. He stated that the governors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has responded to the statement made by the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, urging Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits The African Examiner recalls that Magashi, in the wake of the abduction of 27 students in Kagara, Magashi has enjoined Nigerians to have the courage and defend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Royal Malaysian Police has arrested and questioned the founder of Sugar book, a match making website that match make young women with sugar daddies . The website, which labels itself “the pinnacle of luxury dating,’’ is being investigated for prostitution and breaches of Malaysia’s communications laws. The Sugar book website was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the rise in the price of crude oil in the international market, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in February, 2021. This was disclosed in a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minority caucus in the House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to use the period 40 days Lenten season to pray for peace and unity of the nation In a statement on behalf of the caucus, which was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Rep Ndudi Elumelu, the Minority Leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN humanitarian agency on Wednesday condemned a recent violent attack on aid workers delivering polio vaccines to South Sudan’s Lakes state. Alain Noudehou, UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, said the attack that took place on Feb. 14 at Malek in Lakes state, claimed three lives and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said all is set to begin repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon, Niger and Chad back home. Sen. Basheer Mohammed, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) made this known in Abuja during the meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on repatriation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency in the country due to security challenge. The Senate’s resolution was followed to a Point of Order during Wednesday’s plenary by Sen. Sani Musa (APC-Niger) on “The abduction of students of Government Science School (GSS) Kagara, Niger.” The upper […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman, says the Federal Government spends over N50 billion monthly on electricity. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the minister, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja. Artimas quoted the minister as saying this when he received the Guild of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced a temporary closure of runway 18R/36L at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Yakubu said that the closure was due to a landing incident involving a Boeing 737 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has Presented N18.5 million to 185 indigenes of the state who were victims of the Shasha market crisis in Ibadan. Alhaji Garba Mohammed, Kano State Commissioner for Information, who led the state government delegation, gave each of the victims N100,000 on Tuesday in Ibadan. Other members […]
