(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi on Monday said that the abduction of school students by bandits is a lesser evil. Gumi disclosed this when he featured on BBC Pidgin saying that it is better for school children to be abducted than the residents of villages to be killed. He said: Gumi: “Kidnapping […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 policemen of the Rapid Response Squad in Bauchi State’s Governor Bala Mohammed motorcade were involved in a road accident on Monday. The accident occurred while Governor Mohammed was inspecting a 60- kilometer Burga-Yelwan Duguri road project in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area (LGA) currently being constructed by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a public apology from Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe over his negative utterances against Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi. Mr Yekini Nabena, APC Acting Deputy National Publicity Secretary made the demand in a statement on Monday in Abuja, while reacting to the development. Abaribe is the Minority […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of state for health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, has stated that Nigerians who have received COVID-19 vaccines abroad will also perform the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on arrival in the country. Mamora made this known when he appeared on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, saying that getting the vaccine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular activist, Aisha Yesufu, says that the “body language” of President Muhammadu Buhari is making banditry and terrorism increased in the country. Yesufu disclosed this when she featured on popular television show, ‘Politics Today’ on Channels Television as she reacted to the abduction of over 300 schoolgirls from Jangebe in Zamfara State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, former presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, has charged former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu and former Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi to speak up concerning the abduction of the Zamfara school girls just like they did during the abduction of Chibok girls which happened during the era of Goodluck Jonathan. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, says the state has received “little or no support” from the federal government for the rescue of the abducted students and staff of Government Science College, Kagara. The African Examiner had reported that bandits had abducted over 27 students, three staff, and 12 family members […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Governors Forum says that it will intervene in the rift between two of its governors, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom. It would be recalled that the two governors have engaged in a rift over the issue of open grazing and Fulani herdsmen carrying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana is the first West African Country to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX. This was disclosed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) According to WHO, Ghana received 600,000 doses of the vaccine from COVAX. It said: “Ghana becomes the first African country to receive #COVID19 vaccines from the COVAX facility. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has criticized the senate for the confirmation of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. Wike, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that Nigerians are not happy that the same lawmakers who had called for the sack of the former service chiefs for the poor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says that Nigeria is experiencing terroism and not banditry or kidnapping. The chairman of NGF and Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this on Tuesday when some governors paid a solidarity visit to the governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello concerning the abduction of several students, members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A drama happened on Tuesday at the National Assembly during plenary after Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC, Kogi) described Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State as a “drunkard”. It all started when Adeyemi contributed to a motion on Safe School Initiative in Nigeria alleging that Abia state is governed by a “champagne drinking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of State for Works and Chairman of Southwest Agenda 23, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, says that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, is the best candidate to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Adeyeye disclosed this on Sunday when members of the group paid a courtesy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has lifted the ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft in the Nigerian Airspace after the two accidents involving the plane model. This was announced in a statement issued at the weekend and signed by the Director General/CEO of NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the Present Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, attacked him with “more than 1000 thugs”. Okorocha and three of his political associates were on Sunday arrested by the state police command after some of his supporters stormed the Royal Spring Palm Estate, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Government has stated that it has confiscated the Royal Palm Estate on Akachi Road, Owerri, which belongs to the state government from wife of Former Governor ,Rochas Okorocha The land in question was given to Nkechi Okorocha, Wife of Rochas Okorocha during his administration as a GovernorThe Commissioner for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has enjoined the Lagos State Government to prove that Seyi Tinubu, the son of Bola Tinubu does not own or control the Lekki tollgate. George stated this in a statement he issued on Friday where he called on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has announced his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra state. He declared his intention on Thursday in Awka, Anambra state capital. Soludo is expected to run on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), He said he […]
(African Examiner) – The Managing Director Of The Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Yomi Omomuwasan, Has Stated That He Does Not Know The Amount Of Money The Company Generates In A Month At The Tollgate. Omomuwasan Made This Revelation On A Television Programme In Nigeria Info 99.3 Fm. Asked By The Presenter What Lcc, The Company […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State stated that the State Executive Council has been dissolved and a new one would be inaugurated February 24 which will be the beginning of his second term as governor of the state. Akeredolu disclosed this at the valedictory meeting of the council in Akure saying that […]
