(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has stated that over 10.6 million young Nigerians abuse cannabis. According to Marwa, Lagos and Oyo are the epicenters of Nigeria’s drug malaise. He disclosed this on Wednesday October 6, 2021, when he spoke at a public lecture organised by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has excluded persons below the age of 18 years from registering and owning a SIM card in Nigeria in its new proposed regulations. Josephine Amuwahe, NCC director, legal services, stated this in Abuja, in the public hearing and inquiry on the proposed draft for telephone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four people were on Wednesday abducted by gunmen in a midnight raid at Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state. According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen invaded the Eti- Ero farmstead in Ilasa Ekiti around 1:30 am ransacking the place. Multiple sources disclosed that a child believed to be Yoruba […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the November 6 Anambra election must go on irrespective of threats from the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB to halt the exercise. African Examiner writes that the secessionist group had vowed that the election would not hold because of the refusal of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has stated that there are more than 30 separatist organisations in the South-East aside from the Indigenous People of Biafra, the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. He said this on Tuesday when he appeared on Channels Television Sunrise Daily. Abaribe, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot produce an Igbo President in 2023. Abaribe stated this when he appeared on Channels Television on Tuesday saying that only the People’s Democratic Party can produce an Igbo President in the next election. He said: “The man […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President , has advised youths nursing the ambition to run in the 2023 presidential election to desist from doing so. Saraki disclosed this over the weekend in an Independence lunch with diverse Nigerian youths in Abuja saying that it was already too late for youths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye, has stated that there are issues with the Nigerian economy as it is issuing 98 percent of its income to service debt. African Examiner writes that Nigeria, in the last first five months (January-May) of 2021, the federal government spent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused the federal government of treating bandits with kid gloves. African Examiner writes that bandits had in recent months attacked communities in the north-west and the north-central. Falana, in a statement , stated that bandits are not different from Boko Haram insurgents who are regarded as terrorists. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, says that President Muhammadu Buhari has destroyed Nigeria. Ozekhome disclosed this during a lecture organized the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, with the theme: Nigerian School Children; Insecurity and Human Rights, held in Abuja. According to the senior lawyer, Buhari has failed in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabriel Suswam, former governor of Benue State, has stated that Nigeria may cease to exist in another 10 years if the leaders don’t rise up to free the country from its present condition. Suswam made this known at a book lunch in Abuja saying that the country is drifting apart and in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has lamented Nigeria’s unending borrowings despite oil wealth. Adams, in his independence anniversary message, stated that the nation was built on falsehood and he stated that the regions be given the autonomy so that they can develop at their own pace. Adams noted that allowing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Men of the Indian Police Service, attached to the K.G. Halli police division on Wednesday arrested a Nigerian national, Chekwume Malvin, who works as an actor in the Indian film industry for allegedly peddling drugs in the city. The 45-year-old was caught red-handed near the BDA Complex in HRBR Layout. The police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) has enjoined the Ogun State Assembly to begin the impeachment processes against Governor Dapo Abiodun and his Deputy, Nomiot Salako-Oyedele. The NNPP disclosed this thursday saying it was worried by the “lackadaisical attitude” of the administration of Governor Abiodun since he assumed office. The party also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Agulu community in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State has called for three-day mourning concerning the killing of their son, Dr Chike Akunyili on Tuesday by gunmen. The caretaker President General of the community, Onyebuchi Okpala, disclosed this in a statement . He said, “Two days ago, one Azubuike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Nigeria’s 61st independence celebration, the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has released a prophetic message about the country. According to primate Ayodele, God told him that bandits would abduct top government functionaries and the north and Abuja have been earmarked for attacks. The clergyman, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has stated that he wants power to remain in the north after 2023 so that southerners can understand the power of unity. Omokri disclosed this as he reacted to Northern Governors’ rejection of a power shift to the south. African Examiner recalls that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has lamented that he and other Nigerian elites are in danger. Ngige said this is due to the level of insecurity in the country. The minister made the remark while urging employers of labour to provide decent jobs for workers in the country or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom police have announced the abduction of Samuel Ben, councilor representing Ward 6 Central in Eket Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer of Akwa Ibom, SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident in Eket. Macdon said the victim was kidnapped at his fuel station premises on Saturday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali may push back presidential and legislative elections from late February to avoid their validity being contested, the country’s prime minister, Choguel Maiga, handling a post-coup transition, has said. Mali’s progress back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is being closely monitored in a region that […]
