(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least five people were injured on Monday from an explosion that occurred as a result of operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) chasing a truck driver conveying suspected smuggled gas in Babura LGA, Jigawa State. NSCDC spokesman, Adamu Shehu, said the explosion also damaged shops and houses. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, says that King Charles III will continue to maintain and increase the relationship between the United Kingdom and Nigeria as her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, did. Laing stated this in a news conference after the death of Queen Elizabeth II who died on September 8, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) has enjoined Peter Obi’s supporters, who are addressed as Obidients, to make up their minds for defeat in the 2023 elections. Fani-Kayode, in his latest essay, stated that anger alone cannot be a catalyst for a revolution as there must be a goal. The former Aviation Minister stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two children, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl, have been killed after the fence of a school, Covenant Point Academy, fell on them at Ajose Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos State. According to the PUNCH, the nine-year-old girl was walking past the entrance of the school to get to her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement by the Director of Media and Public Affairs and Official Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, alleging that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, is planning to fake an assassination attempt on himself and hire some supporters dressed in the APC caps […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, says that he doesn’t hold any more grudge against those who are behind his imprisonment for over four years. Nyame, who disclosed this on Saturday on arriving in Jalingo, the state capital, stated that his detention had a divine purpose. African Examiner recalls that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian man, Vincent Omalu, who just became a United States citizen this summer, has been reportedly shot dead in Northeast Baltimore, by a shooter who is now on the run. According to available information, the victim was killed by a single bullet fired into his car from a silver Infiniti SUV. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular comedian, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Ejekwu aka Oga Sabinus, has survived a road crash. Video of the crash which took place on Sunday morning has continued to circulate on social media. African Examiner recalls that Sabinus won this year’s Best social media content creator at the Africa Movie Viewer’s Choice Awards (AMVCA) and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has refuted claims that he would be stepping down for the candidate of another party before the 2023 elections. African Examiner writes that there have been reports that the former Kano State Governor would step down for either the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has stated that hackers from abroad attacked the commission’s portal during the Ekiti and Osun governorship election. Mahmood made this known while speaking as a keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on election result management in Abuja. He said: “Another technical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that there will be a sit-at-home protest in the south-east on Tuesday. In a statement on Saturday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, stated that the sit-at-home is in solidarity with Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, who will appear in court the same day. Powerful stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaltum Rufa’i, Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, says the government is determined to end the activities of commercial sex workers in the state. Rufa’i, in an interview, noted that there were state laws against such activity. She added that the government would investigate the report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The decision of the federal government to award popular freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka, Tompolo, the N4.5bn monthly contract for pipeline surveillance contract has continued to spark reactions. It could be recalled that there have been a series of agitations regarding this development. Joining the fray, the founder of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has opened up concerning the crisis brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the presidential flag bearer of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. It could be recalled that the PDP has been witnessing a crisis […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINNER) – Nigerians on Twitter are presently reacting to the statement on social media credited to Nigerian professor based in America, Uju, Anya, who stated that she wished that Queen Elizabeth gets an “excruciating death”. African Examiner writes that the queen died on Thursday amid heightened concerns for the ailing Queen’s condition just few […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state government has ordered the closure of Witness Garden Annexe in Awka, over a viral sex video inside a pool said to have taken place at the facility. Recently, a video surfaced online showing young people, said to be students, having sex while being filmed. Donatus Onyenji, the commissioner for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has released the names of some Nigerians, especially students, who were killed in Northern Cyprus. This development is coming after a letter circulating on the social media on Thursday allegedly authored by the Turkish Government. The letter is coming on days after the Federal Government cautioned Nigerians, especially would-be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Goni Alkali on Thursday said that about N31.05 trillion would be required to rebuild the region that has been devastated by the activities of Boko Haram in the last 12 years. Alkali spoke when he featured on the Ministerial Press Briefing organised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has appreciated God and his wife, Foluke as their marriage marks 55 years. Adeboye, in his official Facebook page on Thursday thanked his wife for marrying him when he had nothing. According to the cleric, his wife overlooked other […]
