Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has inaugurated a three-man Tribunal of Inquiry to probe the burning of BRT buses by irate military officers at Palmgroove, Ikorodu Road, Lagos, Nigeria early this month. On July 4, scores of soldiers unleash mayhem on passers-by and motorists on Ikorodu road and succeeded in burning about 11 BRT buses […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar has commended the personnel of the Police Interpol Unit, on the extradition of the co-mastermind suspect of the Nyanya Motor Park bomb, Sadiq Aminu Ogwuche from the Republic of Sudan. In a release issued in Abuja, late Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba, IGP […]
Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi has regretted the sentences passed on three Al Jazeera journalists, saying he would rather prefer they were deported. The newly-sworn in President declared his government had nothing to do with the court ruling and that the “verdict issued against a number of journalists” had had “very negative consequences” on the […]
A popular Islamic scholar, Ustadh AbdulGaniy Jumah and his wife, Shakirah, have been reportedly abducted at their home in Ogun State by gunmen suspected to be soldiers, African Examiners reports. Jumah and his wife, Shakirah, were reportedly whisked away at gun point from his family house at Fagbemi Street, Off Ntabo Bus Stop, Ijoko, near […]
Ignatius Okpara, Aba Policemen attached to Ogbor Hill Division in the commercial city of Aba, Abia state on Sunday rescued a day-old baby boy, who was thrown into a pit latrine by his mother immediately after birth. African Examiner gathered that the mother, simply identified as Nwaizu, was suspected to be suffering from psychiatric related […]
The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) at Adeniji-Adele, Lagos, Nigeria has paraded six notorious armed robbery suspects who specialized in stealing exotic cars at gun point. African Examiner learnt that the suspected robbers usually steal from different parts of the country and sell them off in the neighbouring country. Parading the suspects on Monday, Force […]
At least 29 people have been killed by gunmen during raids on two different areas on the Kenyan coast, the country’s Interior Ministry revealed Sunday. The Somali militant group al-Shabaab, which attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi last September, said it had staged an attack on Saturday evening in the coastal area. The Ministry’s […]
A human rights crusader and community leader, Barrister Olakunle Alexander Fadipe was yesterday killed by a lone assailant inside his sitting room at Harmony Estate, on College Road, Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria. The incident which occurred at about 11pm on Thursday also saw the assailant stabbing the dead man’s son, Folarin, and his mother-in law. Eye […]
Ignatius Okpara, Benin Residents of Uwa Street in Benin city, the Edo state capital were thrown into pandemonium on Tuesday, as a middle aged driver (names withheld) allegedly beat to death a Police Corporal, Osas Agbonmwenma. African Examiner Correspondent learnt that the deceased, until his demise served at St. Saviour Police Division, Benin. The Corporal, […]
Ignatius Okpara, Asaba A Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, the state capital, Tuesday sentenced an undergraduate, Ogwashi-Uku, Ndudi Ogwu of Delta State Polytechnic and a businessman, Chukwudi Ifemeni to 14 years imprisonment, with hard labour each, for kidnaping a nurse. Ogwu, an ND II student Ifemeni were sentenced to 10 years each, for […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government to court over the withdrawal of N446.3 billion corruption charges/suit against Muhammed Abacha. Joined in the suit are President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation, Muhammed Adoke. In the suit number FHC/L/CS/1007/2014 filed yesterday before the Federal High Court, Lagos, […]
The Kwara State Police Command has discovered abandoned buildings on Lagos‑Ilorin expressway, around the Ilorin International Airport area, suspected to be the hideout for criminals dealing in human parts and other nefarious activities. Items found in the buildings (six) of about 18 flats, said to be owned by an 85-year‑old socialite, included decomposed human parts, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri Their disdainful act reached the climax last Sunday as the residents in Umunakanu Community, Ehime Mbano council Area of Imo State, smashed a three-man armed robbery syndicate which has been terrorizing the community in recent times. African Examiner gathered that the notorious gang, which usually operated on motorcycle, had earlier stormed […]
A church suspected to be ritualists’ den has been uncovered in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria as female kidnapper was arrested with two children for rituals. The burble bust when a woman was caught by residents at Majidun area of Ikorodu with two children inside a ‘Ghana-must go’ bag. She was arrested and handed over […]
Ghana has been implicated in a match-fixing scandal after an undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme. The President of Ghana’s Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, was exposed after he was filmed agreeing to the team playing in rigged international matches, in return for payment of $170,000 per match. The Telegraph and Channel […]
Wife of Former Chairman, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George, Roli, has been appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan, as the new Director-General, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, announced the appointment yesterday. The hint about the appointment was first received via the Presidential’s […]
The National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has said that rising cases of cyber crime pose threat to national security. According to him, Nigeria faces a threat of cyber terrorism if proactive measures were not taken against online criminals. Dasuki made this known in Lagos on Thursday at the First National Cyber Security Forum held at […]
The Supreme Court has finally put to rest the case of Patrick Olufemi Kolawole Ogedengbe vs The State, concerning the tragic murder of a woman, Retired Navy Captain Yetunde Peters by her driver and estate agent in 1999 by affirming the death sentence earlier meted on him. The two accused persons later confessed that they […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (SARS), of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested syndicate of three, including a staff of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, who specialize in defrauding job seekers of huge sums under the guise of securing employment. Luck ran out of the suspects, when the […]
The Federal Government would on Wednesday arraign the Ekiti State Commissioner for Integration and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Mr Funminiyi Afuye, and 11 others before Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for alleged terrorism. Afuye and 11 others, who are charged with terrorism, in a 3-count charge filed by the Police, were arrested over […]
