(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has denied disregard for court order by the current administration of the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (I-G). The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adejobi said the current Office of the I-G was not aware of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) in Kaduna State on Tuesday announced the killing of its women leader, Victoria Chintex, by suspected gunmen in the Kaura Local Government Area of the state. The publicity secretary of the party in the southern Kaduna zone, Edward Buju, in a statement said she was shot dead at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. The IGP’s committal followed a suit that was filed by a police officer, Patrick Okoli, who was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the Nigerian Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday warned Nigerians that if the Federal Government kept withholding their pay, a new crisis in the country’s universities would transcend break out. It urged interested parties and well-meaning Nigerians to pressure the Federal Government into paying its members’ withheld eight-month salaries across the nation. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after his inauguration, Osun Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has sacked 12,000 workers and ordered the dethronement of three monarchs. The Governor also nullified the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The affected monarchs include Akinrun of Ikinrun […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are reacting to the news that the Department of State Service has locked up a student of Federal University Dutse over a social media post considered defamatory against Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari. According to available information, Aminu Adamu Muhammed had in June posted on Twitter that Mrs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director, New Media of the APC Presidential Campaign Council Fani Kayode took to his twitter handle to throw jabs at PDP’s governorship candidate Jide Jandor and his deputy Funke Akindele with a tweet on Sunday. He also downgraded the pedigree of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , choosing a low standard […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A war of attrition is quietly raging in the Presidency between the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over the constitution of the proposed Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The arrowhead in the contest of wit and influence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gboyega Oyetola, the former governor of Osun, has stated that he left N14 billion in the state’s coffers and he never took a loan in his tenure. African Examiner recalls that Governor Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party was sworn in after he defeated Oyetola of the All Progressive Congress. In Oyetola’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu described the Peoples Democratic Party, Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 poll as ungrateful politician who has outlived his relevance in the chase for presidency. Tinubu, therefore, urged the electorate to use their Permanent Voter Card, PVC, to permanently retire Atiku in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina struggled massively to start well for the second game in a row, but second-half strikes from Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernández kept their qualifying chances alive As for Mexico, they have their backs against the wall following another dismal performance. The opening minutes were closely-fought, and neither side managed to establish […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Candidate for the Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency has stated that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike will later end up in jail. African Examiner recalls that Governor Nyesom Wike and Senator Ned Nwoko have been in a war of words for some time now. Wike had in a video […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Friday, mocked his counterpart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar over the latter’s multiple attempts to occupy the number one political office in the country. Seventy-six-year-old Atiku lost his presidential bids in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ace gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead. The singer died on Friday morning, He was 51. His project manager, Hillary Vincent, confirmed the news to our correspondent via phone call. Responding to inquiries, he said, “Yes it’s true. It happened this morning.” Vincent, however, declined further comments on the singer’s demise as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seven-year-old daughter of Togolese immigrants has been killed by a suspected ritualist in Ota area of Ogun State. The girl was said to be in her mother’s shop when a neighbour sent her home on an errand. The unknown killer, thought to have hidden somewhere around the house, then smashed her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has stated that no Oyo-bound plane was grounded in Lagos. African Examiner recalls that on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, a customised plane of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, was said to have been grounded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, heading to Ibadan, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, under the platform of South- East progressive Women Forum (SEPWF), has applauded president Muhammadu Buhari, for appointing one of them and it’s patron, Dr. Laureta Ifeanyi Onochie, as Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC Board, describing the decision as a wise one. The organization in a statement signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media have reacted with humour to the newly unveiled naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled the new currency notes on Wednesday morning before the federal executive council (FEC) meeting at the state house, Abuja. Some Nigerians took to social media to express […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that former Cross Rivers State governor, Donald Duke has claimed ownership of the childhood picture used in the documentary of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that in the aftermath of the alleged involvement of Bola Tinubu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The redesigned Naira, an official legal tender issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari during the weekly Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday. Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant on Digital Communications to President Muhammadu Buhari, shared photos of the currency after it […]
