(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he has the backing of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to lead Nigeria come 2023. He commended Buhari for his ‘loyalty and commitment’ to the party, even as he expressed confidence of the APC’s “victory in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/Monday morning decide on whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not, The Nation has learnt. African Examiner reports that ASUU commenced a nationwide industrial action on February 14 and has continued to extend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 241 RECCE Battalion of the Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed John Gabriel and Lance Cpl Adamu Gideon who allegedly killed an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni Aisami, in Yobe. Lt. Col. Ibrahim Osabo, Ag Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Nguru, Yobe, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the suspects were de-kited in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has stated that the Labour Party Presidential flag-bearer, Peter Obi, is no longer an Igbo project. This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, who stated that the Igbo had exported the frontline candidate to the rest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is not well among Niger Delta militants following the recent award of a N48 billion per year (N4b per month) pipeline surveillance contract to ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo by the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited. Several militant groups in the region are angry with the federal government for leaving them […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, has clarified why he wore sneakers to the Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Lagos State on Monday. Shettima, who represented APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the event, was dressed in a black suit and red tie, accompanied by a pair of gym shoes, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several persons have been trapped as a shopping mall in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja collapses in the early hours of Friday. The shopping mall is close to Aso Savings Bank. Our correspondent confirmed that there was no presence of a rescue team at the time of filing this report. Details later… […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has just come out the the Uyo Correctional Centre. Inibehe came out one month after he was sent to prison by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot, for contempt of court. He was seen given a heroic welcome march by a team of supporters. The lawyer, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has cautioned Nigerian students against going to Northern Cyprus. Its chairperson, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team. She said Northern Cyprus was not recognised by the UN, adding that a lot of students had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Workers at the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday issued a notice of indefinite strike to the management of the commission over breach of conditions. The workers, in a leaked letter written by the joint union congress, PSC chapter and addressed to Musiliu Smith, PSC chairman, said the indefinite strike will commence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, is dead. According to reports, Dokubo, 70, died at a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday night. The professor of strategy was born in Abonnema, Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State on March 23, 1952. His primary and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A clash between Oro traditional worshippers and worshippers at the Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church has led to the death of a tailor, Akeem Adebisi, in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that Akeem alongside other Oro worshippers were performing sacrament when they got to know that the […]
…Decorated As FNIOB (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been decorated as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Building ( FNIOB) for his unquantifiable contributions to the growth and development of the building industry. The investiture of the Governor was performed by the President of the institute, Professor Yohanna Izam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are presently expressing their grievances on Minister on Sports, Sunday Dare, as pictures of Falconets sleeping on the floor in Turkey Airport emerged on social media on Wednesday. African Examiner writes that the Falconets represented Nigeria in the 2022 FIFA women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, They defeated […]
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, known better as Cubana Prime Minister, was arraigned alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidency has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is the most attacked president in Nigeria’s history. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu in a statement stated that since the opposition couldn’t defeat the president at the 2019 polls, they have resorted to other means as he reacted to an editorial by Guardian Newspapers. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Majority Leader of Anambra Assembly Hon. Nnamdi Okafor is dead. Okafor died on Tuesday night in South Africa. Okafor, a second term legislator, represented Awka-South 1 State Constituency. He came into the State Assembly in 2015 on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Details of his death are still […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labor and employment, says he can drive from Abuja to Kaduna without a security escort. Keyamo stated this on Tuesday in a pre-recorded interview aired on Channels TV. The African Examiner writes that the 155km Kaduna-Abuja highway is one of the feared roads as it has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 25-year-old man known as Elisha Tari has opened up about why he stoned his two children to death in his home. It could be recalled that the Adamawa State Police Command nabbed Elisha for stoning two of his children, aged 3 and 5 years old, to death. While being paraded on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has denied media reports that he will hand over federal universities to state governments if elected president in 2023. The media adviser to the former vice president, Paul Ibe, in a statement issued on Monday night in Abuja, described the report […]
