(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, has sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison. Mr Effiong who is handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo disclosed this in a message he posted on his WhatsApp status around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. “I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The solidarity rally by the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has caused heavy gridlock at the major roads leading to the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. The Congress is holding a mega rally in solidarity with university unions which have been on strike since February, 2022. Addressing the workers at the three arm zone, Abuja, President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There were strong indications on Tuesday that two terrorist groups, the Islamic State West Africa Province and Boko Haram, were planning to attack some states in the North-West, North-Central and South-West. African Examiner learnt that security agencies had gotten a security report that ISWAP and Boko Haram planned to attack Lagos, Kaduna, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A criminal court in London, on Monday, granted bail to Beatrice Ekweremadu, who is enmeshed in an alleged organ harvesting trial along with her husband, Ike Ekweremadu, a former Nigerian Deputy Senate President. According to UK Daily Mail, the court, popularly known as Old Bailey, granted bail to Mrs Ekweremadu on stringent […]
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said that the workers’ union will embark on a three-day nationwide strike if the Federal Government fails to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after the ongoing two-day warning protest organised by the NLC. Wabba, who spoke in an interview […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cossy Orjiakor, the Nigerian actress, has berated fellow actress, Halima Abubakar who she claimed is “living a lie”. Cossy took to her social media account where she put out a video calling out Halima Abubakar and challenging her to a ring fight. It could be recalled that Orjiakor had gotten widespread backlash […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC to bring attention to other issues affecting the nation. The score of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will deploy personnel in critical infrastructure and facilities in response to the nationwide protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress in solidarity with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities taking place on Tuesday (today). As security agencies moved to deploy their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after terrorists threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna Governor Nasir el’Rufai in a viral video, troops of the Guards Brigade have been ambushed by armed bandits in Abuja. Three soldiers were wounded during the attack, which has thrown residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) into a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that some delegates were induced with money to vote at the APC presidential primary in June. Mr Amaechi made the allegation at an event to mark the 60th birthday of Eugene Ogu, the general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission in Port […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has been ranked as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Bank retained its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria with a Tier-1 Capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is returning tolling to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the rehabilitation of the highway is completed. In an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Fashola stated that three toll plazas were expected on the highway. While projecting the completion of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A terrorist group in the North West has threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari. The terrorists made their threat in a fresh video where they were seen flogging some of their captives. This threat is coming just a few weeks after the convoy of President Buhari was attacked in Katsina State. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has stated that his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar is a liar as he lied concerning his comment on Muslim-Muslim ticket. According to Tinubu, Atiku asked him to be his running mate in 2007 but he refused. It could […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has refuted claims that he has endorsed the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Pastor Bakare also refuted the reports that he criticized the Christian Association of Nigeria for speaking up against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy leader of Song Local Government Legislative Council of Adamawa State, Hon Ishaya Bakano, has been killed. A gang of men of the underworld got at the local council lawmaker in the early hours of Saturday and gunned him down. Ishaya, who was representing Gudu Mboi Ward, was whisked from his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Customs Area Controller in charge of the TinCan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Adekunle Oloyode, has said that four clearing agents forged his signature to clear imported cars. Oloyode, who said this while briefing journalists on the half-year report of the command, said that the agents wanted to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Friday stated that bishops that attended the unveiling of Bola Tinubu’s running mate, Kashim Shettima are not fake. MURIC Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola made this known in a statement on Friday as he reacted to the dissociation by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Akintola stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Adeyemi Ajayi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday remanded a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and two others in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje. Justice Ajayi ordered that Idris and his co-defendants be kept in Kuje Correctional pending the hearing of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has come under criticism on social media after he stated that over 90% of the people in the north are not on social media. Abubakar made this revelation while speaking on Arise TV on Friday where he was asked about […]
