(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on Thursday, lynched a female student, identified simply as Deborah, over allegation of blasphemy against Muhammed, a prophet of Islam. The deceased was violently stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob, who are mostly students of the college. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of travelers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha road regained their freedom. In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen diverted the passengers to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dennis Otiotio, has stated that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is officially not yet a member of the party in the state. Otiotio made this known during a telephone chat Thursday morning. According to him, Jonathan could only join the ruling party if […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Cossy Orijiakor, has demanded for justice, years after rumours of her having sex with a dog went viral on the Internet. African Examiner recalls that in 2002, Cossy’s career suffered a setback when a certain journalist, Tunde Moshood, claimed that the actress had sexual relations with a dog. Moshood, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman and former Federal Information Commissioner, Chief Edwin Clark, has berated former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, calling him a “traitor”. Clark accused Kalu of betraying the Igbo cause, adding that despite the fact that Kalu was one of the oldest vocal frontline politicians in the South-East, he doubted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Kyari, former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the police has claimed that there is a threat to his life in the Kuje correctional facility. Kyari cried out that he is not safe staying in the same correctional facility with criminals. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ministers aspiring to be President in 2023 to resign immediately. He applauded the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest. But other Ministers seeking to be Governors, Senators and House of Representatives members were busy trying to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt. The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday vowed to join the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the federal government failed to address issues raised by the union and put an end to their action. President of TUC, Quadri Olaleye, who made the vow on behalf […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed Chief Roberts Clarke’s call for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by six months. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He restated that Buhari would handover to democratically elected winners of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has enjoined Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), to think of the type of legacies he wants to bequeath to generations unborn instead of playing the role of a spoiler who is passionately scheming to destabilize democracy through his unrealistic and toxic proposals. […]
…Ex-President Will Run, Assures Associate (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political associates of former President Goodluck Jonathan are divided over the decision of the former president to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While some are favourably disposed to Jonathan throwing his hat in the ring, the other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An elder statesman and senior lawyer, Robert Clarke, SAN, Monday in Abuja, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should serve for an extra six months to give him enough time to address the country’s security woes. Clarke stated that with less than a year to the 2023 elections there was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the N100 million All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms bought for him to contest 2023 presidential election by nomadic Fulani pastoralists and Almajiri communities. Mr Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan’sMedia Adviser in a statement on Monday, said it was an insult for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has officially declared his intention to run for president in 2023. The cleric declared his bid in Abuja on Monday. African Examiner recalls that Bakare purchased the APC presidential nomination form last week. According to the presidential aspirant, he is committed to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are stunned at the news of Canada-based Nigerian woman, Stephanie Otobo, who posted x–rated photos of popular Nigerian pastor, Apostle Johnson Suleman. African Examiner recalls that some years back, Otobo claimed that she had an amorous relationship with Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, has released nude […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian activist and 2023 presidential aspirant, Omoyele Sowore, has begun the mobilization of nationwide protest concerning the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. African Examiner recalls that ASUU shut down public universities in February 14 since their demands were yet to be met by the Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has berated Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and a Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, concerning his 2023 ambition. Dokubo stated that Osinbajo was unfit to rule Nigeria since his antecedents was questionable. The former militant leader stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has received N100m for the presidential form of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Our correspondent gathered that a serving governor credited APC Collection Account domiciled with Heritage Bank, with N100m. The account number of the party with the commercial bank was stated as 5600007616. Heritage Bank, in a letter dated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Northern group of the Fulani extraction Normadic Pastoralists and the Almajiri Communities has obtained the Presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for former president Goodluck Jonathan. The group stormed the International Conference Centre, Abuja, late on Monday to obtain forms for the former president. Details shortly…
