(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has fixed a new date for its presidential and all other primaries. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Felix Morka. The statement was titled, ‘APC adjusts schedule of activities for 2023 primary elections’. Morka said the presidential primary would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has no plan to ban Facebook unless it fails to check inciting contents on its platform by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed this while fielding questions from State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adams Oshiomhole, senatorial hopeful, and Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, have come against each other concerning an allegation made by the former APC national chairman. African Examiner recalls that in an interview with Channels Television, Oshiomhole stated that Fayemi asked him to rig the party’s primary election in 2018 in favour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The decision of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu banning operations of commercial motorcycles in six Local Government Areas in the state has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that recently, okada riders in Lagos State have caused security concerns after a mob of okada riders allegedly killed and set ablaze a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun governorship election slated for July 16 2022. The judge dismissed a suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi, seeking to be declared the candidate of PDP. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and his counterpart in the Ministry of Woman Affairs, Pauline Tallen, who rescinded their decision to contest for elective positions in the 2023 elections attended the weekly Federal Executive Council Meeting held on Wednesday, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, over a shady contract worth N240m awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission. Etteh, it was learnt, was at the Abuja office of the EFCC on Tuesday and had yet to be released as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has asked Facebook and other social media platforms to stop allowing the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to use their platforms to incite violence and instigate ethnic hatred in Nigeria. Lai Mohammed made the demand in Abuja on Tuesday at a meeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have written letters to nine local government areas in Anambra State to be attacked soon. The local government areas listed to be attacked are Ihiala, Aguata, Nnewi South, Awka North, Awka South, Idemili North, Idemili South, Orumba South, Orumba North and Anambra East. In a message to the LGAs, the anonymous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many were feared dead following an explosion along Court Road in Sabon Gari, Kano State on Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred near a private secondary school, Winners School, destroyed a residential building and affected part of the school. The explosion occurred around 9:30 am with many schoolchildren affected. Some parents were seen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The promotion of former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police by the Police Service Commission has sparked social media reaction. African Examiner writes that eight commissioners of police were promoted by the PSC. “The eight Commissioners of Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are reacting to the news that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris over an N80 billion fraud. The African Examiner recalls that EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest of Idris in a statement issued on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rotimi Amaechi, an All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirant, has officially resigned as the Minister of Transportation. Amaechi stated that he resigned from Buhari’s cabinet to allow him concentrate on his presidential ambition. It could be recalled that President Buhari has directed Ministers and appointees with political ambition to resign. Many ministers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dollar exchanged at N600 on Monday at the parallel market, heightening fears of a further devaluation of the nation’s currency. The rate at the Importers and Exporters Window was, however, N415.75 on Monday, widening the exchange rate spread to N184.25. At Zone 4 in Abuja, which is the hub of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – EFCC operatives have arrested the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, over alleged diversion and laundering of N80 billion. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media and Public Information at the EFCC made the declaration in Abuja. He stated that verified intelligence reports showed that Idris raked off the funds through bogus […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries, Chibuzor Chinyere, has given “automatic scholarships” to the seven siblings of the late Deborah Samuel. African Examiner recalls that Deborah, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was stoned and burnt on the school campus last Thursday after she allegedly blasphemed Prophet […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The negotiations between the Federal Government and the abductors of no fewer than 68 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers is not conclusive following the insistence of the gunmen on the release of their commanders in exchange for the abductees. African Examiner gathered that the gang insisted on a swap of their men in custody […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects over the killing of a young man by commercial motorcyclists in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the father of two was killed over N100 balance by the motorcyclists. It was learnt that the victim, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, who was elected President by a Federal Supreme Council to succeed his half-brother, the late Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed. This was contained in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a letter addressed to all bloc leaders, urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church […]
