(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has said he is not a drug baron as is being insinuated on some online media platforms. In a statement, yesterday, Cubana warned those using his picture to illustrate drug baron reports to desist from doing so or prepare to face legal action. Cubana […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami has joined the Kebbi Governorship race. He declared for the seat on Thursday on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said he declared after finally accepting the calls of the people to become Governor. Details Shortly…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared a federal lawmaker, Farah Dagogo, wanted for allegedly hiring thugs to attack the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Port Harcourt. Mr Dagogo is a PDP governorship aspirant in Rivers. “The police must as a matter of urgency arrest Farah Dagogo, wherever he is, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministers who have unfolded presidential ambitions ahead of next year’s election yesterday said they will not resign their membership of the Federal Executive Council (FEC). While Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige said he has not received any instruction to resign from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Minister of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday when $75,000 reportedly went missing. Our Correspondent observed that the canopy under which the sale of forms took place was suddenly dismantled without explanation. African Examiner reports that the party resorted to canopies due to the ongoing renovation/refurbishment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 yesterday released four photos of their captives. In the photos, 62 of the kidnapped victims are seen in four groups. The first photo has 23 persons, including five children (two females and three males) and 18 women. Among them is the 85-year-old […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday marked six residential houses and one plaza belonging to the embattled former Intelligence Response Team leader, Abba Kyari, in Maiduguri as being under investigation. The two-storey shopping plaza, Assurance Plaza, located along the Giwa Barracks Road in Maiduguri, has about 100 stores. Six other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun has arrested a hunter, who allegedly shot and killed the 78-year-old Imam of Alaguntan village in Orile-Owu, Aiyedaade Local Government Area, whom he mistook for antelope. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known during the parade of criminal suspects at the state police headquarters in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abdulganiyu Jaji as the new Controller General (CG)of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) with effect from April 22, 2022. The announcement is according to a statement signed by Mrs Aisha Rufai, Secretary to the Civil Defence, Immigration and Prisons Service Board (CDIPB) on Tuesday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The father of a 10-year-old female student of Chrisland Schools, who has been in the news over alleged sexual misconduct has said his daughter apology posts is from a fake account imposter . He noted that after the incident, the family withdrew her access to all her accounts. Our correspondent had reported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Monday, opposed the endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term has caused commotion on social media. African Examiner recalls that MURIC in a statement by Professor Ishaq Akintola, its Director kicked against the decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP presidential primary election, Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and one of the party’s Aspirant, has advised delegates from Anambra state not to waste their votes for their son, Mr. Peter Obi, who is also in the race, saying the former governor cannot win […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twitter on Monday confirmed it is selling the platform to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion. The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, said it would be a great injustice if he did not contest the 2023 election with his vast experience in the last seven years in office. Osinbajo said this when he visited Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State in his office in Akure. The vice president hailed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo on Monday adjourned the trial of owner of Hilton hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, and its six staff over alleged murder and interference with the corpse of a Master’s Student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke. The adjournment was hinged on the health condition of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested suspected billionaire drug baron allegedly behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT. The alleged drug baron is Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu who is the Chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies. This is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, Pius Anyim, has assured Nigerians that no cabal in Nigeria’s seat of power would dictate to the country who the next president will be. Anyim said any Nigerian with the impression that some inner caucus arrangement would produce the president in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, may recover his N500m mansion in Asokoro, Federal Capital Territory, from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following his pardon by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Dariye, who was convicted for stealing N1.16bn while he was governor between 1999 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rescheduled sales of expression of interest and nomination forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will now begin nationwide on Tuesday. The exercise which was scheduled to have begun yesterday (Saturday) was postponed due to some logistics and administrative challenges. A party source who spoke in confidence told our correspondent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will in May reveal his choice among those aiming to be his successor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, a presidential source has revealed to Sunday Punch. According to the source, the President is critically studying the aspirants, their attitudes, actions, backgrounds and […]
