(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu has mocked the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for jettisoning the zoning of its presidential ticket, saying its akin to buying vehicle with the name tag, ‘No refund after payment’. The APC Chieftain who is also the Director General of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some angry subscribers stormed telecommunication outlets on Tuesday after telecom companies barred their lines from making calls following a directive from the Federal Government. The Federal Government had on Monday directed telecom companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber Identity Module policy by blocking outgoing calls on all unlinked lines […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the investors in the popular crashed Ponzi scheme, Chinmark Group, who is identified simply as Nuella is dead days after she allegedly attempted suicide. It could be recalled that almost 4,500 aggrieved investors have berated the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Chinmark Group, Marksman Ijiomah, concerning unpaid funds invested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that over 72.77 million telecommunication subscribers have been stopped from making calls on their SIMs, after a directive from the Federal Government to telecommunication companies has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that on Monday, the Federal Government directed telecommunications companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) through its Financial Services Regulation Coordinating Committee (FSRCC) has advised Nigerians to stop dealing with unlicensed or illegal financial operators in the country. The CBN through FSRCC, gave the advice in a statement posted on its website on Monday. It said that the illegal financial operators lure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have taken strong exception to comments credited to Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, which described the communique they issued last week in Umuahia, Abia State, as a work of fiction by those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management Committee of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Apo, Abuja, has sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the Chief Imam, who was accused of criticizing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in his sermon on Friday. Khalid had earlier been suspended for the sermon but reacted that only God can give or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Juma’at Mosque in Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has been sacked by the mosque’s Steering Committee for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over last Monday night’s attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train. Sheikh Khalid was initially suspended by the Steering Committee of the strategic mosque. But on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number effective today, April 4, 2022. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this in a statement on Monday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One hundred and forty-six of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday. He, however, said the number of safe passengers had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has stated that he can’t say if there will be an election in 2023 yet. The cleric disclosed this on Sunday saying that God has not revealed to him if there would an election next year. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, would make 20 million Nigerians millionaires has drawn excitement among some social media users in the country. African Examiner reports that Yahaya Bello on Saturday formally declared to run for President in 2023 and made the declaration at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Bello […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A-27-years old man Ibrahim Sikiru was on the 30th of March 2022 arrested, by operatives of Ogun State Police command for killing his biological father. A statement issued by the command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters by one Abiodun Sunday, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has abrogated its sit-at-home directive in southeast Nigeria, saying the development is to embrace peace negotiations organised by the Anambra government. African Examiner reports on Saturday from Awka that IPOB yielded to the appeal by the Anambra Government and Traditional rulers to pave the way for peace, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has stated that presidential aspirants like the former Lagos State governor and National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, cannot be Nigerian president since they are too old. Speaking with BBC Igbo, Edochie stated that Tinubu has been in power for long and he should think […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Northwest states of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto and the neighbouring Niger may resort to hiring mercenaries if the federal government fails to end the ongoing reign of terror within their territories speedily. The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufa’i, who issued the threat yesterday, also said the devastating attack on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After almost seven years of not regarding the seriousness of the country’s security crisis since the assumption of President Buhari into office, Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Friday, has finally admitted that Nigeria is now at war. Adesina disclosed this on Friday in his weekly column where he lamented on the death […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with his Chadian leader, Gen. Mahamat Deby in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Deby, the interim President and Chairman of Transitional Military Council, Chad, last visited Nigeria in May 2021. African Examiner gathered that the two leaders would deliberate on the ongoing fight against insurgency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another Nollywood Veteran Yoruba actor, Dejo Tunfulu is dead. The news was broken by several colleagues of the late actor as they mourn him on their Instagram pages. The late Yoruba actor recently reportedly suffered unexpected bleeding on the set of his new movie. However, the cause of death of Kunle Mac-Tokunbo […]
