(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticized the call on the People’s Democratic Party to zone its presidential ticket to a particular region of the country, saying that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not recognize it. He expressed optimism that the PDP would adopt the indirect primary, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Building Control Authority (LASBCA) has told an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that the late Femi Osibona, Managing Director of Fourscore Heights Ltd., prevented its officers from gaining access to the construction site of the collapsed 21-storey building. African Examiner reports that Oluseun Randle, an Assistant Director in charge of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, on Friday, denied writing Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to solicit support for a proposed wedding in Kano State. A letter had gone viral on the internet where the royal father purportedly solicited money for the Kano wedding. The letter dated February 8, 2022, addressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited may need an estimated N201bn worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to bring 170.25 million litres of adulterated product imported the country up to standard, an analysis of industry data has shown. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority had said on Tuesday that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has said the Second Niger Bridge is named after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and not his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Ahmad had shared a video of the 1.6km bridge on social media, describing it as a major connection point between two economically vital regions in Nigeria. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium as armed robbers reportedly hijacked a bullion van, killing people in the attack at Idi Ape area in ibadan . It was gathered that the Idi-Ape area of Iwo Road was deserted while the operation by the hoodlums lasted. A resident of the area, who identified himself as Waheed Adegoke, told […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was total outrage in the House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday over the recent importation of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into Nigeria. The House consequently resolved to investigate the matter, insisting that the government officials in the import and distribution chain, whose action or inaction led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A prosecution witness has told the Federal High Court in Abuja how a former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dibu Ojerinde, allegedly acquired choice assets through cronies while in office. Peter Oyewole, who said he served as Mr Ojerinde’s personal lawyer at the time, appeared in court on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has disclosed the names of the companies that brought adulterated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, spoke with reporters Wednesday night in Abuja. According to available information, the contaminated petrol damaged vehicles of an unknown number of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reps have proposed a bill seeking to prescribe a jail term of seven years and/or a fine of N500m for officials who spend public funds on foreign medical trips narrowly passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill Sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), titled, ‘A Bill for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old member. The Chief Magistrate, F.M. Kayode, who did not take Mr. Olatunji’s plea, ordered that the pastor be remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Mr. Kayode then adjourned the case […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Wednesday said a state of emergency on ritual killings in the country should be declared by the Federal Government. The lawmakers also called for a campaign against the menace, saying the effort of parents, schools, religious leaders and the media is needed. This is following a motion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority may return to the overseas supplier, the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which was imported into the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Oil marketers estimated that about 100 million litres of contaminated petrol were imported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on Tuesday said adulterated petrol, fuel with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification, was discovered in the supply chain. In a statement, it said the supplier had been identified and appropriate sanction would apply. It also said oil marketers had been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has withdrawn a case against the owner of Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Rahmon Adedoyin; and six others charged with the murder of Timothy Adegoke, who died at the hotel on November 6, 2021. African Examiner learnt that the police told an Abuja High Court on Monday that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor David Ibiyeomie during his sermon on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Salvation Ministries Home talked about what led to the death of the former head of state, Abacha at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja on June 8, 1998. According to David Ibiyeomie, “It is impossible to be proud and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Head of Service of Lagos State has denied reports that he is interested in governing the state and will stop the rumored second-term ambition of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. In a statement on Sunday, February 6, 2022, Muri-okunola stated that he has no plan to replace Sanwo-Olu as he expressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been extended by six months. The Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN confirmed the extended incarceration of his client. But this is contrary to claim by Abuja-based human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi on Saturday that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kidnapped cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Jephthah Robert, has been released by his captors after spending 14 days in their custody. Jephthah was kidnapped on January 24 in front of his residence at Biogbolo-Epie suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital. Austin Ekeinde, a media aide to the victim’s younger brother, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minority Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe of the people’s Democratic party PDP, has expressed concern over insecurity challenges and the continued Monday sit- at home being order by the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB in South East Nigeria, saying the development has destroyed the economy of the region. The […]
