(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a stern warning to bandits, saying that “the clock of your ultimate destruction is ticking as you will no longer have a place to hide.” In a statement in Abuja , Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, said President Buhari was reacting to the killing of over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the media to look into the tone, content, and standards of reporting insecurity and safety measures in the country. President Buhari disclosed this in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu saying that the term “rising insecurity” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A National Assembly member representing Anambra North senatorial district, Senator Ifeanyi Uba, has requested a Federal High Court Abuja, for an order allowing him to visit leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who is presently in the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS. Uba sought order […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed, has stated that the recommendations to lift the ban on Twitter in Nigeria will be applicable to all social media platforms in the country. Mohammed disclosed this when he appeared on ‘This Morning’, a programme by Television Continental (TVC) . The minister, speaking concerning […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s fund UNICEF on Monday said the delisting of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) from the United Nations Secretary-General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict as one of the armed groups recruiting and using children in north-east Nigeria is one step forward for child protection. Recalled that in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, South- West Nigeria, has expressed serious concerned over the sudden disappearance of Vanguard Newspaper’s House of Representatives Correspondent, Mr. Tordue Salem since last Wednesday. Mr. Salem was reportedly last sighted within the premises of a Total Filling Station, opposite the FCT, Abuja Police headquarters on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government said security forces have killed 10 bandits and rescued one hostage in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA). The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the 10 bandits who were lurking around some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Bayern Munich FC defender, Lucas Hernandez, appeared before a Madrid court on Monday ahead of a potential six-month spell in prison, court officials have disclosed. Hernandez, 25, was due to appear Tuesday to inform the court where he would serve the sentence for violating a restraining order in 2017 while playing at Atletico […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gen. Colin Powell, the trailblazing son of the South Bronx who rose to the highest ranks of the U.S. military, died of complications from COVID-19 in spite of being fully vaccinated. He was 84 his family announced on Monday. Powell, who served as the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected gunmen have attacked a police station in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi and shot a police sergeant. The Assistant Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi Command, ASP Levi Philips, stated on Monday in Abakaliki that the station was attacked in the early hours on Monday. Philips added that the suspects also burnt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owerri residents continue to obey the IPOB sit –at- home order thereby clamping down on business and social activities in the State capital. This has continued two months after the separatist group, IPOB, said it had cancelled its weekly sit-at-home order in protest against the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –A non governmental organization, Tabitha New Life Foundation is holding their annual programme tagged “Taking Over Dorcas Heart 3:0, feeding of widows and widowers. The foundation started on a conscious note supported by like- minded individuals to affect the world we live. For the great tasks ahead and continuity, a programme was initiated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman elect of the Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has advised a former Commissioner for Works in the state, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa who was announced winner in a Parallel congresses held last Saturday in Enugu to bury his hope of leading the party, because APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Crimes Commission has commenced investigations into the alleged tax evasion by some Nigerians named in the Pandora Papers. It was gathered that a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has already been summoned for questioning by the commission over his secret assets and financial deals exposed in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arewa Youth Federation on Monday in Abuja described as spurious, a publication by Wall Street Journal that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) paid 20 million naira to bandits. The U.S-based journal stated in its publication that NAF paid the money in exchange for its anti-aircraft gun allegedly seized by bandits. The group’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Philippine police on Monday killed four Chinese nationals during an anti-illegal drugs operation that lead to the confiscation of more than 262 million pesos (5.24 million dollars) worth of crystal meth. The suspects, from Fujian and Shanxi in China, were known distributors of illegal drugs in the capital and surrounding provinces, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Uche Secondus, former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says he has no intention of withdrawing the case challenging his removal from court. Mr Ike Abonyi, his Media Adviser disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Abonyi said that Secondus was in court to seek for justice as well […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Economic growth in China slowed to 4.9 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, according to data released on Monday by the statistics office. The third quarter figures are the weakest so far this year. China had posted record growth of 18.3 per cent in the first quarter and 7.9 per cent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians in the U.S. have appealed to political leaders back home to ensure they deliver on their campaign promises to the Nigerian people so as to alleviate their sufferings. The Chairman, Board of the Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), Mr Yinka Dansalami Dansalami, stated this in New York that Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC not to drag its name into the November 6, 2021 Anambra State governorship election , rejecting any form of dialogue with them The pro-Biafra group also described as laughable, the statement by the Nigerian Police that it is coming […]
