(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, says the proponents of the legalisation of cannabis sativa cannot have what they desire. He disclosed this at the 2021 Ulefunta annual public lecture in Akure. In a statement by the agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsely Moghlau, has crossed over the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The 58-year-old had previously dumped the Young Progressive Party (YPP) after his underwhelming performance as a candidate in the 2019 presidential election. Moghalu announced his new […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno state Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated facilities that would facilitate cross border trading between Borno and Cameroon. African Examiner recalls that the violence in northeastern Nigeria has affected more than two million people to vacate their homes and disrupted livelihood opportunities. It has also erased access to basic services, like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, stated that Nigeria is setback in the nation’s leadership recruitment process. He stated this during a book presentation titled: “Leadership principles for junior commanders in the military,” in Abuja. The book was written by the acting Commandant, Nigeria Army School of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has called out the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, for allegedly using “foul language against those in leadership”. Adesina, in a Facebook post on Thursday night, stated that Abaribe should be “cooling his feet in prison” after he “stood surety for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday held that the a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kolawole Babalola had a case to answer in the alleged N8 billion currency scam instituted against him. Ruling in the no case submission filed before him, Justice Ayo Emmanuel said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja received the certificate of incorporation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Speaking at the event, the president noted that with the certification of the company the country expected nothing less from the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara Government has warned health officials against issuing COVID-19 vaccination cards to people who refused to be vaccinated, but wish to acquire the cards. Dr Nusirat Elelu, the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, gave the warning on Friday at a news conference at University of Ilorin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, has been released from Army custody a day after he was arrested for putting on an outfit with semblance to the Biafran flag. This was made known via a video posted by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, on his Instagram page on Friday, where Agu was filmed with two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Motorist , communities have abandoned markurdi- Aliade road due to deplorable condition of the road and armed men who pose as kidnappers , bandits armed robbers who terrorize and kill with reckless abandon . The road has been in bad shape and nothing has been done to salvage it thereby leaving the road […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the Federal House of Representatives Ikemba USA Igwesi, has condemned the threat by the federal government to impose state of emergency in Anambra State, insisting that the state government, her agencies, service providers and all the democratic structures in the state are fully active and functional . “And […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Zamfara have handed over a total of 187 rescued abductees, comprising males, female adults and children, to the state government. The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Muhammad Shehu, said in a statement issued in Gusau. “Following the implementation of the new security measures by the Zamfara state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has assured that there was no plan to reinstate the disbanded Special Anti -Robbery Squad (SARS) into the Nigeria Police. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement, on Thursday, in Abuja. Mba said the clarification followed reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ActionAid Nigeria has called on the government to step up efforts to stamp out tax evasion by the elites This is contained in a statement signed by Lola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator, ActionAid Nigeria. ActionAid recalled that it had been five years since the Panama Papers exposed the dodgy tax dealings of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday harassed Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, for wearing a Biafra outfit . In the viral video, 65-year-old Agu is seen around Upper Iweka Bridge donning the Biafra outfit and walking near a green bus when two armed soldiers wrestle him to the ground and drag him. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed a fake report that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), assuring his supporters that there was nothing to worry about. He said the report, like others before it, represented only the “unholy imagination of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the country’s debt profile is rising because the federal government had to spend its way out of recessions. Buhari disclosed this on Thursday when he addressed a joint session of the national assembly saying that the economy would not have recovered without the government’s expenditure that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three-hundred-and-seventy-five persons lost their lives to road crashes in Osun, Oyo and Ondo States in the second and third quarters of 2021. Mr Emmanuel Abe, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of the three states disclosed that in Osogbo on Thursday that 184 deaths were recorded in the second quarter of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has stated that Southeast governors, religious leaders, and traditional rulers cannot decide the fate of Igbos concerning Biafra. IPOB stated that Southeast governors and the elites are too small to decide if Igbos would stay in Nigeria against their wish. African Examiner recalls that the Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline international not-for-profit organization, WaterAid has expressed its concern over the recent cholera outbreak that has affected communities in several states in Nigeria. The Cholera outbreak which has claimed over 3000 lives so far, particularly affecting young 5 and 14 years old, has been widely described as the most devastating in […]
