(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions have arrested 56 suspected fraudsters in a tickle operation at the Ogun State Government’s hotel, the Mitros Residences Annex, and two other hotels in Abeokuta. Mitros Residences Annex, a 59-room hotel was constructed by the administration of former governor Ibikunle Amosun and was taken […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said the advertisement in circulation linking his boss to 2023 presidential ambition is fake. Adisa who disclaimed the advertisement in a statement in Ibadan , described it as one of the antics of fake news promoters. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS,) Mr Haliru Nababa, has ordered the activation of the immediate recapture procedure and detailed investigation to be carried out on the Kogi jailbreak. The NCoS Public Relations Officer, Controller of Corrections (CC) Francis Enobore said this in a statement in Abuja. African Examiner reports that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe has emerged winner of the 2020 Leadership Awards’ ‘Banker of the Year’. This award was bestowed on him at the Leadership Conference and Awards ceremony which was held in Abuja on Thursday, in recognition of his stellar leadership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Nweze Umahi, has stylishly challenged his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike of the opposition people’s Democratic party PDP to a debate over a recent comment by Wike that a Psychiatric check- up should be carried on a Governor who said God will give Nigeria another President like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State have been attacked by unknown gun men after the declaration of sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The armed men reportedly attacked the school premises when some students were participating in the present 2021 West African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security forces have launched a manhunt for the yet to be identified gunmen who attacked the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kogi at midnight on Sunday. Mr Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Fasure said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo has urged residents of the state to ignore the sit-at-home rumour. Uzodinma made the call while addressing the congregation after Church Service on Sunday at the Government House Chapel, Owerri. He called on residents to go about their normal businesses, adding that those behind the order and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two soldiers at a checkpoint before Kabba Correctional Centre in Kogi State have been reportedly killed and another seriously injured when gunmen attacked the facility in the early hours of Monday. Over 100 prisoners were said to have been freed during the attack on the facility. The soldiers were said to have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 75 students kidnapped from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, have regained freedom, 12 days after their abduction. African Examiner reported how an unspecified number of students were abducted in the home town of the governor of the state, Bello Matawalle. Following their release […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jennifer Madueke, the 29-year-old woman arrested over the missing pistol of a Lagos Divisional Police Officer, CSP Adegoke Atilade, has been released. The police also removed Atilade as the DPO of the Denton Police Station, Ebute Meta. PUNCH Metro had exclusively reported that the police officer and Madueke were in a romantic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular music promoter, Ola Ibironke, popularly known as Dudu Heritage is dead. The socialite, a prominent golfer in Ibadan, and husband to top actress, Bimbo Oshin reportedly died some few hours ago. ‘Dudu’ lived in the United States some years ago where he was a music promoter before relocating to Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Encomiums from some notable sports groups in Oyo State have continued to trail Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) on its promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League(NPFL). The groups showered the encomiums on the Oluyole Warriors in separate statements made available to newsmen in Ibadan. African Examiner reports that 3SC, on Saturday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Moroccan truck drivers were killed and another injured by armed men in Didieni commune, 300 km from Malian capital Bamako, Moroccan official news agency MAP reported on Sunday. The truck drivers were heading towards Bamako carrying goods before they were attacked on Saturday afternoon by a group of armed men hiding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, (PDP-Enugu), Chairman, Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration in Africa, has called for an end to the ‘sit-at-home’ order, by the proscribed IPOB in the South East. Nnamani, who made the call in a statement he issued to newsmen, on Sunday, in Abuja, noted that the order had brought […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo at the meeting with South East Leaders has been quoted out of context. Buhari wss quoted as saying that “I’ll be careful with your future invitations” at end of his speech at the occasion. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N20.6 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, disclosed this in the bank’s audited half-year (H1) results released to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Sunday in Lagos. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits trying to escape the ongoing military operation in Zamfara and Katsina states met their waterloo in the hands of soldiers at Maganda village near Allawa in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits, who were said to be escaping through the notorious Allawa Forest in their hundreds, ran into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reality TV star, Paul Ephraim, popularly known as Jaypaul, and Jackie B have been evicted from the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season Six. The duo had been nominated for eviction alongside Pere, Saga, Emmanuel, Liquorose, Whitemoney, Sasky. Others who have been evicted from the BBNaija Season Six show include Arin, Beatrice, Boma, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the expulsion of a former Military Governor of Gombe state, Chief Joe Orji, ex- Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Chief Eugene Odoh, and 39 other members, over their alleged violation of the provision of the party’s constitution. Also […]
