(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba on Tuesday ordered the posting and deployment of 24 Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) to Zonal Commands and formations. Former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police (CP), Bala Ciroma, who was promoted to AIG last Monday, has been moved to Zone-7 Abuja. AIG […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended the sales of forex to the Bureau De Change operators in the country with immediate effect. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this after the Monetary Policy Committee two-day meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The MPC also retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5 per […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benin Republic has filed new charges against Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of the freedom fighter, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to be kept […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the continued voter apathy, rigging, and election violence, the All Progressives Congress says the electoral process has improved under President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that it will support constitutionally-backed innovations by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party’s national secretary, John Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the commencement of the Fourth Republic in 1999, there have been many amendments to the Electoral Act, meant to enhance and improve the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The latest amendment, Electoral Act 2021, has, however, generated a lot of controversies. The goals of the amendments have always […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria will soon reopen its Consulate-General in San Francisco to provide consular services for the huge population of Nigerians residing on the West Coast of the US. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Monday that the plan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than two weeks after two Soldiers were killed by unknown armed men at Adani community in Uzowani Council Area of Enugu state, Opanda village in same Local government, was on Monday, attacked by yet to be identified hoodlums who inflicted various degrees of injuries on some of the natives. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major ground-breaking project is underway to boost the fight against malaria in Africa, RBM Partnership to End Malaria, a frontline global platform for coordinated action against the disease, has said. The RBM Partnership to End Malaria which was originally established as Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership in 1998, mobilizes for action […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Yobe said it had arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of Damaturu Branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA). The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Monday. Abdulkarim named one Umar Shaibu, 21; Tajjuddeen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another four abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have regained their freedom. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is now in London, the United Kingdom (UK), where he will participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021 to 2025 as well as medical check up. The president’s aircraft arrived at the Stansted International Airport, London at about 11:20pm (local time) with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has stated that he has rallied 10 Benin Republic monarchs to assist in the release of Sunday Adeyemo, the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. It could be recalled that Igboho is standing trial at the Cour De’appal De Cotonou after his arrest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commercial activities were grounded for hours in parts of Anambra on Monday as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra went underway in Abuja. Mostly affected were the commercial centres of Onitsha and Nnewi where major markets were shut. African Examiner reports that vehicular movements within […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentine fencer Maria Perez Maurice suffered defeat at the Tokyo Games on Monday but she had an Olympics to remember regardless, as she received a marriage proposal from her coach. The 36-year-old Perez Maurice was doing a television interview when coach Lucas Guillermo Saucedo appeared behind her with a written note saying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 48 persons, including two women, on Monday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for alleged unlawful protest and killing of a woman. The defendants, who allegedly committed the offences at 10 a.m. on July 3, at Ojota area of Lagos, are jointly facing a three-count charge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Comedienne, Adekola Adekanya, also known as Princess, on Monday, narrated how she met embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in the Ikeja area on Monday. According to Princess, she met Baba Ijesha in 2008 at an event and the two decided to start […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives have arrested Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday. Sowore was arrested as the court resumed the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. He was picked while running a Facebook Live session at the court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday declined the request of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to be moved to Kuje Correctional Service Centre. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, turned down the application by Nnamdi’s Lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Earlier when the matter was called, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is tight security at the premises of the Federal High Court Abuja leading up to the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. Journalists at the entrance to the court are barred by officers of the Department of State Service from entering the court on the ground that they were not accredited to cover […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives in Benin Republic have removed leg chain and hand-cuff from Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Ighoho. The Communications Manager of Ilana Omo Oodua, Maxwell Adeleye, made this known while giving an update on the state of Igboho’s health. He said, “We are pleased to inform all Yoruba People […]
