(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahmad Isah, popular human rights activist and broadcast journalist, has been arrested for slapping a woman who allegedly assaulted a child by the police. Isah, better known as “ordinary president”, hosts a long-running radio and television programme known as “Brekete Family”. He recently came under public scrutiny after he was seen in […]
…. Hail Uwumi’s Appointment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Footballers in Nigeria, operating under the platform of Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), has frowned at the continued use of novice in the game in administering affairs of the Sport in the Country. It noted that the engagement of non- core professional in piloting the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A suicide bomber was on Tuesday blown to pieces when a suicide vest he was wearing exploded on his body. The incident happened in Afikpo town, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi state. A source in the area said the incident happened around 12noon. “He made an attempt at entering Amaizu/ Amangballa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night, received chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and pioneer Interim Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner reports that the duo were in the villa to console the president over the death of the Chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, and multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister, Souleymane Doucoure, were all taken to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has identified illiteracy and impatience by riders as the major causes of motorcycle and tricycle accidents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The FRSC Sector Commander in the FCT, Mr Samuel Ochi stated on Tuesday in Abuja that Okada and Keke NAPEP riders had low level […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on Tuesday morning crashed and exploded at Banire/Ejigbadero Bus Stop, in Egbeda area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development in Lagos. Farinloye said NEMA received an alert at 12.20a.m. that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services institution, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu to its Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2021. Caroline Anyanwu holds a First-Class degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria and has worked extensively in the fields of accounting, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday morning attacked Iwollo Oghe Police station in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. African Examiner gathered that no fewer than five persons, including police personnel were feared killed in the attack that saw the police facility totally razed. It was also learnt most of the vehicles and other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has expressed reservation over the position of Southern Governors’ Forum on open grazing, saying their decision to ban open grazing in their states is of questionable legality. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, observed that the governors’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has been awarded the 2021 ‘’Retail Banking CEO of the Year Nigeria’’, ‘’Most innovative Retail Banking App Nigeria’’ and ‘’Best CSR Bank Nigeria’’ awards by Global Banking and Finance magazine. The respective awards conferred on the Bank are in recognition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers have increased Nigeria’s security challenges. Buhari disclosed this when he welcomed a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum at the presidential villa, Abuja who came to condole with him on Friday’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have burnt the Igboeze South Local Government Area office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu State. This development is coming barely a week after the INEC State Headquarters was invaded and vehicles and other valuables burnt. According to available information, the hoodlums arrived at the INEC office located in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have set a wedding date for next year after delaying plans due to the pandemic. Known for his colourful love life, Johnson will be only the second prime minister ever to marry while in office, following Robert Jenkinson in 1822. The couple […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has declared that the former Speaker of the state Assembly, Barr. Eugene Odoh, and other Chieftains of the party in Enugu North Senatorial zone lacks the constitutional power to conduct any form of election in the district without the knowledge of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the 32 newly elected chairmen of the local government council areas in the state. The presentation was held on Monday at the OYSIEC headquarters in Ibadan. Afrrican Examiner reports that 32 chairmen were elected during the local government election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 20 people have been killed and many others injured when suspected herdsmen attacked communities in three local government areas of Plateau State. Some residents in the affected communities confirmed the attacks and the casualties to reporters. Eyewitnesses said the bandits invaded the three communities of Kwi, in Riyom Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesting youths have blocked vehicular movements at the Suleja, Niger State end of the popularly Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. The youth, mostly from villages adjoining the highway, are said to be protesting against incessant attacks by bandits and kidnappers on their communities. They were said to have been angered by the early Monday fresh […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Sunday urged the people of the state to obtain dane gun licenses from local government areas for self-defence. He spoke at an interdenominational church service this evening at the Chapel of Grace in Government House, Makurdi to round up a seven-day prayer and fasting programme for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler elect of Ubogidi,/Ozalla proposed autonomous community and Philanthropist, in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State, High Chief Samuel Ikechukwu Asadu, has enrolled 300 students for the next Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination, just as he embarked on repairs of Ugwu-Ajie road devasted in the locality by a terrible […]
