(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian ex- beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been shot dead She was shot inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue Police are yet to arrest the suspect, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for answers. ‘I can’t think of anything that would make anyone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Citizen First Nigeria, a Civil Society Organisation, has condemned the attack on Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and an aspirant in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. Mr John Alphabet, the founder of the organisation in a statement on Thursday in Abuja said it was important to remind […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission will begin a nationwide Continuous Voter Registration on June 28 across the 774 Local Government Areas. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday in a press conference held in Abuja. He also disclosed that the indefinite suspension of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oko –Oba sawmill was again gutted by fire in the early hours of this morning while the concerted efforts of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining shanties and residential areas. This was announced by the Acting Controller, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has discharged politician and media owner, Raymond Dokpesi and his firm, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited, of the charges of money laundering breach of Procurement Act in relation to disbursement of the N2.1billion meant for arms purchase while Col Sambo Dasuki was the National Security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Bolaji Akinremi, Director, Legal and Consular, Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Federal Government has evacuated 3,000 Nigerians stranded abroad in two months. According to him, the welfare of Nigerians remains government’s top priority. Akinremi made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when the Federal Government received another batch of 418 […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three police officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, Ben Ajide, on Monday lost their lives when they clashed with suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Ikot Akpan community in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that four others officers have been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Thursday morning commenced a nationwide strike despite Federal Government’s last-minute efforts to stop the action. The resident doctors, however, assured Nigerians that their action was not meant to hurt them. They gave the explanation in a message posted on the association’s Twitter handle, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province has lost radar contact in Borno State. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the Alpha Jet lost radar contact on Wednesday evening. According to Wikipedia, a radar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attempted coup in Niger Republic, according to a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, his spokesman, in Abuja, on Wednesday, “Any illegal effort to depose a democratically elected government is not only despicable, but also unacceptable to democratic governments around the world,” Buhari said, over the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Anambra have confirmed gun attack on a gathering being addressed by Prof. Charles Soludo, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor in his country home in Isuofia, Aguata in Anambra. Soludo, a governorship aspirant of the All-Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6, 2021 election, was said to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved over N19billion for various projects for the Ministries of Transportation, Aviation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Aviation, Hadi Sirika and FCT, Muhammed Bello made these known at the end of the Council meeting which was chaired by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun state government, has called on local and foreign investors to come and invest in the areas of Agro-business, Mining, Tourism among other sectors, saying the state is richly endowed with no fewer than 25 solid mineral resources. Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Cooperative and Empowerment, in the state, Dr. Olabode […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has stated her worry over the increased insecurity situation in the country. The high commissioner, during an interaction with journalists on the sidelines of a reception held to welcome home the 2019/2020 UK Chevening scholarship beneficiaries, stated that the UK government is keen on helping […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America says there is no concrete evidence of anyone who died from the shots fired by Nigerian Army during the #EndSARS protest at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State on October 2, 2020. This was disclosed in the newly-released: ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria’. The statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, Umar Danladi, has come under severe criticism on social media after he referred to those whom he claimed assault him as “Biafran Boys”. The CCT Chairman was seen in a viral video on Tuesday assaulting a security guard and in a poorly written statement signed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Supporters trooped out on Wednesday, as former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole officially registered as a member of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State. Bankole who recently joined the APC, validated his membership at his ward 10, Iporo-Sodeke unit in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom known as Ofcom, has penalized religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome over mis –information on COVID 19 Ofcom disclosed that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6m) for breaching the country’s broadcasting code by disseminating misinformation on COVID-19. The statement read in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, says that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC Bola Tinubu, would be part of those to make a youthful president in 2023. Bello disclosed this when he appeared on BBC Nigeria saying that Tinubu would see a reason to allow the youths to […]
(AFRICN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Lagos State has barred the Federal Government from blocking SIM cards not linked to National Identity Numbers next month. The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy had, through the Nigerian Communications Commission, asked operators to block all SIM cards not linked to NIN by April 6, 2021. […]
