(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has demanded for thorough investigation into the death of a Nigerian Pastor in China, Joseph Ogenna Nwajueze from the Chinese authorities. In a statement issued in Abuja by the NIDCOM Head of Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, stated that the death of the Nigerian Pastor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration’s investment in infrastructure like rails, roads, bridges and waterways have started yielding positive results. Speaking at the commissioning of the reconstructed Shinkafi-Yandaki-Gafiya—Abdallawa-Dankaba road in Katsina, as part of activities during his visit to the state, the President said the special attention given to infrastructure by […]
Press Release: (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court on 5th August, 2019 granted Sheikh Ibraheem C leave to travel to India for medical treatment. Consequently, the Government and its relevant agencies took steps to comply with the Order. In line with the Court Order, El-Zakzaky was approved to embark on the trip with State officials […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The body of a middle aged man has been found hanging in front of a shop in Asaba, the Delta capital. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Friday in the Umuagu area of Asaba, left many residents of the area in shock. The residents told newsmen that the man, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police Kaduna State Command, Mr Ali Janga has ordered immediate investigation into the death of a bus driver reportedly shot to death by a policeman on Friday along Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The Command Public Relation Officers DSP Yakubu Sabo said in a press statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government says it has sealed 52 pharmacies, patent medicine shops and unlicenced premises across the state. Dr Titilayo Goncalves, Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Health, said in a statement that the sealed outlets were located in Isolo, Egbeda, Ikotun, Bariga, Somolu, Oshodi-Isolo and Alimosho areas of the state. Goncalves said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed four Bills for the establishment of four new ministries to enhance efficiency in service delivery. The legislators passed the Bills during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin. The proposed ministries include Lands, Housing and Urban Development; Environment and Natural Resources; […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kebbi State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended five local government party chairmen and and nine others for anti-party activities. A statement issued by the State PDP Chairman, Mallam Haruna Saidu on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi, accused the suspended members of exposing the party and its leadership to public […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The aphorism by the Yoruba that “whoever does something that is unusual will experience a consequence that is unusual” perfectly mirrors Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki’s self-inflicted political bind. Having stirred the hornets’ nest with the June 17, 2019 controversial inauguration of the State House of Assembly, a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the recent alarming spate of insecurity in the state, the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government in Enugu State on Monday rose from a crucial meeting with Vigilante/Nieghbourhood Watch groups in the 17 local government areas of the state and sent an Anti-kidnapping Bill to the state assembly. A […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The south – East chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria CAN, has condemned in its entirety the recent gruesome murder of the parish priest of St. James The Greater Parish, Ugbawka in Nkanu East council Area of Enugu state, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu by unknown gunmen. A statement issued on Sunday in Enugu […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Mustapha Maihaja, has warned staff of the agency against truancy and all forms of indiscipline, saying they must rededicate themselves towards rendering quality service delivery to the nation and humanity. Maihaja, who said the organization has zero tolerance for indiscipline stated this […]
Photo: NNPC Boss, Mallam Mele Kyari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has for the umpteenth time assured stakeholders in Delta State and the Niger Delta in general that it has no plan to relocate the headquarters of its subsidiary, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) from its present location in Delta State to somewhere […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of 406 indigenous youth groups in Nigeria and the Diaspora has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the 36 state governors to immediately save the country from collapse. The groups, under the aegis of the Nigerian Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders Forum (NENYLF), also appealed to Buhari to order the immediate […]
Photo: Catholic Fathers in Enugu Protest Killing of their colleague, Rev. Fr. Paul Offu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has deployed detectives from the Force Headquarters to hunt for the killers of Rev. Fr. Paul Offu, a Catholic Priest in Enugu State. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely five months after unknown armed miscreants killed a Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Clement Ugwu of the Enugu Catholic Dioceses, in a cold blood, another cleric in the area, Fr. Paul Offu has been reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen. The priest was said to have been murdered by his assailant at around 8pm […]
Photo: Group Head, Consumer & Retail Banking, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mr. Jude Anele; Representative of National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Kelechi Onuoha; Head, Product Marketing, Digital and Consumer Banking, UBA Plc, Ms. Lola Obembe; Representatives, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr. Godson Ehujue and Ms. Kemi Adebiyi; Group Head, Transaction and Electronic Banking, UBA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four serving governors are among a ten-man list of high level politically exposed persons that have been banned from obtaining United States visa. The serving governors include a sharp-witted and cerebral governor from the Northwest who is known to be a close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari. Another governor from the Northwest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen raided a female hostel in the Town Campus of the University of Uyo late on Wednesday, dispossessing students of money and other valuables. The incident, which occurred at W6 Hostel on the campus, is coming few days after some female students were attacked by bandits in one of the hostels. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrate Court in Benin has sentenced a 52-year-old native doctor, Jacob Alonge, to 21 years imprisonment without option of fine for raping and impregnating his teenage daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Dorothy Adamaigbo, convicted the defendant over three-count charge of repeated sexual assault and impregnating her daughter. The court sentenced […]
