(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An explosion on Wednesday night has disrupted the Abuja-Kaduna train about 40 kilometres to Kaduna, leaving passengers in fear and confusion for over six hours after taking off from the Idu terminal in Abuja. A passenger, Garba Muhammad ,said the train which departed Abuja around 6 pm on Wednesday, developed fault around […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi has ordered that the former board chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Ngozi Olejeme, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody, until Friday. The judge, Justice Maryam Hassan gave the order after listening to both counsel submissions on the defendant’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some hoodlums enforcing the sit- at home order declared by the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafran IPOB, on Thursday set ablaze a trailer, commuter bus and a provision shop at Emene area of Enugu. The group Championing Biafran Republic, had declared another sit-at-home on Thursday in all parts of South Eastern region […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned political scientist with the University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN), Enugu state, professor Jonah Onuoha, has expressed concern over the current alarming insecurity in the nation, particularly South East Region, blaming the situation on bad governance. He posited that if nothing is urgently done by the political Actors at the helm […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has escaped death onboard a Kaduna-Abuja train. Sani made this known on his Twitter account saying that the train he boarded ran into a portion damaged by explosives used by terrorists in attacking a Kaduna-Abuja train on Wednesday. Sani also alleged that terrorists had attacked a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians from the South-West zone have condemned the rising cost of food items and cooking gas, calling on the Federal Government to swiftly intervene. Barring their minds in separate interviews with African Examiner in Kwara, Osun, Oyo and Ogun, they complained that the cost of food items and cooking gas had soared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charged preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date after the office of the Attorney-General of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was assaulted by suspected hoodlums at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday. Sowore was denied access into the court by the security operatives. But as he was still talking to the security men, some boys numbering about 20, arrived. Their presence was noticeable in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of Turkey, Recep Erdogan, has stated that the terrorists who tried to remove him through a coup in 2016 are still active in Nigeria. Erdogan disclosed this at a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari during the occasion of his two-day official visit to the country. African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of Indigenous People of Biafra on Thursday arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja amidst tight security. He was brought to the Court on a black Sports Utility Vehicles at about 8am, although sitting had yet to commence as of the time of this report. Journalists, lawyers and staff […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State government says it would begin barring its employees from gaining access to their work places beginning November 1, if they fail to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19. The order was made known in Akure by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Segun Odusanya. Ondo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians visa applicants to India has decried the unnecessary delays by the India High Commission, in Abuja, to process their travel documents, saying that this had impacted them negatively. The applicants narrated their ordeals as regards the processing and approval of their travel documents by the mission, in spite of paying the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, has warned the general public to beware of fraudsters offering employment in the name of the hospital. The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Dr Emeka Ogah, gave the warning while interacting with journalists in Abakaliki. “The public should be informed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasir El-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has stated that his government has been asking the federal government to declare bandits as terrorists since 2017. El-Rufia disclosed when he received a Q3 security report on the state on Wednesday, saying that declaring bandits as terrorists would allow the military to “kill” them without having […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 30 passengers have been allegedly abducted by armed bandits at Garun-Gabas in Rafi Local Government Council of Niger State. According to available information, the victims were abducted Wednesday afternoon along the Zungeru-Garin-Gabas highway on three separate vehicles. The travelers were traveling in an 18-seater bus and two other vehicles when they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court in Maiduguri has sentenced 19 students to six years imprisonment each for cultism. Delivering judgment, Justice Umar Fadawu, held that there was sufficient evidence proving that each of the defendants committed the offence of conspiracy and management/membership of an unlawful society. African Examiner reports that the convicts were arrested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) in collaboration with Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) on Wednesday raided some major bookshops in Ibadan metropolis and seized N8 million worth of pirated books. African Examiner reports that the bookshops raided in Ibadan are B&B Bookshop, Forward Bookshop, Mosebolatan Bookshop and Alanu Bookshop. Addressing newsmen after the exercise, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Wednesday announced a six-hour planned outage in some communities in Badagry, Lagos State. The General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, Mr Godwin Idemudia, said in a statement, that the outage would start between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 23. Idemudia said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has demanded an apology from Amnesty International, CNN and DJ Switch for misleading the world that there was a massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate on Oct. 20, 2020. DJ Switch whose given name is Obianuju Udeh is a Nigerian disc jockey who is on self-imposed exile over 2020 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The absence of EFCC star witness stalled a N200-million money laundering suit against one Embelakpo Apere, and his wife, Beauty, at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa, on Wednesday. Apere was aide on Sustainable Development Goals to Bayelsa’s former Gov. Seriake Dickson. The EFCC arraigned Apere and Beauty at the court on Oct. […]
