(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Segun Sowunmi says Nyesom Wike was “loaned” to work with the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government. Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fell out with the PDP hierarchy in the lead-up to the 2023 election. He worked for the APC, ensuring […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Plateau says gunmen attacked and killed 13 persons in some communities of Bokkos and Mangu Local Government Areas of the state. Mr Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Jos. Alabo said that the Commissioner of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the boards of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and that of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC). This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday in Abuja. He said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Mysterious illness surfaced in Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states, prompting the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) to launch a continuous investigation. The NCDC , via its official website confirmed its active involvement in analysing samples from affected individuals to determine the cause of the unusual health issue. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, says the move by Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso and the Kwankwasaya Movement to hijack the party structure is a betrayal of trust. Speaking at a news conference in Lagos on Friday, Aniebonam said he gave Kwankwaso the platform of the party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Volvo truck (unregistered) carrying loads of food items overturned in the Ojota area of Lagos on Friday, leaving its occupants with serious injuries. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Adebayo Taofiq, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ikeja. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Bode George says the party is working on reconciling its members including a former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike. Wike, now the minister of the FCT under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), fell out with the PDP hierarchy in the lead-up to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, will continue in that capacity until another National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting that will hold after the one slated for today, Thursday April 18, 2024. This formed part of the resolution of the PDP caucus meeting on Wednesday night. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dragged Justice Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court before the National Judicial Council (NJC) for granting an ex parte order restraining the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, from further parading himself as the party’s leader. The restraining order by the judge followed Monday’s suspension […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners to arrest any parent, who is found near any of their facilities during the 2024 UTME exercise. The directive was issued at the final briefing of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre owners, which was held virtually on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), is partnering the United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF), in bridging the age long gap in the nation’s social policy formation and implementation. To this end, the University, with support from UNICEF, Wednesday formally launched the Institute for Social policy at the Nsukka permanent site of the ivory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives serving in Abakaliki (AI) Road Police Division of the Enugu State Command, with the support of law-abiding citizens, on April 10, 2024, around 3 p.m., arrested one Mmaduabuchi Okonkwo male aged 24, of Mkpologu, Emene, Enugu, at the Old IMT Bus Stop, Abakaliki Road, Enugu. The suspect’s according to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Agency for the prohibition of trafficking in persons NAPTIP) has arraigned one Mr. Onaike Obiora Charles at the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu presided over by Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo over alleged notorious defilement and rape of his 14 year old house help. The suspect was arraigned Wednesday for sexual exploitation […]
…Insists Those Involved Not APC Members (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Abdulkarim Kana, the National Legal Adviser of the APC, says the party has not received the order of the Kano State High Court suspending Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman, by his ward executives. Kana said this when he spoke with newsmen at the party’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Lagos State have recovered a day-old baby abandoned on Alhaji Masha Road, Surulere, on Monday, police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Wednesday. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a social worker attached to a hospital in Surulere area reported the recovery of the baby to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army says it has detained two soldiers allegedly involved in a reported case of theft at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, said the Nigerian army was deeply concerned over its personnel’s involvement in criminality. Nwachukwu said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court Sitting in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to arrest the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, preparatory to his arraignment on Thursday. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the warrant this afternoon at the instance of the EFCC. This is as a Kogi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State High Court has issued an ex parte order affirming the suspension of ex-governor Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). This development followed a tumultuous period of internal strife within the APC. Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, presiding over the court, granted the order in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Lagos State granted businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, better known as Cubana Chief Priest, N10m bail with two sureties in like sum on Wednesday. The African Examiner writes that Cubana Chief Priest pleaded not guilty to tampering and abusing the naira inhis trial. The socialite was arraigned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party, LP, 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has advocated for a parliamentary system of government for the country to allow the president to relate with citizens at least once a month. Obi disclosed this during his speech at a lecture at Harvard Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. According to […]
