(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he shared in the joy of celebrations as 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, makes history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking, finding her way into the Guinness Book of Records, and placing Nigeria on the global spotlight. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairperson of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, has stated that Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, must be prosecuted over an assault on a police officer in Lagos state. The African Examiner recalls that On Saturday, now-viral footage emerged online showing Kuti slapping a uniformed policeman. In the video, Kuti can […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on warring factions in the ongoing Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis to “find common ground and sustain its new position as a third force in the current national politics.” In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the umbrella body of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The church is an integral part of the Nigerian social and economic fabric whose contributions have helped to provide hope, direction, and purpose for the teeming youth who make up about 70% of the total population. These were the views of Major-Gen. Pat Akem-Vingir (rtd), the Pastor-in-Charge of the ‘Jesus House’ parish, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Saturday said the airlift of pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will begin on May 25, 2023. The commission also stated that the four local airlines to airlift Nigerian pilgrims for the 2023 Hajj exercise have requested that the Hajj fare be increased by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Police Command has arrested 25-year-old Rahama Sulaiman for allegedly kidnapping her six-year-old daughter and demanding a N3 million ransom from her husband. The woman allegedly took the daughter to a nearby relative in Madobi Local Government Area (LGA) to keep for her and claimed she would be away for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice Chancellor (VC) of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Professor Aloysious Okolie, has said that there is urgent need to redefine democracy in Africa taking cognisance of constant abuses in rule of law by leaders. He stated this in Nsukka on Friday in a keynote speech during the 4th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Anambra State Governor, and presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the just concluded election, Mr Peter Obi has stated that he must be President of Nigeria. The African Examiner writes that Obi is presently in court with the winner of the just concluded election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, stating that he […]
…..Says He Is Unsung Hero (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration gradually comes to an end, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has declared that the Citizen will greatly miss the governor, whom it described as an unsung hero. Our Correspondent writes that Ugwuanyi will be handing over to Governor-elect, Peter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, says that former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar killed and buried the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to the former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria owes Atiku a debt of gratitude for murdering the party. Fani-Kayode’s statement was contained in a post on his verified […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two members of a syndicate, who specialised in robbing unsuspecting passengers with their cars. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Hundeyin identified the suspects as Folashade Sholagbe 36, a female and Seun Oke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mike Ozekhome, the senior counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has informed the Supreme Court that he is afraid that his client might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking on Thursday at the hearing of Kanu’s case, Ozekhome informed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has dismissed the ratification of his purported suspension and that of some bigwigs of the party in the Southeast including a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Ex- Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Minister of Foreign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group operating under the banner of G-37 has condemned the constitutional lapses in day to day running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), where the Board has been sidelined in major procurement issues. The body, composed of former All Progressives Congress Party (APC) States Chairmen and past members of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police, Garba Baba Umar as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the office of the Minister of Police Affairs. According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. Also present in court were the former governors of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, Niger, Babangida Aliyu, Cross River, Liyel Imoke and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14. Details later……
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau workers have commenced an indefinite strike after the failure of the government to meet their demands. The action was declared in a notice of strike issued by the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), Plateau chapter, on Wednesday night in Jos. The notice jointly signed by Plateau JNC Chairman, Titus Malau and Secretary, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed a suit filed by the Anambra State Government challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s power to investigate its finances, describing it as factually and forensically lacking in merit. The State government had approached the court presided over by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party presidential candidate in the just-concluded general elections, Peter Obi, has stated that his supporters, known as Obidients, were not behind the recent attacks against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The African Examiner writes that Adeboye was dragged online by netizens […]
