(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential election petitions court has adjourned the petition filed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, for further pre-hearing. The African Examiner writes that the court had earlier adjourned the case to Wednesday for continuation of the pre-hearing which commenced on Monday. However, on Wednesday, Livy Ozoukwu, counsel to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent trip of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sparked debate on social media. The African Examiner writes that the former Lagos State governor left Nigeria on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, for Europe, 19 days before the May 29 inauguration. A statement signed by Tunde Rahmon from his media office stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission on Wednesday, met with a delegation of the United Nation Development Programme, UNDP and the German Government during which it canvassed for support and productive partnership in improving Policing in Nigeria in line with the ongoing Reforms in the force. The is in continuation of the Commission’s stakeholders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Election Petition Court has adjourned to next Wednesday, May 17, the petition against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The court took the decision on the request for adjournment by parties to the petition.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven people have been reported dead while several others hospitalised after drinking tea suspected to have been prepared with a local leaf popularly known as Zakami at a wedding ceremony in Kano. Zakami contains a psychoactive substance. The incident happened on Tuesday in Sheka area of Kumbotso Local Government […]
