(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Onje Gye-Wado, Former Deputy Governor of Nassarawa State abducted by gunmen on April 7, has been released. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lafia. NAN recalls that Gye-Wado who was deputy governor between 1999 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the presidential advisory committee against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has stated that the February 25 presidential poll is the “best election” Nigeria has ever organised. The African Examiner writes that Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was announced winner of the presidential election by the Independent National […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some leisure spot owners in Abuja on Monday decried low patronage during the Easter festivities. They blamed the low patronage on economic hardship triggered by inflation, insecurity and cash crunch. According to Istifanus Nanu, the Manager, Taminus Garden, Asokoro, sales have significantly decreased compared to 2022. “During the Easter period in 2022, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mob set ablaze a 22-year-old boy simply identified as Eyo on Sunday evening for allegedly stealing a phone. The incident happened at the Atimbo area of Calabar Municipality Local Government Area of Cross River State. An eyewitness told NAN that the deceased was known for petty stealing and had been warned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As reactions continue to trail the recent Purported Suspension of Former Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani, ex governor Sullivan Chime, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama and others by the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, it’s Publicity Secretary, Charles- Solo Ako (Esq) and legal Adviser, Barr. Jerry […]
….As IPCDS Orientate New Students. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against the backdrop of the current alarming level of insecurity in parts of Nigeria, Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Professor Aloysius Okolie, has stressed the need for all and sundry to join forces in promoting peace and harmony in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, who passed on at 89. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina While commiserating with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has explained why it fixed different hajj fares for various states of the federation. The Deputy Director, Information and Publication of NAHCON, Mousa Ubandawaki, made the clarification in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said for over two months, the commission had been working […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday reassured that the main carriageway of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed ahead of schedule on April 30. Fashola gave the assurance while inspecting the highway. He was accompanied on the trip by the Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that those seeking to divide Nigerians under the guise of religion or ethnicity must not be allowed to succeed. The flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stated this in his 2023 Easter Message on Saturday. He said Nigerians must collectively own the nation’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka on Friday challenged the Labour Party Vice presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, to a one-on-one debate. Soyinka’s challenge followed the reactions that trailed his comment where he expressed displeasure at a statement made by Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed had, in an interview with Channels TV, stressed that “whoever swears in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 34 people who were taking refuge at a primary school at Mgban in Nyiev council ward in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State have been killed by suspected herders. The incident happened between 9 and 10 pm Friday night. This is coming barely two days after the gruesome […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civil Society groups, the International Solidarity for Peace and Human Rights Initiative (IS4PAHRI), and Enugu state Network of Civil Society Organizations ENSNET have disassociated themselves from a body recently formed in the state, under the platform of Mbah mandate movement (M3). The movement, which has some Civil Society groups as members, is […]
…. Describes Speculation As Mischievous. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has debunked allegation in the social media that the Minister, Geoffery Onyeama has been suspended by the ruling All progressive Congress APC over his refusal to blackmail the presidential Candidate of the Labour party LP, Mr. Peter Obi in the United States. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Party state chairmen say they did not sack Julius Abure as Chairman of the party, insisting that he (Abure) remains the recognised National Chairman of Labour Party (LP). The state chairmen of the party in Abuja took back the party secretariat which was alleged to have been taken over by thugs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Labour Party candidate for the just-ended gubernatorial election in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, stated that what happened in the state was a war, not an election. Speaking on Arise Television’s morning show on Friday, Rhodes-Vivour also disclosed that the responsibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must improve in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Spokesperson for the Bola Tinubu Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Festus Keyamo (SAN), Festus Keyamo has slammed popular novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, concerning her letter to President Joe Biden of the United States regarding the Nigerian presidential election conducted on February 25.Keyamo, in an article, described Adichie’s letter as “petty” accusing the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has opened up to criticism directed at him by Obidients, supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, after he expressed displeasure at a statement made by the vice-presidential candidate of the party, Datti Baba-Ahmed. In a statement titled “Fascism On Course”, Soyinka stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday night by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina The terse […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaja Adijat Kuburat, the mother of Fuji music star, Wasiu Alabi, popularly known as Pasuma, has died. Pasuma announced this in a post via his verified Instagram page. “My jewel, I will miss you forever! Words fail me. Rest in power and peace, please watch over me from heaven,” Pasuma wrote Thursday, […]
