(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has appealed to the Federal Government to discard its plans to remove fuel subsidy. The Council’s appeal is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by its President, Mr. Isah Abubakar, on Thursday in Kaduna. It expressed fears that when the subsidy is removed, any […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stated that the audio call featuring him and David Oyedepo, the founder of Winners Chapel, is fake. Obi made this known on Wednesday in a post on his official Twitter handle saying that “at no time did he ever say, think, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Media Director of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Independent Campaign Council (ICC), Chief Flavour Eze has disclosed that they have uncovered plans by the Embattled Chairman of the party in the state, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballah to suspend major leaders of the party in the state Eze gave names of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 352 suspects and seized 2.1 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano State. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday. Idris-Ahmad said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Different Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Enugu State have launched Mbah Mandate Movement (M3-Group) meant to support the mandate of Dr Peter Mbah, the Governor-elect of Enugu State. Mbah won the March 18, 2023 Governorship Poll in Enugu State under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Convener and Lead Speaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Postmaster- General of the Federation/CEO of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), Mr Sunday Adepoju, has urged Nigerians to keep sustaining hope on its arrays of products and services. Adepoju made the call at the 34th Enugu International Trade Fair organised by the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia on Wednesday said the civil service in the state was near collapse, stressing that his administration would restore life to the system and make it productive again. According to him, the civil service was in such situation as being in Intensive Care Unit and needed urgent attention […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that some wealthy Nigerians don’t feel complete until they have a home in the United Kingdom. Buhari spoke when the outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Wendy Laing paid him a farewell visit at the Presidential Villa after four and half years tour of duty […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Lagos State says one Inspector was killed and a Divisional Police Officer seriously injured while enforcing the ban on the use of motorcycles in some parts of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Wednesday in his verified Twitter handle. Hundeyin said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has secured $800 million from the World Bank to provide post-petroleum subsidy palliatives for over 50 million Nigerians ahead of June 2023. Addressing State House Corespondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says the emergence of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is a result of the consequence of the “EndSARS movement”. The African Examiner recalls that the EndSARS movement was a peaceful protest against police brutality, held across Nigeria in October 2020. Soyinka, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Bayo Titilola-Sodo, the Special Adviser to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Labour Matters, says the governor’s second term would be better than the first term. Titilola-Sodo gave the assurance on Wednesday while hosting members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, to Iftar (fast breaking) at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Population Commission (NPC) has urged the National Publicity Committee for 2023 Population and Housing Census to ensure that the exercise was well publicised. Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, Executive Chairman, National Population Commission (NPC) said this while declaring open a one-day training for members of the committee in Abuja on Tuesday. Kwarra, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi has stated that the last elections have dangerously divided Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines. Sanusi disclosed this on Tuesday at the third Nigerian Leadership Colloquium in honour of the senior pastor of Trinity House, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo, who marked his birthday recently. He regretted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 10 students of Government Secondary School, Awon (a day secondary school) were kidnapped. The State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan disclosed that the students were kidnapped on Monday to a yet-to-be-identified location. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Aruwan did not state where the students were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) delayed the uploading of results to its portal because of suspected cyber attacks in the presidential poll. Mohammed stated that the allegation of fraud as told by the opposition is because of ignorance of how the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The protracted internal wrangling bedeviling the Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has gotten messier, as the State publicity Secretary, Charles Solo Ako (Esq), has accused the Embattled State Chairman, Mr. Ugochukwu Agballa of working against the party and it’s presidential Candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu during the just concluded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kinsmen of late Barr. Oyibo, Chukwu, the Labour party (LP, Candidate for the 2023 Enugu East Senatorial District election recently murdered by yet to be identified Gunmen, on yesterday converged at their ancestral square, in Amuri Ancient kingdom, Nkanu West Council area to placed curse on the Perpetrators, and also invoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has admonished the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi from inciting people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Monday, arrested twenty one suspected internet fraudsters in the Emene and New Kenyata, axis of Enugu. The suspects are Kenneth Arinze Godfrey, Anichukwu Emmanuel Aku, Michael Israel Chukwuemeka, Anichukwu Obinna Christian Eze Chigozie Collins, Ije Samuel Chinenye, Ngwu Peter Damian, Johnson Wisdom […]
