(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Human Rights Commission has stated that 88 lives were lost in the just concluded 2023 elections. The Commission also disclosed that 450 human rights-related incidents and complaints from the general polls including 22 hate speeches by political actors. The African Examiner recalls that NHRC had on February 24 launched its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State says it has expelled the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, from the party. Omo-Agege was expelled for alleged anti-party activities and other undisclosed offenses. The expulsion letter dated March 31st was signed by the Chairman, Ulebor Isaac. According to the letter, the party unanimously agreed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ifeoma Kalu, the wife of former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, is dead. She died at the age of 61. The lawmaker announced this in a post on his official Facebook page on Monday, April 03, 2023. In the post, Senator Kalu stated that his late wife was a virtuous […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The secretariat of the Labour Party in Imo State has been sealed. In a statement issued on Monday by the national secretary of the LP Umar Farouk, stated that the secretariat was sealed by the police in connivance with the state government. The statement read “the national leadership of the Labour Party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Singer Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable has been granted bail by a magistrate court in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. This followed the singer’s arraignment on Monday by the Ogun State Police Command. He was arraigned on five counts bordering on assault before the court presided over by the chief […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunshots were heard on Monday when members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State clashed in Port Harcourt, the state capital over the inspection of electoral materials. Trouble started when the APC Governorship Candidate in the March 18 poll, Tonye Cole and members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Passport Office workers began a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at eight sites walked out in an escalation of the long-running row. PCS general secretary, Mark Serwotka said on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide otherwise aka Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has stated that he had never campaigned for any political party nor spoken on their behalf to anybody during the period of campaign in Nigeria. Oyedepo disclosed this while speaking on a subject of faith in his sermon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated the victory of Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Joshua, over Jermaine Franklin, commending the triumph of the gifted pugilist over a formidable opponent. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina Extolling the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says the Lekki multi-purpose seaport is expected to generate more than 170,000 direct and indirect jobs for Nigerians when completed. The Lekki Deep Seaport was commissioned for operations by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFON on Jan. 23, 2023. The Managing Director, NPA, Mohammed Koko, disclosed this during their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 48 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC issued Certificate of Return to the Enugu State governor – elect, Dr. Peter Mbah, his Deputy, Bar. Ifeanyi Ossai, and House of Assembly members elect, at a private hotel, Bon Platinum, the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, has sealed off the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has enjoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to apologise for suspending him from the party. It could be recalled that on March 24, the PDP national working committee (NWC) suspended Fayose and some members of the party for their alleged anti-party activities. However, the party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has called for peace and orderliness in the ancient city of Ile-Ife and its environs. Ooni, who spoke through his Second-in-Command, Obalufe of Ife Land, Oba Idowu Adediwura, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A woman in Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, Mrs. Chidinma Amaechi, has given birth to a set of five children, (Quintuplets)after she and her husband were childless for nine years in their marriage. The new born babies, consisting of three boys and two girls, were delivered at Life International Hospital, Awka, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. This follows a permission by the ASUU national to the state branch to embark on the strike action to press home its demands and the state government’s rebuttal of claims that it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of One Division, Nigerian Army operating in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, says it has killed five bandits and recovered four AK-7 rifles. Lt-Col Musa Yahaya , Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations One Division Nigerian Army, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Kaduna. Yahaya said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Delta state, Cairo Ojougboh, has stated that the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, and the state executive members of the party cannot expel him. The African Examiner recalls that Omo–Agege through his campaign committee had called out Ojougboh for his campaign of calumny against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The controversy surrounding the rumoured resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has been brought to an end on Friday after the Presidency confirmed the resignation of the minister. Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, announced this via his verified Twitter handle saying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The senator representing Enugu south, Chimaroke Nnamani, has stated that the southeast geopolitical zone should support the administration of Bola Tinubu when he is eventually sworn in as president of the country. The African Examiner recalls that Nnamani was recently expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and he has been consistent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s indigenous Cement manufacturing giant, Dangote Nigeria PLC, has reaffirmed it’s determination in making the country self-sufficient The Company Regional sales Director, in charge of South East, Mr. Abayomi Shittu, stated this Thursday at it’s Special Day in the ongoing 34th, Enugu International Trade Fair in Enugu He said the Organization target […]
