(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the Director, All Progressives Congress(APC) Stakeholders Relations Directorate for 2023 poll, says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is most saleable among candidates for the presidential election. Ribadu said this at the inauguration of the directorate in Abuja. “Luckily for us, our job is cut out for us, we have the most […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council has stated that anyone “linked to a drug cartel” should not be become the president of Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement made by Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesperson of the campaign council, saying that the alleged involvement of the presidential candidate of the All […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo and Ogun states Police Commands, have re-affirmed their commitment to rid both states and surrounding environs off undesirable criminal elements. Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams in the company of his Ogun State counterpart, Lanre Bankole, gave the pledge, yesterday, in a bid to proactively forestall future criminal occurrence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lady yesterday jumped into the Lagos lagoon. The incident occurred at the Third Mainland Bridge around 10am. The Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed that the individual is in her late 30s. Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman alighted from an Uber car on the bridge and jumped off into the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have razed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office located at Oke-Iresi area of Ede in Ede-South Local Government Area of Osun Statem African Examiner gathered the arsonists stormed the office in the early hours of Thursday with petrol to carry out the act. Our correspondent learnt that the hoodlums targeted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education they say, remains a veritable instrument and bedrock for the advancement of any society hence, it’s the best legacy parents or caring guidance can bequeath on their children or wards, whether male or female. It’s against the backdrop of the vitality of this sector which equally provides the platform for human […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Obidients Across Party Alliance (OAPA), a support group comprising Obidients from various political parties has reiterated its endorsement of the 2023 Labour Party LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi for President. It said “equally, in Abia State, we have endorsed His Excellency Dr Okezie Ikpeazu for the Abia South Senatorial District election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Properties valued several millions of naira was on Thursday consumed by fire as a 39 year old mentally unstable lady set a two-storey building on fire, in Enugu. When Journalists visited the scene of the incident, it was observed that the fire affected the last floor of the building and would have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former commissioner for Information, during the administration of Governor Sam Egwu, in Ebonyi State, Abịa Onyike, was on Wednesday night abducted and tortured by the Ebubeagu. Ebubeagu is a security outfit in the South-east that is backed by the Ebonyi State Government and other state governments in the region. The victim, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to create one million jobs in the first 24 months if elected. Former Lagos Deputy Governor Otunba Femi Pedro gave this assurance in Abuja when he explained the manifesto of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at a one-way symposium. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has urged the Federal Government to empower polytechnics to award their bachelors of technology to end the BSc and Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy. Ezeibe made the call in Kaduna at an award presentation and farewell ceremony organised by ASUP, Makarfi Chapter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 30 persons have been reportedly killed in a bloody attack on Okpobula, Ezza, community in the Apa Ward of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State by suspected armed militia from Uffiom in neighbouring Ebonyi state. A local in the area who spoke on condition of anonymity stated that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The reaction of the spokesperson for Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, SAN, concerning the document alleging that Bola Ahmed Tinubu was indicted in a drug trafficking and money laundering case in the United States has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that the statement was issued on Tuesday which alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians on social media are not happy with popular gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo after she performed at a campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State. African Examiner recalls that the singer performed at the governorship campaign rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital on Tuesday. Although her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, says Yorubas in the South West are very intelligent and would not vote based on ethnic sentiments in 2023. Akinlade disclosed this during an extended meeting of the PDP in Yewa South Local Government, held at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- governmental organization (NGO), Women Information Network (WINET), and her foreign partner, Mundo Cooperante of Spain, Wednesday put smile on the faces of 106 female students of Comprehensive Secondary School, Akpasha, in Nkanu West Council area of Enugu State as they awarded them scholarship. Recalled that the organization had in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen dressed in military uniforms reportedly attacked commuters travelling on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. The gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the road from the bush before the Sagamu Interchange en route Lagos and started shooting at motorists in the 18-passenger inter-state bus. According to one of the victims who craved anonymity, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Services, Mr Martin Agbili, has said that 80 shops were affected in the chemical market fire explosion in Onitsha Head Bridge. This is contained in a statement signed by Agbili on Wednesday in Onitsha. He said that incident took place at the Science and Lab Line […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday insisted that its Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa, did not disregard the order of the court. The clarification was made in a statement the commission posted on its facebook page. The commission opined that the ruling has created a ‘wrong impression of the person of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – University teachers yesterday rejected the incomplete salaries paid to them by the Federal Government, saying it violated labour laws. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in a statement after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. He argued that his members were not casual workers but intellectuals who cannot be paid on […]
