(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A constitution lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, says three governors from the North are willing to support the presidential bid of Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate. Ajulo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, ahead of the 2023 General Elections. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Flooding has displaced more than 2,000 persons in communities in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, the council Chairman, Ahmed Sarki-Usman, has said. Sarki-Usman said on Friday during an assessment visit to the flood-affected communities in Ekye Development Area, that the disaster took place on Sept.20. He said his visit was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A building has collapsed on Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyinyolu, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Friday. He said, “A building has collapsed in Mushin few minutes ago. The rescue operation is ongoing.” As […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, carried out a social experiment by disguising as a civilian and driving at about 11:50pm through police checkpoints. Hundeyin said he passed through the first and second checkpoints, adding that his “papers weren’t even asked for.” Hundeyin attempted to stress how to relate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, is eying the Secretary to Government of the Federation position should the party win the 2023 presidential election. “Some people have been given positions as we speak. Ayu wants to become the SFG. These […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Federal Government through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) advises thirteen (13) States of the federation, to be on red alert against possible flooding, the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has asked Imo and Abia states of South East geo political zone of the country to also take note of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is going to expose some ‘bad characters’ in the Peoples Democratic Party today (Friday), ahead of the 2023 elections. Wike had hinted on this while addressing a meeting of the state PDP stakeholders he convened in Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. Governor Wike’s camp and that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eight suspected vandals have been nabbed for their involvement in attack and stealing of electrical installations belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC). Head, Corporate Communications, of the Organization, Mr Emeka Ezeh, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the vandals were apprehended within a period of one-months in different states […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has described the United States as Nigeria’s main trading partner and one of ‘‘our most important diplomatic partners,’’ underscoring the need for concerted efforts to increase the volume of bilateral trade. Buhari spoke at a meeting with the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) at the Nigeria International Economic […]
By Ismaila Uba Misilli (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya recently inaugurated the Gombe Investment Summit (GoInvest2022) Steering Committee tasked with the responsibility of planning and staging the upcoming 1st Gombe State Investment Summit proposed for October this year under the theme: ‘lndustrialisation,the Pathway to innovation, Transformation and Development of Gombe State. The Committee, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command serving in Unity Division, have , Rescued twelve kidnapped victims at different locations within the state. The suspected kidnappers, had blocked the road between Ekwegbe-Agu and Neke-Uno communities respectively in Enugu East and Igbo-Etiti local government areas yesterday , along Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Highway. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has enjoined the Federal Government and other development partners to intervene as he described his state as the erosion capital of Nigeria. According to Soludo, erosion and other ecological problems are wearing away 30 to 40 per cent of the state’s landmass. The former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on key stakeholders in disaster management in the country to articulate robust proactive disaster handling plan and system with a view to reducing losses during emergency situations. Speaking in Enugu during a three day workshop on a Review of the National Contingency Plan for […]
……Says Investment In Security Yielding Dividends (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed delight that investments in improving security are yielding good dividends, lauding the Nigeria military for making significant progress in the fight against insecurity and building the momentum in reducing challenges to its barest minimum. Speaking at the Nigeria International Economic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has been nominated as Africa’s Leading Woman for Women Affairs and Social Development Award. The award was conferred at the ongoing 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the largest gathering of World leaders where policymakers, Captains of industries and the business community […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abuja police command has arrested lawyer and human rights activist, Professor Zainab Duke Abiola, for allegedly assaulting her female police orderly, Inspector Teju Moses. Trouble started after a video clip that went viral on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 which showed the officer in police uniform, bleeding from an injury on her head, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, has faulted the power sector privatization, saying that Nigeria has lost nearly 15 years of energy sector investment. He said clear roadmaps for structural reforms set up by the Obasanjo government in the electrical, power, and oil and gas sectors were protracted or abandoned by his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has insisted that Senator Iyorchia Ayu resign as the party’s national chairman. He stated that while nobody was pressuring Ayu to vacate the office, it was a pledge the national chairman freely made in the build-up to the party’s presidential primary election. “Let […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Lagos State Park and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya, has denied imposing the purchase of stickers bearing the photo of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on commercial tricycle operators known as ‘Keke Napep.’ He made this known in a video on his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African countries and their Arab partners to work hard and be more united to realise common objectives. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, in New York, Buhari said the actualisation of the UN resolution which proposed a Two-State solution to […]
