(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP-Anambra South) has confirmed the deaths of some of his personal and security aides during Sunday attack on his convoy. Ubah’s convoy was attacked around Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu Market axis of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra on its way to Nnewi his country home on Sunday night. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA arrested 761 suspected drug traffickers and users and seized 11,000kg of illicit drugs in Kaduna State in the first eight months of the year. Its Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, stated on Monday in Kaduna that 725 of those arrested are male while the 36 others are female. He […]
The State Security Service (SSS) on Sunday advised Nigerians to be mindful of their utterances regarding the arrest of Tukur Mamu, the man who negotiated the release of some of the victims of the Kaduna train abduction. The SSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said Mr Mamu will be charged to court following an investigation. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Monday to Wednesday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted morning thunderstorms over the northern parts, especially over parts of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, Taraba, Kaduna, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno and Adamawa states. According to the agency, Kaduna, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) for adjudication on Monday over prolong strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said this on Sunday in Abuja in a letter addressed to the Registrar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Government has conducted a mass burial for 130 unclaimed corpses deposited at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) mortuary, Lokoja. Mrs Elizabeth Arokoyo, the General Manager, Kogi Sanitation and Waste Management Board made this known while fielding questions from newsmen on Sunday. Arokoyo, represented by the Acting Secretary of the board, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi Autonomous Community in Nkwere Council area of Imo State, Eze Jewel Ndenkwo. A Source who craved anonymity said that the Royal father, a business man, and Managing Director of a Company , Udekings Nigeria Limited was abducted yesterday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame, says that he doesn’t hold any more grudge against those who are behind his imprisonment for over four years. Nyame, who disclosed this on Saturday on arriving in Jalingo, the state capital, stated that his detention had a divine purpose. African Examiner recalls that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian man, Vincent Omalu, who just became a United States citizen this summer, has been reportedly shot dead in Northeast Baltimore, by a shooter who is now on the run. According to available information, the victim was killed by a single bullet fired into his car from a silver Infiniti SUV. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun on Sunday said a 19-year-old student of Ipetu-Ijesa College of Technology, Olonade Tomiwa, committed suicide in Ilesa. This is contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo. Opalola said the deceased was found hanging dead in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, has refuted claims that he would be stepping down for the candidate of another party before the 2023 elections. African Examiner writes that there have been reports that the former Kano State Governor would step down for either the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has sealed off a worship centre in the state for hiding its collapsed building. The worship centre – an Assembly of God Church building – which is off Ebi’s Mechanic Road at Amarata axis of the state capital, Yenagoa, reportedly collapsed in July while under construction, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, lashed out yesterday at the Department of State Services (DSS) for what he branded the persecution of his associate, Malam Tukur Mamu. Mamu was arrested in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday at the prompting of the DSS, and deported to Nigeria immediately. The organisation said subsequently that security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam campus, Anambra State, as three of its students have been found dead in their hostel. Sources said the lifeless bodies of the students, identified to be in 200 level of various departments of the ivory tower , were found yesterday. The deceased […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Charles Aniagwu, Spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, says sacking the party National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, would have deepened the party’s crisis. Aniagwu stated this on Saturday in a Television programme monitored in Asaba, while giving reasons why the PDP was exploring other options toward resolving its current crisis. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor, Nyesom Wike said he knows why the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, is “arrogant” against the “demand” of some members of the party. Mr Ayu has been under pressure from a group of governors and some former governors of the party led by Mr Wike, to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has stated that hackers from abroad attacked the commission’s portal during the Ekiti and Osun governorship election. Mahmood made this known while speaking as a keynote address at a stakeholders’ conference on election result management in Abuja. He said: “Another technical […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that there will be a sit-at-home protest in the south-east on Tuesday. In a statement on Saturday, Emma Powerful, IPOB spokesperson, stated that the sit-at-home is in solidarity with Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, who will appear in court the same day. Powerful stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Commissioner of police Enugu State Command, Mr. Ahmed Amani, has stressed the need for a more robust synergy between his organization and the Nigeria Correctional Service in the state. He stated this yesterday when he led the management team of the Command on a working visit to the state Controller […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traditional Rulers and other Stakeholders in Enugu State, have decried the high rate of gender based violence in the contemporary Society, calling on all and Sundry to join hands with them and relevant groups such as Non- governmental organization, (NGO), WomenAid Collective (WACOL), in eliminating the menace in the State. The Monarchs, […]
