(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has been elected the President of the Forum of Governors of Regions/States of Africa at the body’s election held in Saidia, Morocco. Mr Yinka Oyebode, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. Oyebode said Mr Oumarou Ousmanou, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 20 passengers were burnt to death on Friday in an accident that occurred at Maya/Lanlate Junction in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State. African Examiner gathered that the incident involved a commercial bus and a Sienna car. African Examiner also gathered that the two vehicles were travelling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The decision of the federal government to award popular freedom fighter, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka, Tompolo, the N4.5bn monthly contract for pipeline surveillance contract has continued to spark reactions. It could be recalled that there have been a series of agitations regarding this development. Joining the fray, the founder of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has opened up concerning the crisis brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the presidential flag bearer of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. It could be recalled that the PDP has been witnessing a crisis […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State Government on Thursday, through the Chief of Staff to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, using a detachment of police personnel, interrupted the election of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, Abia State Chapter. Our Correspondent reports that the Association were holding their election at its Secretariat situated at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINNER) – Nigerians on Twitter are presently reacting to the statement on social media credited to Nigerian professor based in America, Uju, Anya, who stated that she wished that Queen Elizabeth gets an “excruciating death”. African Examiner writes that the queen died on Thursday amid heightened concerns for the ailing Queen’s condition just few […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state government has ordered the closure of Witness Garden Annexe in Awka, over a viral sex video inside a pool said to have taken place at the facility. Recently, a video surfaced online showing young people, said to be students, having sex while being filmed. Donatus Onyenji, the commissioner for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least three children died in a building that collapsed on Thursday in Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa State after heavy rain, the police have said. The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Lawan Adam, said the building collapsed at Jigawar Tsarki Community due to the heavy rain which lasted several hours on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sokoto State Governor, Waziri Tambuwal, has denied resigning from his position as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum. Tambuwal was a PDP presidential aspirant before his withdrawal for the eventual winner of the party’s ticket, Atiku Abubakar, during the party’s primary. The denial is contained in a press statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says he received with immense sadness news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth ll of the United Kingdom. The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Thursday in Abuja. He said: ”My family and I, and the more […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has released the names of some Nigerians, especially students, who were killed in Northern Cyprus. This development is coming after a letter circulating on the social media on Thursday allegedly authored by the Turkish Government. The letter is coming on days after the Federal Government cautioned Nigerians, especially would-be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Managing Director of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), Mohammed Goni Alkali on Thursday said that about N31.05 trillion would be required to rebuild the region that has been devastated by the activities of Boko Haram in the last 12 years. Alkali spoke when he featured on the Ministerial Press Briefing organised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has appreciated God and his wife, Foluke as their marriage marks 55 years. Adeboye, in his official Facebook page on Thursday thanked his wife for marrying him when he had nothing. According to the cleric, his wife overlooked other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national executive committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a vote of confidence in the national working committee (NWC) of the party. The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, moved the motion at the NEC meeting on Thursday. The motion was seconded by Ishola Balogun-Fulani, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has dismissed allegations that some military personnel and security agencies are involved in oil theft and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. Reacting to questions by newsmen during the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the military on Thursday, the Director Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government has spent the sum of N21 billion in the mapping of the country into enumeration areas for the 2023 census. The vice president disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the Breakfast Meeting with Partners on the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The theme […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adolphus Wabara, former senate president, has been appointed the new chairman of the board of trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wabara is taking over from Walid Jibrin, who stepped down as the BoT chairman on Thursday. More details to come…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Walid Jibrin, has resigned from his position. He disclosed this at the 97th BoT meeting of the party on Thursday in Abuja. He said the decision was made to ensure the party’s presidential candidate emerged victorious in the 2023 elections. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven persons were reportedly injured when an uncompleted four-storey hotel building collapsed on Thursday in Ibadan. African Examiner reports that the collapsed hotel building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika, Bodija area of Ibadan. An eyewitness disclosed that the incident happened around 5.45 am […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Lagos urged Nigerians to believe in the capability of the armed forces to safeguard and bring long-lasting peace and stability to the country. Declaring open the 12th Nigerian Navy Games, LAGOS 2022, the President assured Nigerians that the armed forces would continue to sustain their operational […]
