(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, […]
(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 […]
