(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode and the spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Senator Dino Melaye on Tuesday took their fiery social media spat to a dramatic point by making skits to mock each other. The duo who have both switched membership of the two main parties in their political careers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Kabir Mohammed, the Manager of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA), on Tuesday in Abuja said the airport would commence automated pay car park on Sept. 29. Mohammed stated that digitisation of the airport services would be done in phases, starting with the car park pay automation. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Jigawa Police Command has confirmed the death of a seven-month old baby and four women in a canoe mishap in Guri Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in Dutse on Wednesday. “On Tuesday, at about 6 p.m., information at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Concerned members of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, have frowned on the recent comment credited to the party’s 2023 Governorship Candidate in the state, Chief Uche Nnaji, and Embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, who said they don’t need the party’s presidential flag bearer, Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s campaign fund. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The government of Qatar has asked for a change in dates for the scheduled visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country in September. According to a note which was dated August 19 from the embassy of Qatar in Abuja to the ministry of foreign affairs, the dates of the proposed visitation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday stated that he had been in personal anguish due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was disclosed in a meeting with vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities at the National Universities Commission in Abuja on Tuesday. He said: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Police Command has nabbed a suspected fake Reverend Sister, identified as Maureen Wechinwu who is allegedly involved in child theft. The police also freed fifteen children from her residence in Aluu Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, who paraded the suspect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has declared that there is no problem between the two major religious groups in the country, Christians and Muslims. Kukah, who spoke on TVC News Breakfast show on Monday, said the problem of the country is with irresponsible leaders who use religion as a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men suspected to be thugs working for certain political party in Enugu State, yesterday attacked and disrupted Labour Party (Lp) meeting in Awgu Council Area of the State. A Source who witnessed the incident , who pleaded anonymity said the hoodlums were over 20, in number and were armed with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Edo State High Court, presided over by Justice M. Itsueli, has convicted and sentenced the duo of Obinna Cosmas Clement and J. Sunkami to eight years imprisonment Two of them were jailed on Monday, September 5, 2022 after pleading guilty to one- count separate charge, bordering on retention of proceeds of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, has resigned. Gbenga Omotosho, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a Twitter post on Monday. The news of his resignation came barely a day after the building collapse at Palace Estate, Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lagos on Sunday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has suspended the proposed five percent excise duty on telecommunications services. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, announced the suspension in Abuja on Monday. Pantami said the decision to suspend the tax was arrived at by stakeholders, asserting that the telecommunications sector already has challenges […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration, on Monday, demolished a private garden, Spotlight Garden Events and Recreation, located in the Wuye District of Abuja. The administration, revoking an allocation of the garden, noted that its action was in accordance with its guideline for park operators not to operate beyond 07:00pm. The FCTA alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Patrick Obahiagbon, a former member of the House of Representatives, has stated that the Labour Party (LP) will not get up to 25 per cent of votes in 24 states in the 2023 elections. The former lawmaker stated this when he appeared on The Morning Show, a programme on Arise Television. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pat Utomi, professor of political economy, has stated that portals to allow Nigerians both home and abroad to donate funds to the campaign of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, will be opened next week. The Labour Party chieftain made this known on Sunday when he appeared on Sunday Politics, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has denied ownership of some properties in Lagos linked to him. Such properties include Oriental Hotel and Civic Center. Mr Tinubu, in a documentary on his achievements as Lagos State Governor, said he only provided the environment for investors to invest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons, including a couple and their daughter died in a an accident in Enugu Agidi, along Enugu-Awka expressway in Anambra State. The crash, which occurred around 7.20pm on Sunday, involved a Red Truck and a black Lexus RX330 Jeep with five persons on board. African Examiner gathered that the truck driver, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A PDP stalwart Senator Dino Melaye, has stated that the party has no position to offer former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, in the party’s campaign team. He made this known in a statement on his verified Facebook page Sunday night, describing the former minister as a “political scavenger”. He said, “My attention […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of United Nigeria Airways says a middle-aged man was apprehended and taken for interrogation after he was found on a parked aircraft in the early hours of Sunday. Mr Achillus Chud- Uchegbu, the airline’s spokesman said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Chud- Uchegbu said that the unidentified […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun have arrested a pastor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old choir member at Agbado area. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated on Sunday that the 38-year-old pastor is the General Overseer of the church. His arrest followed a complaint lodged at the Agbado Divisional Headquarters of the […]
