(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have kidnapped and killed one of the youth leaders of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra. Sources said the victim was kidnapped on Friday while his body was found at Utuh junction in Nnewi South local government area on Saturday A source said: “They kidnapped and killed Hon Emeka […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kuje Police Divisional Headquarters of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday exhumed the body of Hussaini Aliyu Takuma, allegedly killed by suspected herdsmen at Jeda community, Abuja. CSP Umar Abdullahi Sambo, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the command who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has assured Nigerians that the electoral body is considering the pleas of Nigerians concerning the extension of voters’ registration and they would soon give feedback concerning the issue. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known while speaking at a political concert in Lagos. Uploading a picture […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, Prof . Wole Soyinka, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West. Soyinka made his view known on Friday while paying a condolence visit to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sent additional 209 registration machines to five South-East states, Lagos and Kano to quicken the registration process. According to the commission, the decision was due to the unprecedented increase in the number of people that intend to register as voters. This was disclosed by INEC’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 55 scrap metal collectors lost their lives in a series of attacks coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in the last three weeks in Borno. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdu Umar made this known while speaking on the sideline of a security stakeholders’ meeting on Saturday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ) has recorded 10 additional Monkeypox cases in the last seven days in the country. The NCDC disclosed this via it’s official website, in its latest monkeypox situation report released on Friday. African Examiner reports that as global monkeypox cases continue to rise, public-health officials […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Ondo State have denied rumours that the suspected terrorists, who attacked Owo Catholic Church, have been arrested. Rumours filtered into town on Thursday evening that the perpetrators of the terror attack were nabbed by the combined team of the Nigerian Army, Amotekun Corps, and other security agents. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, Prof . Wole Soyinka, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West. Soyinka made his view known on Friday while paying a condolence visit to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) on Friday announced Peter Obi as the party’s 2023 presidential flag bearer. The National Secretary, Umar Ibrahim also disclosed that there’s no faction in the platform. The scribe spoke on Friday in a chat with newsmen in Kaduna, NAN reports. “Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi is the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Council on Digital Economy and E-government, promising that his administration will continue to take advantage of digital technologies to transform every sector of the economy. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the presidential candidates of leading political parties against having a Muslim/Muslim tickets in the 2023 poll. In a statement issued on Friday by Joseph Daramola, CAN national secretary, the association stated that the development would be “a threat to the fragile peace and unity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday evening paid an unscheduled visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the latter’s Aguda House residence, Abuja. The APC flag bearer also visited President Muhammadu Buhari before proceeding to Aguda House. African Examiner reported how Mr Tinubu defeated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress for emerging as 2023 presidential candidates of their parties. Jonathan, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, on Thursday in Abuja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Indigene of Owelli Community, in Awgu Council Area of Enugu State, Mr. Kenechukwu Nweke, has petitioned the State Commissioner of police (CP), Abubakar Lawal, over alleged perjury and false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC by a serving member of the State House of Assembly, Representing Awgu North Constituency, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recently sacked one thousand teachers by governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, yesterday took to the streets to protest the government action which they say is unfair. African Examiner reports that the affected teachers were engaged by the administration of the immediate past Governor of the State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of 82 newly Promoted officers of the Enugu State police Command, among them, it’s Spokesman, (DSP) Daniel Ndukwe on Thursday knew no bounds, as they were formally decorated with various new ranks by the State CP, Mr Lawal Abubakar. African Examiner reports that promotion of the officers was recently approved […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested a total of 47 suspected internet fraudsters from different locations in Owerri, Imo State. According to the Commission’s Spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, the arrest followed actionable intelligence received by the Commission on their alleged internet fraud-related activities. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Jude Ezenwafor, the factional presidential candidate of the Labour Party has withdrawn from the contest African Examiner writes that Ezenwafor had received ultimatum from the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide led by Mazi Okwu Nnabuike to withdraw from the contest. According to reports, Ezenwafor made his decision through a letter he sent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has identified members of the Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) as those behind the Sunday attack on St.Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State last Sunday. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, while briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the Security Council meeting presided by President Muhammadu […]
