(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on Thursday, lynched a female student, identified simply as Deborah, over allegation of blasphemy against Muhammed, a prophet of Islam. The deceased was violently stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob, who are mostly students of the college. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of travelers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha road regained their freedom. In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen diverted the passengers to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human and vehicular movement as well as social economic activities were on Thursday paralysed in Nsukka town and environs as National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) staged a protest over the continued industrial action of members of the Academics Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Our Correspondent reports that the protest which commenced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy President of the Senate, and Governorship Aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said he has left his Governorship ambition in the hands of God. The Lawmaker also stated that God’s faithfulness in keeping his covenant with Him in the early part of his life accounts for whatever success […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – APC presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Gombe State that he will curb hunger and ensure shared prosperity in the country if elected President of Nigeria in 2023. Tinubu said this in Gombe when he paid homage to the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar III. Tinubu was in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dennis Otiotio, has stated that the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is officially not yet a member of the party in the state. Otiotio made this known during a telephone chat Thursday morning. According to him, Jonathan could only join the ruling party if […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent leaders in Igboland on Wednesday gave president general of Apex Igbo Socio cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor thirty days from today (May 11, 2022) to reconstitute the executive of the body or face rejection by Ndigbo. But the organization in a swift response, via its National Publicity Secretary, Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested 36 suspected internet fraudsters. The names of the suspects were given as Chukwuma Destiny, Emenalom Precise, Nwaeze Obinna, Ogbonna Monday, Raymond Chigozie, Mmadu Bright, Chigozie Sixtus, Ike Joachim Uchechukwu, Ifeanyi Uzor, Iwuanyanwu Divine, Nwoke Udojah, Patrick […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reverend Father Joseph Akete of the St. John Catholic Church, Kudenda in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who was abducted eight weeks ago, has died while in his captors’ custody. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu Emmanuel, announced this in Kaduna on Wednesday. African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman and former Federal Information Commissioner, Chief Edwin Clark, has berated former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, calling him a “traitor”. Clark accused Kalu of betraying the Igbo cause, adding that despite the fact that Kalu was one of the oldest vocal frontline politicians in the South-East, he doubted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Kyari, former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the police has claimed that there is a threat to his life in the Kuje correctional facility. Kyari cried out that he is not safe staying in the same correctional facility with criminals. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen and robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident . He said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ministers aspiring to be President in 2023 to resign immediately. He applauded the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest. But other Ministers seeking to be Governors, Senators and House of Representatives members were busy trying to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt. The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shehu Sani, a popular Nigerian activist and former federal lawmaker has stated that Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, did not purchase the much talked about N100 million All Progressives Congress, APC’s nomination and expression of interest forms for former President, Goodluck Jonathan. According to the former lawmaker, Miyetti Allah was only […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday vowed to join the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the federal government failed to address issues raised by the union and put an end to their action. President of TUC, Quadri Olaleye, who made the vow on behalf […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed Chief Roberts Clarke’s call for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by six months. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He restated that Buhari would handover to democratically elected winners of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Center (IPC) will today in Abuja launch its two documentaries and a publication on attacks on journalists. The first of the documentaries and the publication are entitled, “Voices From Covid-19 Frontlines”, while the second documentary is entitled, “Voices From #EndSars Frontlines”. The event being organised to commemorate the year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has enjoined Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), to think of the type of legacies he wants to bequeath to generations unborn instead of playing the role of a spoiler who is passionately scheming to destabilize democracy through his unrealistic and toxic proposals. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Chieftains of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu state have alleged that the embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, is a mole hired by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of the people Democratic party PDP to destroy the ruling party in the area. African Examiner reports that until his recent Defection to […]
