(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Bolaji Oreagba, has confirmed the death of one of his officials, Jamiu Issa. The late Issa was knocked down and ran over by a driver who had driven against the flow of traffic in the Lekki area of the state while trying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chocolates produced in Ondo State will storm European markets from July beginning with UK. The chocolates are produced at the recently-completed Sunshine Chocolate Factory at Alade Idanre in the state. Managing Director of the Company, Mr Robo Adhuze, stated on Thursday in Akure that export of chocolate bars from Nigeria would increase […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned security meeting sequel to the recommendations by the council of State over the security challenges facing some parts of the country. Gov. Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa had on April 14 briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Council of State, where he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of an accused person, Mustapha Abiodun, 44, at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl. The police charged Abiodun with defilement. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen Faruk Yahaya has reiterated his commitment to continually enhance the welfare of personnel in the Nigerian Army (NA). A statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said that COAS spoke yesterday when he declared open, the Bi-annual Project Management […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in conjunction with the Hunters and Forest Security Services have arrested a four-man vandalism gang which specializes in vandalizing rail line materials. Disclosing this in his office yesterday in Enugu, the State Commandant, Afrika Ezenyimulu Valentine, said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers steam in Nigeria, a Civil Society organization, the South- East Good Governance Project (SEGGP), has urged all key Stakeholders to promote issue based and violence free political campaigns in the region and Nigeria at large. The group in a Communiqué after their zoom meeting made available […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday stated that Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has not been arraigned because the police is still waiting for the result of the post-mortem examinations on the deceased to know the cause of death. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday enjoined Christians to be careful of the financial institutions they patronize, as the body called for the sack of the Chief Executive of Sterling Bank, Abubakar Suleiman, over the bank’s controversial Easter advert comparing the resurrection of Christ with the rising of Agege Bread. CAN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has grilled a son of a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Malkura, over a suspicious purchase of property worth N130 million. Sources at the commission with first-hand information on the matter but barred from speaking to the media about it, said 24-year-old Amir Al-Makura, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has denied insinuations that his administration has been unfair to the muslim community in some regions of the state, particularly, Ogbomoso zone. This is as he reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to sustaining religious harmony and peaceful coexistence in the state. Makinde made the clarification while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The scramble for delegates by presidential aspirants has intensified as the submission of nomination forms ends today in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The aspirants visited many state chapters of the party yesterday to woo key leaders and delegates ahead of the proposed primary. Eight aspirants have so far submitted their documents […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress will choose its presidential candidate through an indirect primary election. The decision was reached at the party’s 11th National Executive Committee meeting holding at the Transcorp Hotel in Abuja. Also, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and other leaders of the party transmitted their powers to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has pegged its presidential nomination and expression of interest forms at N100 million. The party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this shortly after the 11th National Executive Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The nomination form would go for N70 million while expression of interest forms would go […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) conducted for admission into Federal Unity Colleges from April 23 to May 7. Mr Azeez Sani, Head Information and Public Relations Division of the council made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has lambasted a traditional Ruler in the South West over his recent negative comment on the South East clamour for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. It therefore, cautioned Monarchs across Nigeria to desist from making inflammatory statements capable of causing strife, saying the country […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has said that presidential aspirants from the South-West geopolitical zone including Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, should forget their presidential ambitions. He said it was the turn of the South-East to produce Nigeria’s next President after the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents of destabilisation. He said the agents were bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, stated that Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered all Commissioners of Police (CPs), Tactical Commanders and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to boost security around schools and colleges. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governor of Anambra state and 2023 People’s Democratic party PDP presidential Aspirant Mr Peter Obi, yesterday lamented the dwindling economic fortunes of Nigeria and blamed it on poor civilian leadership that has being installed in the country from 1999 till date. He however, ,assured that he will rescue Nigeria from […]
