(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen on Thursday morning burnt down Nnewi South Local Government Area in Anambra State. According to available information, the secretariat was set on fire and It is yet to be confirmed if anyone died or injured. Anambra State Police Command says “It is a suspected case of arson”. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train and abducted unspecified number of passengers on Monday, have contacted their families. They are yet to demand ransom, the families said yesterday. A member of one of the families told our correspondent that the abductors informed them that their family members and many other passengers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged Nigerians, especially the youths, to join the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to restore Nigeria and provide the fresh air desired by citizens. Kwankwaso made the call at the National Convention of the party in Abuja, saying NNPP is well placed to restore the nation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, wife of immediate past embattled governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has formerly tendered an unreserved apology to the state Governor, professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Igbo nation, over the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu in Awka during the inauguration programme of Soludo on March 17, 2022. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has highlighted that lack of knowledge among those in the corridors of power is the cause for the lack of good governance in the country and not politics. Kukah disclosed this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Doyin Okupe, the former spokesman of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. Okupe announced this at a press conference at the NUJ Secretariat, Iwe Iroyin, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, saying it would not be good for the PDP to jettison zoning adding that he would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Rivers State based non- governmental organization (NGO) Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), and the Enugu State branch of Nigerian Union of Local government Employees NULGE, have expressed concern over the nonchalant attitude and delay by governors and State Houses of Assembly towards the realization of the local government Autonomy in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eighty (80) suspects for alleged internet- related activities in Ibadan, Oyo State and forty (40) others apprehended by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission for same offences. They were all arrested based on verified intelligence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday in Abuja, has stated how he became the party’s executive. According to him, he emerged through the endorsement of God. According to him, a month ago, he did not know he would become chairman of the ruling party. Adamu, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has mourned victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack of March 28. The chairman, Rev. John Hayab, told newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna that the attack had further amplified the vulnerability of people who used the train service either for business or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday in Abuja observed a minute silence in honour of the victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack. African Examiner reports that the meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, began with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, calling for a minute silence to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has stated that poverty reduction did not improve in Nigeria since 2015 as more are still falling below the poverty line over the years. According to the Washington-based bank, the number of poor Nigerians is estimated to hit 95.1 million in 2022. The bank disclosed this in its report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The passenger manifest for the ill-fated Kaduna-bound train indicated that of the 362 people that boarded the train, eight people lost their lives, 26 passengers were injured, while some are still unaccounted for. This information is contained in a statement issued Tuesday by Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives foiled an attempted attack on Dangote Refinery, Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the PRO, the attack occurred at the early hours on Monday. He said that the armed hoodlums […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Kwamkwaso, has dumped Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter addressed to PDP chairman in his ward and made available to newsmen in Kano, Kwankwaso said that he was no longer a member of the party, with effect from March 29. He attributed his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has cancelled the 13th birthday colloquium in honour of victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attacked by suspected terrorists on Monday evening. Tinubu, who announced the cancellation a few minutes after the official kick-up of the event, described it as a national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived in Kaduna on Tuesday afternoon to view the situation concerning the terrorist attack on the train service connecting the state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, announced this in a tweet. The attack which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has stated that a presidential aspirant of the All progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are “inseparable”. According to Jibrin, the birthday messages between Osinbajo and Tinubu show mutual respect. He disclosed this on his Twitter handle on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news of the death of an Igbo doctor, Dr. Chinelo, who was shot in the Abuja-Kaduna attack, has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that scores of passengers have been declared missing while others are receiving treatment at the hospital since the train attack. Dr Chinelo had earlier twitted that […]
