(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has drummed his support for the present governor of the State, Aminu Tambuwal to become Nigeria’s president under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to Bafarawa, the political antecedents of Tambuwal and his ability to coordinate people gives him an added […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Nigerian Army (NA) have neutralized four suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB/ Eastern Security Network gunmen at Ihiala town in Anambra State. Director Army public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement made available to African Examiner, Wednesday said, the gunmen who were out enforcing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Wednesday has forced a member, Simon Atigwe (People’s Democratic Party/Enugu) to withdraw a bill proposing to bar workers in the health sector from embarking on industrial action. According to the House, the proposal, which failed its second reading at the plenary on Wednesday, was against the provisions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reps have proposed a bill seeking to prescribe a jail term of seven years and/or a fine of N500m for officials who spend public funds on foreign medical trips narrowly passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill Sponsored by Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), titled, ‘A Bill for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that there will be a major probe to ascertain the cause of the unsafe quantity of methanol in the fuel imported into the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this during a media press briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded a pastor with the Royal World Embassy Church, Rufus Olatunji, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old member. The Chief Magistrate, F.M. Kayode, who did not take Mr. Olatunji’s plea, ordered that the pastor be remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Mr. Kayode then adjourned the case […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some parts of Ibadan City in Oyo State on Wednesday witnessed unusual gridlock due to the prevailing scarcity of fuel across the country. African Examiner reports that the gridlock caused by heavy presence of car owners in many filling stations visited in the town, left many commuters stranded. Commenting, a businessman, Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed bandits, Wednesday morning, killed a divisional police officer, A. Rano, in Jibia local government area of Katsina State during an attack on Magama section of Jibia town. Sources disclosed through the phone that the bandits arrived at the area around 3 a.m. and laid siege for three hours, despite resistance by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Wednesday said a state of emergency on ritual killings in the country should be declared by the Federal Government. The lawmakers also called for a campaign against the menace, saying the effort of parents, schools, religious leaders and the media is needed. This is following a motion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Evangelist Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Tuesday, broke her silence on social media since her divorce post on December 23, 2021. Taking to her Instastories and Facebook status simultaneously on Tuesday night, the 28-year-old evangelist uploaded a short video of herself […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Manger of Plateau Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Mr Peter Kassam, says open defecation is punishable under the law in Shedam Local Government and residents found culpable of such acts risk imprisonment. He made this known in an interview on Wednesday in Jos, observing that Shendam is the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture(ECCIMA), Barr. Jasper Nduagwuike has expressed concern over the effect of the Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB continued Monday sit- at home and insecurity challenges in the South East region. Speaking with Newsmen in Enugu shortly after his investiture as the 16th President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents in a community in Oyo town have uncovered activities of suspected ritualists in an uncompleted building in the area. Our correspondent gathered that those living close to the building, which is along the Oyo-Ilora Road, in the Oyo West Local Government Area, Oyo State, started combing the bushes after perceiving a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government through its Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority may return to the overseas supplier, the contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which was imported into the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Oil marketers estimated that about 100 million litres of contaminated petrol were imported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Police Command says the driver to the state Chairman of the Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdul-Hamid Egele, has died. The command’s Spokesman, SP Kontongs Bello, confirmed the death in Benin on Tuesday night. African Examiner reports that the deceased, whose identity could not be ascertained, was driving Egele’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on Tuesday said adulterated petrol, fuel with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification, was discovered in the supply chain. In a statement, it said the supplier had been identified and appropriate sanction would apply. It also said oil marketers had been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – knight of St. John International (KSJI), a United States-based international organisation of the Catholic Church, has declared war against consumption of methamphetamine popularly known as (MKPURU MMIRI) in Igbo parlance and other forms of psycho-substances by youths in Nigeria. President of (KSJI) in Nigeria, Major General (Prof) Remy Uche stated this when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Tuesday, stated that the continued detention of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho is a miscarriage of justice. Adams made this known in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, saying that the self-determination campaigner had not committed any crime […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to equip newsmen on objective reportage and election observance ahead of the forthcoming Enugu State Local government elections scheduled for February 23, the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), has organized a one day training for selected Journalists in the state. Project Coordinator of ECES, Mr. Hamza Fassi-Fihri, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has stated that the federal government may prosecute popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, in Nigeria following his detention in Benin Republic. African Examiner recalls that in July 2021, Igboho was nabbed at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou over alleged possession of a […]
