(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two of the suspects involved in the kidnap and subsequent killing of a member of the Anambra state House of Assembly Hon. Justice Azuka, recently arrested by the police in the state, has escaped . The state Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu, has directed that a disciplinary action be taken against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has opened us on why some Nigerian politicians behave the way they do. Jonathan, while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the public presentation of ‘Readings on Election Security Management’ and ‘Selected Readings in Internal Security Management’ authored by Solomon Arase, the former inspector-general of police (IGP). The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has appealed for financial assistance from the Kogi state government as she battles an unknown illness. It is worth recalling that in 2022, Abubakar disclosed that she had retired from acting movies because of her health concerns. She did not disclose the details of the ailment she was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal University of Lokoja (FUL) community in Kogi State has been thrown into mourning after a trailer accident claimed the lives of five students of the school. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the tragic loss of five of our promising students, who were taken away from us too […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has identified and corrected errors in the 2025 Appropriations Bill, which was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Thursday. The discrepancies were discovered during the final cleaning and realignment process by the Joint Committee on Appropriations. The corrections primarily affected allocations under recurrent expenditure, pensions, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of Chief Edwin Clark, former federal commissioner of information and respected leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). This was contained in a press release issued on Tuesday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. Clark, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) have donated medical equipment to the Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF) to enhance healthcare outreach in underserved communities across Nigeria’s South-West, North-Central, and South-South regions. A statement signed by Shell Media Relations Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu, said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw leader and Elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Clark is dead. Clark’s death was announced by members of his family in a terse statement. The former National Commissioner died at the age of 97. The statement was signed by his brother and his son, Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into the Department of State Services (DSS) for its undue interference at the complex on Monday. Mr Stephen Ogundipe, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, made this statement in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Anambra state police Command have burst and apprehended three Child Stealing/Trafficking Syndicate, among them, a Fake Medical Doctor, even as they reduced tem Children. The commissioner of Police in the state, CP, Ikioye Orutugu, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday in Akwa, the Anambra state capital, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Volunteer youth group, under the aegis of Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV) has urged the Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, to support stakeholders’ call for the federal government to raise the tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) from N10 per litre to N130 per litre, in the interest of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV) of the Labour Party (LP) has condemned the desecration of the Lagos State House of Assembly, which he described as a show of shame exhibited by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. “The APC has sort of normalised this idea of using intimidation and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About 85 Nigerian nationals who were deported from the US will arrive in Lagos, Monday evening. Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, disclosed this in a statement adding that 116 others are presently in detention. The statement, signed by her media aide, Magnus Eze, lamented the process of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, has asked the Federal Government to probe a claim by US Congressman Scott Perry that aborted United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. “You can’t say it’s just an allegation; it’s more than that,” the former Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has released the results of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, second series. The exam, conducted between October 25, 2024, and December 20, 2024, introduced a new computer-based hybrid mode alongside the traditional paper and pen option. In a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Capacity Building Workshop for the media, institutions and the public in Enugu state on imperative of Population Planning in the country, organized by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria weekend, have stressed the need for robust engagement and reorientation of citizens, especially the youths on the issue. Our […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A civil society and human rights group, the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has urged the Police Service Commission to order an independent investigation into the alleged kidnapping, extortion, and abuse of power involving members of the Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force. RULAAC’s appeal followed allegations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -) Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has urged the Nigerian Army to strengthen its strategies to end the sit-at-home order in the South-East of the country. This is contained in a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Monday Uzor, on Sunday in Abakaliki. The statement quoted the governor as making the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are defecting to align with President Bola Tinubu’s bold economic reform agenda. Felix Morka, the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while responding to criticism from former Sokoto State Governor, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Enugu state chapter of the opposition Labour party (LP), Barr. Casmir Uchenna Agbo, has dismissed his recent purported suspension by some aggrieved members of the party, describing the action as a charade, null and void and exercise in futility, declaring that those who made the pronouncement lack the […]
