(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Timileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of Salome Adaidu, has been arraigned at the High Court of Justice, Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. He was charged with one count of culpable homicide punishable by death, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria He was arraigned on Monday before Justice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Details of how six top Yoruba monarchs prevailed upon nonagenarian legal luminary Afe Babalola to drop his criminal defamation suit against human rights activist and lawyer Dele Farotimi have emerged. t was gathered that the Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, mobilised five other high-class traditional rulers to the Ado-Ekiti residence of Babalola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the government and the people of Enugu state over the fuel tanker explosion, which resulted in the loss of lives on Saturday. This was contained in a press release issued on Sunday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has stated that there are more “yahoo people” in government than “outside”. A ‘yahoo boy’ in Nigerian coinage means an internet fraudster or scammer. Peter Obi, a former Anambra governor, while speaking in the 4th graduation ceremony of Nexford […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stirred the hornet nest on Saturday after he stated that Nigerian law allows the police to break into homes without a search warrant. This controversial remark is coming on the heels of a viral video showing masked policemen forcibly gaining entrance by scaling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, says nursing an ambition to become the governor of Lagos in 2027 is not a sin. During a press briefing at his residence in the GRA area of Ikeja, the Lagos capital, on Saturday, Obasa challenged any leader in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit on January 27-28, 2025. This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The summit, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has called off its warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday, said the FCTA under Wike has met their demands. On Wednesday, the doctors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced the addition of hairstyling, plumbing, GSM repair, makeup and 12 other new trades/new subjects to the basic education curriculum. The development comes following ongoing reforms in various sectors of the economy. A statement issued by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), said the new trades were added to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, on Friday disclosed that notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, has declared that he is ready to surrender. With his second in command and other lieutenants recently taken out by the military, the Chief of Defence Staff said that Turji has been forced to discard […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal, sitting in Enugu, on Thursday quashed the appeal filed by the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatrist Hospital, Enugu, FNHE, Dr. Ngozi Unaogu and three other consultant psychiatrists in the hospital, against a senior Nurse of the health institution, Dr. Afam Ndu. Our Correspondent reports that the appeal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has announced its relocation from Benin City to Abuja, effective Monday. The tribunal, according to a notice by its Secretary, Mua’azu Bagudu, on Friday in Benin, will now sit at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Airport Road, Abuja. “I am directed to notify all parties that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has applauded the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) after they rescued the wife of Hakeem Odumosu, a retired assistant inspector-general of police (AIG). The African Examiner recalls that on January 16, the wife of the retired assistant inspector-general of police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the pedestrian bridge connecting Oshodi Bus Terminals 2 and 3, citing safety concerns. The government raised alarms over the bridge’s safety and structural integrity. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, issued the order in a statement released on Friday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Police Command in Rivers has arrested two suspected fake pastors found in possession of fetish items in the Rumuduru community of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, made this known in a statement on Friday in Port Harcourt. She said the suspects were handed over to the police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Friday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga. The President has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 10, 000 police constables recruited last year will be posted to their states of origin for community policing. This was revealed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, according to a statement by the Spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi on Thursday. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to deploy new printers to the passport offices in the Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta and New York, United States of America. This is coming a few days after a petition by a group of Nigerians in the Diaspora. The petitioners […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has lost his elder brother. The Special Adviser (Media) to Oyo State Governor, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. He said the deceased, Engineer Sunday Makinde, died on Friday, January 24 at the age of 65 years. Olanrewaju said a brother of the deceased, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, has announced to the citizens of Plateau State and all patriotic Nigerians, the passing of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lt. General Jeremiah Timbut Useni. The elder statesman passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at the age of […]
