(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), has accused the dreaded Anambra state government newly formed Agunaechemba Vigilante Group of engaging in nefarious activities, including extortion of Motorists like the police and Military personnel along major roads in the state. Recalled that Governor Chukwuma Soludo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has issued a lawsuit against the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja as he challenges the legality of his impeachment. The suit, which is yet to be assigned to a judge, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, said he received the news of the death of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, an Afenifere leader, with profound sorrow. In a tribute by the President, he said Nigeria had lost a political leader whose decades of unwavering struggle for justice, democracy, and national unity had left an indelible […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the release of the 2024 Senior Secondary School Certificate External Examination results. According to the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Council, Professor Dantani Wushishi, 57,114 candidates secured credits in English and Mathematics, representing a 67.53% pass rate. A total of 86,067 candidates sat for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kaduna State House of Assembly have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), citing the impressive performance of Governor Uba Sani as their reason for leaving PDP. The three lawmakers are Henry Mara representing Jaba state Constituency, Emmanuel Kantiok, Zonkwa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU, has expelled Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious from the institution. This was stated on Friday in a statement by the Acting Registrar, Victor Modebelu. Modebelu stated that the Acting Vice-Chancellor had received the report from the Student Disciplinary Committee on the student’s assault on a lecturer from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, is dead at the age of 96. Adebanjo died on Friday morning at his home in Lekki, Lagos State. The family confirmed his death in a statement signed on behalf of the family by Mrs Ayotunde Atteh (nee Ayo-Adebanjo), Mrs Adeola […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appealed to aggrieved PDP members to seize the opportunity presented by the ongoing reconciliation process to come back to the party. The governor also called for peace and unity among the members of PDP) in the Southeast Zone and the entire country. Mbah made the […]
