(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first daughter of the late Soun of Ogbomoso Prof.Taibat Danmole has passed away, days after the monarch ‘s death, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi . Oba Oyewumi died on December 12 at the age of 95 while the first daughter of the late monarch, Prof Taibat Danmole, died on Saturday, January 8 at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lecturer at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, River State, has been suspended for three months over allegations of sexual harassment of female student. The lecturer, Tamunotonye Solomon will face disciplinary committee to explain his involvement with the student, Blessing Audu. Solomon and Audu, a 200-level student of the institution, have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Lagos State Council has reiterated its determination to go on a 3 day warning strike starting on Monday January 10 through Wednesday, January 13. At a general congress of all the Nurses in the State held on Friday, January 7 in Lagos, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babangida Aliyu, a former governor of Niger State, has stated that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned its presidential ticket to the North. Aliyu disclosed this when he played host to the Atiku Support Organisation. The former governor stated that the organization would be successful. “In our zoning agreement, we have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command says it has launched a thorough investigation into the recent killings, kidnapping and destructions of properties in parts Eha-Amufu, in Isi Uzo Council area of Enugu state by yet to be identified criminal elements. The State Commissioner of police, (CP) Abubakar Lawal, who led other Heads of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor , Engr. Dave Nweze David Umahi, has approved the suspension of the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Chief Emmanuel Uguru and the Senior Special Assistant, (SSA) on Education, Dr Obianuju Alo for one month over negligence and dereliction of duty. The statement issued Friday and signed by Secretary to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government is not happy that three days after the official resumption of schools for a new term, some private schools are still on holiday, while attendance has not peaked in those which have resumed. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, who led a team […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sylvester Oromoni, the father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has vowed to get justice, saying that he would not bury his son even if it takes 30 years to get justice. He also kicked against the report of the autopsy carried out at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the country may come to an end if the north keeps power in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Mbaka, disclosed this in a sermon at the adoration ground in Enugu State, as he cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has cautioned that nothing should happen to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the country would collapse. If anything happens to Kanu. In a video that has since gone viral, the cleric, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dared devil gunmen on Thursday attacked a police facility in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The police spokesperson in Imo, Mike Abattam, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Thursday, said the incident occurred in the early hours of the day at Ideato South Police Station. The gunmen were “shooting sporadically, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Mojisola Dada, has fixed January 15, 2022, for the commencement of inquest into the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos. It would be recalled that Lagos Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi, has absolved the five students […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi State Police Command has nabbed three suspected kidnappers, recovered one Dane gun, two cartridges, food items and N45,000. DSP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer for the Police Command, disclosed this in a statement he signed, a copy of which was made available to our Correspondent in Lokoja on Thursday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to “declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation”. This development is coming hours after the federal government issued a directive declaring bandits as terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary (CPS), quoted the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Katsina, has recovered 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and arrested 999 suspects in various operations across the state in 2021. SP Gambo Isa, the spokesperson for the command, disclosed this when he spoke in Katsina. Isa said that the command also recovered various arms and ammunition during the period. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dignitaries from various parts of the globe, including United States of America (USA), Canada, as well as friends and well -wishers, converged at the Umuchima acient Community, in Ideato South Council Area of Imo State, South-East Nigeria to Felicitate with Nigerian (US) Based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. (Dr) Theophilus Tochukwu Okpara, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Aminu Dantata, billionaire businessman, says that the presidential system of government has failed the country. Dantatta disclosed this when he played host to Northern Elders’ Forum that paid him a condolence visit on the death of Sani Dangote, Alhaji Bashir Tofa and other prominent sons of Kano. The businessman stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, has stated that Nigeria’s next president should be someone that can unify the country. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain disclosed this at the party stakeholders’ meeting in Adamawa. According to Dokpesi, Nigeria “has never been this disunited”, and the country needs someone like Atiku […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out in Omuanwa Community , Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State as a member of a local vigilante group in the area killed a Nigeria Air Force personnel. Some of the residents of the community, it was gathered, fled the area over fear of reprisal from Nigeria Air Force. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits stormed the Zungeru Multi-billion Naira Hydro Electricity Power Dam in Wushishi Local Government Area, LGA of Niger State, killed two guards, kidnapped two Chinese workers and shot another at the site. African Examiner gathered that the fully armed bandits stormed the site on Motorcycles on Tuesday evening and started shooting sporadically […]
