(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State, the Royal Family, the Olubadan-in-council and the people of Ibadan on the passing of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. The President in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina affirmed “that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan land has officially confirmed the death of the monarch, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji. African Examiner writes that the monarch died early hours of Sunday. At the age of 93. He ascended the throne in 2016. The palace in a statement signed by Adeola Oloko, Media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has passed away. He was 93 years old. His death was confirmed by palace sources who pleaded anonymity on Sunday. However, when contacted, the monarch’s aides neither confirmed his death nor denied it. “Even if he is dead, it is the governor that will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police said they have rescued 21 children abducted on Friday night by bandits while being taken to an Almajiri school in Zamfara State. The bandits were said to have blocked the Gusau-Funtua federal highway in Tsafe Local Government Area in the state and abducted several people in five vehicles. Most of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Consultant pathologist, Clement Vhriterhire, of Central Hospital, Warri, who conducted the autopsy on Sylvester Oromoni, student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, who died on November 30 last year, has established that he died of “acute lung injury due to chemical intoxication in a background of blunt force trauma.” This report came just […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has tasked Nigerians to remain hopeful that the country will surmount its challenges. Tinubu disclosed this on Friday in his new year message to Nigerians. The former governor of Lagos also tasked citizens to remain united in the belief that collective effort […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Force Squad of the Nigerian Navy Base, in the Commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, weekend stormed Ochan forest, a kidnappers hideout and arrested five suspected notorious kidnappers. The Security Operatives, had during the bombardment, killed 10 of the criminal elements, while others escaped with bullet wounds. Parading the suspects at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government has announced the timetable for the 2021/2022 academic session. According to the statement made on Friday by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, all public, private primary and secondary schools are to resume for the second term on Tuesday, 4th January 2022. Students are also expected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Delta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons as gunmen attacked Morfor motor park in Udu Local Government Area, Delta State, and engaged police operatives in a gun duel. Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mr. Bright Edafe, who confirmed the attacks in a statement, said two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwuanyi has approved 2022 appropriation bill of N186,635,135,582.00 (One Hundred and Eighty Six Billion, Six Hundred and Thirty Five Million, One Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand, Five Hundred and Eighty Two Naira) passed by the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. Presenting the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men have reportedly killed a policeman on duty at Uli community in Ihiala Council Area of Anambra State, South- East Nigeria. They equally kidnapped another and injured several others during an attack yesterday at Eziama Health Centre in the community. The hoodlums struck during a medical outreach programme organised by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA), a World Bank programme implemented in collaboration with both the Federal Government and Bauchi State Government has enrolled a 153 out-of-school children in Bauchi. The project has ensured that the children are back to the classroom to continue their studies within their respective communities across […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Zamfara State have rescued 10 kidnap victims abducted by bandits in the early hours of Wednesday. It also said it has arrested a notorious bandit along the axis. Bandits had stormed Gada community in Bungudu Local Government Area around 1 a.m. Wednesday, and killed the district head, Ummaru Bawan-Allah. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – K Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has stated that the Southeast deserves to produce Nigeria’s president in 2023. Ikpeazu stated this while addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari saying that the Southeast knows and understands Nigeria better than any other region. He, however, stated that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Chapter of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) has formally collapsed its entire structure from the Ward to the State level into the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Former National Vice Chairman South East of the party, Dr. Lazarus Eze, alongside the state leadership made the announcement yesterday during s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has alleged that the incumbent governor, Hope Uzodinma, is sponsoring unknown gunmen carrying out the killings in the state. He also alleged that the controversial arrest of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, by the police during a church service on Sunday, was actually an assassination attempt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A traditional Chief in Ijan Ekiti , Gbonyin Local Government area of Ekiti State, Chief Emmanuel Obafemi and two other kidnapped cocoa merchants have regained their freedom after the payment of N4 million ransom. They were said to have been released along Ikere road around 3am on Wednesday and had since reunited […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Chairman of Enugu South Council area of Enugu State, Hon. Sunday Ugwu is dead. He was said to have passed on yesterday, even as circumstances surrounding his demise was still sketchy as at the time of filing this report. However, Sources said he has been having health challenge for […]
…..Demands Immediate Withdrawal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The umbrella body of South East pro-democracy groups, the South East Democratic Civil Society Coalition (SEDSOC), has rejected “purported endorsement of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, for president by some South East politicians. Some prominent politicians from South East including ex- Senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Abdullahi Adamu (APC-Nasarawa West) said on Wednesday that is happy President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. Adamu stated in Keffi that the National Assembly had no business passing a Bill to determine how parties nominate their candidates. “It is strange and unfair to come […]
