(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu West Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has disowned a former Commissioner for Works in the state, Barr. Ugochukwu Agballa, who has been parading himself as the new Enugu state Chairman of the Nigeria’s ruling party, declaring that he is not a registered member of the APC. They equally […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Taskforce Committee on Compliance to Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Executive Order on insecurity has ordered immediate closure of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe local government areas of the state. Chairmen of Committee, Abubakar Dauran, gave the order shortly after security forces arrested four suspects for alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has stated that the North Central geo-political zone has worked hard for the unity of the country and it is time for the region to produce the next president. Saraki disclosed this at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi while interfacing with the State Working Committee of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A dismissed police officer simply identified as Samuel was among the kidnap syndicate arrested by men of the Rapid Response Squad in Ekiti State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Tunde Mobayo, said, “Samuel has confessed to being a member of the kidnapping gang and had participated in different abduction and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ogun has arrested five suspected members of a kidnap gang terrorizing residents of Obada-Oko, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta. The suspects: Aliu Manya, Usman Abubakar, Abayomi Olayiwola, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Akwa Ibom Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended 40-year-old Elisha Effiong for attempting to sell his two daughters for N700, 000. This is contained in a statement issued by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Mr Ukeme Umana, in Uyo on Wednesday. Umana said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Magami in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara state has cried for help over the worsening state of insecurity in their communities. They said bandits are destroying their farm lands and imposing levies on them. ” If you fail to pay bandits the levy, they either abduct you or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says Kano and Lagos States are demanding for 1 per cent in the new nation’s Revenue Allocation Formula. The demand is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Mr Abba Anwar, issued in Kano. Anwar said that Ganduje made […]
..As Civil Society Groups Calls For Directors Probe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fresh crisis is currently brewing at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, (FNHE), over the refusal of the Director, Dr. Monday Nwite Igwe, to reinstate to their former positions three of its workers interdicted about two years ago, over alleged murder case, but were discharged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday demolished over 100 illegal structures obstructing road construction leading to Kukwaba II Train Station, in Karon-Majigi community. Mr Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant (Designate) to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, who led the exercise, reiterated the commitment of the administration towards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos resident, identified only as Fuad, has been arrested for allegedly raping a receptionist in a toilet in the Mutab Hotel and Suites on Abeokuta Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the 19-year-old victim was asleep at the reception of the hotel when one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko in Ondo State, yesterday, shut down the institution indefinitely following violent protest by the students over the ‘No school fees, No examination’ policy by the management of the institution. A statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Olugbenga Arujulu announced the indefinite closure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Monday afternoon killed a military officer when they attacked some soldiers in Awo Mmamma in the Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State. In reprisal, military men regrouped, stormed the town and allegedly burnt a hotel, cars, houses and shops. The incident which happened at Ishieke junction in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his performance while in office, and support to the Godfrey Okoye University Enugu, the faculty of law of the institution, has conferred on the immediate past Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye an award of Excellence in Leadership. Dr. Nwoye received the award […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have demanded the release of over 200 EndSARS protesters still being detained in various detention facilities across the country. The CSOs that made the demand on Monday in Lagos at a press conference include New Nigeria Network, Coalition for Revolution, Take it Back Movement and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have attacked and macheted an EndSARS protester, Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, who testified before a Lagos judicial panel on the alleged role of the military and the police in the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2021, one of the panel members, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN)stated The senior advocate also raised alarm over the alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder and Senior Pastor of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, David Ibiyeomie, has said anyone whose phone rings in a church is suffering from poverty mentality. The clergyman, who said this while delivering a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, said such can never be found with a wealthy person. “Anyone whose phone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two persons died in an accident involving two vehicles on the Ore-Benin Highway Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Ahmed Umar, said on Monday that eight other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident. He disclosed that the accident occurred at about 9.30 p.m. after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced the closure of Marina road from Apongbon Bridge due to the ongoing Blue Line Rail Project. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos entiled: “Traffic advisory from LASTMA.” Oreagba suggested alternative routes for motorists […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An APC governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, has been killed by unknown gunmen Sunday evening, A family source confirmed the incidence to our correspondent. African Examiner gathered from the deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he was returning for […]
