(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr C. Don Adinuba, the Anambra Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, has informed all public service workers in the state that Monday is no more a work- free Day in the state, effective from Nov. 22. He said that Anambra Government wishes to remind all individuals and organisations in the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder and General Overseer of Christ Pentecostal Mission in Ajao Estate Lagos is dead. A statement signed by REV. JOHN U.EZEH, Coordinator; CPM Int’l Imo state, Nigeria and member board of trustees said; “I am saddled with a responsibility to all sons, daughters, friends and lovers of Christian Pentecostal Mission International […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun says the autopsy on the slain post-graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, is delayed because his family’s insisted on being part of the process. The Police Public Relation Officer in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, in an interview in Osogbo, said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, expressed happiness with the manner multiple award-winning singer, David Adeleke, raised funds for orphanage homes across Nigeria. African Examiner writes that Adeleke, also known as Davido, a few days to his 29th birthday, had raised over N250m through freewill donations from his friends, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attahiru Bafarawa, former governor of Sokoto state, has announced his retirement from politics after 45 years. Bafarawa was the governor of Sokoto between 1999 and 2007. Speaking in an interview , the ex-governor stated that he no longer has the will to be in active politics. Bafarawa who contested for the position […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of Voice of Nigeria, (Von), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has joined apex Igbo Socio cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo in applauding president Muhammadu Buhari for the recent warm reception he accorded some Igbo leaders, who recently visited him in Abuja. Speaking to journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Okechukwu appealed to President Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nasarawa Police Command has foiled an attempt to abduct Mr Umar Nasiru-Black, Nasarawa-South Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The attempt is contained in a statement signed by Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has directed contractors to suspend work on road projects across Kogi to allow for free flow of traffic before and during the Yuletide. Mr Jimoh Kajogbola, the Federal Controller of Works in Kogi, stated on Sunday in Lokoja, that the directive came from the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, is dead. The Ode-Ekiti-born politician was said to have died on Saturday after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. According to Television Continental, he was rushed to a hospital where he passed on. TVC reported that one of Aluko’s aides who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has directed immediate ban on sales of some categories of motorcycles across the state. Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this in a statement issued in Minna on Saturday. The SGF said the ban covered motorcycles such as: Bajaj Boxer,Qiujeng, Honda ACE, Jingchen, with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, has announced the suspension of Greater Lagos Fiesta, due to the fourth wave of COVID-19 scare. Akinbile-Yussuf said in a statement on Saturday that the suspension was necessary just as Europe, the epi-centre of the COVID-19 pandemic, reintroduced restrictions to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the warm reception he accorded to “our illustrious son, the First Republican Parliamentarian and former Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi and his delegation at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja . It said “We are particularly delighted that Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two traditional rulers and a lawmaker in Epe Division of Lagos State have condemned the recent killings of a school teacher and a student in the area. African Examiner reports that Razak Bakare, a student of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED), Epe was shot dead on campus last Wednesday, while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the return of N19. 33 billion Kogi state salary bailout funds, recovered by the Commission, to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Spokesperson for EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. African Examiner gathered that the money was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The youth wing of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has recalled its suspended national leader, Damian Okafor. This is contained in a release signed by National Publicity Secretary, Mazi Chika Adiele, and made available to newsmen in Owerri on Saturday. African Examiner reports that Okafor was suspended by the organisation’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has stated that Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will soon declare if he would be running for president in 2023 or not, next January. Tinubu, who was Lagos governor from May 1999 to May 2007, has been always […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), a Christian religious organisation, has said that separatists agitating for secession are wasting their time, assuring that “Nigeria will remain one united nation. This was disclosed in Lagos during the visit of Bishop of Lagos, Jude Uwaezuoke. African Examiner reports that the visit was part […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, disclosed that security forces have rescued no fewer than 544 abducted persons in the last two months in the state. Matawalle made the disclosure while addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who attended the swearing-in ceremony of 21 political appointees, at the Government House. Matawalle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja-Kaduna and Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail services will resume operations at 9.15 a.m. and 1p.m. on Saturday respectively, following the suspension of strike by railway workers. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this in a telephone interview . The NRC management and the union had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Government in collaboration with Water Aid Nigeria, and other Civil Society Organisations (CSO’s) operating in the state, are set to conduct a situational assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in the primary health-care centres of the 17 Council Areas of the state. Speaking at a workshop in Enugu with […]
