(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atleast seven persons have been confirmed killed ,while several others were injured by gunmen in an attack at Tor-Togan town on Thursday night. The chairman of Katsina Ala local government area Hon.Alfled Atera confirmed the incident. Tor Tongo is a farming community on Katsina Ala -Takum federal highway in Benue north east […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has narrated how the doctors told him that his brother, Sani, would die in an hour, and that he died when it was time, “watching the life support machine going down until it stopped working.” He stated this when the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Chairman of All progress Congress APC, Enugu state Chapter, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has renewed his call on the people of South East zone of Nigeria to indicate interest for president in the 2023 general election, saying it is not enough to sit down and claim that it is their turn […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo state police Command and interim Management Committee (IMC) Chairman for Oru West Council area of Imo State, Chief Willie Okolieogwu, have confirmed the burning down of a Magistrate Court in Ubulu, by unknown armed men. Mike Abattam, the Command’s Spokesman disclosed to newsmen in Owerri, the Imo state capital . However, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the just concluded Anambra State Gubernatorial election, Senator Andy Uba, has warned his members of the ruling All progressive Grand Alliance APGA to stop demonizing him over his resolve to challenge the outcome of the election in court. Recalled that APGA Candidate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just few days after the attack that killed a general and three other officers of the Nigerian Army in Chibok/Askira Uba in southern Borno, Damboa, another neighbouring Local Government Area is presently under severe gunfire by terrorists of Islamic State West Africa Province. This making it a third attack in one month […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two cars were burnt Thursday night in Ibadan, when a fully loaded petrol tanker, went up in flames. According to an eye witness, Mr James Oladeji, a commercial tricycle operator, the incident occurred at Agodi area of Ibadan, on Total Garden-Gate road, near the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Station, in Ibadan. Oladeji […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Workers of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday in Lagos held a peaceful protest at the commencement of their three-day warning strike over poor condition of service. African Examiner reports that the workers, comprising members of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) and Senior Staff Association (SSA), took their protest to NRC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs , Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, on Thursday said over nine million Nigerian pupils have been benefitting from the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) across the country. Farouk disclosed this at the hand over and distribution of Feeding Utensils for the beneficiaries of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra Judicial Panel on Police Brutality and other Related Matters says it investigated 310 petitions received from residents of the state. Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, a member representing the Coalition of Anambra Civil Society Organisations in the panel, disclosed in Enugu . Ezekwueme, who is also the Chairman of the Civil Liberties […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 35-year-old lawyer, Aina Odetayo, who allegedly assaulted her 12-year-old nephew with a hot knife over N500 theft, has appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Odetayo, who resides at Agege, Lagos State, is facing trial on a three-count charge bordering on assault and inflicting bodily injury. The prosecutor, Insp. Michael […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged Nigerians to drop the negative habit of cell-phone snapping or video recording of an accident scene but rather help to rescue the victims to safety. The Sector Commander of FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr Joseph Udoabba, made the call in Enugu while speaking on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has directed its members in Kaduna State not to participate in the competency test being organised by the state government. The Deputy National President of the union, Mr Kelvin Nwankwo, gave the directive in Kaduna, during a meeting with teachers in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto State’s Gov. Aminu Tambuwal on Thursday confirmed the killing of 43 persons in Monday’s bandits attack on Illela Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Thursday in Sokoto. Bello said Tambuwal led members […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 127 inmates of Enugu Custodial Centre are expected to sit for the November/December National Examination Council (NECO) senior secondary certificate examination (external), an official disclosed. Mr Monday Chukwuemeka, the Public Relations Officer of the state command of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), disclosed this in a statement in Enugu . Chukwuemeka said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four persons were feared dead while five were rescued when a storey building collapsed, yesterday, at Sunny Filled, Flour Mills, Estate, Magbon, Badagry, Lagos. This came barely two weeks after a 21-storey building collapsed in Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos killing about 45 persons and injuring 15. It was gathered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has vowed to curb illicit drug abuse and activities of traffickers in Osun and Oyo States, the pioneer Zonal Commander (Oyo and Osun), Josephine Obi stated. Obi made the promise in Ibadan at the sendoff party organised for her by the Oyo State Command of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party in Ondo state has stated that the appointment of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s son Babajide Akeredolu as the DG of Ondo State Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit is a flagrant abuse of office. Babajide was appointed as the head of the agency . Reacting to the development, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), says Tuesday’s explosion at Ladipo Spare Part Market, Lagos was caused by acetylene gas. Its National Secretary, Mr Olukayode Solomon, made the clarification in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos while commiserating with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has begun a probe into the Tuesday’s explosion that rocked Ladipo, Mushin area of Lagos State, leaving five persons dead, with 10 others injured and 12 vehicles and buildings destroyed. The Senate has mandated its Committees on Petroleum Downstream and Gas to, as a matter of urgency, investigate the remote […]
