(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some state officials and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Yobe have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Those who joined the APC included the state Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Usman Amale, and the Assistant Secretary, Malam Ahmadu Biriri. The defectors were received into the APC on […]
(AFRICAEXAMINER) – Pa Ayo Adebanjo and other notable leaders of Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, have paid a visit to a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his home in Lagos. Other members of the group that joined the Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, on the visit are: Chief Supo Sonibare, Oba Olaitan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have reportedly snuffed out life from three traditional rulers in Imo state Tuesday afternoon African Examiner learnt the royal fathers were having their meeting in Njaba Local Government Area of the state when the shooting occurred. Our correspondent learnt that other traditional rulers were left with varying degrees of injuries. As […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) says one person has died from a collapsed two-storey building in Ikorodu, Lagos State. African Examiner reports that the incident occurred on Monday around 10 pm; two persons were rescued alive and taken to Ikorodu General Hospital for medical attention. NEMA South West Spokesman, Mr Ibrahim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Adamawa Government says it has recorded 500 Cholera cases with 23 deaths since outbreak of the disease in the state in September. The Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Dr Celine Laori, confirmed the development in Yola. Laori said that the local government areas worst hit by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday started a show of force to caution those preparing on staging #EndSARS memorial protests in the state on October 20, 2021. African Examiner writes that activists behind the planned protests have disclosed that they will be having a car procession in honour of those who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called for an urgent and important warning, ahead of his trial on Thursday. Kanu cautioned that none of his lawyers should be harassed and threatened by those who claimed to be his followers. He vowed never to forgive anybody who harasses […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo Chapter of the Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN) has advised the country’s leaders to emulate virtues of fairness and selfless service exhibited by Prophet Muhammad, as Muslims celebrate the Maolud Nabbiyi. The state Chairman of MMPN, Alhaji Ridwan Fasasi, gave the advice in a statement made available to newsmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Duoye Diri has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on its waterways to curtail sea piracy, kidnappings and other criminal activities . The governor who announced the measure on Monday evening, at the end of the 12th state security council meeting, held at Government House, Yenagoa, said the curfew on water transportation, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has lamented how the state became worse hit by the nefarious activities of bandits, as a result of the relentless military operations in neighboring Zamfara state. The governor stated this when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, visited him in Sokoto. Tambuwal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A National Assembly member representing Anambra North senatorial district, Senator Ifeanyi Uba, has requested a Federal High Court Abuja, for an order allowing him to visit leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, who is presently in the custody of the Department of State Service, DSS. Uba sought order […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s fund UNICEF on Monday said the delisting of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) from the United Nations Secretary-General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict as one of the armed groups recruiting and using children in north-east Nigeria is one step forward for child protection. Recalled that in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, South- West Nigeria, has expressed serious concerned over the sudden disappearance of Vanguard Newspaper’s House of Representatives Correspondent, Mr. Tordue Salem since last Wednesday. Mr. Salem was reportedly last sighted within the premises of a Total Filling Station, opposite the FCT, Abuja Police headquarters on Wednesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government said security forces have killed 10 bandits and rescued one hostage in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA). The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the 10 bandits who were lurking around some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected gunmen have attacked a police station in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi and shot a police sergeant. The Assistant Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi Command, ASP Levi Philips, stated on Monday in Abakaliki that the station was attacked in the early hours on Monday. Philips added that the suspects also burnt […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owerri residents continue to obey the IPOB sit –at- home order thereby clamping down on business and social activities in the State capital. This has continued two months after the separatist group, IPOB, said it had cancelled its weekly sit-at-home order in protest against the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –A non governmental organization, Tabitha New Life Foundation is holding their annual programme tagged “Taking Over Dorcas Heart 3:0, feeding of widows and widowers. The foundation started on a conscious note supported by like- minded individuals to affect the world we live. For the great tasks ahead and continuity, a programme was initiated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman elect of the Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has advised a former Commissioner for Works in the state, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa who was announced winner in a Parallel congresses held last Saturday in Enugu to bury his hope of leading the party, because APC […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arewa Youth Federation on Monday in Abuja described as spurious, a publication by Wall Street Journal that the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) paid 20 million naira to bandits. The U.S-based journal stated in its publication that NAF paid the money in exchange for its anti-aircraft gun allegedly seized by bandits. The group’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has warned Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC not to drag its name into the November 6, 2021 Anambra State governorship election , rejecting any form of dialogue with them The pro-Biafra group also described as laughable, the statement by the Nigerian Police that it is coming […]
