(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says God can give power to anyone he wishes to give. Tinubu said this in Lagos on Sunday, as he reunited with his political associates and proteges at a welcome-back event and prayer, hosted by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, stated that Governor Dave Umahi and his Cross River State counterpart, Ben Ayade, will be disappointed ahead of the 2023 general election. Primate Ayodele , in a statement issued by his media aide, Oluwatoyin Osho, stated that Umahi’s mission to become the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have attacked Ngurore police station in Yola south LGA of Adamawa and also kidnapped a nursing mother in the area. Sulaiman Nguroje, the state police spokesman, confirmed the development on Sunday. According to Nguroje, the gunmen attacked the station around 2am on Sunday, as a diversion to carry out the abduction. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen believed to be Bandits attacked Mailalle weekly market, in Sokoto state. They allegedly opened fire and killed nothing less than 20 persons and injured many. Eyewitnesses said, they saw the bandits carting away foodstuffs and setting houses ablaze. They allegedly stopped at the only petrol station in the area and filled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Victims of Friday’s raid by security operatives on illegal oil bunkers’ at Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo have condemned the attack as “unwarranted’’. Reacting to the incident , some residents in separate interviews, said that they incurred great losses in the raid. Two security operatives and a resident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi has advised the public to disregard the widely-held notion that the Ember months are different from other months of the year. The Sector Commander of the Corps in the state, Anthony Okore, gave the advice in Abakaliki while flagging-off the 2021 Ember months road safety […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has described as unfounded and untrue, the report connecting him to the purchase of a property in London, United Kingdom. Oyetola disclosed that he resigned from the company, ‘Aranda Overseas Corporation’, that was allegedly used to buy the said property in 2011 when he was appointed as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attairu Jega, says that the two major political parties in the country have led Nigeria astray in the last 21 years of democratic governance. Jega disclosed this at the maiden inaugural lecture of Kwaravisioners Network for Rural Development, in Ilorin the Kwara State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four Thugs have attacked Mr Waziri Enwongulu, the Legal Adviser, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Wakama ward, Nasarawa State. Enwongulu while narrating his ordeal on Saturday in Wakama when officials of APC and stakeholders visited him, said that he don’t know why the unidentified men attacked him and burnt his brother’s house. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is heavy presence of security personnel at various polling units and flash points in Jos the Plateau state capital, and evirons, as all is set for the conduct of elections across the 17 Local Government Areas on Saturday. Our correspondent who visited some of the areas, reports that personnel of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A policeman reportedly sustained bullet wounds when unknown gunmen attacked Aguobu Owa Police Station in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday. It learnt that what would have been a bloody attack was repelled by officers on duty who put up appreciable resistance. An eyewitness said the gunmen stormed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it has cancelled 62,698 voters card requests in Anambra State for multiple registrations. Chairman of the Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, made this known in his remarks during an emergency meeting of political parties in Abuja on Friday. The discovery of double or multiple registrants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Malaria Control Programme in Jigawa, says it has treated 1.5 million children in the just concluded Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign in the state. Malam Bilya Haruna, Coordinator of the programme, disclosed this in an interview on Saturday in Dutse. Haruna said that the exercise was conducted with the support of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has discredited the viral rumour circulating round that Senator Ademola Adeleke had promised him a private jet gift. The statement was issued by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs of the Ooni of Ife’s Palace, Mr Moses Olafare, on Friday in Ile-Ife. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu returned back to Nigeria after a three month medical trip to the United Kingdom. His media spokesman, Tunde Rahman, confirmed the return of the APC stalwart last night. In a statement he said: “His Excellency, Asiwaju […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than three persons were feared dead on Friday as soldier’s raided Izombe community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo. African Examiner also gathered that many houses, including the palace of the traditional ruler of the Aborshi-Izombe community, Pius Muforo, was razed down. Although the exact cause of the raid […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned Mr Embelakpo Apere and his wife, Beauty, before a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa. The couple was arraign for money laundering allegedly carried out in 2015. Embelakpo is a former aide on Sustainable Development Goals to the then Gov. Seriake Dickson […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Borno state Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has inaugurated facilities that would facilitate cross border trading between Borno and Cameroon. African Examiner recalls that the violence in northeastern Nigeria has affected more than two million people to vacate their homes and disrupted livelihood opportunities. It has also erased access to basic services, like […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim, stated that Nigeria is setback in the nation’s leadership recruitment process. He stated this during a book presentation titled: “Leadership principles for junior commanders in the military,” in Abuja. The book was written by the acting Commandant, Nigeria Army School of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday held that the a former official of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kolawole Babalola had a case to answer in the alleged N8 billion currency scam instituted against him. Ruling in the no case submission filed before him, Justice Ayo Emmanuel said that […]
