(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A two-storey building has collapsed in Osapa London, at the Lekki area of Lagos State on Tuesday, a report said on Twitter. The building which was under construction reportedly caved in after the heavy downpour of Monday night. This comes barely 24 hours after a 25-storey building collapsed in the Ikoyi area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has arrived the scene of the collapsed building in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The IGP on Tuesday came in an entourage of police cars and heavy security, to the venue of the incident. On coming, he went straight into the compound and is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has given an explanation why former president, Goodluck Jonathan, was absent at the just concluded PDP convention. Speaking in a programme on Channels TV, Okowa stated that Jonathan was duly invited for the convention but was unavoidably absent due to prior engagements abroad. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, has been impeached. He was impeached under tight security during the plenary on Tuesday. Ekene Nnodim, who represents Orlu state constituency, submitted a resolution signed by 18 out of the 27 lawmakers for the removal of Iwuanyanwu as the Deputy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in FCT, CP Babaji Sunday, says a combined team of policemen and soldiers have been mobilised to the Staff Quarters of University of Abuja where gunmen abducted four persons on Tuesday. “The police have also dispatched additional tactical and conventional policing resources to the main and satellite campuses […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Troop of Joint Security Operatives have reportedly raided a hideout belonging to the militia wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) at Mgbowo in Awgu Council Area of Enugu State. According to Army Spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who confirmed the development, said it happened in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The village head of Fagbohun community in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Simeon Fagbohun, has accused the officers of the Nigeria Customs Service of invading the settlement causing villagers to flee their houses. The accusation came days after the lifeless body of a customs officer was found in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen invaded the staff quarters of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and abducted a professor of economics, Obansa Joseph, two of his children, and other people. A source disclosed that the gunmen invaded the senior staff quarters at Giri in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at 1 a.m […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officers of 12 Field Engineering Regiment of Nigerian Army, Ijebu-Ode, in Ogun State, have handed over 20 suspected internet fraudsters to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Command. This is contained in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for money laundering. The Anambra-born club owner, who arrived the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja, at about noon on Monday, is currently being interrogated by operatives of the commission. Though allegations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dread has gripped residents around Adekunle village in Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja after mutilated remains of two young women were discovered within 72 hours. The first body, said to be that of a teenaged girl, was discovered at the weekend near a popular hotel at Adekunle Village with vital organs harvested while the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – – Jos – Yakubu Sanda the new Speaker of the Plateau State Assembly, has taken a swipe at Abok Ayuba, the embattled Speaker of the House for what he termed as attempt at impersonation saying after congratulating him (Sanda) as the new Speaker, he (Abok) continues to parade himself as the Speaker. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Benue Police Command has assured residents of the state that it will soon apprehend the criminal elements luring young women into hidden places and killing them for unknown reasons. This is contained in a statement issued by its Spokeperson, Mrs Sewuese Anene, on Monday in Makurdi. “The command is on the trail of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many workers are feared trapped in a 21-storey building under construction which collapsed on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday. An eyewitness on condition of anonymity said that the building collapsed around 2.30 p.m. The witness, who is also a worker on site, said that five dead bodies were seen at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Central Bank governor and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for the November 6, 2021 governorship election, Professor Charles Soludo, has described the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Andy Uba as a kidnapper. Soludo accused Andy Uba of abducting a sitting governor during the administration of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A medical student from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Mirabel Obi, has opened up concerning her reported expulsion from the school after she tweaked in a bikini on campus. It could be recalled that a viral video on Saturday showed a lady in a bikini dancing amid cheers from other students. Another […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South-East Council of Traditional Rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops; and the World Igbo Congress, WIC, have appealed to the federal government, to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.Similarly, the groups also expressed “deep concern” over the high level of insecurity and socio-economic disruption […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit Taskforce has arrested 50 hoodlums and impounded 204 motorcycles. A statement issued in Lagos by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Head, Public Affairs Unit, said the hoodlums were arrested during raids on black spots. It also said that the taskforce unit had commenced tactical enforcement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn under Sector 3, have foiled an attempted kidnap and robbery of Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat at Orlu in Imo. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that troops in response to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Ekiti state governor, Chief Segun Oni, says the successful conduct of PDP elective National Convention is an indication that the party is back, stronger and ready to salvage Nigeria. Oni said this in a statement in Abuja. He described the emergence of PDP new National Working Committee (NWC) as a […]
