(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed its excitement over the emergence of a youthful Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, Tsola Emilio. In its congratulatory message to the monarch on his ascendancy to the throne as the 21st Olu of Warri, said his emergence is line with their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension on Tuesday as the national leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) split into two factions. Deputy National Chairman (South), Elder Yemi Akinwonmi leads one faction while the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Suleiman Nazif, has taken charge of the other. Akinwonmi and Nazif are laying claim to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has directed the caretaker chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Gboyega Famodun to discontinue the suit instituted against the loyalists of his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola. African Examiner reports the party caretaker Secretary, Hon Rasaq Salinsile; ex-APC chair, Elder Adelowo Adebiyi; Ex-commissioner for Works and Transports, Engr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former People’s Democratic Party,( PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has stated that the party would return to power in 2023. Atiku stated that the PDP would be strengthened to take over power from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2023. He disclosed this when he visited the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has stated that his comment that a candidate who has a questionable NECO certificate should not be allowed to govern Anambra State was not out of place. The former CBN governor disclosed this as he reacted to a challenge posed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Kebbi House of Assembly, Abdulmumeen Kamba and the Deputy Speaker, Alhaji Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro, have been impeached. The impeachment was announced by Alhaji Muhammad Tukur, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Culture, shortly after closed door plenary on Tuesday. He said that the speaker was immediately replaced by the […]
(African examiner) – Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has explained why he directed residents of the state to carry arms and defend themselves against bandits that are brazenly terrorizing them. The governor said the citizens cannot fold their arms and allow the bandits kill them unnecessarily since there are no adequate security personnel to guard […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost military university, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna was on Tuesday attacked by bandits who killed two officers and abducted one other. The bandits invaded the permanent site of the institution located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am. A source told our correspondent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed that gunmen killed four persons and abducted 50 others in Goran Namaye town in Maradun Local Government Area. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, made the disclosure to newsmen in Gusau . Shehu said the attackers, who came in large number, invaded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Monday, presided over an emergency security meeting that lasted seven hours. The closed-door emergency meeting, called at the instance of the governor, was attended by stakeholders who looked at the security challenges facing the Northwest state. Those who attended the meeting which held at the Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not declared interest in the 2023 presidential race. Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said videos, banners and other materials linking Osinbajo to the 2023 presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven people have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of what is suspected to be cholera in Tella Town, Gassol local government area of Taraba. The state Commissioner for health, Dr. Innocent Vakkai, who confirmed the incident in Jalingo, on Monday, also disclosed that several others had been hospitalized […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Katsina state House of Assembly members on Monday wept openly at a plenary deliberating over the issue of insecurity afflicting many Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state The Deputy Speaker of the house, Alhaji Shehu Dalhatu-Tafoki had earlier presented a motion of urgent public importance over the level of insecurity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has warned Chinese expatriates operating in the state against further open mining. He insisted that Chinese doing mining businesses in the state must adopt modern method of exploring the mineral resource to save the people from hazards associated with open mining. Speaking at the weekend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court sitting in Rivers State has stopped Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party. The directive was given by Justice O. Gbasam of the State High Court sitting in Degema local government area of the State. The judge also upheld the suspension of Secondus as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police have arrested four suspected land grabbers and cultists in connection with the mayhem in Gberigbe town in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The arrest of the suspected land grabbers and cultists, including one Sola a.k.a. Baba Esu”, followed the killing of three persons, including a Police Officer, who had come to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of late Michael Okpara, Premier of Eastern Nigeria during the First Republic, on the passing of Adanma. Adanma, who hailed from Afugiri Ohuhu clan in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia, died at 97. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Wife Of Ex- Head Of State, Mrs. Ironsi is dead. She died Monday 23rd August 2021 at the age of 97. Mrs. Aguiyi-Ironsi who would have been 98 years on 21st November, died when her family members and all well- wishers were preparing for her birthday bash. Fondly called “Ironside”, her husband […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Customers on Monday were stranded as banks failed to open in Owerri, the capital city of Imo State. This is even as markets, schools, eateries, shopping malls and supermarkets also failed to open for the day. Our correspondent who monitored the situation around the state capital saw bank customers stranded at Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Igbokwe, an aide to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has alleged that his life is being threatened by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Igbokwe alleged that IPOB was threatening his life since he is against the philosophy of the group and the Eastern Security Network, ESN. In an open […]
