(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on Tuesday morning crashed and exploded at Banire/Ejigbadero Bus Stop, in Egbeda area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development in Lagos. Farinloye said NEMA received an alert at 12.20a.m. that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has effected a ‘minor’ cabinet reshuffle, redeploying three commissioners. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Danjuma Ali on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Ali said the Commissioner for Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, Juliana Bitrus moves to the Ministry of Health and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday morning attacked Iwollo Oghe Police station in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. African Examiner gathered that no fewer than five persons, including police personnel were feared killed in the attack that saw the police facility totally razed. It was also learnt most of the vehicles and other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 150 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kuje Area Council, FCT. The defectors handed over their APC membership cards, brooms and posters in replacement for the umbrella of the PDP. Mr Godwin Poyi, leader of the defectors and former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has expressed reservation over the position of Southern Governors’ Forum on open grazing, saying their decision to ban open grazing in their states is of questionable legality. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, observed that the governors’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums have burnt the Igboeze South Local Government Area office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Enugu State. This development is coming barely a week after the INEC State Headquarters was invaded and vehicles and other valuables burnt. According to available information, the hoodlums arrived at the INEC office located in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has declared that the former Speaker of the state Assembly, Barr. Eugene Odoh, and other Chieftains of the party in Enugu North Senatorial zone lacks the constitutional power to conduct any form of election in the district without the knowledge of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has presented Certificates of Return to the 32 newly elected chairmen of the local government council areas in the state. The presentation was held on Monday at the OYSIEC headquarters in Ibadan. Afrrican Examiner reports that 32 chairmen were elected during the local government election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 20 people have been killed and many others injured when suspected herdsmen attacked communities in three local government areas of Plateau State. Some residents in the affected communities confirmed the attacks and the casualties to reporters. Eyewitnesses said the bandits invaded the three communities of Kwi, in Riyom Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesting youths have blocked vehicular movements at the Suleja, Niger State end of the popularly Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. The youth, mostly from villages adjoining the highway, are said to be protesting against incessant attacks by bandits and kidnappers on their communities. They were said to have been angered by the early Monday fresh […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Sunday urged the people of the state to obtain dane gun licenses from local government areas for self-defence. He spoke at an interdenominational church service this evening at the Chapel of Grace in Government House, Makurdi to round up a seven-day prayer and fasting programme for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler elect of Ubogidi,/Ozalla proposed autonomous community and Philanthropist, in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State, High Chief Samuel Ikechukwu Asadu, has enrolled 300 students for the next Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination, just as he embarked on repairs of Ugwu-Ajie road devasted in the locality by a terrible […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo says he is not in support of any individual or group agitating for Yoruba nation secession. This is contained in a press statement by Mr Richard Olatunde, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, on Sunday in Akure. Olatunde said some groups of persons, who held a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen Sunday evening attacked B Division of the Nigeria Police Divisional Station and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa, Anambra. Our correspondent gathered that the fully armed attackers came in three Hilux trucks at about 8pm on Sunday, May 23. An eyewitness who almost ran into the troubled area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu West Senatorial District Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has applauded the Dr. Ben Nwoye’s caretaker committee of the party in the State for zoning the chairmanship position in the forthcoming party congress to the zone, saying the idea will help in reducing the rancour that would be associated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South West All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains have kicked against clamours for Yoruba nation and other secession moves across the nation. In a meeting on Sunday in Lagos, the politicians threw their weight behind one united Nigeria and true federalism, reallocation of resources to states and local authorities. A communiqué at the […]
(NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of a former Senate President, the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, over the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday. Buhari said: ”It is very sad to lose […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has declared People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of 32 out of the 33 councils of the south west State in the Council elections held Saturday. OYSIEC Chairman, Mr. Isiaka Olagunju made the declaration Sunday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. However, OYOSIEC boss announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders in the aviation sector have expressed grave concern over a recent spate of air mishaps involving a military aircraft. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, the aviation players expressed the belief that the Air Force should properly investigate the Beechcraft King Airplanes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho has said that there is no going back on the agitation for Yoruba nation and there won’t be an election in 2023. Igboho disclosed this when he joined some of his followers in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The Yoruba activist, who spoke at the palace of […]
