(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dates for the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states have been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The election in Ekiti State will hold on Saturday, June 18, while that of Osun State will hold on July 16. This was announced by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against the backdrop of the clamour for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2023, Chairman of Enugu State Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has asked politicians in the region with ambition for the exalted office, to come out of their comfort zone and start indicating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says it is undemocratic for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to shift his constitutional responsibility of securing lives and property of Nigerians to state governors. The governor, in a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri, said the President is the Commander- In-Chief of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo says the state governmant is working out a welfare package, including an insurance scheme, for the police personnel in the state. A statement issued in Owerri on Tuesday by Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, stated that Uzodinma announced the plan during a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unidentified gunmen struck a drinking joint in Jos, Plateau State, fatally shooting no fewer than 10 persons dead on Sunday, the police have said. The gunmen drove in a Hilux van into Kashe (Sabon Layi) community, Kuru District of Jos South Local Government, sporadically shooting at the bar and leaving many dead […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has disclosed that the 72-hour ultimatum issued to Delta state by an unknown group to reverse the ban on open grazing is from mischief makers and should be disregarded. It could be recalled that on Sunday, an unknown group threatened to attack Asaba and Agbor in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, have rescued not less than twenty-six abducted children from Child Traffickers who abducted and took them to other states in the country. Commissioner of Police (CP) in the State, Aliyu Garba disclosed this to newsmen Monday in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital. He spoke […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Civil Right Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Federal Government to deploy massive security to Zamfara State and halt the ongoing massacre of innocent citizens by armed bandits. On June 9, 2021 gunmen kidnapped about 60 women from some villages for Zamfara state. On […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed two persons and abduct Six persons In an attack on two communities in Akwa Ibom and Enugu. One Sylvanus Usen was killed in Ikot Atasung in Ikot Ekpene council area of Akwa Ibom. Usen’s brother Andrew was injured in the attack which took place on Sunday. The incident would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After lying fallow for several years, the famous Enugu Sports Club modern Olympic standard Swimming pool has been refurbished and inaugurated. The sport facility which was abandoned many years ago, by successive administrations of the club, was revitalized by it’s incumbent leadership with a view to boosting the revenue base of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its commitment in building the capacity of local Oil palm Small holders in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, with a view to enabling them embrace best Management practices, Solidaridad West Africa, (SWA), has inaugurated Multi Stakeholders Platforms (MSP) in four local government Areas of the State. It explained that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua may be buried on July 9, 2021 in the premises of his church in Lagos State. Joshua died last week in Lagos State at the age of 57. A member of the family, who spoke on condition of anonymity […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular fashion designer and younger brother of Nigerian Comedian AY, Yomi Casual, is convalescing in a Lagos hospital after he survived a ghastly motor accident on Sunday. Yomi Casual, who shared a picture of his wrecked car and another picture of him lying on a hospital bed on his Instagram account, captioned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ifo Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has decried repeated attacks on its personnel on duty by ‘Area boys’ otherwise known as hoodlums as a major challenge confronting it. Mr Joseph Akinsanya, the Ifo Unit Commander of the corps, condemned the attacks in an interview in Ota, Ogun. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – June 14, 2021 (NAN) The Victims Support Fund (VSF), an NGO, on Monday lamented the appalling conditions of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Niger State. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Shiroro, Niger State, on Monday, its Executive Director, Prof. Nana Tanko, lamented that “with all the humanitarian agencies, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that troops were on revenge mission in some communities in Abia following the alleged killing of six soldiers in a clash with ESN/IPOB terrorists. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Monday, said contrary to reports, no soldier was killed in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said on Sunday that it repelled attack launched by suspected hoodlums on Ini Divisional station in Odoro Ikpe in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Odiko Macdon also said the command lost one of its officers in the process. MacDonald told newsmen in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will begin full operation of the standard gauge railway service from Lagos to Ibadan on Tuesday. The Management of NRC said this is a statement signed by the Lagos District Manager, Mr Jerry Oche, in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, the Lagos Ibadan Train […]
(NAN) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Uber driver, and two other suspected traffickers with different quantities of cocaine at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the Uber driver, Lawal Tunde Rasheed, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Retired Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha has advised Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), to end the Boko Haram insurgency in the shortest possible time. Al Mustapha, who is a former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Gen. Sani Abacha, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
