(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom said his convoy was attacked on Saturday while leaving his farm on Makurdi-Gboko Road Ortom, who appeared upset while speaking to journalists on Saturday at the Benue People’s House, Makurdi, said armed militia men, numbering about 15, advanced quickly towards his convoy with sophisticated weapons but were repelled by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the immediate suspension of Saturday’s House of Assembly bye -election in Ekiti State following bloody attacks that greeted the exercise Dr Tella Adeniran, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti State, made this known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, and also confirmed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has paraded a total of 40 criminal arrested for various crimes in parts of the state. Commissioner of police in the state, Mr. Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, who briefed newsmen on Activities of the Command in the last one month at the Command’s headquarters in Enugu on Friday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Actress, Jaiye Kuti, has said that she was surprised when she heard the viral rumour that she was married to a popular fuji artiste, Wasiu Alabi, aka Pasuma. Kuti made this known as a guest at Inspire Nigeria Summit, a virtual summit held to motivate young Nigerians. Reacting to the rumours being […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected herdsmen on Saturday afternoon attacked the convoy of the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom. The incident, according to the state government official, happened at Tyo Mu along Makurdi/Gboko road. It was also gathered that the governor was on his way to Makurdi, the state capital when the suspected herdsmen opened fire […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 13 persons have been killed while seven others were injured in series of bandits’ attacks on communities in Zangon Kataf, Kauru and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State. In one of the attacks on Kizachi village, Kauru LGA, 56 houses, 16 motorcycles and several barns were razed. Kaduna […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, known as Sunday Igboho, has declared his support for the creation of the Yoruba nation. Captured speaking in a viral video, Igboho, who gained prominence following an ultimatum he issued to criminal herdsmen in the South-West, expressed the determination to defend Yoruba land. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unidentified gunmen on Thursday attacked a police patrol team along the Nimo-Neni link road in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra, leaving one personnel dead. A source alleged that three policemen were killed after which their rifles were carted away by the gunmen who set the police patrol vehicle ablaze. But the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Olajide Oduyoye, has condemned the assault and unwarranted murder of an officer of the agency, Obasu Godwin. Oduyoye, who made the condemnation in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, also expressed bitterness over assault on another officer, Adeniyi Hakeem. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kinsmen of Former Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Orientation, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jr) in Edeaniagu village , Ishi- Ozalla Autonomous Community in Nkanu West Council Area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, Thursday staged a protest to the state House of Assembly over alleged labeling of the people as Outcasts, and subsequent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A nanny, Anthonia Uchenna, who worked for the Former Minister of Aviation ,Femi Fani- Kayode has accused him of sexual harassment and stripping her naked to be flogged by his body guard Uchenna, disclosed this recently, also deposed to affidavits. She said the ex-minister had used the police to detain her on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Capital Territory Development Agency ( ECTDA) has demolished residence of the Chancellor of Coal City University (CCU) Mr. Chinedu Ani, over blockage of waterways The building located at Government Reserved Area (GRA), Enugu is said to be blocking natural water outlet linking Onoh Quarters in Ekulu GRA to Oshimili up […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Teachers in Imo state staged a peaceful demonstration over the state government’s failure to pay their salaries for 12 months consecutively The protest, which was held in front of the Government House, Owerri, temporarily halted human and vehicular movement in the area It was learnt that the action was triggered off by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police has killed two suspected bandits in Saminaka town, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State and recovered five AK-47 rifles from them. Police spokesperson in Kaduna State, ASP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident in a statement he issued in Kaduna. Jalige said a combined team of security operatives, acting on a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that President Muhammadu Buhari has named a road in the federal capital territory (FCT) after the president of Niger Republic, Issoufou Mahamadou, has sparked social media reactions. According to media reports, at a ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, Mohammed Bello, FCT minister, stated that the expressway was named after the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, yesterday criticized popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, He also said the security situation in the country has improved, compared to 2015, adding that kidnappers from the Sahel region were attracted to Nigeria because of the resources available in the country. Masari, who stated this on a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital (UCH) Chapter, Ibadan, has embarked on a five-day warning strike over unpaid two-month salaries of its 370 members. Dr Temitope Hussein stated on Wednesday in Ibadan that the strike would end on Saturday. He said that the strike was to press home their protests […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has advised the Chief of Army Staff to initiate investigation and discipline soldiers involved in shooting and killing of harmless citizens in Baruten/Kaiama Federal Constituency of Kwara. This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Mohammed Omar Bio (APC-Kwara) at plenary in Abuja Moving the motion, Bio […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kwara has restored peace and order after violence erupted on Wednesday in some of the Mission grant-aided schools over the use of Hijab by Muslim female students. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed this in a telephone interview in Ilorin. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed two filling stations in Lagos for under-dispensing of petrol. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, confirmed the development after an inspection visit to eight filling stations located in Ikorodu Road, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and Ikeja areas of the state. “The sealed stations were […]
