(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 55-year old woman Mrs Eunice Odoba suspected to be the wife of a Lord Chosen pastor has been stabbed to death in her home . The mother of three, whose husband is a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church but is on faith mission to Equatorial Guinea, was said to have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, says some persons benefiting from banditry and kidnapping are using the funds to sponsor Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east. Fayemi disclosed this on Monday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari saying that there is a “direct correlation” between the persistent insurgency and increased […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, today (Tuesday) for a ‘routine’ medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress chieftain and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, says Kano is the most peaceful state in the country. Tinubu disclosed this at the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Kano held in commemoration of his 69th birthday in Kano State on Monday. He heaped praises on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 4 persons lost their lives in an accident at Iwo Road Ibadan when a lorry rammed into a motorcycle with 5 persons on board with one person injured. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State confirmed the incident. “The accident involved a lorry and a motorcycle, the lorry was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has frowned on attacks on enforcement agents and would no longer condone such acts on its officials implementing building construction standards in the state. The warning was issued in a statement by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, spokesman for Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) in Lagos. The General Manager […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mild drama ensued at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Sunday morning as an ex-governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and a former chairman of South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, engaged each other in a serious verbal assault to the surprise of other passengers on board […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio cultural organization, the Save Enugu Group (SEG) has raised the alarm over what it described as “clandestine move by desperate and insensitive members of the Enugu State House of Assembly to resurrect the suspended amendment of the controversial Enugu Gubernatorial Pension law.” It recalled that the Enugu state House of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has lauded Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State for strengthening anti-corruption institutions. Tinubu gave the commendation on Sunday in Kano while inaugurating the Office of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. The APC leader, who lauded the governor for the restructured […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Niger government has directed public schools in the state to reopen from Monday. The state commissioner for education, Hannatu Salihu, disclosed that schools with day students will resume studies on March 29 and boarding secondary schools in urban areas will reopen on April 6. African Examiner recalls that the schools have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A socio-cultural organization, the Save Enugu Group (SEG) has raised the alarm over what it described as “clandestine move by desperate and insensitive members of the Enugu State House of Assembly to resurrect the suspended amendment of the controversial Enugu Gubernatorial Pension law.” African Examiner recalls that the Enugu state House of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A special investigative team of the Nigeria police force has been sent to Benue state to probe the recent attack on Governor Samuel Ortom, the Benue state governor. The team, which has arrived in the state, is spearheaded by a deputy commissioner of police and crack investigator, Abba Kyari. This was announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least one person sustained injuries and six vehicles burnt after an accident occurred on Otedola Bridge, Lagos It was gathered that the accident occurred between two low belt trucks around 2 am but a fire ensued when a 45,000 litre tanker carrying diesel rammed into the accident scene According to sources, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Region 30, Trinity Sanctuary, Kaduna, were on Friday abducted by gunmen Our correspondent stated that the victims were on the church bus travelling for a programme when they were attacked A Facebook user, Eje Faraday, around 7pm broke the news […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Funmilola Osalusi, widow of the late Ekiti State Surveyor-General, who was abducted last Saturday, has regained her freedom, five days after she was seized at her residence and taken to an unknown destination. ASP Sunday Abutu, the spokesman of the Police Command in the state, confirmed the development to newsmen in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that the country’s mining sector is endowed with highly skilled and dedicated professionals many of whom he has learnt a lot from since his assumed office. The minister disclosed this while receiving the Honorary Fellowship Award which was bestowed to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo, has reacted to the hijab crisis in Kwara state, describing it as “nasty development.” Recall that Kwara recently closed 10 schools following their refusal to allow Muslim female students to wear hijab as part of their school uniform. The refusal came after Christian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, is about to marry the daughter of Emir of Bichi in Kano State, Nasir Bayero. Zahra Bayero, the prospective bride is presently an undergraduate student in the United Kingdom, studying architecture. Yusuf is a 2016 graduate of University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court has ordered that a 500-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Adebowale Abiola to be jailed for one year over $104,500 fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested Abiola following a report on the activities of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) 28 year old Abubakar Suleiman was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for trafficking 30 women to Libya by a Federal High Court in Kano The National Agency for the Prohibition In Persons (NAPTIP), charged Suleiman, who resides in Kadawa Miltara Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano, with one count of trafficking […]
