(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has denied claims that there is a zoning arrangement by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Governor Bello disclosed this over the weekend while speaking with reporters saying that anyone from any zone was free to contest the presidency as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, Matthew Kukah, says nobody will gain anything if Nigeria breaks up. Kukah disclosed this during a virtual interview on Sunday. According to him, Nigerians are bound together and nobody should pretend about it. “I don’t think any Nigerian, in his right sense, should pretend nothing binds us […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Activist-lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has denied ownership of a property at 42, Gana Street, Maitama District in Abuja. He said there was no truth in the story that he bought the property from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The lawyer made the clarifications in a statement yesterday in Lagos, titled: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Ganiyu Adams, has expressed disapproval over the arrest of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members involved in capturing the suspected kidnap suspect, Iskilu Wakilu, by the police. He said the arrest was unfortunate, recalling that major breakthroughs recorded by the police in Oyo State were through the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political leaders and other Stakeholders in South East Nigeria, on Sunday shunned the widely publicized bi- partisan regional meeting convened by Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu in Enugu. It reports that notice of the failed meeting has been running in several Nigeria’s National Dailies as paid advertisement in the last […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to some media reports that the two students of the Federal university of Science and Technology (FUTO) Owerri, Imo state, who died weekend in their hostel room passed on as a result generator fume, police in the state has said only medical autopsy would reveal the actual cause of their deaths. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has sealed 11 facilities including Event Centres, Lounges and Night Clubs among others for contravening COVID-19 directives. The Director General of the Lagos State Safety Commission (LSC) Mr Lanre Mojola made this disclosure after the sealing exercise in Lagos Mojola said though the affected event centers originally informed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has advised Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to surrender himself and his ample talents to the advancement of the nation and its people as he turns 64 on Monday. Tinubu, in a congratulatory message by his Media Aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has denied reported fire incident in Aso Rock Villa as fake news Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, dismissed the report, saying there was no fire breakout inside the Presidential Villa. He, however, stated that on March […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ms Zainab Mohammed, Adviser to Sen. Rochas Okorocha on Public Affairs, has appealed to agent of Imo state Government not to demolish properties belonging to the family of Okorocha. She made the call on Sunday while speaking with journalists in Abuja. Mohammed said the call followed the court order stopping the agent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Olarewanju Falodun, the Chief Consultant Dermatologist, National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), has cautioned Nigerians against skin bleaching, saying it may result to health disorders associated with cancer, diabetes and other complications. Falodun gave the warning in an interview in Abuja on Sunday, noting that the composition of some skin-lightening products may have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A joint team of Ibarapa security operatives, including Oodua Peoples Congress, Vigilante, and other groups have arrested the notorious Fulani warlord terrorising Oyo communities, Iskilu Wakili. It was gathered that Wakili was arrested after several attempts resulting in a gun battle. There had been reports that Wakili and his gang were involved […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some road users have condemned the deplorable state of the Abaranje-Okerube Road located in the Igando-Ikotun Local Government Development Council (LCDA) of Lagos State. They appealed to the government to urgently rehabilitate the road to alleviate the suffering of the residents of the area. In separate interviews with our correspondent on Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An international network organization, Solidaridad, working in over 40 countries of the globe in various sectors of the economies, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nigeria’s federal Ministry of Agriculture and rural Development to improve Agricultural productivity in the country. The organization, also has eight regional offices in five continents, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta is dead. According to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha, Justice Ngwuta died around 2.30am on Sunday at the Intensive care unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, after being ill for over a week. “He felt sick and was admitted, in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Chika Ekwenugo, Head of Anambra COVID-19 Protocols Taskforce Team says enforcement of COVID-19 protocols is necessary and not targeted at revenue generation rather to ensure strict compliance by residents Ekwenugo said that the team would sustain the enforcement in the state until people realised the need to assist government in maintaining […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has warned personnel against the detention of suspects beyond the limit allowed by law. Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According the statement, Marwa also warned against arrest of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, has again stressed on the need for the establishment of state police to curtail the nation’s security challenges. Osinbajo disclosed this in a statement through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande. Osinbajo spoke at the opening of an international conference on Patriotism, Security, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), has decried what it described as orchestrated efforts to malign, impugn and whip up negative sentiments against the agency and its functionaries through outright lies and calculated misinformation. In a statement it issued at the weekend, the ITF also described as false and unfounded, charges of ‘nepotism, […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Asaba (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Voting process to elect new Chairmen and Councilors for the 25 Local Council areas of Delta State, south south Nigeria, is still underway African Examiner reports that the Delta State Independent Commission (DSIEC) ad hoc staff, posted to the capital city of Asaba arrived early Saturday morning, […]
