(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some suspected gunmen invaded the staff quarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria in Kaduna, abducting six members of a family, a housewife and two children The FAAN quarters is located just before the Kaduna International Airport in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state being ravaged by bandits. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All Progressive Congress APC and its Candidate in the December 5th, 2020 Isi Uzo House of Assembly bye election, Engr. MacDonald Ejiofor Okwor, have approached the election petition tribunal to challenge the declaration of the peoples Democratic party PDP Candidate as winner of the poll by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday Buhari was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi, about 11.51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shortly after the President, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Isaba Ekiti in the Ikole Council area of Ekiti State has protested the killing of two farmers by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Friday. The angry residents, comprising youths, women and the aged chanted war songs, made bonfires and rained curses on the killers of the two farmers just as vehicular […]
(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, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – commercial bus drivers plying Lagos-Badagry Expressway axis has embarked on stayed off the road, alleging extortion and constant manhandling by touts (Agberos). The reports that no commercial buses were seen plying the roads, while passengers were seen stranded at various bus stops. Meanwhile, commercial motorcycles are having a field day conveying passengers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three shops used for selling clothing materials were destroyed by fire on Friday at Kantin Kwari market, along Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, the Public Relations Officer of the state Fire Service, made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Kano on Friday. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised stakeholders and residents of the state to support his administration’s efforts to end the rising wave of violent crimes in the area. Ikpeazu made the call on Friday at the grand finale of the sensitisation campaign against criminal activities held at Mgboko, the headquarters of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight members of a family for the alleged kidnapping of people in Sagamu . Six members of the syndicate comprising the father, Oweniwe Okpara and three of his children: Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha and Emmanuel Joseph […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party in the South-West has denied claims that former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called for a reconciliation meeting to resolve the political differences between Governor Seyi Makinde and former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose. The South-West Zonal Director of Media and Publicity of PDP, Lere […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria, has advised against playing politics with the coronavirus vaccines, as Nigeria commences vaccination. He gave the warning in Abuja at the National Flag-off Ceremony for COVID-19 Vaccination. Mustapha, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Edo Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has kicked against the bill seeking to switch Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent List. In an interview on Thursday in Benin, Shaibu advised the sponsor of the bill to step it down. According to him, rather than sponsor such bill, the lawmaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LABSCA) has appealed to the Association of Real Estate Developers of Lagos State (AREDOLS), to obey construction guidelines in order to make buildings safe for habitation in the state. A statement by LABSCA spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem said the agency’s General Manager Mr Gbolahan Oki made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has presented food items, as relief materials to 928 households and 5,568 displaced persons, in the recent Shasa mayhem in Ibadan, Oyo State. Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster, Management and Social Development, presented the items on Thursday. The relief items were presented to Gov. Seyi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Command in Zamfara has rejected the media reports of 40 people killed , 70 nursing mothers and children abducted at Tungar Baushe in the Maru Local Government Area of the state. The denial is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Women account for a slightly smaller proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths compared with men, a preliminary analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 28 African countries shows. WHO Regional Office for Africa said this in a statement issued from its headquarters in Brazzaville, Congo on Thursday. According to the statement, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benue’s Gov. Samuel Ortom has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over his order to security operatives to shoot on sight, anyone illegally in possession AK47 rifles. Ortom gave the commendation in Makurdi when the Chairman, Governing Board, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Adamu Kyuka, paid him a courtesy visit. President Buhari on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Deputy Speaker of Ogun Assembly Dare Kadiri has been impeached for alleged “gross misconduct.” He represents Ijebu North State Constituency 2. Last week, no fewer than 22 lawmakers signed a petition for Kadiri’s removal. It was reported that plots to sack him thickened on Monday when an ad-hoc Committee was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop Francis Wale Oke, New President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), says his administration will make a real change to Nigeria in dire need of divine intervention. A statement from his Media Aide, Mr Kayode Oladeji, disclosed this in his acceptance speech. Oke was on Tuesday night unanimously elected as the PFN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Mr Paul Emeziem (APC Onuimo), has announced the removal of Mr Uche Ogbuagu (APC Ikeduru) as the Majority Leader of the House. The speaker also announced that Ogbuagu would be replaced by the Member representing Owerri West, Mr Kanayo Njoku (APC ). He made […]
