(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has stated that God should let him lose Saturday’s election “if it will cost the blood of anybody”. He disclosed this in a statement saying that his re-election is not worth the blood of anyone after a one-day prayer and fasting session for a peaceful election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday sentenced two traders to eight months imprisonment each for stealing a chicken worth N3,000. The police charged Yusuf Musa, 28 and Bashir Aliyu, 18 with conspiracy and theft. The Judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Musa and Aliyu following their guilty plea. Suleiman, however, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 131 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 56,735. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. It said the new cases were confirmed in 18 states. The health agency said Lagos state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic continues to subside in Nigeria, the governor David Nweze Umahi led Government in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, has announced that it will re-open schools in the state on October 5, 2020, with the exception of kindergarten and crèches. Commissioner for Education in the state, Mr. Onyebuchi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin has resigned his appointment. Babalakin’s resignation letter which dated September 15, 2020; addressed to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu; copied President Muhammadu Buhari dropped the same day the special Visitation Panel submitted its report to the Minister in charge. The embattled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. The President‘s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed this Thursday in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. The President, according to Adeshina in a memo dated September 16, 2020, communicated his assent to the Bill […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it had further trained its presiding officers for Edo state Governorship election, on how to guarantee physical distancing among voters at the polling units level. INEC, National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this at the News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the travails of former Deputy Governor of the CBN, Dr Obadiah Mailafiya, continues over his statement about a governor sponsoring Boko Haram, two groups -the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria were on Thursday have engaged themselves in a war of words. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A provision trader, Hahiya Zainab Mabinuori, on Thursday pleaded with a Customary Court sitting at Ile-Tuntun in Ibadan to grant her request for divorce because she is afraid of contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) from her husband, Nurudeen. Mabinuori, who resides in Muslim-Odinjo area in Ibadan, told the court that she stopped performing her […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 3,442 patients have been successfully treated and recovered from Coronavirus (COVID-19) within the last 24 hours, as it recorded 126 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Wednesday. According to it, the figure takes the number of successfully […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has deployed no fewer than 13,3111 personnel alongside 60 sniffer dogs to ensure security during the Sept. 19 Edo governorship election. Mr Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General NSCDC, disclosed this in a statement made available to the by the Corps Public Relations Officer (PRO) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that popular billionaire, Mr. Femi Otedola, bought a Ferrari for each of his three daughters, circulated in the social media, Nigerians took to their twitter handle to react to the issue. DJ Cuppy, one of the daughters of the billionaire, took to her social media handle to share the news. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos, on Wednesday said it had withdrawn the operating licences of two Private Guard Companies (PCGs) over failure to renew their operating licences. The NSCDC Lagos Commandant, Mr Iskil Makinde, confirmed the PGCs’ suspension in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria prepares to mark the 60th Independence Anniversary, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to support his administration in working towards greater inclusiveness. Buhari made the call Wednesday while unveiling the anniversary Logo, advocating for the participation of all Nigerians. The unveiling of the logo by the President held shortly before […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 90 new infections and five deaths due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country bringing the nation’s total confirmed cases to 56,478. The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. According to the agency, the infections were reported from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of women from Nsukka area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, on Monday staged a protest against the incumbent Senator representing Enugu North senatorial district, Chief Chuka Utazi, and the member representing them in the federal House of representative, Dr. Pat Asadu, over poor performance. The protesters who displayed placards with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, has enjoined the Directorate of State Services (DSS) to desist from harassing former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Obadiah Mailafia. African Examiner reports that Obadiah Mailafia have been given frequent invitation by both the police and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State governor of the People’s Democratic Party in the Edo State Election, has replied the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying Edo can’t be like Lagos. Tinubu had enjoined Edo electorates to reject Obaseki in the upcoming election. Reacting, to this development, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s playwright and Nobel laureate, has stated that he agrees with the statement of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, who stated that the country is drifting towards a failed and divided state. African Examiner recalls that Obasanjo had accused Buhari’s administration of mismanaging the country. “Today, Nigeria is fast drifting to a failed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All candidates in this Saturday Edo State governorship poll, election have signed a peace accord. While doing this, the promised to abide by the rules and regulations of the decisive poll, as stipulated in the electoral law. Speaking at the ceremony Tuesday, a former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd.) who is […]
