(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Staff to the Kwara Governor, Alhaji Adisa Logun, died of COVID-19 complications on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mallam Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed the death of the CoS in a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday. According to Ajakaye, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Mohammed Umar, the Director of Operations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been picked to oversee the affairs of the agency in the absence of Magu. A top official of the commission disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. The source, who asked not to […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As media reported the suspension of the Acting Chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu from office, social media was set abuzz. It will be recalled that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had previously accused Ibrahim Magu of gross financial infractions and he was arrested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo says the constitution empowers his office to supervise the execution of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government. Keyamo made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen, after the Senate Committee on Labour called for a new proposal to implement […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State House of Assembly has served impeachment notice on the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi. At the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Gbenga Omole, announced that there were 14 members who were in attendance, whereas, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commissions, EFCC, boss, Ibrahim Magu, has been suspended. Reports say multiple sources confirmed the suspension to journalists covering the presidential panel investigating Mr Magu over alleged corruption. On Monday, the panel grilled Magu for several hours at the Presidential Villa, Abuja before he was taken into police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Tuesday called for the renaming of the Ibadan Airport after the late former governor of Oyo state, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi. This was sequel to a motion on “The Demise of Sen. Abiola Ajimobi” sponsored by Sen. Buhari Abdulfatai (APC-Oyo) and co-sponsored by Sen. Teslim Folarin during plenary. The News […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s main opposition has announced a female candidate as a vice-presidential candidate for the first time. Naana Opoku Agyeman will join forces with former president John Dramani Mahama as he attempts a comeback in December’s election. Prof Opoku Agyeman is a former education minister and a former vice-chancellor of the University of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Abubakar Namalika over the gruesome murder of Dr Enoch Okpara, a medical doctor in Gusau on June 13. Mr Usman Nagogo, State Commissioner of Police, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Gusau on Monday. He said that the suspect had already […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Remanded in Prison (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu North council Area of Enugu state on Monday arraigned and ordered that a couple, Mr Jude and Ifeoma Ozougwu, be reminded in Correctional Service centre Nsukka for attempted murder of their 10 year old housemaid, Miss. Nneoma Nnadi, pending […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria High Commission in Canada says it is set to evacuate Nigerian citizens, stranded in that country due to the COVID-19, back home. The mission in Ottawa, Canada said, in a statement, that Portuguese airline and Euro Atlantic Airways have been chosen for the evacuation. About 300 stranded Nigerians had earlier […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that the decontamination of schools against the spread of COVID-19 will begin on Tuesday (Today) in preparation for the resumption of class activities. The Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, disclosed this in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. Mahmood also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed 10 senior police officers and demoted eight others over cases of misconduct. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Ani said the decision for the dismissal was reached during the three-week […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after the public confirmation, the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has tested negative for COVID-19. Akeredolu disclosed this Monday in a weekly press briefing on the State of the pandemic in the South West State. He disclosed that doctors confirmed his negative status after he […]
…Magu Not Arrested, Was Invited By DSS –EFCC Spokesman By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security agents have reportedly arrested Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC.) African Examiner gathered that Mr Magu was picked up at Wuse II area in Abuja, Monday afternoon. Reports say his convoy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has lifted the ban on political campaigns in Edo State by political parties ahead of the Saturday, September 19 State Governorship election. Head of Voter Education, Edo State INEC, Timidi Wariowei, who announced this, confirmed that campaigns have officially commenced in the state. While noting that […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of twelve suspected members of various deadly cult groups such as Aye, Vikings Eiye, Ozuola confraternities, among others, have renounced their membership in Delta State offering to work for the growth and development of the society. They announced their decision during a renunciation exercise at Ughoton Community in […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unlike previous political dispensations, the opposition people’s Democratic party PDP, has declared that it would not implore zoning in picking candidate for the 2021 Anambra state governorship election. African Examiner gathered that most of the prominent political parties, including the ruling All progressive Grand Alliance APGA in the state, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The absence of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, on Monday, stalled hearing in an alleged N6.9billion fraud and money laundering suit filed against Ayodele Fatose in a Federal High Court in Lagos. Fayose was first arraigned on Oct. 22. 2018, before Justice Mojisola Olatotegun, alongside his company, Spotless Investment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Director-General Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has confirmed seven deaths, while 14 people were rescued at the end of the rescue operation of a boat mishap Sunday, July 5. Oke-Osanyintolu made the confirmation Monday in an interview at the Ipakodo Jetty during the conclusion of the search and […]
