(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state government has ordered the closure of Witness Garden Annexe in Awka, over a viral sex video inside a pool said to have taken place at the facility. Recently, a video surfaced online showing young people, said to be students, having sex while being filmed. Donatus Onyenji, the commissioner for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least three children died in a building that collapsed on Thursday in Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa State after heavy rain, the police have said. The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Lawan Adam, said the building collapsed at Jigawar Tsarki Community due to the heavy rain which lasted several hours on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has appreciated God and his wife, Foluke as their marriage marks 55 years. Adeboye, in his official Facebook page on Thursday thanked his wife for marrying him when he had nothing. According to the cleric, his wife overlooked other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has dismissed allegations that some military personnel and security agencies are involved in oil theft and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. Reacting to questions by newsmen during the bi-weekly news conference on the operations of the military on Thursday, the Director Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than seven persons were reportedly injured when an uncompleted four-storey hotel building collapsed on Thursday in Ibadan. African Examiner reports that the collapsed hotel building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika, Bodija area of Ibadan. An eyewitness disclosed that the incident happened around 5.45 am […]
…..Says It’s Morally, Constitutionally Wrong (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some concerned citizens of Enugu state, have tongue lashed Chairman of Enugu East Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Julius Nnaji, and his colleagues in other parts of the state for endorsing the People’s Democratic party PDP Governorship Candidate in the 2023 election, Barr. Peter Mbah, saying it’s morally […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Jigawa Police Command has confirmed the death of a seven-month old baby and four women in a canoe mishap in Guri Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in Dutse on Wednesday. “On Tuesday, at about 6 p.m., information at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Concerned members of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, have frowned on the recent comment credited to the party’s 2023 Governorship Candidate in the state, Chief Uche Nnaji, and Embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, who said they don’t need the party’s presidential flag bearer, Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s campaign fund. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Police Command has nabbed a suspected fake Reverend Sister, identified as Maureen Wechinwu who is allegedly involved in child theft. The police also freed fifteen children from her residence in Aluu Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, who paraded the suspect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men suspected to be thugs working for certain political party in Enugu State, yesterday attacked and disrupted Labour Party (Lp) meeting in Awgu Council Area of the State. A Source who witnessed the incident , who pleaded anonymity said the hoodlums were over 20, in number and were armed with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Edo State High Court, presided over by Justice M. Itsueli, has convicted and sentenced the duo of Obinna Cosmas Clement and J. Sunkami to eight years imprisonment Two of them were jailed on Monday, September 5, 2022 after pleading guilty to one- count separate charge, bordering on retention of proceeds of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako, has resigned. Gbenga Omotosho, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, disclosed this in a Twitter post on Monday. The news of his resignation came barely a day after the building collapse at Palace Estate, Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lagos on Sunday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration, on Monday, demolished a private garden, Spotlight Garden Events and Recreation, located in the Wuye District of Abuja. The administration, revoking an allocation of the garden, noted that its action was in accordance with its guideline for park operators not to operate beyond 07:00pm. The FCTA alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons, including a couple and their daughter died in a an accident in Enugu Agidi, along Enugu-Awka expressway in Anambra State. The crash, which occurred around 7.20pm on Sunday, involved a Red Truck and a black Lexus RX330 Jeep with five persons on board. African Examiner gathered that the truck driver, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of United Nigeria Airways says a middle-aged man was apprehended and taken for interrogation after he was found on a parked aircraft in the early hours of Sunday. Mr Achillus Chud- Uchegbu, the airline’s spokesman said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Chud- Uchegbu said that the unidentified […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun have arrested a pastor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old choir member at Agbado area. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated on Sunday that the 38-year-old pastor is the General Overseer of the church. His arrest followed a complaint lodged at the Agbado Divisional Headquarters of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Saturday abducted scores of travelers on Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon , the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The number of victims could not be ascertained as some sources said the victims were over 40 while others gave their number as 32. One of the sources at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that the goal of the state government is to be the home of culture and tourism in the whole of West Africa. The governor disclosed this at opening ceremony of the maiden edition of the Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Education, has directed all nursery, primary, and secondary schools in the state to resume Monday, September 5, 2022, for the beginning of the 2022/2023 academic session. This was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, in a circular issued by the Director-General, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An 18-year-old man, Adamu Musa of Unguwar Magina, Buji town, in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State, drowned in a pond as he tried to rescue his Cow that slipped and fell into the pond during grazing around the area. The Jigawa State Command’s Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence […]
