…Asks Him to Declare IGR (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has accused the administration of the incumbent Governor Ayo Fayose of inflicting severe hardship on the people since assumption to office – in the last four years. Fayemi who also faulted Fayose during interview with […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Enugu state, south East Nigeria, have confirmed the death of a family of seven in a ghastly auto crash that happened Sunday at -Onyeama hill, along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway. Ebere Amarizu, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a statement, said the accident occurred at about 8 am on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular traffic on the Mokwa-Jebba road has been paralysed following the collapse of a bridge after rainfall on Saturday night, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC’s Public Education Officer disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced it had dismissed five out of 92 policemen tried for various offences in the first half of the year. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Child Oti, three of the five dismissed policemen were tried in connection with the Ojota incident […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial judge in the August 6th, 2017 Ozubulu church massacre, Justice Fidelis Aniukwu, Friday at an Awka High court, during the resumed sitting lambasted the prosecution counsel Jay Jay Ezeuko, a senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), over his lackluster attitude to the case, saying the matter is becoming irritating. […]
From Ignatius Okpara UMUAHIA. NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tough time now awaits any Fulani herdsman who engages in open cattle grazing, in Abia State, South- East Nigeria, as the State’s House of Assembly has finally passed the Anti- grazing bill into law. According to the lawmakers, the law is aimed at curbing the menace of the Fulani cattle […]
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs minister From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has extended an olive branch to Nigeria’s Minister of foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffery Onyeama, and Special Assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on judicial reform, Juliet Ibekaku Nwangwu, saying it is also considering […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group, the Ogbia Restoration Crusaders has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson for his boldness to initiate the ongoing public service reforms. The group said the reforms are necessary in view of the massive corruption, irregularities and other unwholesome practices that has bedeviled the state public service […]
BENUE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine persons have again been killed, while many injured in another bloody attack by the suspected herdsmen in Benue State, North central Nigeria. Among the victims of the fresh attack which spread through the troubled Guma and Logo Local Government areas were two students who had traveled to the LGs community […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has announced the passing on of Mr. Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. A statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu by the state Commissioner for information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, said Abugu passed on “yesterday in a hospital in India […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Tuesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw three commissioners in his cabinet swapping positions. Dr Hyginus Nwokwu., Secretary to the State Government (SSG) made this known in a statement in Abakaliki on Tuesday. Nwokwu disclosed that Chief Sabinus Nwankwagu, Former Commissioner for Border, Peace and Conflict […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Abia state, South-Nigeria say it has apprehended three suspects who are members of a child trafficking syndicates, including 17-year-old girl, identified as Gift Daniel, who sold her two-day-old baby boy for paltry N670, 000. (Six hundred and seventy naira). Mr. Anthony Ogbizi, the Commissioner of police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to hold town hall meetings across the state, as it continues its wide engagement with the people on the implementation of the ongoing reforms agenda. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, announced this in a statement released to journalists on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Iworiso-Markson explained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In another rare gesture from a private sector operator to help government in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in parts of the insurgency ravaged areas in the North East, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has concluded preparation to commission a multi-billion naira housing estate The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has appealed to the Federal Government FG to transfer its abandoned property in Lagos Lagos to the state government or lease them to the private sector. LCCI President of LCCI, Mr Babatunde Ruwase, made the plea Monday in Lagos during an interview with the NAN […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) said Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has paid a total of N37, 546 billion to pensioners since 2015. According to a statement signed by the Director-General of LASPEC, Mrs Folashade Onanuga, on Sunday in Lagos, the figure represented the total pension paid to 9,045 retirees […]
From Ignatius Okpara AWKA NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command, South- East Nigeria, has arrested a 60-year old man, identified as Mr. Cletus Aguluka, for allegedly killing his daughter, Miss Onyinye Aguluka, in her sleep. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer PPRO, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to newsmen weekend in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Amassoma in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State said they have moved on with their lives after the recent crisis that engulfed the community. The crisis which began following the retirement of some over aged workers of the Niger Delta University (NDU) located in the area, led […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition, All progressive Grand Alliance APGA, has denied ever receiving the sum of N3 billion naira from embattled Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to pave the way for his return into the party, as being speculated in some quarters. The party explained that APGA rejected Okorocha’s move […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that the opposition All Progressives Congress has no chance of electoral victory in Bayelsa. Governor Dickson said that the APC was in a bad state and was indeed in tatters having been mauled by failure, fake, unfulfilled promises. A statement […]
