(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Plateau Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) says 10 persons lost their lives and 15 others were injured in a multiple accident involving seven vehicles on Jos-Bauchi highway. The Sector Commander, Alphonsus Godwin, said on Thursday in Jos that the tragedy involved a truck and six other vehicles. Godwin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Valentine Ozigbo, the former Anambra Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has defected to the Labour Party (LP). Ozigbo said in a statement in Awka. “There comes a defining moment in the life of any country when all people of good conscience must stand up to be counted. “Those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that ex-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s national vice chairman, Bode George must learn to respect the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. African Examiner recalls that George in an interview on Wednesday had berated Tinubu and the ruling party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has accused the opposition for the fake news and misinformation against him with the aid of the social media. This statement is coming after series of complaints and allegations against the teeming supporters of the Labour Party presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pioneer Deputy State Chairman of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude has cautioned the Embattled State Chairman of the party, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, against incessant attacks on personalities of other political parties, advising him to embrace issue based Campaign and conversation “and not politics of name […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has extended Okada ban to four more Local Govt Areas and six Local Council Development Areas. In the meantime, the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed full enforcement from September 1, 2022. Details later…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified bodies and arresting three male suspects. The Command, in a press statement signed by the Deputy Spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, said the arrest was possible through […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A seven – man Reconciliation Committee set up by the Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC ,as part of efforts to go into the 2023 general elections, has urged aggrieved members with pending court cases arising from state congresses to withdraw all the litigations as well as stop further […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of supporters of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Wednesday, gathered at the residence of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta as the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu visited the former President. Tinubu arrived at the Penthouse of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Oke- Mosan, Abeokuta, the Ogun […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again gunmen unleash terror in kwara state, abducting six travelers . The abductors, numbering about five, were said to have waylaid the vehicle conveying the victims around Obo-Ile/Osi road, Ekiti local government area of the state on the fateful around 11.15pm. However, four of the victims on board the Hummer Bus with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the abduction of Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism by gunmen. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lafia, the state capital. According to the PPRO, “On […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa Divisional Police Officer in Kano State, SP Daniel Amah, has been issued a certificate of commendation by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, after the former rejected a bribe of $200,000 in a case of alleged armed robbery. According to available information, the armed robbery case involved a Kano-based […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command have arrested 45 suspected internet fraudsters from different locations at Trans Ekulu, Enugu. It gave the names of the suspects, to include, Michael Chidiebere, Ogbu Chekwube, Edeh Peter, Nweze Ifeanyi, Emeka Nwankwo, John Chibuike, Paschal Tochukwu, Eze ifeanyi, Raphael Chukwuemeka […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A youth leader has called on the hierarchy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state to urgently caution a former Governor in the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, who is also the Ogun East senatorial candidate of the party to desist from acts capable of causing disaffection within the leadership. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara State government has signed into law a death penalty on anybody found guilty of banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a bandits’ informant. This was announced by Governor Bello Matawalle in a broadcast to the people of the state on Tuesday morning. Matawalle said, “On the 28th of June this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Famous Non- governmental organization, WomenAid Collective (WACOL) has applauded the decision of the Anambra State Government to suspend the Transition Committee (TC) Chairman of Nnewi North Council area, Hon. Mbazulike Iloka, for allegedly killing his wife, Mrs. Chidiebere Iloka. Recalled that Mrs. Iloka, also known as “Ada Igboukwu”, reportedly died on 7th […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, stirred controversy on Monday when he criticised a claim by a Twitter user that about two million people would march in Kaduna in support of Peter Obi, an opposition presidential candidate. Mr El-Rufai’s comment on Twitter generated hundreds of mixed reactions with some in support and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command, have arrested one hundred and twenty suspects for alleged illegal oil bunkering in a joint operation with personnel of the 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army Port Harcourt They were arrested on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Ndoni, Rivers State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped two Communities in Isi-Uzo Council Area of Enugu State following Sunday’s attack on Ikem community by armed Neke youths who destroyed hectares of palm trees belonging to one Chief Paul Ugwuagbo of Umuaram-Ikem. Ugwuagbo who conducted newsmen round the farm on Monday narrated how the rampaging Neke youths attacked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo Socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has disagreed with a recent statement credited to Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, that “the Federal Government will not interfere with any local or international legal battle involving the former Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently […]
