(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, on Wednesday, described Bishop Matthew Kukah as a man with an undying love for the country. Tambuwal, who is chairing Kukah’s ongoing 70th birthday celebration in Abuja, commended Kukah for his strong belief in the possibility of a new Nigeria. The event was attended by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Katsina State had arrested 19 suspected armed robbers and also recovered 13 vehicles suspected to have been stolen by them. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Idris Dauda-Dabban, disclosed this while addressing newsmen about the suspects on Wednesday in Katsina. He said, “It will be recalled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mainstream Chairman of the Enugu state All progressive Congress APC, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has applauded key Stakeholders of the party in the State over their Tuesday’s petition sent to the Senator Adamu Abdulahi, led National Working Committee (NWC) against the Embattled State Chairman of the party, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, who they are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two 200 level students of the Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Tobiloba Daniel and Arewa Abayomi, have been found dead in their room in a hostel outside the premises of the institution. African Examiner gathered that Daniel and Abayomi were studying for the ongoing examination in the institution when they decided […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun, had debunked reports that Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday, said the report being circulated on social media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Wife of Abia Gov., Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, has rescued a widow, Mrs Amarachi Okechi, who was brutally assaulted at Umueghu Amaegbuato Community for alleged witchcraft. Mr Chika Ojiegbe, the Chief Press Secretary to Ikpeazu, disclosed this on Monday, while addressing newsmen in Umuahia on the ugly development. The News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Isaac Foyose, younger brother of Ekiti state former governor, Ayodele Fayose on Monday evening escape attempt to kidnap him by unknown gunmen. Fayose wrote on his Facebook page that while traveling to Lagos state some unknown gunmen attacked his vehicle along with several others and abducted some persons. According to him, many […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed a former Organizing Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Mangu Ward 1, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nehemiah Goholshak. Goholshak was killed after assailants attacked his house in the community A resident of the community, Chris Yakubu, stated that the incident happened on Saturday night. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, the immediate past Chairman of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has donated his personal residential building in Enugu to the Tinubu/Shetima Campaign project. He explained that the furnished storey duplex building, located at the Independence Layout axis of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG has dispelled the rumour peddling by some online media that an explosion rocked the Redemption camp along Lagos Ibadan express way, saying that the incident occurred at a Gas station close to the camp. According to a statement released by the Administrative Public Relation Officer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crisis has enveloped the Enugu state Chapter of the opposition Labour Party, as two governorship Candidates have emerged and are all laying claims to being it’s 2023 authentic flag bearer. The looming cold war came to a head on Saturday as the former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Aspirant, and close ally of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state police Commissioner, Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to launch a full scale investigation into the Sudden and unnatural death of six persons and the hospitalization of people at Akutara Village in Adani Community in Uzo- Uwani Council area of the state on Saturday. The State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to contribute to the reduction in the emission of green-house-gas (GHG), a solution-oriented international Civil society organization), Solidaridad, says she is working towards the adoption of renewable energy along the oil palm value chain. To achieve this, the Organization, under its National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three persons reportedly died while four others sustained varying degrees of injuries when a Toyota Matrix rammed into a truck on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The incident reportedly occurred at 5:50 pm around Oniworo area of the highway on Sunday. It was further gathered that the Toyota Matrix marked WWD621AE had suffered a tyre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Owerri, Imo State, Operation Office, on Saturday, flagged-off the commencement of the direct distribution of assorted relief materials to the affected persons of fire explosion disaster at Abaezi forest in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Flagging off the exercise, Acting Head of Owerri Operation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, (HRM) Alfred Achebe, led Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with famous Non- governmental organization, (NGO), WomenAid Collective (WACOL), and other Stakeholders in waging war against all forms of harmful and degrading traditional practices against Women in the state. Some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, has stated that her husband, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.), will be victorious in the Bauchi State governorship election in 2023. Farouq stated this at an event held by Bauchi indigenes and friends of Abubakar at the International Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 75 secondary schools in Zamfara are still shut because of security concerns. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. He was reading a goodwill message to a two-day meeting to domesticate the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) organised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command has arrested and arraigned in court three female suspects for alleged conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins babies and subsequent murder of their mother. Spokesman for the Command, Daniel Ndukwe, DSP, who disclosed this in a statement made available to African Examiner on Saturday in Enugu, said their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A teenager who was reported missing in Lagos has been found in Bauchi State, the police said on Friday. According to a police statement, “Mildred Joshua Ebuka”, a 17-year-old girl, had departed her home in Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday to deliver a wig cap to her aunt’s friend in Ikorodu. On […]
