(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra Government says it has commenced investigation into the death of one late Ogochukwu Anene allegedly killed by her husband, Mr Wilson Uwadiegwu, over a loaf of bread. Mrs Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, made this known on Wednesday in Awka, while receiving mother of the deceased, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) says it has sealed an abandoned filling station under construction near Otedola Jubilee Estate Gate, Omole Phase II, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Way. The General Manager, Mr Kehinde Osinaike, said this on Wednesday in a statement made available to journalists and signed by Mrs Abimbola […]
…Urges EFCC To Step In (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party, PDP Campaign Council in Enugu State Tuesday came hard on the Embattled State chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC Ugochukwu Agballah, for blaming the ruling party in the state over the allegations of fraud involving him and his party’s 2023 gubernatorial flagbearer, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general polls, one of the leading All progressive Congress APC support group, under the platform of Like Minds Initiative (LMI), Enugu state Chapter, says it has concluded plans to commence a robust door to door campaign movement for the party’s presidential Candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his running […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Echeng Echeng, today Tuesday, on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, presented cheques worth forty-three million, two hundred and eighty-nine thousand, four hundred and seventy-one naira, seventeen kobo to twenty (20) families of deceased Police officers attached to the Command. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has stated that he would not force his choice of a presidential candidate on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Ortom also refuted claims that he endorsed Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. African Examiner writes that Governor Ortom […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue State Government has refuted claims that Governor, Samuel Ortom and his counterparts in the G-5 have endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. In a statement issued to the press and signed by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Governor, Terver Akase, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two police officers have been shot by Yoruba nation agitators in the Ojota area of Lagos State during a rally on Monday. This is according to the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, who said the two injured officers are receiving treatment while a yet-to-be-identified male adult was killed […]
…..Says He Hopes To Retire In Peace (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Damaturu, Yobe State said that there was a deliberate attempt to destroy the country but God did not permit it. According to him, God has helped Nigeria to bounce back while thanking members of the Armed Forces and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State police Command has given an update on the three boys arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Annex, Awkuzu, maintained that it was a case of armed robbery and not two fighting as alleged. It explained that the suspects were arrested on 23/12/2022 by the vigilante […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday said it would schedule a special programme to honour a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, who was shot dead on the last Christmas Day. Raheem was allegedly shot dead by a police officer while she was returning from an outing with her family. The alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed persons have attacked a train station in Edo State, southern Nigeria, and kidnapped many passengers. The spokesperson of the police in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the gunmen were armed with AK-47 rifles. He said the exact number of people kidnapped could not be ascertained. Mr Nwabuzor described the gunmen as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs hidden in a wooden statue and imported vehicles. Spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the consignments were meant for export to the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. They were found at the Murtala Muhammed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Railway Corporation on Sunday announced the closure of Ekehen Station in Edo State till further notice. The organisation said the decision became necessary following rising security challenges. The incident came barely one year after the March 28, 2022 attack by bandits on the Abuja-Kaduna train, resulting in the death of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Ikare-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North East Local Council of the state. In a statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, the 24-hour curfew takes immediate effect. In the statement, the curfew became imperative following the violent clashes […]
…. Over1800 Abducted From Jan-Dec 2022 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law Intersociety, has alleged how Six state Actor and non -State Actors in Eastern Nigeria have Jointly sent 1,710 unarmed Civilians to their early graves and Abducted 1,800 from Jan-Dec 2022. It equally accused the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party contesting for the 2023 House of Representatives in Aniocha/ Oshimili, Anthony Onochei Ochei (Onochieobodo) on Wednesday was received by a joyous crowd as he paraded the streets of Asaba alongside the presidential candidate and National leader of the NNPP, His Excellency, Dr Rabiu Musa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Chukwuna Soludo of Anambra has described Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as a man of tenacity and a strong believer in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement on Friday in Awka by Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Soludo. Soludo also described the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as the G5 or the Integrity Group on Thursday stormed the ancient city of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for the campaign flag-off for the reelection of Governor Seyi Makinde. Makinde’s allies including Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Okezie Ikpeazu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Anambra State Command, South East Nigeria, have nabbed a six man armed robbery gang terrorizing the area and environ and recovered firearms as well as stolen vehicles. Spokesman of the Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement made available to African Examiner Thursday. He said “on 4/1/2023 […]
