(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted 21 parcels of substances suspected to be Indian hemp in Ogba area of Lagos State. The Spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said that the operatives attached to Area G Command, Ogba, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto, has stated that the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket executed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a setback to the country’s progress on national integration. Kukah made this known on Thursday in an interview on Channels Television. It could be recalled that Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says the authority is proposing a 50 per cent increase in waste bill across board for Lagos residents. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director of LAWMA, made this known during a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Odumboni said that the price increase was due to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chimaroke Nnamani, former governor of Enugu state, has stated that he opposes the “shameless campaigns and parodies” targeted at the health of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He stated that as a health worker, he frowns on the “extreme and unprofessional” forms of attacks that have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his biological son last year. He stated this on Tuesday night during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention of the church along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway monitored by The PUNCH. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Non-profit making organizations, WaterAid Nigeria, has expressed deep worry over issue of open defecation in Communities of Enugu State, which pollutes environments, contaminates water bodies and exposes people to life threatening diseases, just as it provides two Council areas of the state with water and toilet facilities. It regretted that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Peter Obi Grassroots Movement (POGM), has called on Nigerian Electorate to embrace the presidential project of the Labour Party Candidate, saying the new democratic revolution is going to sweep away all the bad political leaders that have remained a cog in the wheel of Nigeria’s progress, come 2023. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has opened up on the reasons for inviting members of the opposition political parties to commission projects in his state. Governor Wike made this known in the commissioning of the Ogbunuabali Eastern Bypass dualized road in Port Harcourt on Tuesday saying that he wants them to come […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it has not replaced the currently detained Nnamdi Kanu as its leader. The Biafra group asked its followers to ignore the reports making the rounds that IPOB has replaced Kanu, describing it as “fabricated media propaganda”. These were made known in a statement by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters said it has arrested the terrorists behind the attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, who made the disclosure during a parley with media executives at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said the criminals were arrested in collaboration […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that politicians in the state are recruiting cultists and ex-convicts to be used as political thugs for the 2023 general elections. Mr Wike, who stated this in a state broadcast in Port Harcourt, said the state government got wind of this via ‘intelligent reports.” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mainstream Chairman of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has accused the embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa of working against their presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, calling on the national leadership of the ruling party to beam it’s search light on the state. To drive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced Mazi Chika Edoziem, a replacement for its incarcerated leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Organization said Edoziem would pilot its affairs until its Kanu, is set free by the Nigerian federal government. IPOB, in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said Edoziem would relinquish […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that no political aspirant will take votes from Rivers in the 2023 General Election without showing the state the respect it deserves. Speaking during the commissioning of the Orochiri-Worokwu Flyover in Port Harcourt on Monday, Wike stated that he was in “in charge” of Rivers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- party affiliation pressure group, Polling Booth Vanguard (PBV), says it has taken a critical study of the manifestos of the Enugu state governorship candidates of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Barr. Peter Mba, and that of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr. Frank Nweke, and observed that so far, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has been conferred with the award of the Outstanding Supporting Personality for Education Sector by the Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The speaker was conferred with the award alongside other personalities at the Lagos NUT’s first edition of its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of one pilgrim, Sani Idris-Muhammed in Saudi Arabia during the 2022 Hajj. The Executive Secretary of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Muhammed Abba-Danbatta, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday. He said Idris-Muhammed who hailed from Madobi Local Government Area, died on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos have arrested a 36-year-old applicant, Ifeanyi Ezennaya, for allegedly drugging and robbing six women of six iPhones valued at N4 million. African Examiner reports that the incident happened on Tuesday at Falolu Street, Surulere, Lagos. Mr Ezennaya, whose residential address is unknown, allegedly lured the young ladies (names […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has stated that the present governor, Dapo Abiodun, won the 2019 election through rigging. Amosun stated this on Friday in Abeokuta while speaking after receiving an award from the Abeokuta Club to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the association. It could be recalled that Amosun […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four policemen were killed on Friday night when criminals invaded Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state. Part of the division and vehicles, including the one belonging to the Divisional Police Officer were burnt by the attackers. This is even as the gunmen invaded the house of […]
