(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another Catholic priest identified as Rev Fr Emmanuel Silas has been kidnaped in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State early hours of Monday. Fr Silas, who is in charge of St. Charles Catholic Church, Zambina in Kauru LGA, was declared missing after failing to appear for morning mass. The Chancellor, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The criminal elements terrorizing parts of South- East Nigeria Sunday night continued with their nefarious activity as they attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC office in Ogurute, Igboeze North Council area Headquarters, Enugu State, setting the facility on fire. African Examiner learnt that the arsonists perpetrated the unholy act late in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after the priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, Ikabigbo, Uzairue, Edo North Senatorial District, Rev. Fr. Christopher Odia, 41, was abducted and killed, two Catholic clerics, Rev. Fathers Udo Peter and Philemon Oboh, have been abducted in the state. Rev. Fr. Peter is of St. Patrick Catholic Church, Uromi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has refuted claims that he tasked Christians to go and buy guns for self-protection due to the church attacks and killings across the country. The revered preacher, however, tasked Christians to get jaw bones of cows instead of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) governorship flag bearer in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria Barrister Peter Mbah, has prayed that the senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and wife, Mrs Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu will be exonerated from the allegations of organ harvesting leveled against him by the United Kingdom UK […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tough time awaits any individual who engages in open defecation in Igbo- Etiti Council Area of Enugu State, as a byelaw prohibiting the uncivilized act has been formally lunched in the locality. The official launch and dissemination of the byelaw which was enacted by the legislative arm of the local government area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least eleven persons were burnt beyond recognition in an accident that happened at Ogere end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Ogere Remo-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Sector, Florence Okpe, confirmed this development on Sunday adding that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday engaged in commercial tricycle business as he rode and picked a male passenger around Kuto area of Abeokuta. A statement by Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, Special Assistant to Obasanjo on Media, stated that he (Obasanjo) rode from his Pent House residence at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on Saturday, said accepting to be running mate to any presidential candidate would lead to the collapse of NNPP. Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, who was in Gombe State to inaugurate the state office of NNPP and to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church. A source said victims were over 50 while the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina State has expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in the newly established 1,750 polling units. Alhaji Jibril Zarewa, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Friday in Berlin during the signing of a historic joint declaration between Nigeria and Germany. The signing of joint declaration according to the minister, will pave the way for the return of the 1,130 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. A statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hamza Al-Mustapha, a former aide to the late General Sani Abacha has stated that he has no regret working with the late military dictator. The presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2023 general election, disclosed this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television. He also stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Poju Oyemade, a Senior Pastor and Founder of The Covenant has come under criticism by the supporters of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi after the clergyman shared a tweet suggesting that the presidential ambition of the Labour Party candidate is an exercise in futility. Oyemade, who took to his Twitter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser for Drainage and Water Resources to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has stated that he would have been a native doctor in the Aba area of Abia State if not for Lagos State. Igbokwe disclosed this on Saturday on his Facebook page. According to him, Lagos State is […]
……Threatens Court Action (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group operating under the platform of Enugu State progressive Forum (ESPF), has said Barrister Chijioke Edoga, an Ex- Commissioner in the state, who was recently defeated during the People’s Democratic party PDP Governorship primary election in Enugu, is not qualified to fly the ticket of Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline international not-for-profit, WaterAid has harped on the need for utilities and service providers in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to prioritize performance improvement and gain credibility in order to reassure the investors. WaterAid noted that scaling up service delivery will go a long way in encouraging prospective investors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disturbed by the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of Ex- Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Lady Beatrice Nwaneka Ekweremadu by the Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London, for alleged conspiracy to harvest the organ of a child, his kinsmen have urged the British […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The unknown Gunmen terrorizing South- East Nigeria, on Thursday morning struck again, as they attacked a police check point along the Enugu PortHacourt express way, killing two policemen on duty. The heavily armed hoodlums, who took the policemen attached to the Awkunanaw police Division in Enugu South Local government Area unawares, opened […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Valentine Obienyem, the media adviser to the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has stated that the allegations of bigotry against the former governor of Anambra State are false. Obienyem, in a statement on Thursday, refuted the claim as he reacted to an article that alleged Obi dismissed the killing […]
