(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than five guests returning from a traditional wedding ceremony in Anambra were on Monday night abducted by suspected gunmen. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Anambra, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka. Ikenga said that security personnel had launched […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed in Kaduna on Tuesday evening. According to available information, the pilots died after the aircraft, which was a trainer aircraft, crashed. According to reports, the pilots were on a training session when the incident occurred at the NAF base in Kaduna. As at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, also a presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disband the two anti-graft agencies in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC. He stated this, yesterday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has invited all parties involved in the alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old primary six pupil of Chrisland Schools located in the Victoria Garden City area of the state. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated on Tuesday that all parties involved in the matter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A trader, Mr Musbau Yekeen, has told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan to put an end to the 12 year-old union between him and his estranged wife, Tawakalitu on ground of infidelity. Yekeen, a resident of Apete area in Ibadan, Oyo State, said he willfully agreed to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its efforts geared towards harnessing the inherent benefits of renewable energy, the Federal Government has unveiled its Electrical Vehicle (EV) pilot project. The project was developed by the Ministry of Power, with the financial support of the European Union (EU), the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State said on Monday that it had begun investigation into the alleged viral rape video purportedly depicting students of Chrisland School, Lagos. Spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundey, said in a statement that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Abiodun Alabi, ordered the investigation. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, have neutralised a notorious gunman of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated in Abuja on Monday that the gunman was killed in an encounter at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that a 10-year-old pupil of Chrisland school was raped by her schoolmates during a trip to Dubai has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that on Monday, a footage of students of Chrisland Schools engaging in an immoral act emerged on social media. According to available information, pupils from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has stated that he can’t trust any Southeasterner to be the President of the country. Oba Abdulrosheed disclosed this on Monday in a statement through Alli Ibraheem, his Chief Press Secretary, saying that the sit-at-home order issued by the members of the Eastern Security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance has denied the report making the rounds of an assassination attempt on the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo. The party said nothing of such had happened since Soludo became the governor of the state, describing the report as an orchestrated plot by “mischief makers” to instill fear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has shut down all Chrisland Schools in Lagos State indefinitely. This followed a controversy generated over an “immoral act” engaged in by students of the school during a trip to Dubai. The shutdown notice was contained in a press statement on Monday. African Examiner had reported that pupils […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) says it may lockdown some government offices, hotels, Plazas and other business premises due to debts owed the board. The Director of AEPB, Mr Osilama Briamah, made the disclosure in a statement, on Monday in Abuja. Brianah explained that the measure was coming on the heels […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari, has joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alongside some of his supporters from the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Chairman of the PDP in Zamfara State, Bala Mande, made this known to journalists in Gusau, the state capital, on Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has joined the race for the presidential seat. His media office stated on Sunday that the minister had been consulting stakeholders in his All Progressives Congress (APC) party as well as stalwarts of opposition political parties. He is scheduled to publicly declare his intention […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has stated that it’s wrong to say that Nigerian youths are lazy when the country has not provided regular electricity supply. Tinubu disclosed this at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium when he addressed the teeming crowd that came to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah has berated President Muhammadu Buhari saying that his administration has slide Nigerians into hibernation mode and polarized Nigeria into ethnic and religious lines. Kukah, disclosed this in his Easter Message on Sunday, frowned that Nigeria is still tottering and it is heading towards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has said that he would make a pronouncement on his journey to the presidency on Tuesday. Ngige said this at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, at a reception organised by members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) South-East Progressive Forum, according to a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Osun say a suspect arrested with a human heart has died during investigation. Yemisi Opalola, the police spokesperson in the state, the suspect took ill and died while on hospital admission. She said they have deposited the corpse for autopsy. The unnamed suspect was among three men the police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential aspirant and Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has called on Nigerians to be kind, open-hearted, and be accommodating to one another. Amaechi, in his Easter message to Nigerians on Saturday, also urged citizens to be united, saying oneness and unity of purpose would engender growth and uplift the nation. He […]
