(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the Polytechnic Ibadan has assured that peace will be restored soonest following a shootout between cult gangs on the campus on Tuesday. Cult gangs engaged in a shootout on the campus for about 20 minutes sending people scampering to safety. Public Relation Officer of the institution, Mr Soladoye Adewole, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Provost of the Federal Co-operative College, Oji River Enugu State, Dr. O.T. Owan, has warned newly matriculated students of the institution against cultism, indecent dressing and other forms of anti- social vices capable of ruining their career. He said for them to succeed in their academic pursuit, they must observe the core […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos State governor and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has donated N50 million to the victims of the terrorist attack on the Kaduna bound train from Abuja. He disclosed this during his condolence visit to Governor Nasir el-Rufai on Tuesday. Tinubu, who is aspiring to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected armed bandits, Sunday night, invaded Tsafe town, the council headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing many people. Residents said one of the victims is the son of the state’s commissioner for security affairs, Mamman Tsafe. Neither the commissioner nor the state government has confirmed the killing. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says no state government worker is being owed salary under his administration, challenging anyone being owed to come out openly with a proof. Bello made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, noting that workers welfare remained a priority to him. He urged Nigerians to judge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, Hafsat Abiola, says she is leading the campaign efforts for Governor Yahaya Bello because she sees the qualities needed to take Nigeria to its right destination in him. Hafsat Abiola, daughter of late M.K.O Abiola, acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential elections, said in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One hundred and forty-six of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday. He, however, said the number of safe passengers had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has underscored the need for people especially Christians to rise and vote during elections and not only to pray. Pastor Timothy Olaniya, Deputy Rector, Redeemed College of Technology, Redemption Camp, made the call on Sunday during a seminar organised by the Directorate of Politics and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed 10 persons and injured 19 during a cultural festival in Chando Zerreci community in Irigwe Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Lawrence Zango, the National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Youth Movement, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. Zango said that criminals launched the attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, on Sunday said eight persons narrowly escaped death in an accident that occurred along the Gbangan-Ibadan expressway. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo, said the accident occurred around Wasimi axis, about 15 kilometres to Sasa Bridge. Ogungbemi explained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo has stated that his administration is offering “amnesty” to agitators in the State. Soludo made this known when he appeared on Channels Television on Sunday. He said: “Within the agitation movement, we have to agree that there are now factions. There is the one led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has stated that he can’t say if there will be an election in 2023 yet. The cleric disclosed this on Sunday saying that God has not revealed to him if there would an election next year. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after some unknown armed men attacked a police Station in Imo State, another yet-to-be identified assailants, on Sunday morning, set the Orsu local government headquarters in the state ablaze. The incident it was gathered, occurred in the morning hours of Sunday, and has thrown residents of the locality into […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that security challenges have overwhelmed the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari (retd). Obasanjo disclosed this when he reacted to the recent attacks on the Kaduna-Abuja train with no fewer than seven persons confirmed dead and 21 passengers missing. According to him, the development has revealed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Railway quarters, Enugu and environ, weekend applauded the Special Assistant to governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Hon. Madus Mathias, for embarking on a clean -up and sanitation exercise at the near abandoned over sixty years old Nigerian Railway Corporation NRC Subway tunnel which was almost turning into a refuse dump site for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr. Nkem Okeke, the immediate past Deputy governor of Anambra State, said he defected from the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA to the Nigeria’s ruling All progressive Congress APC because he needed to serve at the national level. It would be recalled that Okeke, dumped APGA shortly before the state governorship election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Imo State, South- East Nigeria have uncovered the identities of the criminal suspects who attacked Mbieri Police station in Mbaitoli Council Area of the state last week. Spokesman for the state Police Command, Public Mike Abattam, disclosed this to Newsmen weekend in Owerri. Recalled that the said station was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, would make 20 million Nigerians millionaires has drawn excitement among some social media users in the country. African Examiner reports that Yahaya Bello on Saturday formally declared to run for President in 2023 and made the declaration at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Bello […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A-27-years old man Ibrahim Sikiru was on the 30th of March 2022 arrested, by operatives of Ogun State Police command for killing his biological father. A statement issued by the command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters by one Abiodun Sunday, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has abrogated its sit-at-home directive in southeast Nigeria, saying the development is to embrace peace negotiations organised by the Anambra government. African Examiner reports on Saturday from Awka that IPOB yielded to the appeal by the Anambra Government and Traditional rulers to pave the way for peace, […]
