(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Sokoto State on Thursday says it has arrested two students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, in connection with the killing of their female colleague. African Examiner reports that the Sokoto State Government had on Thursday confirmed the death of a student at the college, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, on Thursday, lynched a female student, identified simply as Deborah, over allegation of blasphemy against Muhammed, a prophet of Islam. The deceased was violently stoned to death and later set ablaze by the angry mob, who are mostly students of the college. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of travelers have been allegedly kidnapped when gunmen hijacked three vehicles along the Emuoha area of the East-West road in Rivers State. This came few days after three kidnapped passengers along the kalabari-Emuoha road regained their freedom. In the latest incident, it was learnt that the gunmen diverted the passengers to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human and vehicular movement as well as social economic activities were on Thursday paralysed in Nsukka town and environs as National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) staged a protest over the continued industrial action of members of the Academics Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Our Correspondent reports that the protest which commenced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy President of the Senate, and Governorship Aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has said he has left his Governorship ambition in the hands of God. The Lawmaker also stated that God’s faithfulness in keeping his covenant with Him in the early part of his life accounts for whatever success […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – APC presidential aspirant Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Gombe State that he will curb hunger and ensure shared prosperity in the country if elected President of Nigeria in 2023. Tinubu said this in Gombe when he paid homage to the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu-Abubakar III. Tinubu was in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent leaders in Igboland on Wednesday gave president general of Apex Igbo Socio cultural organization Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor thirty days from today (May 11, 2022) to reconstitute the executive of the body or face rejection by Ndigbo. But the organization in a swift response, via its National Publicity Secretary, Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested 36 suspected internet fraudsters. The names of the suspects were given as Chukwuma Destiny, Emenalom Precise, Nwaeze Obinna, Ogbonna Monday, Raymond Chigozie, Mmadu Bright, Chigozie Sixtus, Ike Joachim Uchechukwu, Ifeanyi Uzor, Iwuanyanwu Divine, Nwoke Udojah, Patrick […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reverend Father Joseph Akete of the St. John Catholic Church, Kudenda in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, who was abducted eight weeks ago, has died while in his captors’ custody. The Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu Emmanuel, announced this in Kaduna on Wednesday. African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman and former Federal Information Commissioner, Chief Edwin Clark, has berated former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, calling him a “traitor”. Clark accused Kalu of betraying the Igbo cause, adding that despite the fact that Kalu was one of the oldest vocal frontline politicians in the South-East, he doubted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen and robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident . He said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt. The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Chieftains of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu state have alleged that the embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, is a mole hired by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of the people Democratic party PDP to destroy the ruling party in the area. African Examiner reports that until his recent Defection to […]
……Refunds Money to Voluntary Donors (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Chairman of the All Progressive Congress {APC} in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has declined appeals from different quarters to contest for the governorship primaries of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying the leadership of the party in the state as presently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that it is not advisable for another northerner to replace President Buhari in the forthcoming general elections. Obasanjo stated this when the Political Action Committee (PAC) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide paid him a courtesy at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta on Monday. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen who abducted a Catholic priest, Alphonsus Uboh, on Sunday, in Akwa Ibom State have demanded a N100 million ransom for his release. Mr Uboh, a reverend father and parish priest of St. Pius X Parish, Ikot Abasi Akpan, Mkpat Enin, is said to have been abducted at his parsonage, within the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Enugu State were stranded following the sit-at-home order of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) observed on Mondays in the Southeast. The 2022 Computer Based Test (CBT), which began on May 6, was to end yesterday but an official of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, has officially declared his intention to run for president in 2023. The cleric declared his bid in Abuja on Monday. African Examiner recalls that Bakare purchased the APC presidential nomination form last week. According to the presidential aspirant, he is committed to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are stunned at the news of Canada-based Nigerian woman, Stephanie Otobo, who posted x–rated photos of popular Nigerian pastor, Apostle Johnson Suleman. African Examiner recalls that some years back, Otobo claimed that she had an amorous relationship with Apostle Johnson Suleman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, has released nude […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, has stated that there is no serious Presidential aspirant from the South-East. According to Uwazuruike, most of the Presidential aspirants from the zone are aiming for the Vice President slot and he described them as […]
