(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has highlighted that lack of knowledge among those in the corridors of power is the cause for the lack of good governance in the country and not politics. Kukah disclosed this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Doyin Okupe, the former spokesman of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has withdrawn from the 2023 presidential race. Okupe announced this at a press conference at the NUJ Secretariat, Iwe Iroyin, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, saying it would not be good for the PDP to jettison zoning adding that he would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Rivers State based non- governmental organization (NGO) Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), and the Enugu State branch of Nigerian Union of Local government Employees NULGE, have expressed concern over the nonchalant attitude and delay by governors and State Houses of Assembly towards the realization of the local government Autonomy in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eighty (80) suspects for alleged internet- related activities in Ibadan, Oyo State and forty (40) others apprehended by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission for same offences. They were all arrested based on verified intelligence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives foiled an attempted attack on Dangote Refinery, Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the PRO, the attack occurred at the early hours on Monday. He said that the armed hoodlums […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Kwamkwaso, has dumped Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter addressed to PDP chairman in his ward and made available to newsmen in Kano, Kwankwaso said that he was no longer a member of the party, with effect from March 29. He attributed his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has cancelled the 13th birthday colloquium in honour of victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attacked by suspected terrorists on Monday evening. Tinubu, who announced the cancellation a few minutes after the official kick-up of the event, described it as a national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived in Kaduna on Tuesday afternoon to view the situation concerning the terrorist attack on the train service connecting the state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, announced this in a tweet. The attack which […]
(African examiner) – Kaduna State Government said the military had rescued the Kaduna-bound train passengers trapped by terrorists Monday night. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, the government said information about the rescue mission was conveyed to it by security operatives. Aruwan said the government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Enugu were on Monday thrown into panic as armed men suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB, implementing the Monday sit- at home engaged in sporadic shootings at the New Market area of the metropolis The gunmen believed to be implementing the sit-at-home order opened […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested 75 suspected internet fraudsters in separate sting operations in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The Head, Media and publicity of the Nigeria’s anti – graft Agency, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a press statement made available to African Examiner in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, have apprehended six suspects for flouting the governor Charles Soludo administration’s ban on illegal revenue collection. The state Commissioner of Police, (CP), Echeng Echeng, who spoke with Newsmen in Awka, the Anambra capital, said the arrest was in line with the state government’s commitment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed bandits have kidnapped the Catholic Parish Priest of St Mary’s Catholic Church, Sarkin Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, Very Rev Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, and 44 other villagers. The Secretary, Niger State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Raphael Opawoye, who confirmed the incident to newsmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two police officers were injured as gunmen, on Monday morning, attacked the Otoko Divisional Police Headquarters situated in the Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. According to villagers, the attack started around 3 am and lasted a long time as residents feared for their lives. A villager said, “We didn’t sleep […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The vice president had paid a visit to Ogun State for a high-level discussion organized by the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa. The dialogue tagged, ‘West Africa: Rising to the Challenge of Consolidating Democratic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four commercial motorcyclists and residents of the Omi Adio area of Ibadan, Oyo State, who were chasing suspected robbers, have been reportedly shot dead. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Friday after the hoodlums, who raided some point-of-sale shops, were fleeing the area. The robbers were said to have invaded […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kwara has arrested Mr Musibau Esinrogunjo, the Special Assistant on Rural mobilisation to Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for assaulting a traffic warden on duty along Ahmadu Bello Way, Ilorin. African Examiner reports that a video clip on how the governor’s aide was allegedly caught by policemen with a cartridge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, a pan Socio political organization, the Igbo Leadership Development Foundation (ILDF), has asked the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP to zone it’s presidential ticket to South East zone in the spirit of equity, justice, and fair play, or be ready to face the consequences. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu has appealed to Sen. Abdulahi Adamu led new National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressive Congress (APC), to follow the roadmap of President Muhammadu Buhari. Okechukwu made the appeal Sunday while addressing journalists at the Eagle Square Abuja on the outcome […]
… Says He Is Over Desperate (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the people’s Democratic party PDP Governorship zoning arrangement in Enugu State continues to generate controversy ahead of the 2023 general election, leaders of Enugu East Senatorial district have insisted that it’s the turn of the zone to produce the next governor, describing Ex- Deputy Senate […]
