(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that two corps members lost their lives during the 2021/2022 service year in Kano State. The NYSC State Coordinator, Hajiya Aisha Tata-Mohammed, made the disclosure during the Passing-Out-Parade of 1, 936 Batch “A” Stream II Corps members, on Thursday in kano. She said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested 21 commercial motorcyclists who allegedly killed a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel on April 18, in Karu. Mr Adesina Soyemi, Commissioner of Police in the state, said this on Thursday in Lafia, while parading the suspects alongside 29 others arrested for allegedly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election in Nigeria draws near, the immediate past chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, Enugu State, Dr Ben Nwoye, and Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, have advised the youths to shun thuggery and all manner of violence capable of disrupting the Electoral process. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An interest group within opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, the Rescue Oyo Mission ’23, raised alarm on Wednesday about the wanton destruction of billboards of the party’s aspirants. Its coordinator, Dauda Kolawole, called on the police and other security agencies to check the activities of political thugs hiding under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zamfara dethroned the Emir of Zurmi, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Dansadau, Alhaji Hussaini Umar, on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in banditry. The government also removed Alhaji Suleiman Ibrahim, District Head of Birnin Tsaba, in Zurmi Local Government Area from office, for a similar offence. Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pensioners in Abia Wednesday staged a protest against the 38 months unpaid arrears of their pensions by the state government. The pensioners, operating under the aegis of Concerned Abia Pensioners, took their protest round the major streets of Umuahia and ended up at the Government House. They accused the Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu-led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday began the distribution of over 33, 000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to newly registered voters in the state. While inaugurating the exercise at the INEC Offices in Somolu and Kosofe Local Government Areas, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, told newsmen that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four persons were burnt to death while 13 others sustained injuries on Wednesday in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus, at Fidiwo on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Umar said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA seized 1.2 tonnes of tramadol tablets , 396kg of codeine syrup in Kaduna on Monday and Tuesday respectively Its spokesman in the Kaduna Command, Superintendent of Narcotics, Mr Maijama’a Abdullahi stated in a news conference on Wednesday that the tramadol tablets were seized in Zaria Local Government Area of the state. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday marked six residential houses and one plaza belonging to the embattled former Intelligence Response Team leader, Abba Kyari, in Maiduguri as being under investigation. The two-storey shopping plaza, Assurance Plaza, located along the Giwa Barracks Road in Maiduguri, has about 100 stores. Six other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun has arrested a hunter, who allegedly shot and killed the 78-year-old Imam of Alaguntan village in Orile-Owu, Aiyedaade Local Government Area, whom he mistook for antelope. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known during the parade of criminal suspects at the state police headquarters in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The officers of So-Safe Corps, the Ogun State-owned security outfit, have arrested a mortuary attendant, Kushimo Lukman, for allegedly beheading a dead body. The officers arrested Mr Lukman in Abeokuta, Ogun State, in the early hours of Tuesday, while on routine patrol. Moruf Yusuf, the spokesperson of the corps, said the suspect […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ikeja Electric Plc says it is offering willing customers a one-day metering initiative where they can complete their Know Your Customer (KYC) and get metered in 24 hours. The electricity Distribution Company said the move was part of its efforts to accelerate installation of prepaid meters under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three (Osasu Idubor, Courage Izevbuwa and Nosa) died on the spot while others who sustained various degrees of injuries fled for their dear lives.One of the wounded died at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, about 24 hours after the premeditated shooting. The targets were reportedly on their duty post at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The father of a 10-year-old female student of Chrisland Schools, who has been in the news over alleged sexual misconduct has said his daughter apology posts is from a fake account imposter . He noted that after the incident, the family withdrew her access to all her accounts. Our correspondent had reported […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has paid for his All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the 2023 presidential election. Mr Yemi Kolapo, Director, Media and Publicity, Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Kolapo said the governor paid […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Monday, opposed the endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term has caused commotion on social media. African Examiner recalls that MURIC in a statement by Professor Ishaq Akintola, its Director kicked against the decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Omoyele Sowore, presidential hopeful on the African Action Congress (AAC) platform, has stated that the call for an Igbo president is “a divisive strategy”. African Examiner writes that there has been agitations from various quarters for the presidency of Nigeria to go to the south-east in 2023. According to those championing this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chrisland School girl at the centre of the viral video has apologised. She was seen in the video in a compromising situation with other pupils. The scene, which went viral, was captured during their trip to Dubai, UAE for a programme. The minor posted on her Likee App: “I made a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP presidential primary election, Governor, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and one of the party’s Aspirant, has advised delegates from Anambra state not to waste their votes for their son, Mr. Peter Obi, who is also in the race, saying the former governor cannot win […]
