(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two nuns and three others died at dawn on Wednesday after two vehicles crashed at Nawfia on Enugu-Awka Expressway in Anambra. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Anambra, Adeoye Irelewuyi, stated that the collision was attributable to excessive speeding. “The fatal crash involved a Toyota Highlander with registration number; […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Assistant Superintendent of Police, attached to Shogunle division in Lagos, has been detained for smoking Indian hemp in public. African Examiner recalls that the ASP was caught on camera in a viral photo on Sunday puffing on a wrap of cannabis while he was in a gathering. The viral photo was captioned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has appealed to electoral stakeholders to as it in mobilising more people for the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in Enugu State. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), in the state, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, made the call in Enugu during INEC Engagement with Critical Stakeholders on the Ongoing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have reportedly hijacked two commercial buses with passengers in Rivers State. The buses are heading to Kalabari riverine axis in Degema, Asaritoru and Akukutoru Local Government Councils from Port-Harcourt were allegedly hijacked along Degema/Buguma/Abonnema Road on East/West road. Rivers Police Command was yet to confirm the incident but locals said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun state Governor Adegboyega Oyetola yesterday urged security operatives in the state to fish out killers of chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) of Atakumosa East local government area of the state, Chief Gbenga Ogbara. African Examiner gathered that the APC chair was killed in the early hours of yesterday when gunmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police rescued 39 kidnap victims in Zamfara and arrested 10 suspects including members of the outlawed “Yankasai’’ group. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Eyuba Elkanah, stated this on Monday in Gusau. He stated that operatives rescued the victims abducted in March and in early April at various villages and locations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two persons were reportedly shot dead and a Sienna bus set ablaze by hoodlums said to be enforcing the Monday sit-at-home in Enugu. African Examiner learnt that, the driver of the burnt vehicle who narrowly escaped with his life narrated how the heavily armed miscreants stormed the park while he was still […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife. The 42-year-old artiste died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Colleagues of Osinachi, who was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Headquarters, Abuja, accused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The alarming spate of insecurity facing South East states of Nigeria, particularly Imo and Anambra has continued, as unknown armed men on Sunday attacked and set on fire the country home of Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General of Imo State, Cyprian Akaolisa. African Examiner learnt that his father’s house in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), says plans are afoot to partner the private sector organizations in boosting operations of the Institute for peace, Conflict and Development Studies (IPCDS) domiciled in the school. It posited that no nation, whether developed or developing such as Nigeria can record any meaningful […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Socio cultural group, Ndi Oganiru Enugu State, (meaning people of Enugu progress) has called on the leadership of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State to take all necessary steps to ensure a credible and violence-free delegates and primary elections in the state. The group […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Grand Alliance has stated that the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, will not yield to criminal elements desperate to blackmail and sabotage the efforts of the governor at curtailing insecurity in the state. The party stated that irrespective of what the criminal elements are doing, it stands by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Friday, April 1, 2022, is etched in the memories of Rose Orguga Saka. It was the day the husband of the 26 years old native of Antsar village, Kwararra District of Keana Local Government Area, Nasarawa State was gruesomely murdered by marauding herdsmen. The day had begun like all others, and Rose’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the composition of a Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Osun chapter of the party. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, stated in Abuja on Saturday that the decision followed the expiration of the tenure of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC) formerly Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has joined the list of aspirants vying for the presidency in 2023. Bakare declared this at a virtual meeting on Saturday. “I have a vision of a New Nigeria that was birthed in me from childhood […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra on Saturday swore in 20 commissioners with a charge for them to get ready for service. African Examiner reports that those sworn into office were cleared earlier by the State House of Assembly. Soludo, who performed the function at the state Executive Council Chamber, Government House Awka, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted the wife and daughter of Mr Usman Bamaiyi, the Commissioner for Environment in Plateau. African Examiner reports that the victims were abducted in the early hours of Saturday at the commissioner’s residence in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state. Mr Ibrahim Chindo, a resident of the community, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed three persons including a village head after an attack by gunmen in several communities in Munya LGA, Niger state. Garba Muhammed, chairman of the LGA, disclosed this to The Cable on Friday. Muhammed stated that the gunmen attacked nearly seven villages, saying that the community head of Dnadna village […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 clock ticks, Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, speaking under the platform of South East Renaissance Assembly (SERA) have insisted that it’s the turn of South East zone to produce a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction, calling on political parties to zone their presidential tickets to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its swift intervention in the spike in cases of Violence Against Women And Girls (VAWG) in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, and to properly position female advocates to respond effectively to the menace particularly, harmful cultural practices, the WomenAid Collective (WACOL), has organized a two-day ‘Women’s Rights Advocacy and […]
