(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits struck again , killing 18 people and several injured in Kadaddaba in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attack, which lasted from 10 p.m. on Friday to 4 a.m., was the first recorded in the village. Kadaddaba is a few kilometres from the Federal Government College, Anka and is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has been declared the winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held on Saturday. Announcing the result very early on Sunday, the Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said Oyetola won the election, having garnered 222,169 votes, against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, was absent at his Ifofin Ward 8, Ilesa East Local Government, even though primary election was held in the area and Governor Gboyega Oyetola was declared the winner. Oyetola won by 309 votes against 146 recorded for Moshood Adeoti, the candidate supported by Aregbesola. Speaking with our correspondent, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the contestants in the Saturday Governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun, Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, says with God on his side, he will win. Oyetola, while commended members of the party for turning out in large numbers, said, “losing is not an option for a man commissioned […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The retired teachers in Anambra State have protested against the four years non-payment of their gratuities by the state government. The retired teachers tasked Governor Willie Obiano to pay the backlog of their gratuities which had accrued since 2017 before he leaves office in March. The angry retirees protested along the Teachers’ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tanker laden with petrol product belonging to Olam exploded on Friday killing at least 17 people. The FRSC spokesperson in the state, said the accident happened before Isara bridge in Ogun east senatorial district. Ms Okpe said 14 of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition, adding that the FRSC was able […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A forensic expert, Dr Richard Somiari, has informed an Ikeja Coroner’s Court that one of the five hitherto unidentified victims of the Nov. 1, 2021 the 21-storey building collapse at Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, has now been identified. African Examiner reports that with this the number of the unidentified victims now stands […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, urged Lagos lawmakers, both at the federal and state levels, to work assiduously to actualize the presidential ambition of All Progressives Congress National Leader, Chief Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Ikeja, during the 17th Edition of the Executive/Legislative Parley, with the theme: ”Mobilizing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 25-year-old junior housewife, Rebecca Nicodemus has allegedly stabbed her rival, Precious to death over a disagreement on sex turn with their husband at Ode-Irele, in Ondo State. The two women occupy a one bed apartment with their husband. Police prosecutor, Obadasa Ajiboye, informed a Chief Magistrate court in Akure that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Edwin Clark has stated that the Southeast region of Nigeria should produce the next president in 2023 since they have never had a shot at the presidency since the advent of Democracy in Nigeria in 1999. Clark disclosed this when he appeared on Arise Television on Thursday. He said: “I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An house wife Ramota Soliu has reportedly killed her husband with hot water at Iyana Ilewo in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun state. The husband Bello Soliu died from the body injuries he suffered when the wife poured hot water on him. The woman, whose six years relationship with Bello […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, has vowed to work against the reelection of his successor, Gboyega Oyetola. Aregbesola said this at a political gathering in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of the state. He said that the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) primary on Saturday would determine Oyetola’s fate in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Government has confirmed the killing of eight persons by gunmen at new Cattle Market in Omuma-Uzo in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Commissioner for Information, Eze Chikamnayo, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to reporters in Aba on Wednesday, condemned the attack. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen by The Punch […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A middle aged widow, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Virginia Ngene, a native of Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu -South Council area, has cried out to the state Commissioner of police for help, over alleged continued harassment, intimidation, and threat to eject her and children from her late husband’s country home by some members of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and the Convener, Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, have met to discuss concerning issues bordering on Nigeria’s wellbeing, and also plan on the success and possible outcome of 2023 general elections. This was disclosed in a statement by Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi on Wednesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Black marketers on Wednesday took advantage of the lingering scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to make brisk business from residents and motorists in Lagos State. African Examiner reports that the ongoing scarcity of PMS, also known as petrol, is due to the withdrawal of the off-spec products imported into the country […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday night reportedly killed several persons during an invasion of the newly constructed Abia cattle market in Omumauzor in Ukwa West local area of Abia State. African Examiner gathered the midnight attack kept the villagers anxious. It was gathered that security operatives have taken over the area to maintain peace. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday, has grounded commercial activities in Onitsha, Nnewi, Oba, and some parts of Awka in Anambra State. African Examiner correspondent went round some major cities, observed that banks, motor parks, filling stations, markets and shops were shut. The roads were also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO), a non-profit organisation has decried the recent killing of Police and custom Officers in Enugu State. The Executive Director of CAPIO, Rev. Fr. Jude Isiguzo, condemned the killing in a statement in Enugu on Wednesday. Isiguzo noted that public assassination of citizens and security agents in […]
