(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will declare interest in the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the first quarter of 2022. Atiku, who piped 11 other aspirants to the sole ticket of the party in the Presidential convention held in Port Harcourt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three police officers, on Sunday, lost their lives in an accident along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway, when the patrol van in which they were traveling experienced a burst tyre and crashed into a drainage. It was learned that the accident, which occurred opposite the Gwarimpa Estate section of the road, involved operatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) said on Sunday that they would mobilise to join the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in appearing before the Department of State Services. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said this in a statement on Sunday, titled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is making a mistake by not releasing Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader. It could be recalled that President Buhari had in an interview stated that Kanu should defend himself before the court and he will not be released. Reacting, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 30 students kidnapped from a government school in Yauri , Kebbi state and a teacher, have regained freedom from bandits who kept them in captivity since June last year. An aide to the Governor of Kebbi state on media and publicity,Yahaya Sarki, in a statement, revealed that the victims were taken to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi ll, the President General Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijaniyya), Nigeria, has advised eligible voters in Nigeria to register, get their voters’ card (PVC) and vote the best and competent candidates in all positions in subsequent elections. He made the call on Saturday in Lokoja, at the last day of the three-day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first daughter of the late Soun of Ogbomoso Prof.Taibat Danmole has passed away, days after the monarch ‘s death, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi . Oba Oyewumi died on December 12 at the age of 95 while the first daughter of the late monarch, Prof Taibat Danmole, died on Saturday, January 8 at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lecturer at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, River State, has been suspended for three months over allegations of sexual harassment of female student. The lecturer, Tamunotonye Solomon will face disciplinary committee to explain his involvement with the student, Blessing Audu. Solomon and Audu, a 200-level student of the institution, have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Lagos State Council has reiterated its determination to go on a 3 day warning strike starting on Monday January 10 through Wednesday, January 13. At a general congress of all the Nurses in the State held on Friday, January 7 in Lagos, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babangida Aliyu, a former governor of Niger State, has stated that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned its presidential ticket to the North. Aliyu disclosed this when he played host to the Atiku Support Organisation. The former governor stated that the organization would be successful. “In our zoning agreement, we have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command says it has launched a thorough investigation into the recent killings, kidnapping and destructions of properties in parts Eha-Amufu, in Isi Uzo Council area of Enugu state by yet to be identified criminal elements. The State Commissioner of police, (CP) Abubakar Lawal, who led other Heads of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor , Engr. Dave Nweze David Umahi, has approved the suspension of the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Chief Emmanuel Uguru and the Senior Special Assistant, (SSA) on Education, Dr Obianuju Alo for one month over negligence and dereliction of duty. The statement issued Friday and signed by Secretary to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government is not happy that three days after the official resumption of schools for a new term, some private schools are still on holiday, while attendance has not peaked in those which have resumed. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, who led a team […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sylvester Oromoni, the father of the late 12-year-old pupil of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, has vowed to get justice, saying that he would not bury his son even if it takes 30 years to get justice. He also kicked against the report of the autopsy carried out at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the country may come to an end if the north keeps power in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Mbaka, disclosed this in a sermon at the adoration ground in Enugu State, as he cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has cautioned that nothing should happen to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as the country would collapse. If anything happens to Kanu. In a video that has since gone viral, the cleric, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dared devil gunmen on Thursday attacked a police facility in Imo State, Nigeria’s South-east. The police spokesperson in Imo, Mike Abattam, who confirmed the attack in a statement on Thursday, said the incident occurred in the early hours of the day at Ideato South Police Station. The gunmen were “shooting sporadically, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Chief Coroner, Justice Mojisola Dada, has fixed January 15, 2022, for the commencement of inquest into the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos. It would be recalled that Lagos Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi, has absolved the five students […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi State Police Command has nabbed three suspected kidnappers, recovered one Dane gun, two cartridges, food items and N45,000. DSP William Ovye Aya, Police Public Relations Officer for the Police Command, disclosed this in a statement he signed, a copy of which was made available to our Correspondent in Lokoja on Thursday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to “declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a terrorist organisation”. This development is coming hours after the federal government issued a directive declaring bandits as terrorists. In a statement on Thursday, Nathaniel Ikyur, chief press secretary (CPS), quoted the […]
