(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police command in Katsina, has recovered 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and arrested 999 suspects in various operations across the state in 2021. SP Gambo Isa, the spokesperson for the command, disclosed this when he spoke in Katsina. Isa said that the command also recovered various arms and ammunition during the period. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dignitaries from various parts of the globe, including United States of America (USA), Canada, as well as friends and well -wishers, converged at the Umuchima acient Community, in Ideato South Council Area of Imo State, South-East Nigeria to Felicitate with Nigerian (US) Based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. (Dr) Theophilus Tochukwu Okpara, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Aminu Dantata, billionaire businessman, says that the presidential system of government has failed the country. Dantatta disclosed this when he played host to Northern Elders’ Forum that paid him a condolence visit on the death of Sani Dangote, Alhaji Bashir Tofa and other prominent sons of Kano. The businessman stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, has stated that Nigeria’s next president should be someone that can unify the country. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain disclosed this at the party stakeholders’ meeting in Adamawa. According to Dokpesi, Nigeria “has never been this disunited”, and the country needs someone like Atiku […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out in Omuanwa Community , Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State as a member of a local vigilante group in the area killed a Nigeria Air Force personnel. Some of the residents of the community, it was gathered, fled the area over fear of reprisal from Nigeria Air Force. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits stormed the Zungeru Multi-billion Naira Hydro Electricity Power Dam in Wushishi Local Government Area, LGA of Niger State, killed two guards, kidnapped two Chinese workers and shot another at the site. African Examiner gathered that the fully armed bandits stormed the site on Motorcycles on Tuesday evening and started shooting sporadically […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, stated that, Nigeria would collapse if the upcoming 2023 general elections is conducted with the present 1999 Constitution. Babalola disclosed that to prevent the collapse of the country because of the inherent challenges created by the constitution, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed thugs have invaded the office of Thunder Blowers Online, an online newspaper and TV station in Gusau, the state capital of Zamfara. African Examiner learnt that the attackers stormed the offices Monday night, injured a Multimedia editor, Mansur Rabiu, and destroyed some working tools. In a statement signed by Zaharadeen Zarumi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kano has ordered a 20-year-old man, Tasi’u Adamu be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a four-year-old. The defendant, who lives in Indabawa Quarters, Kano, was standing trial on a count charge of the unnatural offence. The Prosecutor, Mrs Maryam Jibril, told the court […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday has openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state. The CSP told the governor categorically that he and his armed colleagues were at the estate on the orders of the Inspector-General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the state government is yet to implement the new minimum wage after three years in which the federal government passed the bill into law. The NLC chairman in the state, Chinwe Orizu, made this known on Tuesday in Awka during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Government has stated that former Governor, Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu are the sponsors of bandits and kidnapping in the state. This was announced in a statement issued to the press on Tuesday by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, saying that the duo were funding violence in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State of uniting with security operatives and Ebubeagu to kill innocent citizens in the state. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, alleged that Uzodinma, alongside the All Progressives Congress, APC, security agents and Ebubeagu, has made Imo State into an “abattoir […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six persons died while 12 sustained injuries on Monday in an accident involving a Mistubishi canter and a Mazda bus, around Lala/Kere area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:10pm, with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in a letter addressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owners of over 250 shops damaged by a mysterious fire at Obi Isiedo foodstuff market, Okpuno-Egbu, Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State, yesterday wept uncontrollably as they count their losses African Examiner gathered that the disaster which occurred at about 10pm, destroyed goods valued several millions of naira, and has thrown the affected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of residents of Nguru community in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State on Monday staged a protest against the Traditional Ruler of the locality, Igwe Linus Obayi, calling for his sack from office. Some of the placards displayed by over 500 protesters read thus” ‘ Igwe Linus Obayi must go, “We […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned the slaughtering of Fulani cows and the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem in Biafraland -South-East. This was contained in a New Year message by IPOB director of state, Chika Edoziem. Instead, Edoziem said only the Biafran national anthem should be taught in schools. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, famous human Rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law InterSociety, has urged electorate in Imo State, to ensure that the incumbent governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma is swept way and other South- East serving Governors replaced with bold and service […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has placed a ban on all nightclub activities, including night-time trading and street prostitution along Abacha road and surrounding streets in Port Harcourt with immediate effect. “No responsible government should continue to tolerate the open display and solicitation of sexual services, drug abuse and public intoxication […]
