(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Capital Territory primary and secondary school teachers have insisted that nothing will avert an indefinite strike if their demands are not met by Thursday, Nov. 25. The FCT Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr Stephen Knabayi, made this known at the end of an emergency meeting in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday demolished over 100 illegal structures obstructing road construction leading to Kukwaba II Train Station, in Karon-Majigi community. Mr Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant (Designate) to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, who led the exercise, reiterated the commitment of the administration towards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arraignment of former Aviation Minster, Stella Oduah, on Monday, suffered setback in a Federal High Court, Abuja over a letter from the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) calling for the case review. African Examiner reports that Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Oct. 20, fixed today for the arraignment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader and convener of #Revolution Now”, Omoyele Sowore will be arraigned afresh on alleged treasonable felony today, November 22 at the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to available information, The activist is to be put on fresh trial by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister for Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called on all Nigerians and stakeholders to make toilets attractive and available at all points towards promoting dignity and ending open defecation practices in the country. He made the call at the 2021 World Toilet Day commemoration, with the theme, ‘Valuing Toilets’ in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the North West Zonal Congress of the party, earlier scheduled to hold on November 20. The party, in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd.), in Abuja, said the NWC approved the postponement of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lady, identified as Susan, has been electrocuted at the Hustle and Bustle club in the Aminu Kano Crescent area of Wuse, Abuja. Hustle and Bustle is a club and restaurant co-owned by a popular socialite, Obi Cubana. It was gathered that the victim, who went to the club on Saturday, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. African Examiner reports that most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Sunday. A private car owner, Mr Emmanuel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja Chapter, has rejected the account of the police on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and subsequent death of Vanguard Newspaper reporter, Tordue Salem. The Chairman of the NUJ FCT council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, while receiving a letter from the House of Representatives Press Corps at the NUJ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished alleged illegal property in Kuchibedna Community, Gwarinpa District, Abuja. The property, which included brothels, worship and trading centres were demolished over alleged encroachment on right of way for major road infrastructure. African Examiner reports that other structures affected included makeshift open markets, residential buildings, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was on an official tour. “The commissioner intercepted a large group of marauding bandits on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has officially declared a state of emergency on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State, made the declaration in her keynote address at an the official declaration of the state of emergency on WASH in FCT in Abuja. […]
…Armed Policemen Disperse Protesters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Protesters in the early hours of Friday stormed the Dantata Bridge on the popular Airport Road in Abuja, demanding the resignation of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The protest coincided with the nation’s 61st Independence Anniversary. The protesters, wielding large banners, made bonfires on the highway. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it has arrested and detained the policeman responsible for the gunshot that killed one Solomon Eze, 52, in Karimo area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. […]
…As NCDC Team Disinfects Affected Apartment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has explained the circumstances of the reported COVID-19 infected individual at an apartment in the NNPC Estate in the Garki Area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT. NNPC dismissed insinuation of mass outbreak of Coronavirus infection in the facility, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari pledged Friday in Johannesburg that his administration will take necessary action to correct lapses which have hindered the implementation of agreements signed with China under past administrations for the development of rail transportation in Nigeria. Speaking at bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping at the Forum of China-Africa Cooperation, President Buhari said […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has assured the family of the late Gabriel Soriwei, a 20-year-old student of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, who died in Cyprus, that the circumstances surrounding his death would be investigated and made known to Nigerians. Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora, Hon Abike Dabiri Gabriel, […]
President Goodluck Jonathan Monday in Abuja urged the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to do more to support efforts by the Federal Government to stop the exportation of stolen crude oil from Nigeria. Speaking at an audience with the Chairperson of EITI, Ms. Clare Short, President Jonathan called on EITI to join the Federal Government […]
Apparently to break the back of the camel as a result of the ongoing strike by the university lecturers, the Federal Government has directed the stoppage of the lecturers’ salaries with immediate effect. In what appears like the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo’s counsel to the country’s head of state, Yakubu Gowon, during the 30 month […]
The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has noted the ruling by a Lagos High Court, presided over by Justice Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, who on October 10, 2013, threw out the suit instituted against what it describes as “the illegal party regime of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and his National Working Committee […]
