(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on Monday labelled Senator Smart Adeyemi as a mad man. He disclosed this during the unveiling of a book written by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, titled: “Made in Aba” noted that there was no need to envy a mad man Ikpeazu was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen have attacked and abducted over 300 schoolgirls at Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A staff of the school, who begged for anonymity, said the bandits arrived in the school around 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully evacuated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of the 7 personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), plane crash will be interred on Thursday at the National Cemetery in Abuja. A NAF aircraft, Beechcraft KingAir BB305i, crashed on Sunday afternoon, as a result of engine failure. Also further investigations into the remote and immediate causes of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Military Aircraft king 350 has just crashed in Abuja runaway after reporting engine failure. Six persons were reportedly aboard the ill fated aircraft which is on its way to Minna, Niger state. The incident was also confirmed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika who identified the military aircraft as King […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular comedian Debo Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni has been picked up by Police operatives at Lekki toll gate. Macaroni joined the protest against the planned reopening of the Lekki toll gate following alleged killing of protesters on October 20, 2020.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos Governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died Thursday morning in Lagos at 91. He was a former journalist who became governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983. He later emerged Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military regime (1993–98).
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC in Taraba state, Peter Jediel. He was said to have been picked at his home in Sunkani, headquarters of ArdoKola local government area of the state. Younger brother of the Labour Chairman told newsmen that Jediel’s abductors stormed the house around […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFls) to close the accounts used for crypto currency operations. The CBN in a circular BSD/DIR/GEN/LAB/14/001 issued on Friday, ordered all financial institutions “to identify persons and/or entities transacting in or operating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Government of Nigeria on Friday, suspended the flight operations of Emirates from Lagos and Abuja over violation of COVID-19 protocols. The message conveying the suspension was sent to the United Arab Emirates carrier through the industry regulator: Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). A letter signed by NCAA’s Director General, Captain Musa […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past service chiefs, as well as one other retired officer, to the Senate to be confirmed as non-career ambassadors-designate. It would be recalled that the former service chiefs, including Gen Abayomi G. Olonisakin (Rtd ), Lt Gen Tukur Y. Buratai (Rtd), Vice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo emerges as the 21st indigenous Chief of Naval Staff. He was born on 22 April 1966 and hails from Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Gambo enlisted into the Nigerian Navy in 1984 as a member of the Regular Course 36 and was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Benue State,Samuel Ortom has tested positive to COVID -19 His Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, announced this on Wednesday. Akase, in a statement made available to journalists in Makurdi, said: “The latest result of his (governor Ortom) COVID-19 test has returned positive. “This follows the test results of most […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Examination Council (NECO) has fixed a new date for the senior secondary school certificate examination for external candidates. The council stated that due to candidates pleas it has extended the registration process . According to NECO, the examination which earlier scheduled to commerce on Monday 1st February 2021 and end […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the former governor of old Anambra state, and founding member of the opposition Peoples Democratic party PDP Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that it is the turn of Southeast geo political zone of the country to produce Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. […]
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has adjusted curfew hours across the country to 10:00 pm to 4:00 am. This follows some new measures taken by the FG towards total relaxation of lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, announced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday announced the highest daily figure of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria, with 553 new infections recorded. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 9, 855. The NCDC, on its official twitter handle said that as of May 30, 12 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Nasarawa state chapter, Bishop Joseph Masin, who was abducted by gunmen on Thursday in Lafia has regained his freedom. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state confirmed the release of the CAN chairman to newsmen on Sunday in Lafia. Longe said that […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Customs Service NCS has intercepted and impounded 661 pump-action rifles in Lagos, south West Nigeria. Details of the encounter are still sketchy as the time of filing this report. The Punch
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has suspended its former Chairman Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdul Mumin Jibrin for 180 days over what it called ‘un-parliamentarian’ conduct. Jibrin blew the whistle of 2016 House budget padding with N40 billion, indicting the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; his Deputy Yusuf Lasun; Minority […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Kogi State Governor Yahya Bello. Bello’s substitution by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); his election and subsequent announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner, were being challenged by his co-party man and running mate to the original party’s […]
