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Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Pulls Down NUJ’s Perimeter Fence (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing demolition exercise by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority ECTDA, may soon hit the Enugu residence of the immediate past governor of the state, Barrister Sullivan Chime, African Examiner has reliably gathered. Officials of the Enugu State Government attached to the Agency had on Monday evening […]
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Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC), Sokoto state chapter on Tuesday told Gov. Aminu Tambuwal to stop hiding under International donor intervention projects to cover his poor performance. Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida, the state APC Chairman made the call at a press conference on the current happenings in the state. He described the state’s […]
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Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rangers International Football Club of Enugu has demoted eight first team players to its B team, the team’s Media Officer, Nobert Okolie said on Tuesday. Okolie told newsmen in Enugu that the decision was taken by the club technical crew and management after an emergency meeting. Okolie explained that […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Monday, remanded a 37-year-old pastor, Emmanuel Nwanosoke, in Ilesa Correctional Centre over alleged impersonation and breach of public peace. Nwanosoke is facing a two-count charge bordering on impersonation and breach of public peace. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The defence […]
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Monday, January 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Committee set up by Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to verify workers without Bank Verification Number (BVN) said it uncovered 596 dead officers on the government payroll. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Adamu Gumba, disclosed this at a news conference in Bauchi on Monday. “In the process of this […]
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Saturday, January 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Ondo state, CP Undie Adie, on Friday decorated 19 newly promoted officers in the state. Two Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) were promoted to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) while 17 Superintendent of Police (SP) were promoted to CSP. Adie charged the promoted officers to see the […]
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Saturday, January 4th, 2020
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …It’s Criminal, Says Power Minister (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Serious crisis is looming between electricity consumers in South- East Nigeria, and management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), over the organization’s resolve to dump prepaid meters they inherited from the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and return to estimated billing system, as […]
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Thursday, January 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said on Thursday it had arrested a fleeing member of the armed robbery gang that attempted to rob a bank at Mpape, FCT. A statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, said that the arrested suspect, Ernest Ewim, 29, had […]
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Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Wednesday said the joint security outfit, “Amotekun,” initiated by the six governors in the zone would commence work on Jan. 9. Fayemi, who disclosed this in his New Year message to the people of the state, said the outfit would complement the efforts of the regular […]
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Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Sen. Iyiola Omisore, has offset the bills of 17 patients who could not pay their medical bills after receiving treatment at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife. Omisore disclosed this on Wednesday, while celebrating the New Year with those who were on admission at […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 handed over a property, forfeited to the Federal Government to the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, which will serve as its headquarters. The property, located on Plot 1076 Cadastral Zone, Sector B 18, Gudu District, Abuja appeared in a case […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, over alleged extortion and name-dropping. The vocal ex-lawmaker was arrested in Abuja Tuesday, for allegedly using the name of the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, to extort various sums of money […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has appointed Hajiya Saratu Shafii as the Acting Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Head of Public Affairs of the commission Mr. Moses Adaguusu, announced this in a statement issued in Abuja Tuesday. Adaguusu indicated that Shafii’s appointment was conveyed to the CAC through the Ministry of Industry, Trade […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Police Command has paraded three suspects who attempted to rob an old generation Bank in Mpape area of the FCT last Saturday. The accused were paraded alongside a bank employee, identified as Larry Ehizo, aged 30. According to the FCT Police Command Commissioner of Police (CP) Bala Ciroma during the parade […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Tunde Bakare of Citadel Global Community Church (formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly), Ogba Lagos State visited Presidential Villa, Abuja Monday. The Lawyer turned Cleric arrived the Villa around 3pm and immediately dashed in for a meeting with President, Muhammadu Buhari. After the meeting which lasted for about 40 minutes, Pastor Bakare […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency. Mr Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communication to the Minister of Power, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Artimas said that […]
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Tuesday, December 31st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has approved the establishment and immediate take-off of new six Federal Colleges of Education in each of the six geo-political zones in the country. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the National Commission for Colleges of Education, Mr Ameh Isaac, disclosed Monday that the newly approved institutions would be situated […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed N1.169 trillion 2020 Appropriation Bill for the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu had on Nov. 8 presented a budget of N1.168 trillion with the theme “Budget of Reawakening”. The passage followed the report by the joint Committee of the House on Appropriation and Finance, […]
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Monday, December 30th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Task Force (JFT), code named Operation Delta Safe, and the Nigerian Navy on Monday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The visit was to ascertain the level of damage following attack on the former president’s residence by unknown gunmen on Christmas eve. They […]
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Sunday, December 29th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara state government says it has uncovered a 119-year-old (name withheld) on its payroll even as it planned to drag a total of 108 civil servants to court for receiving double salary in different ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabi’u Garba, disclosed […]
