(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Monday met behind the closed doors with the Inspector-General of Police IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting held shortly after the news some policemen were protesting against non-payment of their allowances in Maiduguri, Borno State was broken. It was not clear if Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – While in Lagos this week, Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic will engage with over 2,000 Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) alumni, together with other significant members of the African entrepreneurial ecosystem. in an open forum, that will guarantee a free and frank exchange of ideas and opinions. The Forum will allow […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After previous repeated shift of declaring its position, there are strong indications that talks between the ruling All Progressives Congress and aggrieved members of the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party nPDP bloc will resume this week. The Leader of the bloc, Kawu Baraje dropped the hint in a statement released Sunday, by […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, a Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N200m bail to the immediate-past National Security Adviser NSA, Col.(retd) Sambo Dasuki from the custody of the Department of State Service DSS. The PDP Chieftain has been held by the security outfit for over two years, in connection with the misappropriation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy with victims of a gas explosion in Kaduna. The President’s message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday. President Buhari said he felt their pains at the hour of distress, considering the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would soon release the full report of its investigation into alleged under-aged voting in the Kano election report. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this during an interaction with political editors of media organisations on Saturday in Lagos. Yakubu recalled that the commission had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gas explosion on Saturday evening burnt down 14 shops and a pharmacy with one person injured. The incident occurred at about 5:40 pm on Ibrahim Taiwo Road by Abeokuta street in Kaduna. NAN reports that residents mobilised to put out the fire before it spread further in the densely populated area. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Prince Uche Secondus has blasted the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for trying to politicize the senseless and mindless rampant killings going on across the country under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari and his administration. Speaking on friday when he and members […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has challenged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to present its scorecard of achievements, especially in the area of infrastructural development, in the South-East and the South-South in its 16 years in office. Alhaji Mohammed who threw the challenge while inspecting ongoing construction […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redeployment of three permanent secretaries to the Federal Ministries of Labour, Communication and Health. Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of Civil Service of the Federation disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mrs Ibukun Odusote, was redeployed to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock and sorrow over the Thursday’s fire incident in Lagos where many people are feared killed with several vehicles burnt. The President made his feelings known in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, on Thursday. ““I’m […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many people were killed, while scores of vehicles burnt Thursday evening, when a petrol tanker went on fire on Otedola Bridge, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The truck was outward Lagos when the sad incident occurred. Reports said the officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, Lagos Fire Service as well as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Thursday fixed October 2, 2018 for ruling on the objection to the hearing of a motion seeking to quash the N450 million money laundering charge against Mr. Dele Belgore SAN. Belgore was arraigned along with a former Ministers of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Suleiman; Petroleum […]
From.Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended one Collins Ugwu, a Deputy Superintendent DSP in the Nigerian Prisons Service Headquarters, Abuja and 8 others over alleged armed robbery, conspiracy, malicious damage stealing, among other crimes. Danmallam Mohammed, the state Commissioner of Police disclosed this Thursday while parading Ugwu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As high profile Nigerians continue to pour into Jos over massive killings in Plateau communities, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the right machinery should be put in place for solution. According to the former president, human problems need human solutions and Nigeria must find solution to massive killings across the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Screening Committee for Osun State governorship election on Wednesday cleared all the 11 aspirants contesting to be the party’s flag bearer in the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun. The Chairman of the Screening Committee, Austin Opara, at the presentation of Screening Certificates to the aspirants at […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Abuja has dismissed a bail application filed by the recently convicted former Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Jolly Nyame. The ex-Governor was on May 30, 2018 slammed with 14-year jail term and he is currently serving in Kuje prison, also in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara Wednesday informed that President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted the Leadership of the National Assembly NASS on his plans to reorganize state security apparatus with a view to forestall a repeat of the last weekend killings in Plateau State. Dogara made the disclosure after […]
OSUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has warned that it would sanction any tertiary institution which charges over N2, 000 for its post-UTME screening test. Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, gave the warning Tuesday at the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions for 2018/19 academic […]
From Ignatius Okpara IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has gripped residents of Mgbe community in Orlu Council area of Imo state, South -East Nigeria and environs, as the traditional ruler of the area, Eze Brendan Ibekwe, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. The State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Andrew Enwerem, who confirmed […]
