(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in Kaduna inaugurated two Mi 35m combat helicopters to boost the attack capabilities of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the helicopter gunships were delivered to Nigeria by Russaia in April. NAN also reports that the President was represented by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Delta has confirmed that a chairmanship candidate died in the All Progressives Congress ward congresses in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Andrew Aniamaka, said Mr Jeremiah Oghoveta, was stabbed to death during the exercise at Jeremi Ward 3, Okwagbe. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governorship primary of the Ekiti All Progressives Congress has been disrupted by the suspected thugs loyal to some aspirants, forcing the suspension of the exercise. The hoodlums stormed Oluyemo Kayode Stadium in Ado Ekiti, the venue of the exercise, engaged in violent protest and reportedly smashed ballot box on the ground […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdullahi Chafe, has warned political parties and aspirants not to engage in acts capable of causing violence while conducting their gubernatorial primaries. Chafe gave the advice at a valedictory news conference on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold its gubernatorial primary on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his home town, Daura ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress on May 5. Buhari arrived Daura at about 5:30 pm on Friday. The president is expected to participate in the ward congress at Sarkin Yara A ward in Daura. The APC ward chairman, Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja on Friday varied a Senior Magistrate Court’s order and remanded Sen. Dino Melaye at the National Hospital, Abuja under the custody and supervision of the police. The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasir Ajanah gave the interim order in his ruling on two motions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The media has been urged to always ensure fairness, impartiality, truth and accuracy in reporting the activities of government, in line with the principles of ”responsible journalism”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal Thursday in a statement issued in Abuja to mark the 2018 World Press […]
KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Kogi State Senator Dino Melaye Thursday arrived in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and was arraigned before a Magistrates’ court in the city. Melaye, who has since last week, been hospitalized in Abuja due to scuffle he had with the Police was brought to the court 2 […]
…Pledges to Partner MRA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), has affirmed its readiness to partner with the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to ensure that the examinations body fulfills its constitutional mandate fully, uncompromisingly, and faithfully. Chairman of the newly inaugurated Governing Board of NABTEB, Professor Leonard Karshima Shilgba, gave the assurance on […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki Wednesday declared that failure of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris’s to appear before the upper Legislative Chamber is a threat to the Nigeria’s democracy. Saraki made the declaration on his twitter handle after the plenary Wednesday. The IGP was […]
OSUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The main gate and the administrative block of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU Ile-Ife, have been sealed by the officials of Osun State Internal Revenue Service over alleged tax debt of N1.8 billion. Reports confirmed that the State tax officials, who arrived the University’s premises with the heavily armed security […]
Photo: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage to expedite the task before it with regards to workers’ new minimum wage. Prof. Osinbajo made this call Tuesday in Abuja at the 2018 May Day celebration with the theme: “Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Almost 40 people have been reportedly killed, while many others were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in Mubi, Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria. A local volunteer confirmed that following the bloody attack, many victims including the dead and injured have been […]
Photo: President Buhari (L) and President Trump (R) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Donald Trump welcomed the first leader from sub-Saharan Africa to the White House on Monday nearly 15 months into his term. The discussions with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari centered around security challenges, including the nearly decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered an interim forfeiture of two properties in the FCT linked to the wife of the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The properties in question are located at Plot No. 1960, Cadastral Zone A05, Maitama District and Plot No. 1350, Cadastral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday commended constituents in Kogi West Senatorial District for resisting the move to recall Sen. Dino Melaye from the senate. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday, said that the people of Kogi West where he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Financial Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Ekiti, Mr Kayode Oni, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Oni was said to have been abducted on a spot on the Efon Alaaye-Erio-Ekiti federal highway while returning to his home, Aramoko Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti West Local Government area late on Saturday. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bomb explosion occurred on Sunday at the country home of the President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo at Ukehe, Igbo Etiti Council area of Enugu state. The police Bomb Disposal Unit said it was an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on 28th April 2018, on an official working visit to the United States of America, on the invitation of President Donald Trump. President Buhari will have bilateral meeting with President Trump and a working lunch on Monday 30th April 2018. The meeting is to discuss ways […]
Photo: Late Imam Imam (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Media and Publicity, Malam Imam Imam is dead. Imam died around 3.am at the Nziamye Turkish Hospital Abuja after a brief illness on Friday. The younger brother, Abubakar Imam and his friend Muhammad Isa, confirmed that the deceased […]
