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Saturday, December 31st, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all Nigerians to be on the alert and watch out for strange figures settling in their communities, and report to the nearest security agencies. While noting that this becomes necessary, as the armed forces followed up on the fleeing terrorists from the captured Sambisa Forest, the […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has denied media report that the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Magu has been sacked. President Muhammadu Buhari SSA on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu made the clarification Saturday on his twitter handle. The tweets read: ‘’we […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly Mr. Kennedy Njoku resigned due to reservation of the State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu to his election. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered from a source close to the Abia House of Assembly that Njoku’s resignation might not be unconnected to […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commiserated with the Prompt News’ publisher, the title’s staff and the rest of the family friends and associates over the passage of the publisher’s mother, Mrs. Sariyu Oyetunji. The group’s Director Prof Ishaq Akintola in a statement issued in Lagos Friday, prayed that Almighty […]
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Friday, December 30th, 2016
BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops under the Operation Lafiya Dole clashed with the Boko Haram insurgents Friday in Borno, North east, leaving not less than 15 of the terrorists dead, while several others sustained injuries and fled. The long and fierce gun battle was prompted by the insurgents, who attacked with sporadic gun shot at Rann – […]
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Friday, December 30th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara UMUAHIA NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia state police Command has nabbed a 61-year-old man, identified as Timothy Onyeukwu, for allegedly camping a 10-year-old girl in an undisclosed hotel for several months and having canal knowledge of her at will. The suspect according to the police, was apprehended following intelligence information. Onyeukwu was paraded, Thursday before newsmen in […]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Federal permanent secretary, abbreviated as Perm Sec, retired from office recently and bolted away with 40 brand new SUVs and other vehicles. The startling revelation was made today by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while explaining President Muhammadu Buhari’s well-articulated strategy in the fight against […]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The elusive Boko Haram Head Abubakar Shekau has again hit back at the Federal Government (FG), faulting the claim that the insurgents have been routed from its Sambisa haven in Borno State. Shekau in a new 25-minutes video clip on youtube, released Thursday said the Nigerian Army […]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled visit to Bauchi for the commissioning of Air Force medical facility and other projects by the State government has been disrupted due to poor visibility in Abuja. The Commander of the Presidential Air Fleet, Air Commodore Hassan Abubakar Thursday confirmed that the Presidential […]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Delta State on the death of a Second Republic Senator and member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Francis Okpozo. In a statement issued by his SA on Media […]
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Thursday, December 29th, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has declared that the Federal Government (FG) is guided by a well-articulated strategy in its fight against corruption in the country, contrary to the misconception in certain quaters that the crusade is not well coordinated. In a statement issued in Lagos […]
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has officially ended its one-month special exercise code-named, “Operation Python Dance’ in South-East Nigeria. The operation was aim at checking activities of miscreants in the region during the Christmas and new year celebrations. Deputy Director, Army Public Relations DDAPR of the 82 Division, Nigerian […]
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
DELTA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Lawmaker and South South Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Spanner Francis Okpozo has died. Okpozo reportedly died Monday after a brief illness in hospital, according to his family. The late politician was a native of Ozoro, in Isoko North Council Area of Delta State. […]
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has congratulated the troops of the Nigerian military for finally seizing the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram terrorists and securing the North-east as well as called on Nigerians to support them with prayers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made call in […]
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Monday, December 26th, 2016
MAIDUGURI, BORNO NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two female suicide bombers were killed Monday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital when their attempt to attack a cattle market was foiled by some members of Vigilante. Eyewitness account indicated that the two suicide bombers were accosted by the youth vigilante members stationed at the market. The female […]
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Monday, December 26th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus , Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has admonished Christians to continue to uphold the universal attributes of peace, love and sacrifice, which Christ stood for, propagated and died for. In his Christmas message signed by his Spokesman, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Bayelsa […]
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Monday, December 26th, 2016
An association, Network for Sustainable Development and Empowerment (NSDE) has expressed warm felicitations to those it described the sons and daughters and entire people of Southern Borno on the occasion of Christmas and New Year Festivities. The group in a statement issued by Brigadier General David Shaljaba (rtd) urged the people to remain prayerful and united in the face of […]
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Sunday, December 25th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is set to formally re-open two major roads in Borno State today (Sunday) after total defeat of Boko Haram in the North-East by the Nigerian military. They affected axis are the Maiduguri-Gubio-Damasak road and the Maiduguri-Mungono-Baga road. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and […]
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Saturday, December 24th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka AWKA, NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, five people lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash involving an Onitsha bound commercial vehicle on Friday, the Anambra state Command of the Federal Road Safety Corpse, FRSC, has confirmed. The incident occurred near Abba junction in Anambra State, on the Enugu- Onitsha expressway […]
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Friday, December 23rd, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has denied media reports alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari snubbed the recent South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu. In a statement issued Friday by his SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, it was admitted that Mr. President was presented with a request to attend the Summit by […]
