(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Kano State have arrested a 30-year-old man, Mutawakilu Ibrahim, for allegedly stabbing his grandparents to death in a heated argument over food at their home in Kofar Dawanau Quarters, Dala Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, threatened to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of Sen. Andy Uba if he fails to appear in court on Oct. 28 to stand his trial. Uba and his co-accused, Benjamin Etu, are being prosecuted on allegations bordering on fraud to the tune […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Guinness World Records, GWR, has closed its doors to the plans of Nigerian controversial adult entertainment star, Mandy Kiss, who wanted to set a record of having sex with 100 men at a time. Mandy Kiss had earlier in an Instagram post announced her plan to have sex with 100 men. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Government has condemned in strong terms the gruesome murder of Rev. Fr. Mathew Eya of Nsukka Catholic Diocese by unknown assailants. The government also commiserated with the late priest’s immediate family, the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, and indeed the Catholic faithful in general over the tragic incident, which occurred at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto, has always been inconsistent and a betrayer. Wike made this revelation on Thursday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. Wike, who is the former governor of Rivers State was reacting to Tambuwal’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –) President Bola Tinubu has lifted the State of Emergency in Rivers State, and directed that Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and members of the State House of Assembly to resume duties on Thursday. In a statement released Wednesday in Abuja, the President said the decision followed the restoration of peace and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a rise in confirmed Lassa fever cases, with 162 deaths recorded across 21 states as of epidemiological week 35, spanning August 25–31. The NCDC via its official website on Tuesday reported 10 new confirmed cases in week 35 alone, up from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has cautioned Christian pilgrims travelling to Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan to uphold national values.She also warned them to avoid any act of absconding, stressing the importance of representing Nigeria with dignity. Speaking during a pre-departure orientation in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and federal government workers have asked for a quick review of the national minimum wage, saying that the present N70,000 is no longer sustainable. The workers made this demand after the agitations of several states across the country calling for an increase in the minimum wage of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of The Polytechnic Ibadan, on Tuesday, staged a protest at the Oyo State Government Secretariat against the renaming of the institution after a former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo. The displeased student carried placards with different inscriptions, asking Governor Seyi Makinde to rescind his decision and restore the polytechnic to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) has said Nigerian companies have a lot to benefit if they are prepared to take advantage of more opportunities in its offshore and shallow water oil and gas projects. Speaking at the 5th Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has closed the popular Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State, for the second time in two years. According to the agency, it found and seized fake and substandard food and beverages worth over ₦5 billion in its latest operation which was tagged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Police operatives serving at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters has arrested four suspects including a 21-year old lady Chinenye Ekwenugo from Ifitedunu over the burning of a 74 (seventy-four) years old woman in a wheelchair at Abagana. The three other suspects includes Uzochukwu Okeke ‘M’ aged 47, Fidel Anayo ‘M’ aged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and cloudiness from Monday to Wednesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged dust haze on Monday in the northern region with visibility ranges of 1km to 3km. It anticipated localised visibility of less than 1km throughout the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. No additional vehicles would be assigned to them for movement. The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President. A statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Medical Director of the crisis- ridden Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Dr. Ngozi Unogu, may soon incur the wrath of the Court, as she faces contempt proceedings initiated by Dr. Afam Ndu, who earlier won a defamation suit against the hospital officials. Addressing newsmen at the weekend in Enugu, Counsel to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has expressed deep grief over the death of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, describing it as the fall of a great iroko and an incalculable loss to Ndigbo and Nigeria in general. Mbah said Iwuanyanwu was unapologetically Igbo, yet a consummate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the automatic employment of 15 persons living with disability, who have degrees, NCE, diploma and vocational training certificates. The governor gave the approval in Maiduguri on Saturday at the Government House when he met with members of the Association of People Living with Disability. “I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Agege Local Government in Lagos State on Friday gave traders, scavengers and illegal occupants of railway lines, five days to vacate the area. Alhaji Ganiyu Egunjobi, its Executive Chairman, gave the ultimatum at a public enlightenment on the ultimatum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Saturday in Lagos, flagged off the demolition of a section of the Landmark Beach, the Mami Chula Beach Lifestyle, to give way to the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Umahi began the demolition after he inspected kilometre 13, 16 and 20 to ensure the most economical […]
