(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arraignment of former Aviation Minster, Stella Oduah, on Monday, suffered setback in a Federal High Court, Abuja over a letter from the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) calling for the case review. African Examiner reports that Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Oct. 20, fixed today for the arraignment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader and convener of #Revolution Now”, Omoyele Sowore will be arraigned afresh on alleged treasonable felony today, November 22 at the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to available information, The activist is to be put on fresh trial by the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister for Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called on all Nigerians and stakeholders to make toilets attractive and available at all points towards promoting dignity and ending open defecation practices in the country. He made the call at the 2021 World Toilet Day commemoration, with the theme, ‘Valuing Toilets’ in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with the United States of America’s (USA) Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Blinken arrived at the Aso Rock Villa at about 3:47 pm and was received at the forecourt of the State House by State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Ambassador Lawal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the North West Zonal Congress of the party, earlier scheduled to hold on November 20. The party, in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd.), in Abuja, said the NWC approved the postponement of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Navy has said one of its personnel identified as OSCOMP Abdulgafar A A, also known as Cute Abiola is in custody and not missing has been reported. The Navy in a statement by its spokesperson Commodore, Saluman Dahun said Abdulgafar who is also a comedian is being held in his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government as well as several human rights groups, including Amnesty International, has called for action on the report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, which stated that at least nine persons were killed and 39 others […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Five persons are feared dead in a gas explosion that occurred at Ojekunle Street, Ladipo, Mushin area of Lagos on Tuesday morning, Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-west coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said. Mr Farinloye said one female and three male bodies have been recovered. He added that a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has arrived at the scene of a gas explosion on Ojekunle Street in the Ladipo area of the state. Five persons have been confirmed to have been burnt to death in the tragic occurrence that happened on Tuesday morning. Security operatives including policemen, soldiers and emergency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution on Lekki Toll Gate Shooting Incident and Cases of Police Brutality as well as human rights violations has indicted the Nigerian Army and the Police of complicity in the death of protesters at the Lekki Toll gate in 2020. The 309-page report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lady, identified as Susan, has been electrocuted at the Hustle and Bustle club in the Aminu Kano Crescent area of Wuse, Abuja. Hustle and Bustle is a club and restaurant co-owned by a popular socialite, Obi Cubana. It was gathered that the victim, who went to the club on Saturday, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeem Christian Church of God pastor, Sunday Adeniran, has regained freedom. Adeniran and two other persons were abducted on Saturday by yet to be identified gunmen in Calabar. A source who pleaded anonymity stated that they were released at about 2: am this morning near Scanobo filling station, Ikot Ekpo 8 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. African Examiner reports that most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Sunday. A private car owner, Mr Emmanuel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has said that all the police stations burnt in the state during last year’s EndSARS protests are now undergoing renovation. Odumosu, who disclosed this to the African Examiner on Sunday, stressed that some of the police stations had been completed and were now ready […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja Chapter, has rejected the account of the police on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and subsequent death of Vanguard Newspaper reporter, Tordue Salem. The Chairman of the NUJ FCT council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, while receiving a letter from the House of Representatives Press Corps at the NUJ […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution companies and all meter asset providers. The circular, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Merchant Navy (NMN) in Lagos has claimed that one of its personnel was killed during the Police raid on its Ogudu camp on Wednesday. Cdr. Ichuku Agaba, its training commander in Lagos, stated on Thursday that four others were still missing after the raid. “The Police came to the camp […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished alleged illegal property in Kuchibedna Community, Gwarinpa District, Abuja. The property, which included brothels, worship and trading centres were demolished over alleged encroachment on right of way for major road infrastructure. African Examiner reports that other structures affected included makeshift open markets, residential buildings, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Kaduna State have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Muhammad Jalige, stated that on Nov. 9, at about 7.45 p.m., the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mudassiru Abdullahi, was on an official tour. “The commissioner intercepted a large group of marauding bandits on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government says 29 families have submitted samples for DNA to identify bodies evacuated from the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, stated in a statement that the identification of bodies had continued at the IDH, Yaba, Lagos Mainland. Omotoso said that […]
