(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, abducted Mrs Suzzy Nathan, Permanent Secretary, Taraba Ministry of Water Resources, Jalingo from her home. The Police Public Relations Officer in Taraba, DSP David Misal, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Jalingo. Misal said the command was deploying every intelligence to establish if it […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a 10-day private visit to the UK. The presidential aircraft landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 6.33 p.m. Those at the airport to welcome the president include his Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, some ministers, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police command, South- East Nigeria, has arrested a couple, identified as Mr. Chinonso and Oluebube Anyawu, for allegedly selling their three-day-old baby boy for N300,000. (three hundred thousand naira). Spokesperson of the command, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed this to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra state capital weekend, said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, 16 persons were reportedly dead Friday night in an auto crash involving three commercial vehicles at Tukwi village along Dambatta-Daura road in Kano State. The victims according to reports were heading to Daura in Katsina State when the incident occurred. An eyewitness and leader in the community, Wakilin Garin Dambatta, Muhammad […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister of Works and chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, has reportedly dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Senator confirmed the development Friday in an interview with the NAN in Lagos State. He made the confirmation while reacting to the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra state governor, Chief Willie Obiano has expressed his administration’s readiness to implement the new minimum wage law in the state once the guidelines for the payment are released by the Federal government. He spoke Wednesday during the 2019 Workers’ Day celebration at the Ekwueme Square in Awka, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mavin Records, Micheal Collins, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has sent his farewell message to singer, Tiwa Savage, as she exits the group. Savage, who just signed a deal with Universal Music Group on Thursday was associated with Mavin Records for seven years, having joined in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting Inspector General of Police (I -G), Mr Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in charge of Kaduna state Command, Mr Ahmed Abdulrahaman to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Abuja. A statement by the Force spokesman, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police on Wednesday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s Senate has finally passed the 2019 Appropriation Bill. The budget was however increased from N8.83trn as originally presented by President Muhammadu Buhari last year to N8.916 trillion. The passage Premium Times reported, follows the presentation of a report by the Chairman Senate committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje. Senator Goje explained that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has reportedly secured the release of detained young Nigerian female undergraduate in Saudi Arabia, Zainab Aliyu. Miss Aliyu has been held by the Saudi authority over alleged drug trafficking. Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on the New Media, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this on his verified Twitter handle. Tweeting via […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of replacing all the servers in its headquarters and state offices to conceal the alleged rigging in the last Presidential election. In a statement issued in Abuja late Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death for his involvement in drug trafficking. Canada’s Fan Wei received the death penalty, similar to Wu Ziping, whose nationality was not given, a court in the southern Chinese city of Jiangmen in Guangdong province said on Tuesday. The two men allegedly headed a group […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kidnappers on Monday afternoon blocked the Kaduna-Abuja Express way forcing several motorists to abandon their vehicles and head for nearby bushes to avoid being abducted. The development has left many motorists and passengers unaccounted for just as their belongings were carted away by the kidnappers. A Correspondent of the News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Wednesday – May 1, as public holiday to celebrate the 2019 Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the FG. Dambazau in a statement issued Monday in Abuja by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, congratulated Nigerian workers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Government has constituted a 26- member transition committee ahead of the inauguration of a new government in the state on May 29. The committee, comprising 15 members from the team of the Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun and 11 members from the incumbent government, was inaugurated at the Governor’s Office, Monday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, to immediately intervene in the case of Nigerian student, Zainab Aliyu detained in Saudi Arabia in relation to hard drugs. The Senior Special Assistant to Mr President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora matters, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed the directive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler of Ilogbo Ekiti, Oba Edward Ajayi, who abandoned the throne six months ago for safety, having been chased away by angry subjects over certain offences, has returned. The Oba’s return was facilitated by the state government which intervened in his plight to enable him to reclaim the throne. Special […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi Police Command has rescued the two kidnapped Chinese nationals who were abducted by unknown gunmen at a road construction site in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the victims, Messrs Sun Zhi Xim and Wang Qinghu, were employees of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results would be ready from Monday, April 29. JAMB Head, Media and Publicity, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the NAN Saturday in Bwari. Dr. Benjamin also confirmed that screening of the results […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ohha Microfinance Bank Enugu, has again petitioned the Economic and financial Crimes commission EFCC, over the delay in prosecuting Mr. Oliver Anidiobi, a top management staff of Sterling Bank PLC for allegedly converting its deposits in the sum of N219,034,901.50 (Two Hundred and Nineteen Million, Thirty Four Thousand, Nine […]
