KATISINA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Goods worth over N20m and a total of 10 shops were destroyed by an early morning fire outbreak at an auto spare parts market at Jabiri area of Funtua, Katsina State. While speaking in an interview Tuesday, some of the affected shop owners said they were called at about 4 am and informed about […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had, as far back as when Professor Attahiru Jega was in the saddle as national chairman, formulated a body of rules or regulations that would guide and ensure the credibility of the conduct of primary elections by political parties. Titled “Regulation for the […]
Photo:Akwa Ibom in Sweden By Iman Imar (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is one of the ironies of life that the race is not to the swiftest. That fact is now turning into one of the realities that the people of Akwa Ibom State have to grapple with especially in the education sector. In an era […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling and jostling in Nigeria’s political arena would have begun in full earnest. The elections will be held in February 2019. For the benefit of any outsider who may never […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has established some dedicated call lines to enable residents in the state report cases of high-water level in their areas. The mobile numbers are 08025814636, 08110413567 and 09037582261. The development is coming on the heels of the alert issued by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA), that nine […]
…Renews Demand on Muharram 1 as Public Holiday LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called the attention of the Nigerian authorities to the malaria scourge which is causing a lot of havoc across the country, particularly among the poor. In its new year (1440 AH Lunar calendar), MURIC lamented that the […]
Photo: Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura NASARAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa State Government has expressed shock and sadness over a gas explosion incident in Lafia, the State capital in which two persons have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured. Deputy Governor Mr. Silas Agara expressed the shock Monday during on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command has threatened that it will arrest anybody who breaks the law – in compliance with the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday. The State Commissioner of Police CP, Mr. Dasuki Galadanchi, made the threat Monday at a joint press conference held in Owerri, the State’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, has obtained nomination form for his Jigawa State central senatorial district under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. Mr. Abba bought his nomination and expression of interest forms Monday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Responding to journalists after buying […]
Photo: Ex-Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Olorogun Ima Niboro (Second from Left) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the mainstream of All Progressives Congress in Delta State Olorogun Otega Emerhor and prominent leaders from Ughelli South, North and Udu Local Government Areas on Sunday endorsed the immediate past Managing Director of News Agency of […]
Photo: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is neither in confrontation with the parliament over his refusal to sign the amended Electoral Act Bill nor against the use of card readers in the forthcoming elections. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Centenary City Developers FZE, a joint venture between Front Range Developers of the UAE and Centenary City Plc has announced the beginning of the Centenary City development with the launch of its first co-development opportunity – The Grove– On 11th Of September, At the Sales Center, Wawa District, Airport Road, Abuja. The project is spread over a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye, on Saturday led over 98 leaders and 5000 members of the APC to the People’s Democratic Party in the State. Those who defected to the APC included a serving lawmaker representing Brass 2 Constituency in the House […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former chairman senate committee on works, Senator Ayogu Eze, was on Saturday received in a heroic manner by over twenty thousand teeming supporters and political associates who trouped out to the Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu, to accord him a rousing welcome on arrival from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences against 75 people for participating in a 2013 sit-in protest in support of deposed President Mohammed Morsi. Those convicted included senior officials in Morsi’s now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group, state television reported on its website. BThirty-one of the 75 defendants were tried in absentia. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Delta APC factional Exco led by Prophet Jones Erue and loyal to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Chief Great Ogboru has declared that any Direct primaries is not feasible in Delta State stating categorically that Delta APC cannot and will not undertake any direct primaries. At a meeting of the factional State […]
Photo: Chairman of Enugu APC , Dr. Ben Nwoye From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the ruling All progressive congress APC, has assured women vying for various elective positions in the 2019 general election in the state, of a level playing ground between them and their Male counterpart. It said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the deadline for the sale and submission of Presidential, Governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly forms to Tuesday, Sept. 11. Mr Yekini Nabena, the APC National Publicity Secretary announced the extension in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The previous deadline was Monday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Africa’s leading entrepreneurship-focused philanthropy, has announced a call for entries for the 2018 TEF Entrepreneurship Forum Travel Fellowship for African journalists. The Travel Fellowship will provide financial aid to journalists and photojournalists affiliated with African national or global media houses to attend the 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship […]
Founder, Crusader Movement, Chief Gbazueagu Nweke Gbazueagu From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A body with political, economic and social expedition under the platform of “the Crusader” has been inaugurated in the 81 wards of Enugu West senatorial district of Enugu state, South – East Nigeria, with the aim of re-awakening the political consciousness of […]
