(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State governor who is an aspirant in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that if he becomes president, he can make Edo state as “beautiful” as Lagos. Tinubu disclosed this on Saturday at a meeting with APC delegates in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Diocese of Gboko, Benue state, has suspended one of its priests, Hyacinth Alia after he joined the 2023 governorship race. African Examiner writes that Alia had, in April 2022, announced his intention to contest the 2023 governorship election in Benue State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday evening, returned to Abuja after concluding a two-day condolence visit to Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital. He returns amid uncertainty in the governing All Progressives Congress over the signing of the Electoral Amendment Act, especially the section pertaining to the eligibility of statutory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Ogun have arrested a 25-year-old class teacher of a nursery and primary school in Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu North Local Government Area for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old pupil. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, police spokesman stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the teacher was arrested on Thursday. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State says it will arrest both motorcyclist and passenger as part of measures to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycle operations in the state. Its spokesman, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, announced this on Saturday in his Twitter handle . “Under the new total ban of motorcycles in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of 34 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Service DSS on Friday dislodged a training camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Okporo in Orlu Council Area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The State Chairman of All progressive Congress APC Enugu Mainstream, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has accused the Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the State, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu, of trying to promote Illegality by accepting to sign lists of delegates for the party’s governorship congress ahead of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his determination to do more to ensure the growth and intensification of the strategic partnership between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a short interaction with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the UAE during a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted Chairman of Keffi local government area in Nasarawa State, Hon Muhammad Baba Shehu and his driver. The gunmen killed the police orderly of the chairman Sergeant Alhassan Habibu Nasir. The incident occured along Gudi district of Akwanga local government around 6:30pm on Friday when the chairman was heading to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tourism has returned to centre stage in Egypt after the country’s deadly coronavirus experience, which restricted tourists from visiting tourism sites in the country since the outbreak of COVID-19. African Examiner reporting from the Mediterranean City of Alexandria in northern Egypt on Saturday, saw hundreds of people finding their ways to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a former Special Assistant to Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC), Goerge Turnah, to four years’ imprisonment. According to a press statement by the spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Pan-African enterprise, Paradigm Initiative has launched its 2021 annual report on digital rights and inclusion. Paradigm Initiative works to ensure digital empowerment and promote a positive rights environment, supporting public policy toward Internet Freedom in Africa through a diverse team of 29, working out of sub-regional offices in Cameroon, Kenya, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Sokoto State and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, stated that the next president of Nigeria must pay attention to the call for restructuring, devolution of power and fiscal federalism by Nigerians. Tambuwal disclosed this on Friday in Asaba when he addressed the PDP delegates, saying that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has Stated that paper currency will soon be out of circulation tasking market men and women to key into the e-Naira. The Delta State Branch Controller of CBN, Mr Godwin Okafor, disclosed this on Friday at the popular Ogbogonogo market in a market sensitisation on e-Naira. Okafor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. The approval of the AfDB’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility by the Board of the Bank on Friday, is an unprecedented comprehensive initiative to support smallholder farmers in filling the food […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, says the command is after foreigners operating as commercial motorcyclists in the state. Alabi disclosed this on Friday in an interview with in Lagos. He said that the command was aware of some foreigners operating as motorcyclists in the state and that they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN agencies on Friday reported that food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by half in parts of the Sahel due to a massive funding shortfall. It said millions would go hungry as prices rise and climate shocks hit yields. The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) estimates that some 18 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), joined the Muslim faithful to observe Jummah prayers, at which prayers were said for the repose of the soul of the late President of UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. A statement by the President’s media aide, Malam Garba […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Friday has sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen on two counts of murder brought against him by Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Coalition of Women groups in Enugu have appealed to governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to use his executive power to ensure implementation of the 35 percent affirmative during the forthcoming primary election of the people’s Democratic party PDP slated for May 21st 2022. The Women numbering over 200 made the appeal Thursday when […]
