(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A presidential campaign billboard bearing the name and picture of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has surfaced in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Osinbajo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is serving his second and final term of four years as the Vice President alongside the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) An unnamed Chief Superintendent of Police on Tuesday has openly defied the order of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the Magodo Phase 2 Estate area of the state. The CSP told the governor categorically that he and his armed colleagues were at the estate on the orders of the Inspector-General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has stated that the state government is yet to implement the new minimum wage after three years in which the federal government passed the bill into law. The NLC chairman in the state, Chinwe Orizu, made this known on Tuesday in Awka during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will consider the interest of over 200 million Nigerians before he accept the request for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Malami disclosed this on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has stated that Nigeria needs to invest in security in the year 2022. Obi, who described 2021 as a difficult year for Nigerians in every aspect talked about the state of the nation on Monday while he answered questions from newsmen at the Sam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Government has stated that former Governor, Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu are the sponsors of bandits and kidnapping in the state. This was announced in a statement issued to the press on Tuesday by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, saying that the duo were funding violence in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State of uniting with security operatives and Ebubeagu to kill innocent citizens in the state. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, alleged that Uzodinma, alongside the All Progressives Congress, APC, security agents and Ebubeagu, has made Imo State into an “abattoir […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board directed admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre of the Joint […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six persons died while 12 sustained injuries on Monday in an accident involving a Mistubishi canter and a Mazda bus, around Lala/Kere area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:10pm, with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ibadan-based lawyer, Chief Michael Lana, has advised Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, not to rush the installation of a new Olubadan of Ibadanland in view of the existence of a suit involving Sen. Lekan Balogun, next in line to the stool and the state government. Lana, in a letter addressed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mayor of the Turkish city of Bodrum, Ahmet Aras, has beckoned on Nigerians to explore the city’s mediterranean culture and other tourists’ sites in Turkey. Aras made the call on Monday when he hosted some Nigerian tourism stakeholders to an exploratory meeting in Turkey. Tourism promoter Ikechi Uko, said in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owners of over 250 shops damaged by a mysterious fire at Obi Isiedo foodstuff market, Okpuno-Egbu, Umudim, in Nnewi, Anambra State, yesterday wept uncontrollably as they count their losses African Examiner gathered that the disaster which occurred at about 10pm, destroyed goods valued several millions of naira, and has thrown the affected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of residents of Nguru community in Nsukka Council Area of Enugu State on Monday staged a protest against the Traditional Ruler of the locality, Igwe Linus Obayi, calling for his sack from office. Some of the placards displayed by over 500 protesters read thus” ‘ Igwe Linus Obayi must go, “We […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least six villagers were killed on Monday in an attack by al-Shabab militants at a village in Kenya’s coastal county of Lamu, local officials said. Lamu County Commissioner, Irungu Macharia, said that the attackers, believed to have crossed over from neighbouring Somalia, also torched several houses in the attack there. “The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Danish government has provided a $30.1 million grant for the African Water Facility for climate-smart water and sanitation services in four drought-prone countries in the continent. The African Water Facility which is tagged, “Improving access to climate-resilient safe water supply and sanitation services in the Sahel and Horn of Africa programme”, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has banned the slaughtering of Fulani cows and the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem in Biafraland -South-East. This was contained in a New Year message by IPOB director of state, Chika Edoziem. Instead, Edoziem said only the Biafran national anthem should be taught in schools. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, famous human Rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law InterSociety, has urged electorate in Imo State, to ensure that the incumbent governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma is swept way and other South- East serving Governors replaced with bold and service […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has placed a ban on all nightclub activities, including night-time trading and street prostitution along Abacha road and surrounding streets in Port Harcourt with immediate effect. “No responsible government should continue to tolerate the open display and solicitation of sexual services, drug abuse and public intoxication […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), has claimed that there was a plot to kill him after he was summoned by the Catholic Diocese of Enugu in May 2021. Mbaka stated this when he addressed worshippers at the Adoration ground in Enugu on Saturday. African Examiner recalls that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, has announced his intention to contest the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State. Sani served as senator from 2015 to 2019. Speaking in an interview on a radio programme weekend, Sani said he would contest the governorship election on the platform of the People’s Democratic […]
