(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, has alleged that his client was chained to the floor at a private detention center when he was arrested in Kenya. Speaking on Kanu’s ordeal in Kenya and how Kanu ended up in Nigeria, Ejimakor, in a statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senators in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly are poised for a showdown this morning as the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission pushes for the confirmation of Prof. Sani Adams, whose nomination was stepped down on Tuesday. Adams and a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, were not cleared by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party has named Senator Ibrahim Dambaba (Sokoto South) as the new Senate Minority Whip. He replaced Senator Sahabi Yau from Zamfara State, who defected to the All Progressives Congress recently. Details later…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu state, following the killing of two Soldiers by unknown gunmen during a gun battle at Adani Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu state, South East Nigeria. The deceased who are part of the troops posted to the area to checkmate activities of hoodlums were killed at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of eleven Candidates, including an Ex- Military Administrator (MILAD) of Gombe state, Group Capt. Joe Orji (rtd) have indicated interest to vie for the Enugu State All progressive Congress APC Chairmanship position in the coming elective Congress of the Nigeria’s ruling party. African Examiner Recalled that Orji, an Aircraft Engineer, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Kolade Alabi, National President, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), has declared his support for state police in the country. Alabi expressed his support in a statement released to newsmen in Enugu, on Wednesday, at the end of the Association’s National Executive Committee meeting in the state. He urged the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the supplementary recruitment of 44 candidates by the Nigerian Navy, for allegedly violating the principle of Federal character. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) at the plenary on Wednesday, in Abuja. Moving the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) = The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has approved a uniform template for the implementation of the Memorandum of Action on financial autonomy for State legislatures and judiciary. The forum disclosed this in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Ekiti State Gov. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday night, in Abuja, after its 32nd teleconference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the implementation of an Early Warning mechanism. The agreement which was signed at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, is also aimed at establishing a National Early Warning and Response Centre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The management of the University of Lagos has shut down the student hostels over reported cases of coronavirus on the campus. Also, the management also approved that lectures for the rest of the semester should be delivered virtually with effect from 26th July 2021. The decision was reached at an emergency senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some ram sellers in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Area of Ogun have expressed concern over low patronage of buyers, ahead of the forthcoming Eid-el Kabir festival. The ram sellers stated this known in separate interviews on Wednesday in Ota, Ogun. Mr Musa Abdullahi, a seller at Toll-Gate ram market, Sango-Ota, attributed the low patronage […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has stated that her life was threatened for saving Nigeria huge sums of money during the oil subsidy scam when she served as the country’s finance minister. She disclosed this when she spoke in an interview organised by Atlantic Council, a United States […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Edo State has said that no fewer than 85 persons lost their lives and 279 others got injured in various road traffic crashes (RTCs) recorded in Edo between January and June. African Examiner reports that Mr. Henry Benamaisia, the corps Sector Commander who made this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday disclosed that it has arrested more suspects in the murder of Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, as an “afterthought”. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Wednesday stated that it has also established a “conspiracy” in the circumstances which led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis on Wednesday left the Rome hospital where the 84-year-old pontiff underwent an operation on his colon on July 4, an AFP photographer said. The pontiff left the Gemelli University Hospital for the Vatican in a car with darkened windows, the photographer said. Francis had been admitted after suffering from a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba Self-Determination groups have filed a 27-page petition before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Several leaders of Yoruba Self-Determination groups appended their signatures on the petition. African Examiner learnt the petition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fear and tension have gripped residents of Eke- Agu Community, in Abatete, in Idemili North Council Area of Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, as heavily armed unknown hoodlums stormed the locality Tuesday night, and allegedly killed five persons among whom are three police men. The assailants equally burnt three vehicles, and abducted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinmma, has said going by a statement issued by the media Aide to Ex- governor of the State, Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, the (latter) has “simply reconfirmed his intention to call it quits with the All Progressive Congress (APC). Sam Onwuemeodo, Okorocha’s media aide had in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, on Tuesday, accused some members of the traditional institution in the state of being compromised, thereby posing threats to the lives and property of the people. The governor made the accusation in Darazo Local Government Area of the state, while distributing some empowerment items and cash […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accepted the resignation of UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Henrietta Fore as Executive Director to devote herself to a family health issue. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for UN Secretary-General, announced this while briefing correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York, on Tuesday. Haq said the secretary-general […]
