(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 100 miners operating between Anka and Maru Local Government Areas of Zamfara have been abducted by bandits The Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad , who is also the Chairman of the state Council of Chiefs, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday when the Chief of Defence Staff […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Oodua Peoples Congress arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for nabbing popular Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, have been released on bail. Police released the three detained OPC operatives for them to seek medical attention. Rotimi Olumo, the OPC Coordinator in Oyo State, disclosed this in a telephone interview […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Avon Healthcare Limited, a leading health management organisation has partnered with pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, to develop well-tailored and unique health plans for children. The collaboration to develop the new health plans became necessary due to the gap that exists in the area of child healthcare and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Secretary to the government of the Federation SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said the jettisoning of values and culture in contemporary Africa nation’s, Nigeria in particular, has left the areas in Economic , political and social disarray. He stated this Tuesday at the 4th, late professor Chinua Achebe’s international conference held at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom says it is committed to assisting Nigeria in returning £4.2 million loot recovered from former governor of Delta state, James Ibori and his associates. British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to that effect with attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian lady based in Kano, Saadat Aliyu, has created an android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting sexual abuse cases.The app, ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020, on Playstore.She said: “You can go to the Play store, search for it and install it. After Installation, you can sign up using […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the violent clash between the factions of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers on Tuesday morning, the state government has announced the indefinite suspension of all activities of the union across the state. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has cautioned security operatives to go after killer herders and not local hunters, security guards who use single or double-barrelled guns for protection. In the now-viral video posted by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode on his official Twitter handle , Igboho who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its allies will on Wednesday, embark on a nationwide protest over the alleged attempts by some elements at the National Assembly to remove the Minimum Wage from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List. A statement from the NLC headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A police station located at Ishinweke in Ihitte/Uboama local government area of Imo state as well as vehicles on Tuesday were razed down by some angry youths in the area. This is coming days after some hoodlums attacked and burnt down a police station in Aboh Mbaise local government area of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sector Commander Federal Road Safety Corps Ogun State Command, Corps Commander Ahmed Umar, has said that legal actions will be taken against motorists who execute vicious acts against personnel of the Corps while discharging their duties. Reacting to a recent incident of hit and run against one of the Corps personnel […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has cautioned the Islamic Scholar Sheik Ahmed Gumi on a statement credited to him not to drag the image and reputation of the Nigeria Army into disrepute, saying it does not deploy troops along ethnic or religious lines in the ongoing operations in dealing with terrorism, banditry, and other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now set for the commencement of work in the first ever Flyover bridge project in Enugu metropolis. The project to be sited at the popular T- junction, Nike road, in Enugu East Council area of the state, is embarked upon by the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led administration with a view […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A religious organization, the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS) Sunday concluded its 7-day International Peace Conference held in Enugu, with a declaration that peace, love, forgiveness and total reconciliation remains the panacea for the development of the South East region. It said with the conference, peace has come to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office Monday arraigned one Odejobi Temitope Michael before Justice E.N Alukwu of the State High Court sitting in Enugu on one count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N2,000,000 (Two Million Naira only). The said sum was inadvertently paid into the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, says former president Olusegun Obasanjo is Nigeria’s best president since 1999. Moghalu, who was a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed this on Monday saying that irrespective of the flaws of the former president, he was a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down as president of coup-prone Niger after two terms in office, on Monday won Africa’s top prize for leadership. He was awarded the 2020 Mo Ibrahim Prize for facing “seemingly insurmountable challenges”, ranging from deep poverty to jihadism and desertification. Despite these enduring problems, “Issoufou has led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has denied claims that there is a zoning arrangement by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Governor Bello disclosed this over the weekend while speaking with reporters saying that anyone from any zone was free to contest the presidency as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, Matthew Kukah, says nobody will gain anything if Nigeria breaks up. Kukah disclosed this during a virtual interview on Sunday. According to him, Nigerians are bound together and nobody should pretend about it. “I don’t think any Nigerian, in his right sense, should pretend nothing binds us […]
