By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state police command has arrested one Nwaozuzu for allegedly stealing a six-year-old girl and sold her for N200, 000. (Two hundred thousand naira) Our Correspondent learnt that the victim, Chinecherem Anoruo, had been declared missing by the parents, who reported the case to the police. But […]
Photo: Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described as afterthought and afterthought the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal; and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke, as well as setting up of a three-man […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is on the top list of companies with well-rounded performance. UBA’s top-of-the-chart performance at the stock market combines with considerable growth in all key fundamental indicators to make the bank the best performing banking stock in recent period. Capital Market Editor Taofik Salako, in this report, […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Security operatives from the Lagos State Police Command deployed to the riverine area of the Ishawo Community in Ikorodu area of the State Wednesday commenced total demolition of illegal waterfront shanties within the creeks. The suspected hoodlums have recently been using the makeshift structures as their havens as well […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona’s hopes of staging another sensational Champions League comeback fell flat against a hardened Juventus side who held the Catalans to a 0-0 draw at the Nou Camp on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals 3-0 on aggregate. The Italian champions barely gave Barca a glimmer of hope of repeating their historic turnaround […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of its regular business portfolio review, Dangote Flour Mills (DFM), has exited its noodles business as it does not consider it strategic. The company has sold the assets of Dangote Noodles to Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie noodles. To smoothen the transition, DFM has offered Dufil the use of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE). The President has also directed the suspension […]
Photo caption: Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court …to be Arranged Before CCT (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has filed charges against Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court accusing him of failing to to declare 28 plots of land to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On April 1st 2017, the online lifestyle network powered by the United Bank for Africa, REDTV, held an exclusive screening for the soon-to-be launched web series – Inspector K , at 355 lounge in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was well attended by the GMD of UBA, Kennedy Uzoka, as well as […]
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Commissioner for youth and Sports, Charles Ndukwe, has disagreed with Acting chief Coach of Defending champions of the Nigeria professional football league NPFL, Rangers inter. FC, Chukwuma Agbo, that the team was humiliated 3-0 last Saturday by Zesco United of Zambia in the 2017 CAF […]
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension and anxiety at the Ebonyi state university, Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria following a deadly inter-rival cult clash between members of Vikings and Buccaneers which claimed the life of a final year student of the institution, identified as Theophilus Onele. The deadly clash which also left many seriously […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The New York Police has arrested Abdullahi Shuaibu, a former staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for robbing four Manhattan banks, all during his lunch hour. Shuaibu, 53, a journalist, was picked up by police on Monday and charged with robbery and attempted robbery for the crimes committed during his two-month […]
By Owei Lakemfa Never in the history of the country has a major examination body set a date for national examinations and been incapable of even producing the examination questions, not to talk about the examinations holding. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) headed by a professor not only failed to hold the Mock […]
Photo caption: Minister of State Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika Addressing Aviation Correspondence flanked by the Managing Director/CEO FAAN, Engr Saleh Dunoma, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Aviation Alh Zakari as the rehabilitated Airport reopened 24 hours before the scheduled time in Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE, APR 18, 2017 By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Exactly […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire incident was averted Monday morning on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The fire broke from the cables in one of the holes on the Bridge. The officials of the Federal Road Management Agency (FERMA) and the electricity generation companies (GENCOS) averted the fire from spreading. Also, Rapid […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I have, over the years, held the State Security Service (SSS) otherwise known as the Department of State Services (DSS) in reverential awe for its yeoman job, which has the citizenry as the focus of its security architecture. Talking about the security of a nation means investing concerns in […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of illegal tax and revenue collectors as well as labour and trade union members impeding vehicular movement on roads and highways. IGP made the order in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja by the Force […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has hailed its whistle-blower policy, which has led to the recovery of looted funds in many currencies that may otherwise not have been discovered, describing it as an effective tool of fighting corruption in Nigeria. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the rebellious Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) has urged the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris to compel the Ebonyi State command of the force to return all her properties unlawfully seized by its operatives […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are strong indications that the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Engr. Mustapha Yunusa Maihaja, may soon announce a major shake-up in the establishment. African Examiner reliably gathered from a Source close to the Agency who craved anonymity that the exercise may likely take place […]
