From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police command has confirmed the murder of a husband and wife at Umuota village Obosi, In demili North Council Area of the State at the weekend by unknown gunmen. Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, who confirmed the barbaric act to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has sworn in a seven-man judicial commission of inquiry to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the recent civil disturbances that occurred in Ogbozinne Akpugo Autonomous community in Nkanu West council Area of the state, which led to the death of its Traditional Ruler, Igwe Stephen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian community in South Africa has expressed shock over the killing of another Nigerian, Mr Martin Ebuzoeme by unknown assailants. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubola, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, that the victim was killed in Yeoville, Johannesburg […]
Photo: Dr Ayo Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has blasted Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after his failure at the polls to install his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola. The commission tweets: “The parri (party) is over; the cloak of immunity torn apart and the staff broken….Ekiti Integrated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France won the Fifa World Cup for the second time by overcoming Croatia’s bold challenge in a thrilling final in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Didier Deschamps’ side repeated the success on home soil at France ’98 by a margin that hardly looked possible as Croatia stood toe-to-toe with the favourites for an hour. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC early hours of Sunday declared Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of Saturday Ekiti Governorship election. The Chief Returning Officer of the election and Vice Chancellor VC of the University of Ibadan UI, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, announced the official […]
…As NBC Shuts Down State Radio, TV Stations EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The results of the Saturday Ekiti Governorship election are being collated and with the APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi in the early lead. As at midnight, (Sunday), Fayemi’s party – the All Progressives Congress APC has been declared the winner in seven […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has just been elected the Chairperson, the board of the African Export-Import Bank. Mrs. Adeosun was elected during the Annual General Meeting AGM of AFREXIMBANK which held in Abuja Saturday. AFREXIMBANK is marking its 25th anniversary, with meeting in Abuja. The Minister succeeded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti has alleged that Saturday’s gubernatorial election was largely compromised by personnel of the Nigerian police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor, who addressed newsmen shortly after casting his vote at about 1.20 p.m. at his Polling Unit 001 in Afao-Ekiti, alleged that policemen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will Sunday depart Nigeria for the Netherlands where he is scheduled to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. In a statement issued Saturday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina President Buhari […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a massive turnout of voters in Ekiti as the accreditation and voting process got underway in Saturday’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) monitoring the election across the three senatorial districts of the state report that many voters had arrived their polling units as early as 6.30 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The PDP candidate in Ekiti Governorship election Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, has reportedly tried repeatedly without success to cast his vote, as his PVC is rejected by the card reader. Prof Eleka hails from the Ikere Council area of the State. The incumbent Deputy Governor’s PVC was first rejected by the card reader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council on Friday narrowly passed a measure aimed at stopping the flow of weapons to armed groups in South Sudan. Adopting a resolution by a vote of nine in favour and none against, with six abstentions, the 15-member body obliged all UN Member States to immediately to take necessary […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A dozen boys, members of a youth football club with the intimidating name, The Wild Boars, ventured into the six-mile Tham Luang Cave. The cave is in the 1,275-kilometre long Doi Non Mountain Range in North Thailand. The boys are aged 11-16 with Wiboonrungrueng Chanin, being the youngest. With them was their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) is to meet with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Saturday ahead of 2019 polls. The National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus, made this known in Abeokuta while addressing journalists after a meeting between the executive members of the party in […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday met with the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Senior Pastor of the popular Latter Rain Assembly Lagos, Tunde Bakare. The agenda of the meeting which held inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja behind the closed doors was not made public. Still, the exclusive meeting, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the Kaduna State APC Friday reached the peak, as factional members including a serving Senator, Shehu Sani under the name, Akida and Restoration group announced their exit from the ruling party. The Chairman of the group, Matamaiki Tom-Maiyashi announced the decision at the groups’ press conference in Kaduna, the […]
…Says Rule On 13 Percent Derivation Not Implemented (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday faulted in strong terms the position of President Muhammadu Buhari on the intensified call for the restructuring of the country. The Governor said that Buhari’s comment that those pushing for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenes of Abia and Imo states resident in Enugu State under the platform of “Abia/Imo People’s Forum” have unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office for entrenching peace and good governance in the state. The non-indigenes led by the forum’s chairman and patron, Apostle Dr. Joseph Ajujungwa and […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended a 38-year-old man identified as Eze Collins Nwankwo for sexually abusing two sisters of same parent. According to the Police, the victims are between the ages of 7 and 10 years. The suspect who resides at No 3 Nome Close Sunrise Estate […]
