(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine people lost their lives while over 200 houses were destroyed and numerous farm lands washed out by flood in Gombe between May and August, an official has said. Mrs Lamis Benjamin, Deputy Director, Rescue and Rehabilitation, Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), disclosed this to newsmen in Gombe on Thursday. Benjamin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plan to postpone the 2019 general elections. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, made the clarification in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday. Oyekanmi said the clarification became necessary following a story with the headline, “We […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsans have been advised on the need for child spacing to guarantee healthy life for both mother and newborn. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Maternal and Neonatal Health, Prof. Rose Ezonbodor-Akwagbe gave the advice at Adagbabiri in Sagbama Local Government Area during a visit of the Safe Motherhood Sensitisation sub-committee to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ibom Agenda, has welcomed the feat by two Akwa Ibom secondary school children in the just concluded Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition in Sweden tasking parents and guardians with wards in public schools to see it a feat that should inspire them. The Ibom Agenda said parents with children in government […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, has asked its members particularly those vying for various political offices to discountenance a recent statement credited to the Minister of foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama that the state has adopted direct primaries mode for its forthcoming party […]
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The race for Alausa State House Tuesday took more interesting dimension Tuesday, as an oil magnate Femi Otedola and a former State Commissioner, Jide Sanwoolu have declared intention for the race. While Otedola is reportedly offered the grace to run under the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, Sanwoolu is said to have […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has announced Dr. Doyin Okupe as the Chairman of his Presidential Campaign Media Council. Saraki disclosed this Tuesday in a tweet from his Twitter handle, @bukolasaraki. “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Doyin Okupe as the Chairman of my Presidential campaign’s Media Council. Dr. […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that the emergence of consensus candidates ‘’does not foreclose Direct or Indirect Primaries’’ for all elective positions. The announcement was contained in a statement signed in Abuja Tuesday.by the acting National Publicity Secretary of the the party, Mr. Yekini Nabena. Nabena […]
KATISINA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Goods worth over N20m and a total of 10 shops were destroyed by an early morning fire outbreak at an auto spare parts market at Jabiri area of Funtua, Katsina State. While speaking in an interview Tuesday, some of the affected shop owners said they were called at about 4 am and informed about […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had, as far back as when Professor Attahiru Jega was in the saddle as national chairman, formulated a body of rules or regulations that would guide and ensure the credibility of the conduct of primary elections by political parties. Titled “Regulation for the […]
Photo:Akwa Ibom in Sweden By Iman Imar (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is one of the ironies of life that the race is not to the swiftest. That fact is now turning into one of the realities that the people of Akwa Ibom State have to grapple with especially in the education sector. In an era […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling and jostling in Nigeria’s political arena would have begun in full earnest. The elections will be held in February 2019. For the benefit of any outsider who may never […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has established some dedicated call lines to enable residents in the state report cases of high-water level in their areas. The mobile numbers are 08025814636, 08110413567 and 09037582261. The development is coming on the heels of the alert issued by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA), that nine […]
…Renews Demand on Muharram 1 as Public Holiday LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called the attention of the Nigerian authorities to the malaria scourge which is causing a lot of havoc across the country, particularly among the poor. In its new year (1440 AH Lunar calendar), MURIC lamented that the […]
Photo: Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura NASARAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nasarawa State Government has expressed shock and sadness over a gas explosion incident in Lafia, the State capital in which two persons have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured. Deputy Governor Mr. Silas Agara expressed the shock Monday during on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo State Police Command has threatened that it will arrest anybody who breaks the law – in compliance with the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) on Friday. The State Commissioner of Police CP, Mr. Dasuki Galadanchi, made the threat Monday at a joint press conference held in Owerri, the State’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, has obtained nomination form for his Jigawa State central senatorial district under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. Mr. Abba bought his nomination and expression of interest forms Monday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Responding to journalists after buying […]
Photo: Ex-Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Olorogun Ima Niboro (Second from Left) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the mainstream of All Progressives Congress in Delta State Olorogun Otega Emerhor and prominent leaders from Ughelli South, North and Udu Local Government Areas on Sunday endorsed the immediate past Managing Director of News Agency of […]
Photo: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is neither in confrontation with the parliament over his refusal to sign the amended Electoral Act Bill nor against the use of card readers in the forthcoming elections. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Centenary City Developers FZE, a joint venture between Front Range Developers of the UAE and Centenary City Plc has announced the beginning of the Centenary City development with the launch of its first co-development opportunity – The Grove– On 11th Of September, At the Sales Center, Wawa District, Airport Road, Abuja. The project is spread over a […]
