By Nwa Diokpa A frontline elder statesman and leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere, Senator Ayo Fasanmi is dead. He was 94 years old. African Examiner gathered that Pa Fasanmi died on Wednesday night after a brief illness in Osogbo. His death was also confirmed in a statement signed by one of his children, Folabi […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed bandits Wednesday evening attacked a bullion van in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, killing four policemen escorting the vehicle. African Examiner gathered that the hoodlums who equally injured two persons seriously during the attack, had intercepted the bullion van at Ezzamgbo junction in Ohaukwu Council Area of state. […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The convoy of the governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, was attacked at Baga, a town in the state, on Wednesday. Reports say the governor was on his way to some internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Borno when the incident occurred. “The governor went to Kukawa, and on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday invaded Agbudu community in Kogi-Koton-Karfe Local Government area, killing 14 persons and injuring six. The state Police Commissioner, Ede Ayuba, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Lokoja, said he got the report about 2: 00 a.m. Ayuba said that […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that Lucky Ayedatiwa, a one-time state representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as his deputy for the Upcoming election in the state. Ayedatiwa, whose details have since been forwarded to the electoral umpire, INEC, comes from […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has criticized the position of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura, who stated that zoning shouldn’t be a yardstick in the arrangement of the 2023 presidency. Recall that Daura while speaking with BBC Hausa service, had advocated that competence should be placed ahead of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that this year’s Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations for SSS3 pupils organised by the National Examination Council will hold between October 5 and November 18, this year. Similarly, the FG has approved the conduct of National Common Entrance Examination organised by the same […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s Senate has announced it will commence the constitution amendment exercise after the Sallah break. Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege who made the announcement Wednesday, noted that the sexual harassment bill which will be sponsored, was not targeted at lecturers. The Delta-born Lawmaker made the disclosure when two groups: Women […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc on Wednesday donated medical supplies and personal protection kits to the Oyo State Governmentto aid the fight against COVID-19. The bank’s Regional Head for South West 1, Mr Adebayo Adeyinka, said 600 units of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), 20,000 pieces of glovesand 1,000 pieces of face mask were donated […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The quest for the Southeast geo political zone of the country to produce the next Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023 has received a boost, as a group, known as Nigerian presidential project NPP, 2023, championing the course, unveiled its plans in Enugu. African Examiner reports that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has observed that the investigations of loans taken by the Federal Government could send wrong signal to the lenders. Ameachi made the observation at an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements in Abuja. He said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 624 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus increased to 41, 804. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The health agency noted that eight more persons have died from the disease. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure. An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night, and is expected to land in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. This is the fourth evacuation flight, which brings to 1,095 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Patrick Iyoha, Director, Obaseki/Shaibu Movement and a member of the state Waste Management Board, has resigned his appointment. Iyoha in a letter dated July 28, addressed to Gov. Godwin Obaseki, said that his resignation was with immediate effect and due to personal reasons. Similarly, two members, including Mr Gabriel Oiboh, Chairman, […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to reopen investigation into the death of former Lagos State gubernatorial aspirant, Funsho Williams. African Examiner recalls that Williams was a Lagos gubernatorial aspirant murdered in 2006. Bode George in a statement released to […]
By Our Reporter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Frantic efforts by syndicates of fake foreign businessmen who attempted to swindle the Nigerian Government through its top officials in shady crude oil deals had suffered a serious setback. The alleged fraudsters – Marco A. Ramirez, a wanted American and who has since been on a business expedition in […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The attorney-general of Ekiti State, Wale Fapohunda, has contracted the deadly coronavirus. Fapohunda stated this via his Twitter handle. According to Fapohunda, he tested positive for the virus after a second test was carried out on him saying that he had gone on self-isolation isolation, while the solicitor-general of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv can enjoy the return of the UEFA Champions League, with the competition resuming from August 7, 2020 and cramming a total of 11 top-tier matches into just over two weeks to provide a true feast of football at the end of the 2019-20 season. World events […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has explained why an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and 11 others on board crashed in the Kabba area of Kogi State, linking the accident to visibility challenge. AIB disclosed this Tuesday in its final report. The agency’s Commissioner, Mr. Akin Olateru, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The hope of a former Senator, Dino Melaye of returning to the 9th National Assembly (NASS) has been dashed, as an Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Tuesday dismissed his appeal against the bye-election which declared his rival, Smart Adeyemi the winner. Melaye contested under the platform of the […]
