(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six years after their arraignment, a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu presided over by Justice R. O. Dugbo-Oghoghorie has discharged and acquitted one Patrick Shanchi Nwokike and his wife, Mrs Rosemary Ifeoma NwokiIke of allegations of operating an illegal wonder bank. Dugbo-Oghoghorie yesterday in a 143-paged judgment held that the Economic […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has announced his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra state. He declared his intention on Thursday in Awka, Anambra state capital. Soludo is expected to run on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), He said he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has urged the Federal Government to give bandits desiring to make peace ‘blanket amnesty’ if the current security situation must be tackled. The Islamic scholar disclosed this while addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State capital. “The Federal government should give them blanket amnesty, then if […]
(African Examiner) – The Managing Director Of The Lekki Concession Company (LCC), Yomi Omomuwasan, Has Stated That He Does Not Know The Amount Of Money The Company Generates In A Month At The Tollgate. Omomuwasan Made This Revelation On A Television Programme In Nigeria Info 99.3 Fm. Asked By The Presenter What Lcc, The Company […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany is set to hold a memorial for victims of a racist shooting spree in Hanau on Friday, a year after 10 people were shot down by an extremist in the town near Frankfurt. The attacker, identified as Tobias R, went on the rampage on the evening of Feb. 19, 2020, targeting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti Government will pay N7. 2 million compensation to 24 ENDSARS petitioners in 14 days, The Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda made this known during a visit to the panel sitting in Ado Ekiti It would be recalled that Dec. 30, 2020, the panel recommended the amount as compensation to some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano state government has empowered no fewer than 60 women and youths with different entrepreneurial skills, following the ban on street begging in the state, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, has said. Speaking during the presentation of the empowerment package to the beneficiaries, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Obunagu village in Obeagu Community, Enugu South- Council area of Enugu State, have dragged two police officers, Stanley Kwaphoor, Garba Alhassan, and one Kingsley Eze of private Estates international West Africa to the state Panel on # Police Brutality over alleged harassment and use of their positions to commit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State stated that the State Executive Council has been dissolved and a new one would be inaugurated February 24 which will be the beginning of his second term as governor of the state. Akeredolu disclosed this at the valedictory meeting of the council in Akure saying that […]
…Demands Unconditional Release Of Victims (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nation Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has condemned in strong terms the attack on the Government Science College Kagara, Niger State, north-central Nigeria, demanding for the unconditional release of the student victims. It said it received with great shock the Tuesday’s evening “armed men attacked on […]
Photo: Managing Director/CEO NIRSAL, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Incentives- Based Risk Sharing System For Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has stated that it has helped in providing over N148 billion in finance and investments for agriculture and agribusiness. The Managing Director of NIRSAL, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, says that the present ethnic tensions rocking the country is a replica of the same tensions that led to the civil war in 1967. Abubakar disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared on ARISE News programme, The Morning Show. He stated that the governors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has responded to the statement made by the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, urging Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits The African Examiner recalls that Magashi, in the wake of the abduction of 27 students in Kagara, Magashi has enjoined Nigerians to have the courage and defend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Royal Malaysian Police has arrested and questioned the founder of Sugar book, a match making website that match make young women with sugar daddies . The website, which labels itself “the pinnacle of luxury dating,’’ is being investigated for prostitution and breaches of Malaysia’s communications laws. The Sugar book website was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In spite of the rise in the price of crude oil in the international market, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in February, 2021. This was disclosed in a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minority caucus in the House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to use the period 40 days Lenten season to pray for peace and unity of the nation In a statement on behalf of the caucus, which was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, Rep Ndudi Elumelu, the Minority Leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN humanitarian agency on Wednesday condemned a recent violent attack on aid workers delivering polio vaccines to South Sudan’s Lakes state. Alain Noudehou, UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, said the attack that took place on Feb. 14 at Malek in Lakes state, claimed three lives and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said all is set to begin repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon, Niger and Chad back home. Sen. Basheer Mohammed, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) made this known in Abuja during the meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on repatriation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tosin Ojaomo, Lawyer and counsel to suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, says justice has not been served concerning the probe of Magu. Ojaomo disclosed this when he appeared on a Channels Television programme saying that he was shocked by the recent appointment of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the security agencies to make sure that the abducted students from Government Science College (GSC) Kagara in Niger State are rescued immediately. Gunmen invaded the school on Wednesday morning in military uniform and abducted the students. Reacting, the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, […]
