(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The spokesman for All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, says the comment made by the former governor of Lagos State that the Federal Government should recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army was an error. AFRICAN Examiner reports that Tinubu made the statement in Kano on Monday in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The code of conduct Tribunal Chairman, Danladi Umar lost his temper in a viral video trending on social media when he slapped a helpless private security guard at the Abuja shopping mall. The chairman was seen in the undated video fuming with the security guard overpowering those restraining him before slapping and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday 2nd and Monday 5th April 2021 public holidays to celebrate this year’s Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Director (Press & Public Relations) of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga. […]
…..As Victim Heads to Court (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, Mr. Ken Onoh has said that the agency does not owe any body whose property was demolished as a result of not getting government approval any apology, saying the establishment’s duty is to restore the original master plan […]
….Warns Them Against Jungle Justice (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to encourage synergy in tackling the present alarming insecurity confronting parts of the nation, the Nigeria Security And Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has trained over 2000 members of Hunters Group of Nigeria HGN) in the South- East geo political zone of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd.), stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the nation’s service chiefs to fish out the masterminds of banditry and kidnapping and their sponsors. The NSA disclosed this when he spoke with State House correspondents saying that Buhari has handed down the directive at a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation says that the Confederation of African Football has cleared Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, to play in Nigeria’s game against Lesotho. NFF disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Tuesday, Few hours before the African Cup of Nations qualifier to be played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-five world leaders have thrown their weight behind a proposal from European Council President Charles Michel to draw up a new international treaty on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 55-year old woman Mrs Eunice Odoba suspected to be the wife of a Lord Chosen pastor has been stabbed to death in her home . The mother of three, whose husband is a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church but is on faith mission to Equatorial Guinea, was said to have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, says some persons benefiting from banditry and kidnapping are using the funds to sponsor Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east. Fayemi disclosed this on Monday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari saying that there is a “direct correlation” between the persistent insurgency and increased […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has warned Malawians against complacency, especially during Easter activities, amid falling COVID-19 test positivity rates. Average COVID-19 positivity rate over the past week was 6.3 per cent, down from around 30 per cent in February, Chakwera said during his regular monthly update on developments in the country. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Stefan Hesse, the Archbishop of Hamburg who was linked to abuse scandal. Hasse offered to leave after a team of German lawyers released a major 800-page report on sexual abuse cases in the city of Cologne. The Hamburg Diocese confirmed the Vatican’s decision on Monday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, today (Tuesday) for a ‘routine’ medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress chieftain and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, says Kano is the most peaceful state in the country. Tinubu disclosed this at the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Kano held in commemoration of his 69th birthday in Kano State on Monday. He heaped praises on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians In Diaspora Commission says 255 Nigerians who were stranded in Saudi Arabia have returned home. NIDCOM disclosed that the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja via Saudi Air Flight SV3405 at about 1pm on Monday, March 29, 2021. It said, “The returnees, as part of a first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 4 persons lost their lives in an accident at Iwo Road Ibadan when a lorry rammed into a motorcycle with 5 persons on board with one person injured. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State confirmed the incident. “The accident involved a lorry and a motorcycle, the lorry was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo state governorship election petitions tribunal on Monday dismissed the petition filed by Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its governorship candidate, Iboi Emmanuel against the election of Godwin Obaseki. Details shortly..
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State government has frowned on attacks on enforcement agents and would no longer condone such acts on its officials implementing building construction standards in the state. The warning was issued in a statement by Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, spokesman for Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) in Lagos. The General Manager […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians reacts to Singer, songwriter and actress, Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua, popularly known as Seyi Shay, for criticizing and shattering the confidence of a 17 year old Nigeria idol contestant with her upsetting commentary The singer, who is one of the judges on the platform for the 6th edition of the Nigerian Idol […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A mild drama ensued at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Sunday morning as an ex-governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, and a former chairman of South-East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, engaged each other in a serious verbal assault to the surprise of other passengers on board […]
