(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger’s newly-elected president Mohamed Bazoum is set to be sworn into office on Friday, after a failed coup attempt The inauguration will mark the first-ever transition between elected presidents in Niger’s six decades of independence from France — a historic moment that has been widely praised. But the Sahel country’s instability and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Niger have killed three suspected kidnappers and recovered firearms at Fapo village of Lapai Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement in Minna Abiodun said on March 14 at about 1500 hours, credible information was received […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four new suspects have been arrested in connection with the reported attack on Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The command’s Spokeman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the fresh arrest in a statement issued in Awka on Thursday. Ikenga gave the names of the four suspects as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has warned Nigerians against contracting fake marriages with foreigners. Babandede, who handed the warning at a briefing with newsmen in Abuja, said doing so constituted a punishable offence because, it deprived the Federal Government of expected revenue of tax and payment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Traders at the Bodija market in Ibadan, on Thursday protested the seizure of bags of rice worth millions of Naira by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS.) Hundreds of traders took to the streets of Ibadan to protest against what they called invasion of their shops by men of the Custom […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Federal Government on Thursday said about fifty one (51) million Nigerians have so far completed their enrollment in the ongoing National Identity Number, NIN. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, who disclosed this during the ministerial organized by the Presidential Media Team at the State House, Abuja, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the National Identification Number (NIN) is not mandatory for voter registration. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the clarification while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Yakubu said that NIN was only a means of identification for registration as listed in the Electoral […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command under the watch of Commissioner, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, have arrested four (4) male criminal suspects Involved in various crimes. According to the Command, the offences ranges from armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearm, burglary, stealing and cultism. The state police public Relations officer, PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian ex- beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been shot dead She was shot inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue Police are yet to arrest the suspect, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for answers. ‘I can’t think of anything that would make anyone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Citizen First Nigeria, a Civil Society Organisation, has condemned the attack on Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and an aspirant in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. Mr John Alphabet, the founder of the organisation in a statement on Thursday in Abuja said it was important to remind […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission will begin a nationwide Continuous Voter Registration on June 28 across the 774 Local Government Areas. INEC’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday in a press conference held in Abuja. He also disclosed that the indefinite suspension of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oko –Oba sawmill was again gutted by fire in the early hours of this morning while the concerted efforts of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining shanties and residential areas. This was announced by the Acting Controller, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal in Abuja has discharged politician and media owner, Raymond Dokpesi and his firm, Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited, of the charges of money laundering breach of Procurement Act in relation to disbursement of the N2.1billion meant for arms purchase while Col Sambo Dasuki was the National Security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amb. Bolaji Akinremi, Director, Legal and Consular, Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Federal Government has evacuated 3,000 Nigerians stranded abroad in two months. According to him, the welfare of Nigerians remains government’s top priority. Akinremi made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when the Federal Government received another batch of 418 […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three police officers, including a Chief Superintendent of Police, Ben Ajide, on Monday lost their lives when they clashed with suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Ikot Akpan community in the Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that four others officers have been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Thursday morning commenced a nationwide strike despite Federal Government’s last-minute efforts to stop the action. The resident doctors, however, assured Nigerians that their action was not meant to hurt them. They gave the explanation in a message posted on the association’s Twitter handle, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province has lost radar contact in Borno State. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Thursday, said the Alpha Jet lost radar contact on Wednesday evening. According to Wikipedia, a radar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt has begun a formal investigation into the massive container ship, Ever Given, grounded in the Suez Canal, blocking the world’s major waterway for almost a week, a canal official said on Wednesday. “The investigation will include examining the ship’s components and whether they were used correctly before the accident,’’ Captain Sayed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attempted coup in Niger Republic, according to a statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, his spokesman, in Abuja, on Wednesday, “Any illegal effort to depose a democratically elected government is not only despicable, but also unacceptable to democratic governments around the world,” Buhari said, over the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Anambra have confirmed gun attack on a gathering being addressed by Prof. Charles Soludo, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor in his country home in Isuofia, Aguata in Anambra. Soludo, a governorship aspirant of the All-Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the November 6, 2021 election, was said to be […]
