(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) has warned those planning a nationwide protest on June 12 Democracy Day to stay away from the South West. The group said people of the South West would neither support, tolerate nor join such protests, as the June 12 Democracy Day should be for celebration and not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has advised State Governors to look inward towards finding solutions to security challenges particularly those occasioned by herders/farmers clashes in their states. The president gave the challenge during an interview with Arise Television which was televised on Thursday. He called for the resuscitation of the grassroots’ security panels in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The easing of lockdown restrictions in April has helped the UK economy grow at its fastest rate since July 2020 as households returned to high street stores and took advantage of hairdressers reopening, according to data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP), a measure of economic growth, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Thursday abducted some lecturers and their families at Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, in Kaduna . An official of Kaduna Sate Vigilance service craving anonymity said some students of the institution were also injured. The official, who did not give details, said the incident occurred on Thursday night between 10.30pm and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afrobeat singer, Damini Ogulu, a.k.a Burna Boy, has received his Grammy awards plaque. The afrobeat singer’s ‘Twice as Tall Album’ won Best Global Music album at the 63rd Grammy awards, which was held in March in Los Angeles, United States of America. The singer took to his Instagram page @burnaboygram to announce […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman House Committee on Youth Development, Mr Yemi Adaramodu, has given assurance that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme would not be scrapped. Adaramodu gave the assurance at the unveiling of nine books on NYSC and a maiden NYSC film to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the scheme in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has Urged President Muhammadu Buhari to restore Twitter operations in the country as restricting the use of social media has no place in a democracy. This was contained in a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price. The statement read, “The United […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14, as Public Holiday to mark 2021 Democracy Day. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Belgore said the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up on his plans to construct railways and roads extending into Niger Republic. He disclosed this during an interview on Arise Television which aired on Thursday. According to President Buhari, the borders were arbitrarily drawn by the French colonialists without taking into cognisance the cultural resemblance of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election, Stakeholders of Enugu West Senatorial District of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, have rejected the much-talked about zoning of governorship position in Enugu State. There have been claims that it is the turn of Enugu East Senatorial District to produce the next governor, after the incumbent, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says the Indigenous People of Biafra clamouring for secession is a dot in a circle that has nowhere to go. The President disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV broadcast on Thursday. He said, “That IPOB is just like a dot in a circle. Even if they want […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the military and police to deal mercilessly with insurgents and other criminals across the country. The president made this public on Thursday in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists on a live television programme. Buhari, who expressed the confidence that the order would yield positive results within […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday officially inaugurated the 157km double track Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge. The occasion was witnessed by a galaxy of very eminent personalities -they include Ministers of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed, his Youths and Sport Development colleague, Sunday Dare, Minister of State for Transportation Gbemisola Saraki, and Ithe Speaker, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Governor of Imo state, professor Placid Njoku, has dismissed news circulating in the Social media purporting his resignation , describing it as one of those unfounded baseless rumour and fake news being peddled by those head bent in destabilizing the Hope Uzodinmma led Administration. Prof. Njoku, reacted to the false […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner of Police in Imo state, Mr. Abutu Yaro has advised hoodlums, bandits and other criminal elements terrorizing the state to repent and return all police rifles in their possession or be ready to face the consequence if apprehended. He said the command has resolved to ruthlessly deal with any person […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has said that the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) called off its strike too early without achieving its aim of financial autonomy of the judiciary. African Examiner reports that the 64-day-old strike, the longest industrial action in the Nigerian judiciary was suspended […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uche Eke, the first Nigerian to be competing in the Olympics gymnastics competition, says his target is to make the final of the event at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Eke who hails from Igbere in Abia told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from his U.S. base after a week-long visit to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo Police Command has rebutted the report in some social media platforms that gunmen attacked the Governmet House and Obinze Army Barracks. Reacting to the report in a statement on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Bala Alkana, urged the public to disregard the report. He described it as “a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State Chapter has mourned Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, who died on Saturday in Lagos. The party, in a statement on Wednesday evening by its Chairman, Adedeji Doherty, said that it could not forget the philanthropic gesture, […]
