(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IG) Usman Alkali Baba has said vehicles with factory-fitted tinted glasses are exempted from getting police permit. Baba made this clarification on Monday during a virtual interaction with select journalists. Reiterating the commitment of the police to stem crimes and criminality across the country, the IGP said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s convoy on Monday arrested a gang of suspected criminals, who specialised in harassing motorists and road users in traffic. This was made known in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gbenga Akosile. The statement reads, ”The gang of suspected criminals met their waterloo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says malpractice and indiscipline are some of the board’s major challenges yet to be fully addressed. The Registrar made this known when members of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education visited the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja . Oloyede said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the Kaduna-Kano standard gauge by Thursday as part of effort to link the country by rail Dr Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, stated this in a statement in Abuja. The statement by Eric Orjiekwe, Director, Press and Public Relations, said the event would be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, (SAN) says the formation of a legal team by Ohanaeze Ndigbo to monitor proceedings at the trial of Nnamdi Kanu is a welcome development. A statement issued by Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant to the minister on Media and Public Relations, Malami said it was in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji, has announced Aug. 2 as the commencement date of the two-week 2021 edition of the Osun Osogbo Festival, and the other activities lined up to mark the event. A statement signed by Mr Toye Arulogun, the Managing Consultant for the festival and made available to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – To address challenges related to the ease of distribution and availability of cement across the country, especially among its value-chain service providers, Dangote Cement Plc has rolled out over 2,000 trucks for distribution services. With an investment of $150 million, the company took delivery of trucks, trailers, bulk tankers, tippers, cargo trucks […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Family Court in Ilorin, on Monday, ordered the remand of one Oyefeso Saheed in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly giving out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage. Magistrate Shade Lawal also ordered the remand of the victim’s purported husband, Ismail Lawal, 32, before adjourning the case till Wednesday, for further mention. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested five men suspected of engaging in homosexuality at Sheka Barde in Kumbotso local government area of Kano. The Commander General of the Board, Dr Harun Ibn-Sina confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Kano Monday,signed by Malam Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kidnaped Emir of Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, has been released by his abductors. One of the kingmakers of the Emirate Council, Dahiru Abubakar, disclosed . The Emir was released on Monday afternoon; few hours after bandits demanded N200 million ransom for the monarch […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has advocated the amendment of the 1999 Constitution to reflect a single term rotational presidency. Ekweremadu made the call on Monday in Lagos while speaking at Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch Law Week 2021 with the theme “The Nigeria of Our Dreams.” The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Forty-nine people were arrested and 19 police officers were injured in London on Sunday under a policing operation for England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley. The Metropolitan Police said early on Monday that a total of 49 people were arrested during a policing operation for the football match “for a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has compelled all public and civil servants to wear Adire to work every Thursday. The governor, who launched mass production, promotion and marketing of Adire Osun, also declared every Thursday of the week ‘Adire Osun Day’. This was issued in a statement by the Chief Press […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joining calls for state police, a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, said in Lagos on Monday that Nigeria’s policing system had failed to tackle insecurity. Speaking on “Nigerian State and the Call for Restructuring’’ at the opening of Law Week 2021 of the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined to ensure food Security and sufficiency in Enugu State, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), says it’s currently boosting rice and Cassava productions in the state via modern best practices. The organization which is domiciled in the State Ministry of Agriculture and natural Resources, stressed that its target is to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has frowned against the appointment of Lauretta Onochie as a commissioner of the electoral body. Jega disclosed this when he appeared on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. He said: “This kind of controversy is really avoidable. Any person who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has stated that his administration will not engage in “disrespectful exchanges” with the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, concerning stolen artifacts. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday, by the Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie. It could be recalled that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos, has failed to grant bail to the 49 Yoruba Nation Agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos State Police Command. The agitators were arrested at Ojota, Lagos on July 3rd while protesting in support of the actualisation of Yoruba Nation. The motion for their bail […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group of taxi drivers in the Federal Capital Territory have gathered at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, on Monday to protest alleged harassment and collection of illegal levies by officials of the Vehicle Inspection Office. African Examiner reports that Union leaders are preventing taxi drivers from operating by stopping their vehicles and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was heavy security presence at the entrance of Osun High Court, Osogbo on Monday when masquerade custodian, Fashola Esuleke, Chief Imam, Kazeem Yunus and others were arraigned over the attack on Kamarudeen mosque where a cleric was shot dead and 14 worshippers injured. At the popular Oke-Fia roundabout, which leads to […]
