(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Civil Society Organization, operating under the banner of Parent- Child Intervention Centre PCIC, has raised the alarm over a new Scheme employed by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company EEDC to allegedly defraud unsuspecting Pre- paid meter customers in Enugu and South East Nigeria. It said under the new anti- customer Scheme, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police operatives in Imo State have arrested four suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, a militia arm of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB for attempting to plant explosives at a military checkpoint along the Owerri/Orlu road of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Abutu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Diaspora Reintegration, Diaspora Data Mapping and Capacity Building are some major issues put on the table by the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa at an interactive Session with the Switzerland Ambassador to Nigeria Amb. Georg Steiner in Abuja. The NIDCOM Boss explained that with the establishment of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, on Monday, approved the reappointment of eight Special Advisers who were earlier relieved of their posts. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by Yakubu Haidara, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs, on behalf of the Acting Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe Those reappointed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced one Oke Gideon 20, to one month imprisonment for Internet fraud and romance scam. The trial judge, Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar, said Gideon was convicted and sentenced based on his confessional statement, his guilty plea to the charges and the exhibits tendered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government’s COVID-19 stimulus package under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) has been helpful. Osinbajo’ spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said the vice president chaired a virtual meeting of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) measuring implementation of the plan. The vice president said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has refuted reports that he intends to form a new political party. Recall that a popular Nigeria daily had reported that the former president intends to form a political party. However, reacting to the report on Monday, Obasanjo in a statement issued to the press and signed by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Assembly has passed an amended version of the Criminal Justice Law of the State barring the police from parading suspects before the media henceforth. The bill was passed at a sitting presided over by Deputy Speaker, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, on behalf of Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Section 9(A) of the newly passed bill […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern Governors fixed September 21, 2021, as the deadline for the endorsement of anti-open grazing law among its member states. They jointly agreed on the date during their meeting on Monday in Lagos. During the meeting, the governors also deliberated on insecurity, constitution amendment, PIB and anti-open grazing law in all member-states. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern governors have resolved that security agencies must notify them as the chief security officer of their states before any operation can be carried out within their domain . This was contained in a communiqué issued today at the end of the governors’ meeting in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. It was signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Maryam Yalwaji Katagum has reportedly slumped during an official engagement in Bauchi State. Our correspondent gathered that Katagum was in in the state to launch an empowerment program in Bauchi metropolis on Monday, before she suddenly slumped while delivering her speech. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has received 16 of his colleagues from the Southern part of the country. Sanwo-Olu arrived at Alausa, Ikeja, venue of their meeting which is holding eight weeks after the governors met in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on May 11, 2021. According to available information, the governors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has criticized the Petroleum Industrial Bill newly passed by the National Assembly. Clark, who was represented at a press conference in Abuja by PANDEF’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, declared that the region has had enough of the colonial oppression and will be resisting it. But the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said he is not floating any political party . He said reports that he picked three ex – Governors to help actualise the dream ahead of 2023 general elections were false. Obasanjo said the report in a national newspaper that he had formed a new party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has refuted claims that its members in the Eastern Security Network (ESN) used girls for rituals. Benjamin Emeoyiri, a commander of the ESNh had confessed to killing 10 girls. “We went in 10 vehicles. We tied white and red clothes on our bodies for protection against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMIN) – Suspected bandits on Monday kidnapped unspecified number of students of Bethel Baptist High School in Damishi town of Chikun Local Government Area in Kaduna State. African Examiner reports that the bandits invaded the school at about 2 a.m. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Kaduna, ASP Mohammed Jalije, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four people were confirmed dead on Sunday as a result of multiple accident involving a truck at Bode Market in Molete area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan. Chukwurah said: […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama Sunday in Enugu when Operatives of a private security outfit allegedly acting on the instruction of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr.Geoffery Onyeama, during a Stakeholders meeting of Enugu West Senatorial zone,manhandled some top officials of the Buhari Support Group (BSO) and other Chieftains of the All Progressive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olowu of Owu-Kuta in Osun, Oba Adekunle Makama, has condemned secessionist calls in Nigeria, describing it as unpatriotic. The traditional ruler, while fielding questions from journalists in his palace on Sunday, said as a royal father, he would never support the idea and call for separation or secession of any part […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a get-well message to the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis as he heads for a scheduled surgery of the colon. The message of the president was contained in a statement on Sunday night by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, […]
