(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Friday, October 1, as public holiday to mark the Nation’s 61st Independence Anniversary Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on this year’s Celebration of the Country’s 61st anniversary and assured of Government’s commitment […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of Dr Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC), Dora Akunyili. The president made his feelings known in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence has urged the Department of State Security (DSS) to explore artificial intelligence and other advanced upscale technologies in combating insecurity in the country. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Shaban Sharada (APC-Kano), made the call at an oversight function to evaluate the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Agulu community in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State has called for three-day mourning concerning the killing of their son, Dr Chike Akunyili on Tuesday by gunmen. The caretaker President General of the community, Onyebuchi Okpala, disclosed this in a statement . He said, “Two days ago, one Azubuike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Nigeria’s 61st independence celebration, the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has released a prophetic message about the country. According to primate Ayodele, God told him that bandits would abduct top government functionaries and the north and Abuja have been earmarked for attacks. The clergyman, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British troops are expected to be deployed within days to help ease a fuel supply crisis, the government said on Wednesday, as the retail and hospitality sectors called for foreign workers to be allowed to fill post-Brexit vacancies. The week-long crisis has triggered panic-buying and sparked violence at forecourts as critics blame […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government has announced the immediate closure of telecommunications services in some part of the state, with effect from Sept. 30. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the announcement at a press briefing in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “I am here to inform you , […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday began a two day meeting with Commissioners of Budgets and Planning from the 36 states and FCT on ways to make Nigeria better. Mr Maulid Warfa, the Chief of Field Office in Sokoto, noted at the opening of the meeting in Sokoto that poverty […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINATION) – The Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, has announced its intention to conduct mass burial for unclaimed corpses in its mortuary. The decision is contained in a press statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the health institution, Dr Jecinta Achonu, on Wednesday. The statement urged the general public, especially those who have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Wednesday asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to declare bandits as terrorists in the country. The red chamber also asked the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces to wage a total war against the criminals, including bombing all their locations, to annihilate and eliminate them. The Senate also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COPs), an international not-for-profit organization, WaterAid has harped on the need for urgent action to ensure that water is prioritized in the agenda of Africa’s climate policies and programmes. This year’s edition of the event, tagged “COP26”, which is holding in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Concerned Igbo Stakeholders Forum, a pressure group, on Wednesday condemned the gruesome killing of Dr Chike Akunyili, the husband of late Prof. Dora Akunyili, by yet to be identified gunmen in Anambra. African Examiner recalls that the incident occurred in Nkpor, near Onitsha, on Tuesday, while the deceased was returning from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has reacted to claims linking the death of Dr Chike Akunyili to its members. IPOB in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, claimed that the death of Chike was a pure political assassination adding that those responsible are contesting for the upcoming governorship election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown armed men have reportedly killed Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of late Ex- Nigeria’s Minister of information Prof. Dora Akunyili, in Anambra state, South East Nigeria. It was gathered that Dr Akunyili, who was the Chief Medical Director of the popular St. Leo hospital Enugu, was murdered at Umuoji in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than nine persons, including the younger brother of the Guma Local Government Area Chairman of Benue State, traders, and church attendees were feared dead in three days of fresh attacks on communities in Guma LGA of the state by suspected armed herdsmen. However, the Benue State Police Command claimed that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, said that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is now a cash cow for politicians in the country. This came as President Mohammadu Buhari commissioned the NDDC office and residential complex for the Special Protection Unit, SPU, of the Nigeria Police Force, in Omagwa, Ikwerre LGA […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police says it has arrested two suspected bandits, two informants and also rescued 10 victims of kidnapping. SP Gambo Isah, the command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina. “On Sept. 20, 2021, the Command succeeded in arresting a 30-year-old man […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, says the Nigeria Police will soon begin the recruitment of 20,000 junior police officers. The IGP gave the hint when he paid a working visit to Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State at the State Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan. Baba informed the governor that Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities marking the 2021 Global Sustainability Week, employees of the pan-African of Dangote Group, have donated food items and other hygiene products to the old age and the physically challenged children. The donations were made in Lagos to the physically challenged persons at the Pacelli School for the Blind, […]
…Hits 3 Million User Mark (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has in the last three years won the hearts of its customers with its artificial intelligence chat bot, LEO, which has proven to be the most formidable artificial intelligence chat bot till date; serving an ever-increasing clientele […]
