(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, Mr Echeng Echeng, has ordered an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old robbery suspect, Goodluck Oviekeme, while in police custody. Police spokesman in Bayelsa, SP Asinmi Butswait, said in a statement issued in Yenagoa on Saturday that preliminary investigation showed that the deceased was the mastermind […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Bank of Africa has published the names of some individuals who applied for Personal Travel Allowance and bought cheap dollars at the bank but did not use it for the purpose they applied for. The account numbers and Bank Verification Numbers of the defaulters were included in the publication. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Idris Jere, acting Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Setvice (NIS), has ordered its Special Task Force Team to clear backlog of passport applications in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Jere directed the taskforce to proceed to the Ikoyi Passport Office to ensure all existing backlog of Passport applications were cleared within one week. Mr Amos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says the support by the United States of America has made a great difference in Nigeria’s efforts to stamp out terrorism within its borders. The President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in a statement late Friday, said that the president stated this at a meeting on Friday in New York […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has congratulated Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for qualifying for the final of the 2021 Afrobasket women championship in Cameroon. African Examiner sports reports that D’Tigress defeated their Senegalese opponents 73-63 in Friday night’s semifinals to book a place in their third consecutive […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police have arrested a creditor, simply identified as Oluchi (a.k.a PACA), for allegedly tying his alleged debtor, Alozie Reuben, to a stake over a N4.6 million debt. The spokesman for the police command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the arrest on Saturday in a statement. He said that the suspect allegedly tied […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Zonal office of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has nabbed a total of twenty eight suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu and Anambra states . According to the organization, seventeen were apprehended in Awka, the Anambra capital, while 11 others were picked up in Enugu as a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the striking members of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off their ongoing strike and embrace dialogue. Abubakar III made the call during the opening ceremony of the 20th Conference of the National Pediatric Surgeons of Nigeria (APSON) on Friday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a dismissed Police Sergeant, Samuel Philips, in prison custody for allegedly killing an 18-year-old girl, Monsurat Ojuade. Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo said that Phillips, 30, should remain behind bars pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The defendant, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the present administration spent the sum of N8.9 trillion on infrastructural development in 2020. Osinbajo made the disclosure at the inauguration of the 21-storey Dakkada Tower, in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. “We have invested more than any administration on infrastructural development. “As at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working on an ambitious Energy Plan towards reducing the energy shortcomings by year 2030. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement late Friday evening, said Buhari spoke in line with Nigeria’s role as a Global Theme Champion for the Energy Transition, theme of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, a network of individuals and organizations, and Citizen‘s Gavel, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) have reaffirmed their commitment to securing the release of all incarcerated ENDSARS protesters in the country. EiE is an organisation committed to instituting a culture of good governance and public accountability in Nigeria through […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Garus Gololo, says that if the party can field Vice President, Yemi Osibanjo, and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, it is sure of victory in the 2023 presidential election. Gololo disclosed this while he spoke in an interview in Abuja on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says students in Senior Secondary School one and two can no longer participate in external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, the National Examination Council, NECO; and National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB. This was announced in a circular issued to principals of federal unity schools by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Imo has confirmed that a family of four in Umuduruihiako Umueze ll in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state ganged up to beat their youngest brother, Chukwuebuka Osundu to death. African Examiner recalls that a father and two siblings were arrested for reportedly killing and burying their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr. President, Let me, on behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I would like to assure you of the full support and cooperation of the Nigerian delegation throughout your tenure. 2. I […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that Nigeria will leave no stone unturned at getting rid of Boko Haram terrorists, especially in the North-East part of the West African nation. He stated this while addressing over 80 world leaders at the 76th session of the United Nations General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State has begun investigation into the killing of an officer, CSP Kazeem Abonde, at a a raid of criminal hideouts in Ajao Estate, Lagos on Thursday. The spokesman for the command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, announced this in a statement on Friday. Ajisebutu said the officer died when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has commended the Senate for shedding more light on salient issues on Nigeria’s debt profile estimated at N33 trillion. The group said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that the position of the upper legislative chamber that a large chunk […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three Nigerian groups are set for protests today at the United Nations headquarters in New as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) addresses the UN General Assembly. While two of the groups are protesting against the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the third group will demonstrate in […]
