(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will declare interest in the 2023 Presidential election on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the first quarter of 2022. Atiku, who piped 11 other aspirants to the sole ticket of the party in the Presidential convention held in Port Harcourt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three police officers, on Sunday, lost their lives in an accident along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway, when the patrol van in which they were traveling experienced a burst tyre and crashed into a drainage. It was learned that the accident, which occurred opposite the Gwarimpa Estate section of the road, involved operatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Christian youths under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) said on Sunday that they would mobilise to join the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, in appearing before the Department of State Services. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said this in a statement on Sunday, titled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against COVID-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is making a mistake by not releasing Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader. It could be recalled that President Buhari had in an interview stated that Kanu should defend himself before the court and he will not be released. Reacting, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 30 students kidnapped from a government school in Yauri , Kebbi state and a teacher, have regained freedom from bandits who kept them in captivity since June last year. An aide to the Governor of Kebbi state on media and publicity,Yahaya Sarki, in a statement, revealed that the victims were taken to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi ll, the President General Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijaniyya), Nigeria, has advised eligible voters in Nigeria to register, get their voters’ card (PVC) and vote the best and competent candidates in all positions in subsequent elections. He made the call on Saturday in Lokoja, at the last day of the three-day […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first daughter of the late Soun of Ogbomoso Prof.Taibat Danmole has passed away, days after the monarch ‘s death, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi . Oba Oyewumi died on December 12 at the age of 95 while the first daughter of the late monarch, Prof Taibat Danmole, died on Saturday, January 8 at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy could miss Senegal’s opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations against Zimbabwe after he was among a new group of players to test positive for Covid-19. Mendy, captain Kalidou Koulibaly and forward Famara Diedhiou returned positive results Saturday during required tests 48 hours ahead of their tournament […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has cautioned the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Primate Ayodele stated this in a statement issued to the press saying that the APC will lose the presidential election if the economic and security challenges faced by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that ethnicity, religion or class cannot divide the country. Osinbajo disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the palace of Umar Farouk, Emir of Katagum after he attended the wedding of Fatima Adamu, daughter of Adamu Adamu, education minister, in Azare, Bauchi state. Laolu Akande, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm as temperatures plummeted, officials said Saturday. Most of the victims died of hypothermia, officials said. Among them was an Islamabad police officer and seven other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was an epic experience for Lagosians at Burna Boy: The Live Experience Concert organized by Toro Entertainment Company on Monday, December 27 2021 at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos as Burna Boy showed up in Grand Style for his fans. After performing on several stages across the world including selling out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lecturer at Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt, River State, has been suspended for three months over allegations of sexual harassment of female student. The lecturer, Tamunotonye Solomon will face disciplinary committee to explain his involvement with the student, Blessing Audu. Solomon and Audu, a 200-level student of the institution, have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Lagos State Council has reiterated its determination to go on a 3 day warning strike starting on Monday January 10 through Wednesday, January 13. At a general congress of all the Nurses in the State held on Friday, January 7 in Lagos, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the move by the federal government to introduce N10/litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. African Examiner recalls that Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, had announced the new tax on Wednesday. Ahmed stated that the new tax would increase […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babangida Aliyu, a former governor of Niger State, has stated that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned its presidential ticket to the North. Aliyu disclosed this when he played host to the Atiku Support Organisation. The former governor stated that the organization would be successful. “In our zoning agreement, we have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command says it has launched a thorough investigation into the recent killings, kidnapping and destructions of properties in parts Eha-Amufu, in Isi Uzo Council area of Enugu state by yet to be identified criminal elements. The State Commissioner of police, (CP) Abubakar Lawal, who led other Heads of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor , Engr. Dave Nweze David Umahi, has approved the suspension of the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Chief Emmanuel Uguru and the Senior Special Assistant, (SSA) on Education, Dr Obianuju Alo for one month over negligence and dereliction of duty. The statement issued Friday and signed by Secretary to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $47.09 million grant for the first phase of the Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in Mozambique. Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) are integrated development initiatives designed to concentrate agro-processing activities within areas of high agricultural potential to boost productivity, integrate […]
