(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, has clarified why he wore sneakers to the Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Lagos State on Monday. Shettima, who represented APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the event, was dressed in a black suit and red tie, accompanied by a pair of gym shoes, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several persons have been trapped as a shopping mall in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja collapses in the early hours of Friday. The shopping mall is close to Aso Savings Bank. Our correspondent confirmed that there was no presence of a rescue team at the time of filing this report. Details later… […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has just come out the the Uyo Correctional Centre. Inibehe came out one month after he was sent to prison by Akwa Ibom Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot, for contempt of court. He was seen given a heroic welcome march by a team of supporters. The lawyer, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension brews in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as armed police officers took over the state secretariat of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) following its closure by the Borno State Government on Thursday. The office was declared illegal and sealed by the Borno government which said it was meant to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has cautioned Nigerian students against going to Northern Cyprus. Its chairperson, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team. She said Northern Cyprus was not recognised by the UN, adding that a lot of students had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the upcoming 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8), there are clear indications that the event will further boost Japanese-Africa economic cooperation. Running from 27 to 28 August, TICAD8 which be held in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, will bring together delegates from across the continent, including the African Development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fast rising and popular African American Television talk show host, Dr. Macie P. Smith has rolled out the drums to celebrate the third season of her show called ““Just Ask Dr. Macie”, The programme which now airs on Saltbox TV focuses on caregiving for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Her show, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Workers at the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday issued a notice of indefinite strike to the management of the commission over breach of conditions. The workers, in a leaked letter written by the joint union congress, PSC chapter and addressed to Musiliu Smith, PSC chairman, said the indefinite strike will commence […]
… As Umahi Disagrees With Judgment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court siting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has nullified the local government area election recently conducted by Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC). Chairman of the state electoral body Mr. Jossy Eze, had declared Candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has stressed the need for critical disaster Management Stakeholders, institutions of governments and other various bodies in Imo State, South- East Nigeria, to undertake different roles and tasks at various stages of disaster Management circles in the state. It stated that such actions should be directed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Working Committee, (CWC) of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, South East Forum, has condemned in strong terms the invasion of their national secretariat at Yaba, Lagos by the expelled president of the group, Mr. Innocent Bola Audu with hoodlums and miscreants.. They alleged that the sack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists on Wednesday evening abducted an unspecified number of travelers inside two vehicles along the Katsina/Jibia highway in Katsina State. Sources said the incident occurred at a portion of the highway at Kadobe village around 5p.m The Spokesman for the Katsina State Police Command, Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident, insisting he should […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development, a bloc of eight East African countries, has called on warring parties in northern Ethiopia to immediately cease hostilities. In a statement, the bloc’s Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu said that he was concerned about reports of hostilities on the border of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. He called […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As many as 903 people were killed, nearly 1,300 injured and thousands left homeless as heavy monsoon rains and flash floods continued to wreck havoc in Pakistan since mid-June. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday. More than 70 people died and over 82,000 houses were damaged over the past […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the killing of an Inspector by gunmen on Wednesday in Coker Aguda area of Lagos. The spokesman for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated on Thursday in Lagos that the Inspector was inside a tricycle when he was shot. The spokesman, however, said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, is dead. According to reports, Dokubo, 70, died at a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday night. The professor of strategy was born in Abonnema, Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State on March 23, 1952. His primary and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A clash between Oro traditional worshippers and worshippers at the Truth and The Spirit Prophetic Church has led to the death of a tailor, Akeem Adebisi, in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that Akeem alongside other Oro worshippers were performing sacrament when they got to know that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has taken a swipe at the former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, saying the latter has lost ‘relevance’ politically. African Examiner recalled that Lamido had on Tuesday while speaking on Channel’s Television ‘Politics Today’, stated that there was no need for any reconciliation between Wike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zimbabwean Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mthuli Ncube has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) its continued investment in Zimbabwe’s power sector. The minister gave the commendation at a press conference in Harare, shortly after receiving a delegation from AfDB who undertook a three-day business mission to Zimbabwe last week. […]
…Decorated As FNIOB (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been decorated as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Building ( FNIOB) for his unquantifiable contributions to the growth and development of the building industry. The investiture of the Governor was performed by the President of the institute, Professor Yohanna Izam […]
