(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have abducted former Zonal Director of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ahmed Abdulkadir, his daughter and three others in an attack on Monday night in Bakori, Katsina State. A colleague of the ace broadcaster disclosed that Mr Abdulkadir was abducted when the bandits stormed Shema quarters, a government estate in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Alagbado in Ijaiye-Ojokoro Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have appealed to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to rehabilitate all roads in deplorable conditions in the area. The residents made the appeal in an interview in Lagos on Tuesday. They said that all the major roads in Ojokoro area of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has signed the state Security Challenge Containment Order, in which the government adopted 12 measures to contain banditry in the state. Alhaji Abdu Labaran, the Director General, Media to the governor disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim has threatened that failure on the part of a corp member to adhere to COVID-19 protocols will be decamped from the scheme . Ibrahim gave this warning in Abuja during a sensitisation webinar jointly organised by the NYSC and the Nigeria Centre […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Veteran Nollywood actress, Rachael Oniga, has been buried in Lagos. The actress died from heart-related issues on July 30 at the age of 64. Details later…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS), has countered the allegation levelled against them on the internet of dispersing doctors attending a Saudi Arabia-organised job interview at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja on Thursday. Spokesman for the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, made the denial in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. Afunanya […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bandits have freed 92 out of 136 pupils of Tegina Islamiyya pupils after 88 days in captivity. However 44 students were held back . The freed pupils were brought to Government House, Minna on Friday morning where they are waiting to meet Governor Sani-Bello. Details shortly…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to charge Gloria Okolie to court on or before August 31, 2021, or be granted bail in the sum of N2m and Level 12 officer as bond and surety. The ruling is coming after 70 days of detaining Okolie by Intelligence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prince Uche Secondus on Friday resumed office following a Kebbi State High Court order that reinstated him as the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). “We obeyed the court order from Port Harcourt. We also obey the one of yesterday (Thursday). “This is a party that follows the rule of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has directed the Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of federal tertiary hospitals, to implement no-work, no-pay policy on the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The government’s stateement was contained in a letter dated August 26, 2021 signed by the Director of Hospital Services, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An unidentified helicopter has allegedly shot down a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State. Many people were severely wounded in the incident and have been rushed to the nearest hospital. Eye witnesses at the Bonny-Nembe waterside where the boat took off from in Port Harcourt, confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has queried Channels Television over an interview granted to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom. Reports indicated it was not the first time Channels TV would be queried by NBC. In April, the agency suspended the broadcast license of Channels Television and imposed a N5 million fine on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The final stages of the evacuation effort in Afghanistan are under further strain after a warning that a “highly lethal” terror attack could be launched within hours. Armed forces minister James Heappey warned on Thursday that there was “very credible reporting” of an “imminent” and “severe” threat to Kabul airport. He called […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on security. The governor gave the advice when he received the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Ali Janga, on a courtesy call in Gusau. Matawalle said declaring a state of emergency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday denied claims that military personnel monitoring the closed-circuit television at the Nigerian Defence Academy were fast asleep when the attack on the facility happened. It also said a board of enquiry has been constituted to ascertain the incidents that led to the security breach. The DHQ disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba,has called for calm and restraint over Tuesday’s attack on Yelwa Zangam community in the state by gunmen. Abok made the call when members of the Yelwa Zangam community took corpses of their loved ones killed in the attack, to the Assembly. Yelwa Zangam, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Leo Irabor, has allayed the fears of Nigerians on the ongoing mass surrendering by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Irabo gave the advice in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyer, Director, Defence Information at the end of an interactive session which the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed no fewer than 36 persons while several others were injured in a fresh attack which occurred in Ahwol Ward, Naraguta community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community with sophisticated weapons around 10 pm on Tuesday night and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Delta government has confirmed the outbreak of Avian influenza in the state, with 164, 173 birds reported dead. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Julius Egbedi, made this known while addressing a newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba. ”Government has taken action to curtail the spread of the disease. ”So far, some poultry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost military university, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna was on Tuesday attacked by bandits who killed two officers and abducted one other. The bandits invaded the permanent site of the institution located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am. A source told our correspondent […]
