(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has remanded the alleged notorious Fulani warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili, in a correctional facility. The police charged Wakili 70, alongside his sons Abu, 45; and Samaila, 27; as well as Aliyu Manu, 20; with six counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retired) on Tuesday ordered the agency to completely flush out drug cartels in Lagos State Marwa gave the order when he visited the agency’s command in Lagos for an on-the-spot assessment of its facilities It […]
…. … as Ayo Adebanjo takes over (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Ayo Adebanjo has emerged as the new leader for the Pan Yoruba Socio- Political Group, Afenifere as Pa Reuben Fasoranti bows out Pa Fasoranti who is 95 years old said he is now aged and retiring He is a former deputy leader, Chief Ayo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has temporarily closed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport E-Finger departure screening point to carry out some routine maintenance on the screening machine. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the authority, disclosed in a statement in Lagos. Henrietta said that the process was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria on Monday has appealed to commercial drivers in Nigeria to join hands in fighting against insecurity by exposing ,robbers kidnappers and bandits boarding vehicles at various points in the country and alerting security agencies for immediate action The Chairman of the RTEAN in Ogun State, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some unknown gunmen killed a family of 6 in a mosque at the weekend at wasinmi village ikire , osun state, while one person sustained bullet wound The Chairman, Committee on Peaceful Co-Existence between Fulani/Bororo and Crop Farmers in Osun State, Mr. Oguntola Toogun, confirmed the incident He said: “The deceased are Alhaji […]
…… Kano, Enugu, Port Harcourt airports to reopen for international flights (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has announced a ban on Emirate Airlines from inbound and outbound flights, subsequent to the continuous denial of the airline to fly out passengers from Nigeria The ban takes effect from midnight on Wednesday. Emirate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is presently meeting with the newly appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It reports that the Nigeria’s former finance minister, who is on a four-day official visit, was accompanied to the villa by the Ministers of Industry, Trade and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another attempt by bandits to kidnap aviation workers in the staff quarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at Kaduna Airport has been thwarted by the military. The incident occurred barely two weeks after the kidnap of about 13 staff, including a staff of NAMA and his entire family when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 307 students were rescued when bandits attacked Government Science Secondary School, Ikara in Kara Local Government Area in Kaduna in the early hours of Sunday. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack. According to him, “307 students were rescued unhurt” by troops who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A diplomat and chieftain of the PDP, Dr Orefo Onochie, has advised the Federal Government to consider the option of negotiating with insurgents, presently terrorizing Nigeria, if that would make the bandits to sheathe their sword Speaking in an interview in Abuja , Onochie said that negotiating with the bandits would prove […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, who were abducted by bandits on Friday, seems to be having it rough at the hands of their captors, according to videos released by the gunmen yesterday. In the videos, the students are half naked, made to sit on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A low bed trailer carrying an excavator coming from Ijebu Igbo and heading to Ibeshe, has damaged three flyover bridges on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Olaseni Bakare, the Federal Controller of Works in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview. Bakare noted that the height of the trailer carrying the excavator was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has declared war on criminals and assailants under his administration and will no longer negotiate or grant amnesty to criminals under any pretext in the state. He stated this on Saturday in Anyiin, Logo Local Government Area of the state at the burial of Mr Terkura Suswam, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Life has returned gradually back to normal for residents of Abule Ado gas explosion in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State which sad incident took place a year ago Sunday, March 15, 2020 will forever remain a black day for the community This was due to the early morning gas […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has drawn a battle line with the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, sequel to the minister’s recent verbal attack on South-south governors. Wike threatened to deal with Akpabio if he dared speak negatively about Rivers State, insisting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Ministry of Health’s Task Force Committee on Fake Drugs, has seized suspected fake anti malaria drugs worth over N2 million. This was disclosed by the Information Officer of the Ministry, Mrs Hadiza Namadi, in Kano stating that the drugs were impounded from the Malam Kato Motor Park. Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – RARARA Football Club of Katsina on Friday in Abuja held hosts to EFCC FC to a 1-1 draw in a Group A1 Week Six match of the ongoing 2020/2021 Nigeria National League (NNL). EFCC’s Clement Obi opened scoring in the 18th minute of the game played at the Area 3 football pitch […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old lecturer, Adebisi Ademola, to six months imprisonment over his connection in a love scam. Ademola, who teaches at the State College of Health Technology (Health Tech), Offa, was among the 33 suspected internet fraudsters arrested on Sept. 14, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has set up 88 centers for the commencement of its COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccination programme to enhance the immunity and health of its citizens. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health, disclosed this during a media briefing on the Official Rollout, Distribution and Administration of COVID-19 vaccines in Lagos […]
