(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta is dead. According to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hadizatu Uwani Mustapha, Justice Ngwuta died around 2.30am on Sunday at the Intensive care unit of the National Hospital, Abuja, after being ill for over a week. “He felt sick and was admitted, in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Chika Ekwenugo, Head of Anambra COVID-19 Protocols Taskforce Team says enforcement of COVID-19 protocols is necessary and not targeted at revenue generation rather to ensure strict compliance by residents Ekwenugo said that the team would sustain the enforcement in the state until people realised the need to assist government in maintaining […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday Buhari was vaccinated by his personal physician, Dr. Suhayb Sanusi, about 11.51am at a brief ceremony witnessed by top government officials at the New Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Shortly after the President, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight members of a family for the alleged kidnapping of people in Sagamu . Six members of the syndicate comprising the father, Oweniwe Okpara and three of his children: Samson Okpara, Bright Okpara and Eze Okpara as well as one Christian Ishaha and Emmanuel Joseph […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Command in Zamfara has rejected the media reports of 40 people killed , 70 nursing mothers and children abducted at Tungar Baushe in the Maru Local Government Area of the state. The denial is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo Government has received doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for distribution in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie, and made available to newsmen in Benin on Wednesday. According to him, the doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has endorsed the recruitment of 500 doctors, pharmacists, laboratory scientists and other allied health workers as part of measures to improve healthcare delivery in the state. The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Kano during the presentation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has counseled local government chairmen to set up vigilance groups in their respective councils to tackle insecurity in the state. Akeredolu, who gave the advice on Tuesday in Akure, during a meeting with the chairmen of the 18 local government areas of the state suggested the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says no ransome was paid for the release of the school girls .Repentant bandits in the state assisted security agencies in the operation that led to the rescue of Jangebe school girls. The governor, who received the girls at about 5a.m on Tuesday in Gusau, said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ondo Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has banned activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) from all motor parks in the state. Both unions were warned to stop collecting dues and levies from commercial drivers in the state. Akeredolu, who spoke through […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed to members of the public to ignore an advert on WhatsApp allegedly seeking to enlist young Nigerians into the anti-graft agency. EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren disclosed in a statement, on Monday that the recruitment exercise was the handiwork of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu on Monday labelled Senator Smart Adeyemi as a mad man. He disclosed this during the unveiling of a book written by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, titled: “Made in Aba” noted that there was no need to envy a mad man Ikpeazu was […]
Hunters have killed a suspected kidnapper in the Akunu Akoko area of Akoko North East council of Ondo State, and equally rescued Seven abductees from the kidnappers den The hunters, working with a rescue team, stormed the forest on the orders of the Regent of the town, Princess Tolani Orogun, after reports that some travellers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, has advised the Federal Government to arrest Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for aiding and abetting banditry and terrorism with his utterances. Maharaj ji, in a statement signed and issued yesterday, said the utterances of Gumi in a television programme, justifying kidnapping by the Fulani, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja advised Bawa to avoid the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has notified motorists to stop panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol saying it has no plan to increase the ex-depot price in March. NNPC disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Kennie Obateru, in Abuja on Sunday. He said the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, says his ambition to become governor of Anambra State is not about enriching himself but to develop the state as God has blessed him with everything he needs. Soludo is aspiring to become the next Anambra governor and he is hoping to fly the flag […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dangote Group of Companies has paid N500,000 to each family of the eight students killed on Jan. 23 when one of its trucks lost control at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. The Students’ Union Government of the university made the disclosure in a statement issued Akungba Mr Oluwasegun Obagunwa, its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has announced the closure of all boarding schools in the state to prevent another re- occurrence of abductions to other schools Matawalle made the announcement in a statewide broadcast on Friday in Gusau. The Governor said that the decision was the outcome of the abduction of 317 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pen-cinema flyover will be formally opened for public use next week, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured. He disclosed this at the opening of the 16th executive/legislative parley organised by the Office of Civic Engagement. It is the second in Sanwo-Olu’s administration. Governor Sanwo-Olu noted the parley would help set the tone […]
