(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has refuted claims that he called for a sit-at-home in the Southeast. According to him, rebels are enforcing the sit-at-home order in the Southeast. Kanu made this known in a routine meeting with his legal team led by his lead counsel, […]
…..As Body Holds Xmas Carol In Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- denominational faith based organization, under the banner of 12-24 Club committed in sharing God’s kingdom values among the people, especially youths, via Music, has awarded scholarship to one of its male member, Mr. Zion Malarchy, to enable him study Music at the University […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A traditional ruler, Oloso of Oso in Ajowa Akoko, in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Clement Olukotun, has been kidnapped. Reports on Friday indicated that the monarch was abducted from his palace by gunmen at around 10 p.m. on Thursday. The hoodlums were said to have surrounded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu, has been kidnapped. He was kidnapped alongside Honourable Agbo Ode, one of his in-laws and the driver. It was gathered that they were kidnapped along David Marks Farm, after Akpa Otobi while on their way from Otukpo to Utonkon in Ado […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disturbed by the alleged abandonment of the renovation work at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Sports Stadium Enugu, by the contractor handling the project, fans of Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu, have urged governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to as a matter of urgency redeploy the State Commissioner for youth and Sports, Mr. Manfred Nzekwe, to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Terrorists have reportedly abducted at least 13 worshippers in an attack on a mosque in Maigamji, Funtua LGA of Katsina. Gambo Isah, police spokesperson in the state, announced this to newsmen on Sunday. According to available information, the insurgents attacked the mosque in large numbers and fired at the worshippers who scampered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) has released its manifesto tagged “Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria“, which will be formally unveiled to Nigerians December 4th, 2022. The Head of Media of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Diran Onifade, told Channels Television that the candidate, Peter Obi, was part of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has visited the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Sulaiman Adamu in his office in Abuja on Friday, 2nd December, 2022. This came against the backdrop of several other visits by the Governor to the Ministry in demonstration of his administration’s resolve to strengthen mutual partnership with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 300-level student of Business Administration at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Ebuka Joshua has reportedly committed suicide. Unizik Plus, a campus press outfit in the school confirmed this on Friday via a Facebook post. The post read: “300L, UNIZIK Student Of Business Administration Reportedly Dies After Poisoning Himself With Sniper. | #unizik_plus “Stories […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), says it has concluded arrangement to use the programme in launching a sports academy which is aimed at helping to combat crime in the society. This was disclosed weekend in Enugu by National Coordinator of POCACOV, CSP Ebere Amaraizu. He hinted that POCACOV […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo Police Command says it repelled an attack on the building of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Orlu LGA in Imo by the suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The command further disclosed that the hoodlums, who attacked the INEC facility, later retreated with bullet wounds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Human Rights group, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has petitioned the Enugu state Commissioner of police (CP), Ahmed Ammani, over alledged unlawful and fraudulent removal of boundary marks with intent to defraud an Octogenarian, Pa Geofrey Nwebor and his son, Mr. Cletus Nwbor by the duo of Mr. Paul […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has informed his followers that he will soon be released from detention. Conveying the message was IPOB’s counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, who spoke with Kanu during his visit to him at the Department for State Services (DSS) detention […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and Chairman of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, has stated that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will beg his counterpart from Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his group. Emmanuel stated that the party had made a mistake concerning the way it went about the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party (LP) says the purported suspension of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director-General, Doyin Okupe, is null and void. Umar-Farouk Ibrahim, the national secretary of the party, said this when he addressed journalists in Abuja on Friday. The Ogun State chapter of the party had on Thursday announced the sack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Party in Ogun State has sacked the Director-General of the party’s presidential campaign council (PCC), Doyin Okupe, and 10 for allegedly not paying membership fees, high-handedness and financial recklessness. The State Chairman of the party in the state, Michael Ashade, announced this at a press conference in Abeokuta on Thursday. Flanked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension gripped Ughelli town in Delta state over the kidnap of Imam of the Ughelli Central Mosque as gunmen attacked worshippers shortly after prayers Friday morning. At least 11 persons were injured by the gun-wielding hoodlums who stormed the mosque, reportedly seen in an ash coloured Toyota Sienna. The gunmen, said to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Centre for Migration Policy Development ICMPD has said the £4.5 million business park and a start-up Centre built in partnership with the Australian Development Agency, European private sector partners and Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu is aimed at tackling issue of unlawful migration to foreign lands by Nigerian youths According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government has accused the administration of Gboyega Oyetola of accruing debts in pensions and salaries to the tune of N76 billion. The spokesperson to the Executive Governor Olawale Rasheed quoted the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Bimpe Ogunlumade to have made the claim while briefing officials of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has expressed concern over the increased incidences of vandalization of its electrical facilities across the South-East region, even as eight suspects arrested for the crime are now cooling off in police net in Enugu. It raised the alarm over the latest turn of events where […]
