(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 22-year-old primary school teacher, Margret Obano, for allegedly brutalising her two-year-old daughter and burning her buttocks. African Examiner learnt that the incident happened on Friday, October 14, 2022, in the Bariga area of the state. An Instagram platform, Instablog9ja, while speaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some physically-challenged persons on Wednesday staged a protest in the Surulere area of Lagos, causing a traffic gridlock which kept motorists on the roads for hours. Many who were on their way to work were forced to abandon commercial vehicles and trek long distances to beat the traffic, especially along Funso Williams […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities to Commemorate the 2022 global Hand washing day in Enugu State, WaterAid Nigeria in partnership with a non- governmental body, South Saharan Social Development Organization SSSDO, has donated hand washing stations and detergents to primary schools in Enugu North Senatorial district of the state. The two benefitting schools […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arewa Joint Committee has stated that the region has not endorsed any presidential candidate for the February 2023 general elections. Mallam Murtala Aliyu, the chairman steering committee of the Arewa group in a communiqué signed and made available to the press in Kaduna, stated that the interaction was not aimed at endorsing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has condemned the endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu by his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike. The endorsement was issued at the 22nd conference Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, held in the state on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, Wike, a member of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State police Command says it has commenced investigation into the mystery surrounding the death of a medical doctor, Dr Okpe Casmir Ikechukwu, who was murdered and dumped in his car last week Wednesday. The car was found at Ichi Girls secondary school bus stop in Ekwusigo Council Area of Anambra […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a church in Kogi State. African Examiner recalls that at least two worshippers were killed and three others were injured as gunmen numbering about six attacked a Celestial Church located in Felele area of Lokoja in Kogi State. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An organization, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has decried the current alarming rate of human rights violation in Ebonyi State, South East Nigeria. It said the area is fast becoming the most dangerous state to live in South East region, adding that “the events in Ebonyi state in recent times […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The mainstream Chairman of Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has picked holes on the one year Anniversary celebration by the Embattled State Chairman of the party, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, describing the action as ‘shameful and laughable. He said: “it is really funny that rather than […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has enjoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to apologise to Nigerians after a “divisive and controversial” remarks of its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. African Examiner recalls that Atiku had said: “I know the whole of this country. I have built bridges across this country. I think what […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos said that four murder cases were reported and recorded in the state in the last seven days. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to journalists on Saturday. Mr Hundeyin said that four persons were arrested in connection with the cases. He […]
A non- governmental organization based in River state, Social Development integrated Centre SocialAction, has expressed dismay over the refusal of some state governments to pass the local government financial Autonomy bill almost ten months after it was passed by the National Assembly NASS. African Examiner recalls that both chambers of the Nigeria’s National Assembly, Senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The statement made by the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, at the just concluded Kaduna Investment Summit has continued to spark social media reactions. African Examiner writes that the former Lagos State governor heaped praises on Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s “creativity and resiliency in turning a rotten […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has informed the people of Ekiti to reject the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP) ), Peter Obi. Tinubu disclosed this while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of Abiodun Oyebanji as the governor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers momentum, a former Minister of information and Governorship Candidate of the All progressive Grand Alliance APGA in Enugu state, Mr. Frank Nweke (Jnr) has urged the Electorate to join hands with him in showing the ruling peoples Democratic party (PDP) in the state, the exit door […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State on Saturday witnessed its first plane landing as Governor Kayode Fayemi commissioned an airport. The NAF 930 aircraft conveying the Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, and his team landed on the runway at 20 minutes past 10am. Speaking after the landing, Sirika described the airport as a bridge that will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday, disclosed to the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu that he has no political party. Sanusi spoke in Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria on the occasion of the seventh edition of KadInvest, an annual event organised by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a result of the devastating floods, pythons and other kinds of dangerous reptiles have found their way into communities in parts of Delta State. Residents now scamper for safety for fear of being killed. The ravaging flood which has cut off parts of the East-West Road has continued to wreak havoc […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the number of his recent political appointees will be increased to 100,000. Governor Wike made this known in a media chat with selected journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday. He, however, stated that the incoming administration can do anything it pleases with the appointees […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has condoled with victims of the ravaging flood disaster in the state, describing it as the worst in recent times. Iworiso-Markson in a statement released in Yenagoa, said the reported loss of lives and displacement of people from their homes […]
