(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has increased the appointment of Special Assistants on Political Units from 28,000 to 50,000. A statement on Thursday by the Governor’s Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, stated that the appointments takes immediate effect. African Examiner recalls that on March 1 announced that henceforth his administration would […]
…. Urges Security Operatives To Arrest Perpetrators (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Chairman of the All Progressive Congress in Enugu Dr. Ben Nwoye, has decried the incessant gruesome killing of youths of the party in different parts of the state, urging security operatives to rise up to its responsibility and apprehend the perpetrators. Nwoye, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of a political pressure group, Polling Boots Vanguard PBV), has described the campaign manifesto of the Enugu state 2023 Governorship Candidate of the people s Democratic party PDP Barr. Peter Mbah, and his running mate, Barr Ifeanyi Ossai, as a human oriented document that could be used to transform […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With huge optimism and a firm belief in the vast economic potentials of Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, scores another first, as he flags off the maiden Gombe Investment Summit tagged GoInvest 2022. At the opening ceremony of the three day conference with participants from Nigeria and outside the country, Governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has appointed 28,000 Special Assistants for political units . This was announced on Wednesday in a statement by the media aide to the Governor, Kelvin Ebiri who stated that the appointment takes immediate effect. This development is coming less than 24 hours after Governor Wike appointed 14,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)’s alert to Nigerians on substandard cough syrups circulating in The Gambia, the Ministry of Health, Edo, has advised residents to be vigilant. In a public health notice by Prof. Obehi Akoria, Edo Commissioner for Health, the ministry said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has watched the chilling footage of Chidinma Ojukwu confessing to stabbing to death the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Michael Ataga, all by herself. It also viewed the grim footage of Ataga’s lifeless body recorded shortly after he was found […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Rivers on Tuesday paraded 16 suspected oil thieves involved in illegal refining of crude oil to produce diesel. The corps Commandant in the state, Mr Michael Ogar, paraded the 16 male suspects before newsmen in Port Harcourt. He said they were arrested by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has presented the official letter of approval for the proposed Lekki International Airport to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sirika presented the letter at the ongoing ninth Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island. Sirika noted that Lagos has the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the attack on a section of Ezza North Local Government Headquarters by unidentified gunmen. African Examiner reports that hoodlums set the property on fire on Monday morning and left valuables worth millions of naira destroyed. The command’s Spokesman, SP Chris Anyanwu, stated in Abakaliki on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has defended the huge foreign indebtedness of Nigeria, saying that the situation with the country is not “hopeless.” The governor, who is also the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, the umbrella body of all governors of the All Progressives Congress(APC), spoke in Ado- Ekiti on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has publicly thrown his weight behind the candidacy of the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State. Mr Amosun, an APC Senator representing Ogun Central in the National Assembly, spoke during an interview with BBC Yoruba on Monday. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has stated that his Party is all out to help Nigerians out from its numerous problems d that the party has the best manifesto. Kwankwaso, made this revelation over the weekend when he commissioned the Kano office of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed yet to be identified Gunmen have attacked Inyi Police station in Oji River Council Area of Enugu state, killing two policemen and two civilians. Our Correspondent gathered that the hoodlums who hit the station Sunday morning equally set the police station on fire. A Source who witness the incident but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, (CP) Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) of the Command to conduct a full-scale investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the sudden and unnatural death of one Mrs. Chinyere Odoh, her two two children, as well as two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The proscribed group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says that the group does not have any plans to disrupt the 2023 general elections in the South-East. This was announced in a statement by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. According to Powerful, there is no truth in the claim that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of travelers were yesterday feared dead in a boat mishap that occurred in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. African Examiner gathered that the ill-fated boat with about 85 persons on board capsized on Friday at Umunnankwo community. Eye witnesses said the boat, which took off from Onukwu bridge, was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Lagos Parks and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has stated that plans have been concluded for a solidarity rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. African Examiner gathers that the proposed ‘mega rally’ is fixed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gospel music singer, Frank Ugochukwu Edwards has refuted reports that he got Deborah Paul Enenche engaged. African Examiner recalls that the engagement rumour started on Sunday when the first daughter of Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Gospel Center, DIGC, uploaded a picture of her beautiful engagement ring on her Facebook and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty four persons lost their lives as flood and windstorm affected no fewer than 18, 245 people in Katsina state, according to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). The spokesperson of the agency, Mr Umar Muhammad, disclosed this in Katsina on Friday. Muhammad said that the disasters were recorded in all the […]
