(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Enugu state governor, Chimaroke Nnamani, has stated that Nigerian youths are lazy and entitled. Nnamani, who is now a senator representing Enugu East senatorial zone stated this on his Twitter account on Sunday as he engaged in a war of words with some Twitter trolls concerning the presidential ambition of Labour […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chimaroke Nnamani, has been listed as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. In a document released on Friday , Mr Nnamani is the 350th on the list of the 422-man council. The document was signed by the secretary of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun have arrested an 84-year-old man, Stephen Jack for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the suspect resides at Okun Owa area of Ijebu-Ode and was a well-known pedophile. He added that Jack’s latest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos have seized a large cache of ammunition in two commercial buses and arrested three persons found with the consignment. The police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the seizure and arrest in a statement he issued on Saturday. Mr Hundeyin stated that police operatives from Ikorodu Division […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ruwan Jema, a community in Bukkuyum area of Zamfara State said terrorists attacked a Jum’at mosque on Friday and killed 18 people. Several sources disclosed told that the attack began a few minutes after 1 p.m. and lasted for over an hour. African Examiner learned the attack was suspected to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – WaterAid Nigeria has formally launched the Heineken African Foundation (HAF) phase three project in Enugu aimed at strengthening governance structure for sustainable management of Water, Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services delivery as well support control of the dreaded COVID -19 scourge in the state. African Examiner recalled that the Organization had in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has dared the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party to suspend him from the opposition party. This development is coming after talks within the party saying that nobody is bigger than the party and that Gov. Wike may be suspended. African Examiner recalls that Gov. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Flooding has displaced more than 2,000 persons in communities in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, the council Chairman, Ahmed Sarki-Usman, has said. Sarki-Usman said on Friday during an assessment visit to the flood-affected communities in Ekye Development Area, that the disaster took place on Sept.20. He said his visit was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A building has collapsed on Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyinyolu, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Friday. He said, “A building has collapsed in Mushin few minutes ago. The rescue operation is ongoing.” As […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, carried out a social experiment by disguising as a civilian and driving at about 11:50pm through police checkpoints. Hundeyin said he passed through the first and second checkpoints, adding that his “papers weren’t even asked for.” Hundeyin attempted to stress how to relate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Federal Government through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) advises thirteen (13) States of the federation, to be on red alert against possible flooding, the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has asked Imo and Abia states of South East geo political zone of the country to also take note of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is going to expose some ‘bad characters’ in the Peoples Democratic Party today (Friday), ahead of the 2023 elections. Wike had hinted on this while addressing a meeting of the state PDP stakeholders he convened in Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. Governor Wike’s camp and that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eight suspected vandals have been nabbed for their involvement in attack and stealing of electrical installations belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC). Head, Corporate Communications, of the Organization, Mr Emeka Ezeh, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that the vandals were apprehended within a period of one-months in different states […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command serving in Unity Division, have , Rescued twelve kidnapped victims at different locations within the state. The suspected kidnappers, had blocked the road between Ekwegbe-Agu and Neke-Uno communities respectively in Enugu East and Igbo-Etiti local government areas yesterday , along Enugu/Opi/Nsukka Highway. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has enjoined the Federal Government and other development partners to intervene as he described his state as the erosion capital of Nigeria. According to Soludo, erosion and other ecological problems are wearing away 30 to 40 per cent of the state’s landmass. The former […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on key stakeholders in disaster management in the country to articulate robust proactive disaster handling plan and system with a view to reducing losses during emergency situations. Speaking in Enugu during a three day workshop on a Review of the National Contingency Plan for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai, has faulted the power sector privatization, saying that Nigeria has lost nearly 15 years of energy sector investment. He said clear roadmaps for structural reforms set up by the Obasanjo government in the electrical, power, and oil and gas sectors were protracted or abandoned by his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Lagos State Park and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya, has denied imposing the purchase of stickers bearing the photo of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on commercial tricycle operators known as ‘Keke Napep.’ He made this known in a video on his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate representing Aniocha/Oshimili federal constituency in Delta State under the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Tony Ochei Onochei aka Onochieobodo has stated that he is ready to serve the people of the constituency. Onochieobodo made this declaration while speaking with newsmen in Abuja saying that his political philosophy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria joins other nations of the world to commemorate this Year’s United Nations (UN) international peace day, the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies (IPCDS) of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has posited that there can be no meaningful development in any Society, Nigeria inclusive, without […]
