(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four persons have been rescued from a four storey-building under construction that collapsed at Imam Street, along Aka Road, Akwa Ibom State. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong disclosed this on his Facebook wall Saturday night. “All Critical rescue and security agencies- the Police, DSS, Fire Service are on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano state Police Command, has confirmed the alleged murder of one Miss Ummukulthum Sani of Janbulo quarters in Kano by one Mr Gheng Chu, a Chinese national based in the state on Friday evening. The Police Public Relations Officers, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the murder at a press conference on Saturday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Health, Minister Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has urged traditional rulers to redouble efforts on Primary Health Care (PHC) services and penetration of COVID-19 vaccination in South-East zone of Nigeria. He made the appeal in Enugu Friday while inaugurating South-East Traditional Leaders’ Committee (SETLC) on Primary Health Care (Services) Delivery Our Correspondent reports […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters. According to Spokesman of the anti- graft agency, Wilson Uwajaren, in a statement made available to African Examiner, Friday, they were arrested on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Transekulu and Monarch […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lawyers on Thursday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State to stop the Labour Party, its candidates and supporters from conducting a rally tagged ‘#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally’ on October 1, 2022, or any other date in Lagos State. The 10 plaintiffs specifically urged the court to restrain the LP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)-The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, has said the Federal Government will continue negotiations with the abductors despite the negotiator’s arrest. This followed the appeal made by the victim’s relative, Yusufu Musa, Tukur Mamu who was picked by the DSS, that he should be released to aid negotiation with the bandits. Dingyadi affirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Taskforce has auctioned 134 vehicles confiscated for various traffic offences. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, the Taskforce spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday that the enforcement team in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice “auctioned 134 forfeited and abandoned vehicles at the Taskforce compound in Alausa, Ikeja.” Mr Abdulraheem […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State Command have confirmed the arrest of a man who allegedly uses charms to defraud point of Service POS operators in Awka, the state capital. The suspects, armed with charms, cuts plain white papers to the size of naira notes and hands them to POS operators to deposit in an account. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 52-year-old man, Akin Isaac, to 21 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter. The prosecutor said that the defendant had started having an unlawful sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter while she was six years old, which resulted into at least […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it will shut down Ladipo and Oyingbo markets till further notice over reckless waste dumping, refusal to pay for waste services, and general poor waste management. Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LAWMA, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos that the markets […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mrs Grace Akeredolu, the mother of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, is dead. The death was confirmed in a statement by Mr Richard Olatunde, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, on Thursday in Akure. “She died peacefully in her sleep early this morning. Mama was 90 years. “She is survived […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Isaac Kekemeke, National Vice-Chairman (South-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has never betrayed the Yoruba race, but fought for justice, fairness, progress and development. Kekemeke made the clarification, while briefing newsmen on Wednesday shortly after the party’s zonal meeting at the state party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama Wednesday morning when Cross River state governor , Prof Ben Ayade locked out civil servants working in the government house, Calabar for coming late to work. Governor Ayade who came to work before 8: 00 am ordered the Chief Security Officer,CSO, to lock the governor’s office gate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says cyberbullying is becoming a trend in relation to comments over the 2023 elections. Okowa spoke at the northern Christian youth assembly summit, with the theme ‘Unifying Nigeria: The Role of Northern Christian Youths and Women’. The governor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have nabbed a pregnant woman, two minors, and eight others suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering in Ondo State. Hammed Abodunrin, the state Commandant of the Corps, while parading the suspects in Akure, the State capital, stated that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Young Rural Enterprises Project in the Central West of Madagascar has helped improve agricultural yields, according to a project progress report released by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Launched in 2016, the Young Rural Enterprises Project, which is supported by the African Development Fund (ADF), the AfDB’s concessional window, has remarkably […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Subsequent increase in incidences of crime in the state, the Ondo State Government has restored its earlier ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles after 6 p.m. It also ordered the closure of all nightclubs by midnight. The government is demanding also that users of vehicles with tinted glasses must get permits. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least five people were injured on Monday from an explosion that occurred as a result of operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) chasing a truck driver conveying suspected smuggled gas in Babura LGA, Jigawa State. NSCDC spokesman, Adamu Shehu, said the explosion also damaged shops and houses. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Owerri-Orlu road. He left the Banana Junction to Amaraku, Isiala Mbano LGA to inaugurate the first phase of Owerri-Okigwe road. Shortly after, the President is expected to commission the House of Assembly complex. Details Shortly…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 24-year-old lady, Annastasia Michael, has written an open letter to the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, offering to donate one of her kidneys to save her life. This is coming after the 25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu made an appeal to members of the public to donate a kidney to save her […]
