(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis ridden- All progressive Congress APC in Enugu state has suffered a major setback as huge number of its card carrying members from Ezeagu Council Area of the state, led by a former Commissioner, Chief Joe Mmamel, declared support for the gubernatorial flagbearer of the ruining Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo Socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has dismissed as false alarm and lie from the pit of hell the front page report of an Abuja based national Daily that 100 Northerners were killed in the South East last week. Coordinator of the Northern Consensus Forum, Dr. Auwal Abdullahi Aliyu” and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yet-to-be-ascertained number of people have been reportedly killed in the troubled Ebor, Eha-Amufu community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday by armed herdsmen and their collaborators. Security sources told our correspondent that the invaders who outnumbered the soldiers and local vigilantes, launched the attack on early Sunday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Famous Non- governmental organization NGO, WomenAid Collective WACOL, has applauded the sentencing of Couple to 13 years imprisonment by an Enugu State High Court for maltreating and torturing their ten years old house help. It said “as an organization committed to ending violence against women and children, WACOL, is appalled that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command has said emphatically that she is not aware and is yet to receive any order committing the Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Echeng Echeng to a Correctional Center. “Therefore, the Command is constrained to make further comments please. The Command Spokesman, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Ismail Omipidan, Media Aide to former Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola, on Thursday insisted that the administration of his principal never took any bank loan for the four years he served as governor. Omipidan, in a statement in response to Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s speech that Oyetola’s administration left behind a debt profile […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The remains of Bamise Ayanwola, who was found dead after boarding a bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme, in February, have been buried. She was buried at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, in Lagos on Friday. Ayanwola went missing after boarding a bus at the Chevron area of Lekki on her way […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts towards sustaining the current operational and crime-fighting measures put in place by the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, Police Operatives of the Command have arrested a total of four (4) male criminal suspects for different offences and recovered one (1) AK-47 rifle with fifty […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Thursday presented to the State House of Assembly, the 2023 budget size proposal of One Hundred and Sixty-Six Billion, Six Hundred and Two Million, Four Hundred and Sixteen Thousand, Seven hundred and Seventy Naira (NGN166,602,416,770.00). Presenting the 2023 budget estimate Christened: “Budget of Consolidation and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, (MICS), and the National Immunization Coverage Survey, (NICS) reports paints a true picture of Women and Children situation in Nigeria. The Planning and Monitoring Specialist, (UNICEF) Enugu Field Office, Maureen Zubie-Okolo stated this on Thursday during the MICS/NICS Dissemination […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In recognition of his outstanding performance especially exhibition of professionalism in the discharge of his duties, Lagos based Magazine, National Crime Watch, has conferred a life time achievement award in public Relations on the Head, press and public Relations of the police Service Commission PSC, Mr. Louis Ikechukwu Ani. He was recognized […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, took N18 billion loan after he lost the July 16th, 2022 Osun governorship election. This is as he also revealed that the state is indebted to the tune of N407.32 billion as of November 30th, 2022. Adeleke disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu on Wednesday had his campaign rally in Niger State. African examiner reports that the event happened at the Trade Fair Complex in Minna, the state capital and drew a crowd that gathered to catch a glimpse of the former Lagos governor. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of seven hundred and forty five (745) Senior Police Officers. It also considered and approved proper placement for five Commissioners of Police and one Deputy Commissioner. The Commission equally treated 14 appeals and petitions and nine Pending Disciplinary Matters from dismissed and serving Police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of the Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu, has officially ended the five-day sit-at-home order in the South-East region of Nigeria. Ekpa in a video posted on YouTube on Wednesday night, announced the end of the five-day sit-at-home order, terming it “historic and successful” for Biafraland. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the five-day sit-at-home order that has led to the killing of many residents in the South-East recently, Nigerians all over the world are signing a petition appealing to the Finnish government, Nigerian government and the European Union to arrest Simon Ekpa, the brain behind the order. As of the time of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has sued Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator, over the declaration of sit-at-home in Nigeria’s South-east. Mr Ejiofor disclosed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Mr Ekpa, the leader of a pro-Biafra group, Autopilot […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general polls in Nigeria, foremost election monitoring and Civic Advocacy group, under the platform of Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC of its readiness to partner it in ensuring a free, fair, credible exercise. Chairman of the Organization, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi State Government has directed all security agencies in the state, including Ebubeagu Security Network, to kill any miscreant found with a gun or dangerous weapon in the state. The Commissioner for Information in Ebonyi State, Uchenna Orji, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. African Examiner learnt that the decision […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was on Monday, turbaned as the ‘Dakari’ (Fearless Warrior) of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State. Mr Tinubu, accompanied by the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, other APC governors and leaders of the ruling party, was received at the palace by the […]
