(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The accreditation for delegates participating in the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential election is ongoing. The accreditation is being held at the International Conference Center in Abuja. Journalists were not allowed into the venue of the accreditation. However, a member of the committee and a chieftain of the party in Delta, Barry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, said there was no bandit attack in Gwarimpa Estate but a robbery attack contrary to reports in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, said the clarification became […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected bandits have reportedly attacked Genuine Estate after EFAB Queens in Gwarinpa, an estate in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learnt they carried out the attack in the early hours of Monday armed with bows, arrows and machetes. An unconfirmed number of residents were said to have been kidnapped from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Musa Bello on Thursday said that under his administration, FCT recorded achievements in area of infrastructural development and urban renewal projects Speaking while fielding questions from State House Correspondents when he featured as a guest at the 40th Ministerial Briefing, organised by the Presidential Communication […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A wanted drug kingpin suspected to be behind the 2000.6kg of Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on December 2, 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru, has been arrested in Ondo State after a five-month manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Also, a 36-year-old […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on Sunday when motorcycle riders, popularly known as ‘Okada’ stormed a popular estate in the metropolis. Findings revealed that the mayhem started when a hit-and-run driver rammed into some Okada riders in Kabusa area of the city, killing three of them in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 811 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegates are undergoing accreditation at the national convention ground in MKO Abiola International Stadium, Abuja. The exercise will enable the party’s national delegates to decide the presidential flag bearer. The delegates are drawn from the 774 local government areas of the country. At the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, Managing Director, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has inaugurated Taxi App loading booth at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (NAIA). Yadudu, who was represented by the Group Capt. Usman Sadiq, Director of FAAN Security Service, said in his opening remarks on Thursday, that the move would definitely […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has disowned Prince Joseph Kpokpogiri, after the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished his multi- million Naira mansion in Abuja on Saturday. African Examiner reports that officials of FHA, alongside its Managing Director, Gbenga Ashafa, visited the site of the doomed building three days ago, in company […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Most filling stations in Abuja have been shut down following scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. African Examiner reports that the situation has caused long queues of vehicles at various filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Our correspondent who monitored the petrol supply situation in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) says it may lockdown some government offices, hotels, Plazas and other business premises due to debts owed the board. The Director of AEPB, Mr Osilama Briamah, made the disclosure in a statement, on Monday in Abuja. Brianah explained that the measure was coming on the heels […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The traditional ruler of Bukpe community in Kwali Area Council, Abuja, Hassan Shamidozhi, has regained freedom 18 days after some bandits abducted him. They invaded his palace in Bukpe community and took him away with two others in the community. African Examiner learnt the other two residents, Ahmad Joel and his daughter, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis Gospel International Centre, Abuja, has finally spoken about the death of the late Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. The singer died on Friday at an Abuja hospital. Until her death, Osinachi was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre. She was 44. She was alleged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chief Imam of the Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has been appointed to lead another Juma’at mosque in Abuja. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Imam was sacked by the Apo mosque steering committee over a sermon that criticised the government’s failure to stop insecurity in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined Muslim faithful at the State House Mosque to mark the commencement of the Ramadan Tafsir, the interpretation and explanation of the Qur’an. The exercise is in line with Islam’s guiding principles and the intense devotional activities marking the 30-day Ramadan period. The president joined the Muslim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management Committee of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Apo, Abuja, has sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the Chief Imam, who was accused of criticizing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in his sermon on Friday. Khalid had earlier been suspended for the sermon but reacted that only God can give or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Juma’at Mosque in Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has been sacked by the mosque’s Steering Committee for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over last Monday night’s attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train. Sheikh Khalid was initially suspended by the Steering Committee of the strategic mosque. But on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out among residents of Kabusa community in the Federal Capital Territory over the disappearance of three siblings. The children, Marvelous, Alex and Rehoboth Sunday, were said to have gone missing from their school, Star Child Academy, on Tuesday. According to residents, their mother had gone to pick them up from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has returned from London after a routine medical check-up. African Examiner reports that the Nigerian leader departed Abuja for the routine medical check-up in London on March 6. The president had earlier wanted to embark on the medical trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, March 18, 2022, issued an order vacating the restraining injunction against the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress fixed for March 26th. Justice Bello Kawu in his ruling stated that a member of a political party can’t sue the party. African Examiner […]
