(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senators, mainly of the minority block and some belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC), have called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country. They gave President Buhari six weeks to curb insecurity or face a formal notice of impeachment from them. The Senators staged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday named the lawmaker representing Sokoto East, Senator Abdullahi Gobir, as the new Senate Leader. This is contained in a letter by the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and read at plenary by the President of the Senate, Senator, Ahmad Lawan. Gobir replaced Senator […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy leader of Song Local Government Legislative Council of Adamawa State, Hon Ishaya Bakano, has been killed. A gang of men of the underworld got at the local council lawmaker in the early hours of Saturday and gunned him down. Ishaya, who was representing Gudu Mboi Ward, was whisked from his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated the clerics at the unveiling of his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima were not fake. He said they were at the event, which was open to all, as genuine well-wishers. The former Lagos Governor, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday dissociated itself from Bishops who attended the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, saying they were desperados who went there for themselves. The organisation said that although the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was free […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The certificate presentation to Adeleke by the INEC National Commissioner, Supervising Osun, Ogun and Oyo states, Prof. Kunle Ajayi, was preceded by the presentation to the deputy governor-elect, Prince Kola Adewusi. The presentation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo Assembly has impeached Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan. The decision was reached after the lawmakers presented and considered the recommendation of the seven -man panel by Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola to investigate the Deputy Governor over allegations of gross misconduct. The impeachment, according to the Assembly, takes immediate effect. According to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Southwest Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Kemi Nelson, is dead. Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, in a tweet, announced that the APC chieftain died on Sunday. “We lost a dear soul to the cold hands of death earlier today. May the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke, has obtained the highest number of votes from 17 of the 30 local governments in Osun State. The results were officially declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Saturday governorship election in Osun State. His closest rival, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Thursday . Baba Ijesha is facing six counts of child defilement that include indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Olajide Adediran aka Jandor has announced popular actress, Funke Akindele as his running mate. This development comes days after collapse of Funke Akindele”s marriage to JJC Skillz crash. In a sponsored advert monitored by The Nation on Tuesday, Jandor announced the choice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims and Nigerians on the occasion. “I call on Muslims to continue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that David Nwamini Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is 21 years old and not 15 years old as widely reported. Ekweremadu and his wife appeared in the court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty. Sources said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The unknown Gunmen terrorizing South- East Nigeria, on Thursday morning struck again, as they attacked a police check point along the Enugu PortHacourt express way, killing two policemen on duty. The heavily armed hoodlums, who took the policemen attached to the Awkunanaw police Division in Enugu South Local government Area unawares, opened […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rapper, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz has announced his separation from his wife, actress Funke Akindele. JJC announced via his official Instagram handle on Thursday morning stating that his marriage with Akindele has had issues for the last two years. He stated that he had to move out of their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government through the Nigerian High Commission to the United Kingdom has engaged lawyers to defend a former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, over allegations of organ harvesting. The Senate President Ahmad Lawan who disclosed this after a closed-door session of the chamber on Wednesday, added […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Channels Television confirmed that he resigned on Sunday night on the grounds of ill-health. When contacted, the Special Adviser on Media and Communication to CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, said, “All I know is that he’s going to declare open a workshop […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has struck out the suit by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami seeking to void the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Friday, a seven-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Musa Dattijo […]
