(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is proceeding on an extended foreign trip that will last beyond two weeks with a four-day stop in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya to participate in the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50), scheduled for 3rd – 4th March, 2022. A statement by his Special Adviser […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on a two day state visit. The President, who came in helicopter 5N-FG2 arrived about 10 am at the Nasarawa State airport, Lafia. On ground to receive President Buhari are the host governor, Abdulahi Sule, the governors of Kogi and Kebbi states, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahdi Gusau, has been removed from office by lawmakers in the State House of Assembly on Wednesday. This followed the report of the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to probe the deputy governor. Those in the committee include […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Finance Headquarters located in the Central Area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is currently on fire. The details of the inferno as of the time of filing this report are sketchy. However, our correspondent learnt that firefighters had arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment. Ochekpe, who served as Minister under former President Goodluck Jonathan, was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People Democratic Party in Plateau state, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons beat the Cote d’Ivoire senior women national football team 2-0 in the first leg match of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers’ final round on Friday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. More details later. NAN
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Armed thugs have attacked the Soka residence of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho in Ibadan. Some supporters were reportedly attacked and injured during the face-off. Igboho is being detained in a prison facility in the Republic of Benin after he was arrested at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Head of Sokoto Kingmakers, Magajin Garin Sokoto, Alh. Hassan Danbaba, is dead. The influential kingmaker, who was the grandson of the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, reportedly slumped in his hotel in Kaduna around 11.30 am. But he died on his way to a hospital. He died barely a year after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was total outrage in the House of Representatives at the plenary on Thursday over the recent importation of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into Nigeria. The House consequently resolved to investigate the matter, insisting that the government officials in the import and distribution chain, whose action or inaction led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, has tested positive for COVID-19, Clarence House announced on Twitter on Thursday. “This morning The Prince of Wales has tested positive for COVID-19 and is now self-isolating,” the statement read. “HRH is deeply disappointed not to be able to attend today’s events in Winchester and will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives on Wednesday said a state of emergency on ritual killings in the country should be declared by the Federal Government. The lawmakers also called for a campaign against the menace, saying the effort of parents, schools, religious leaders and the media is needed. This is following a motion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has confirmed Professor Ayo O. Omotayo as Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Assistant (Press) to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, on Tuesday. According to the statement, Omotayo’s confirmation was sequel to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The detention of Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been extended by six months. The Counsel for the detained activist, Chief Yomi Aliyu SAN confirmed the extended incarceration of his client. But this is contrary to claim by Abuja-based human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi on Saturday that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The kidnapped cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Jephthah Robert, has been released by his captors after spending 14 days in their custody. Jephthah was kidnapped on January 24 in front of his residence at Biogbolo-Epie suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital. Austin Ekeinde, a media aide to the victim’s younger brother, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension as hoodlums on Thursday evening attacked the campaign office of Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola after factional members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osogbo held their weekly meeting. African Examiner gathered the hoodlums invaded the premises of the campaign office Aregbesola used before his emergence as Governor around 5:30 pm. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known during a briefing on the anti-corruption fight of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s regime on Thursday. The minister also said the fraud […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. This is coming hours after the former governor officially declared his presidential bid for 2023. Okorocha was charged alongside Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday detained the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion. He was said to have arrived at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja at about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has debunked reports that its helicopter crashed in Bauchi State. This was contained in a statement by the NPF’s spokesperson, Frank Mba, on Thursday, titled, ‘Police helicopter in controlled safe-landing in Bauchi … Not crashed as reported, none of the occupants sustained any injury whatsoever.” However, the Accident […]
