Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, said the National Assembly (NASS) will continue to give required attention to the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country. Saraki stated this when he received a delegation from the Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation in Africa, led by former […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate on Thursday slammed the Auditor- General of the Federation, Samuel Ukura for gross display of unprofessionalism on audited annual reports of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government (FG) from 2009 to 2014. It consequently ordered the Auditor- General to issue clearance certificates to government […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sweden striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has declined to confirm his likely transfer to Premier League club Manchester United. The 34-year-old, who is leaving Paris St-Germain after his contract expired, said he has decided on his next move, despite having different offers from around the world. He asserted that the future has […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The industrial action declared by Ekiti State workers yesterday paralyzed governance, as all government offices were under lock and key. The workers, under the auspices of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNI) embarked on an indefinite strike on Thursday to press home for series of demands from the State […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 30 migrants have died, while 77 were rescued by EU naval units, after another boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast. The alert about the latest accident was raised by a Luxembourg reconnaissance plane which saw the sinking boat. After, ships from an EU task […]
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Family of the embattled former opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh has raised an alarm that the life of their son is in danger as he was not granted permission for treatment outside the country, saying that his health has aggravated. Speaking on behalf […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared Monday, May 30, 2016 as a public holiday to mark the year’s Democracy Day. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rted), made the announcement Wednesday on behalf of the FG in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bassey Akpanyung. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Afghan Taliban has announced its former Deputy Head, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada as its new Leader. The announcement followed the killing last weekend, of its immediate past Leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. Mansour was killed in a strike on his car in Pakistan’s […]
Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brigadier General Paul Boroh, has come under attack with the calls for his immediate removal and extensive probe of the amnesty programme under his leadership. The Ijaw Collectives, a group of Niger Delta Environmental Activists made the call in a […]
B Leo Igwe After reading Carmel Cassar’s article on Witchcraft Beliefs and Social Control in Seventeenth Century Malta, one could easily conclude that magical beliefs and occult claims are actually a thing of the past in this country. This is because Cassar analyzed witchcraft belief as if it were merely a phenomenon that manifested centuries ago, not […]
UNITED Kingdom (UK) and Australia yesterday jointly deported 40 Nigerians for immigration offences. The deportees, comprising men and women, arrived at the Hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am on a chartered aircraft. It was learnt that the chartered aircraft with the registration number ZTA-4741 had on board 36 Nigerians – […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja The government of France has reaffirmed its commitment to the psychosocial support and access the justice project for the people affected by the spate of insurgency and terrorism in the North East region of Nigeria. The French government pledged to fully support the project which is being implemented by the International […]
BAILTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unresolved negotiation over the image right is dragging appointment of Jose Morinho as the new Manager Manchester United. The former Chelsea handler was expected to be announced as a replacement to the just sacked Coach Louis van Gaal, but no thanks to the ongoing stalemate talks between his agent Jorge […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Worried by the uncertainties surrounding the state of the Nation’s economy with indices of imminent recession, the Senate has summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN), Godwin Emefiele to brief it on Monetary and Fiscal Policies being adopted by them to salvage the […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with consortiums to build the 4th Mainland Bridge at a cost of N844 billion with three tow plazas. The bridge is being constructed under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT), concession of 40 years […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate on Wednesday lamented the state of affairs of Local Government administration in the country principally caused by their indiscriminate dissolution and frequent replacement with caretaker committees by State Governors aside lack of financial autonomy. It bemoaned that the trend had always resulted in low morale and poor performance of the councils […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the appointment of the Chief Executives of six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The appointments were announced Wednesday in Abuja, by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The new Chief Executives are: Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu […]
By Charles Ibekwe The position of the Rational Choice Theory (RCT) of crime is that persons intentionally choose to commit crimes as opposed to being compelled by external factors or influences, and the reason that they choose to commit crime is that they think it will be more rewarding and less costly for them than […]
By Ayo Balogun, ABUJA Former Deputy Governor of Osun state,Senator Iyiola Omisore says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was wrong to declare him wanted even as he denied any involvement in N700 million allegations against him. Reacting to the EFCC statement in which the agency declared him wanted in connection with “receiving and […]
…Says betrayal of Sheriff not a surprise Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has been told to apologise and refund the N10 billion from the State coffers which he wasted on last Saturday’s inconclusive National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the demand in […]
