Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to certify Officers and Ratings of the Nigerian Navy in line with the requirements of Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW). This was made known by the Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside when the Flag Officer Commanding, Naval […]
ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu metropolis and environs, following the killing of two policemen attached to the state Command by yet to be identified gunmen. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police in charge of the state, Emmanuel Ojukwu has vowed to apprehend perpetrators of the barbaric act. Ebere Amarizu, the Command’s spokesman, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the spate of violence and killings trailing rerun elections in Rivers state, south-south Nigeria, a group named Centre for Public Accountability (CPA) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to again postpone the elections saying politicians are not ready for the elections. A statement issued in Abuja by […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on July 15, 2016 did not come as a surprise. The surprise expressed by some Western countries – who have first hand information about the state of affairs in that country – is hypocritical. They know that Erdogan is a fascist dictator who has turned […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As far back as 2012 a survey of more than 10,000 Internet users in over 20 countries conducted by the Internet Society found that 83% of respondents agreed with the statement that “access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right,” so essential has the internet become to […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has been accused of systematically destroying the foundation of tertiary education in the country. A civil society group, Education Awareness Support Organisation, specifically accused the minister of arbitrarily tinkering with the set rules governing tertiary institutions. The group has therefore, petitioned President Muhammadu […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than six people were killed, while several others were injured, Friday after a shooting suspected to be masterminded by terrorists at the Olympia Mall in Munich. The city Police have also confirmed that the perpetrators of the shooting were on the run. Residents have been advised to avoid […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared doping will not be condoned in Sports as the ban on his country to partake in the coming Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil is to be upheld. It would be recalled the Russian track and field athletes have been banned from the Games which […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam BENUE, MAKURDI (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has upheld the re-election of former Senate President David Mark. Justice Obande Ogunya while delivering the leading judgment Friday held that the State Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to strike out the petition of Senator Mark’s opponent and […]
By Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has announced his return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ribadu, a one- time Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 general elections and chieftain of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britian’s economy and liquidty flow appear to be responding to the recent exit #Brexit of the country from the EU as the industrial production volume and stock orders have plummeted. Data obtained after the referendum from HIS Markit’s Purchasing Manager’s Index or PMI, confirmed a fall to 47.7 in July […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global health experts, scientists and others will storm Lagos next week to brainstorm on emerging deadly diseases threatening the African continent. The Lagos State Government in collaboration with Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET), the West African Task Force for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks (WATER), […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Thursday officially acknowledged before the Senate that Nigerian economy was technically in recession going by the two-digit inflation rate and other negative indices on ground. Adeosun who stated this while briefing the senate on strategies and policies being adopted by the federal government to address the […]
BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians love events and ceremonies. The engine of governance in fact runs on this special fuel, which in many ways has become an occasional excuse for waste and idleness. I have in the course of work attended and compered many of such events; one thing that I find curious is […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA ABAKALIKI NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi state Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, has intercepted an Edo state bound 18-seater bus conveying suspected victims of human trafficking, who are mostly underage children. According to the agency, the bus took off from Bekwara in Cross River state en-route Edo state, South-South […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sacked chairman of the house of representatives committee on appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has opened a can of worms on the house leadership saying they unilaterally allocated N40 billion to their offices out of the N100 billion of the entire National Assembly. Jilbrin also insisted that he willingly resigned as the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate on Thursday received from the President Mohammadu Buhari the list of nominees into the management board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as well as two nominees as justices of the Supreme Court. The nomination of membership of the NDDC board came a week after a group of concerned elders in the Niger Delta under the aegis of […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki Thursday debunked the speculation on his exit from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) . One of his media aides Bamikole Omishore in a statement, confirmed that the National Assembly (NASS) Chairman’s media team was very much aware about the report […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Benin EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dream of the opposition peoples Democratic party (PDP) to unseat the ruling All progressive Congress (APC) in the September 10 Governorship election in Edo State, has suffered a major set back, as the Campaign Director for the party’s candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu, Mallam Balarable Saidu, […]
By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-Governmental organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Court of Appeal ruling on the use of Hijab in Lagos, saying it has restored hope in the judiciary as the last hope of the common man. MURIC which noted that the five judges who gave […]
