…As Fayose Signs Law Forbidding Grazing in Prohibited Areas Ayodele Afolabi, Ado-Ekiti Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Monday said that any herdsman caught grazing with arms or any weapon in Ekiti would now be charged with terrorism and be made to face the law accordingly. This followed his signing into law a bill […]
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen have killed a prominent Lawyer, Mr. Ken Atsuete in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, South South Nigeria. Reports indicated that the slain Lawyer was ambushed and shot severally at his Port Harcourt residence Sunday night. Late Atsuete was said to be one of the Counsels to the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now is set for the Ghanaian Captain Asamoah Gyan to be joined Reading on a season loan from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. The 30-year-old former Sunderland Striker has a medical with the Championship side. It would be recalled Gyan scored 10 Premier League goals for the Black Cats […]
By Seun Adebosin DELTA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following intelligence reports, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced discovery and destruction of two illegal crude oil refineries by the exercising “Crocodile Smile” troops traversing Ayakoromo and Esaba water ways in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. Defence said Monday that at about 5.00pm Sunday, August […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Brazilian President Ms. Dilma Rousseff has defended herself and insisted her conscience was “absolutely clean” as well as not committed any crime. Rousseff was accused of illegally manipulating the budget to hide a growing deficit, during her impeachment trial in the Senate. She made the defence during her […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was pandemonium in and around Kuje Prisons Abuja Monday afternoon, due to heavy persistent shooting. The development sparked up fear among the residents and passers-by of possible jail break and subsequent break down of law and order. Nigeria has been recently hit with successive failed and successful jail break. […]
NAIROBI, KENYA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria will soon become one of the most attractive and easiest places of doing business in the world by 2019. Speaking Sunday in Nairobi Kenya at a plenary session of “Dialogue with the Private Sector” at the sixth Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD VI), […]
By Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, Mr. David Nweze Umahi, has ordered the immediate sack of some non-academic workers in the State owned University and College of Education. He handed down the order in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital Saturday while receiving the report of a committee set up by […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the foremost social media, Facebook FB has overhauled the users’ feature on its site to make posts more automated after claims of left-wing bias. FB’s 1.7 billion users see news stories and topics picked using a mixture of AI and human input. With the modification, the company stated […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday promised that the Senate will investigate the severe hunger and nutrition crisis in the IDP camps in the North East. It would be recalled hundreds of women Thursday from IDP camps in Borno State took streets on peaceful protest […]
The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has condemned the invasion of the home of his aide, Mr. Richie Etonye, describing it as “an act of irresponsibility.” Etonye’s residence in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was invaded on Tuesday, August 23 by policemen numbering over 50, allegedly on the instruction of the leaders of All Progressives Congress in Abuja. Dickson in a statement […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Young Nigerian animator, Roye Okupe’s prominence is soaring as he has been featured on the popular American news site – Washington Post just as his second work arrived the country. The Computer Scientist gained the distinct media mentioning over his a comic book company, YouNeek Studios. Okupe arrived in the […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the South- east caucus in the Federal House of Representatives, have condemned in strong terms Thursday attack on Attakwu community, Enugu State, by Fulani herdsmen and called on the Federal Government (FG) and security agents to ensure that the perpetrators are unmasked. The community which […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The composition is as follows: NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY (NPA) (i) Emmanuel OlajideAdesoye-Chairman (ii) SupoShasore-Member (iii) Suleiman Ibrahim Halilu-Member (iiii) Constance Harry Mashal-Member (v) Umar Shu’aibu-Member (vi) Charles Efe EmukowhateSylvester-Member (vii) Hadiza BalaUsman-Member (viii) Mohammed Bello Koko-Member (ix) Dr. SekonteDavis-Member (x) Professor IdrisAbubakar-Member (xi) Mrs. I. J. Uche-Okoro-Member NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY […]
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State Government has refuted the media report that the four victims of Egbe Dam in Gbonyin Local Council area of the State were World Bank officials. In a statement issued Friday by the State Governor Ayodele Fayose’s Press Secretary Idowu Adelusi, the State clarified that the Third Urban […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As another tremor struck early Friday, Italy has declared a state of emergency in the worst hit regions by Wednesday’s earthquake in the central Italy. The declaration came amid hopes of finding more survivors deemed, thus death likelihood of death toll to rise. The Friday’s tremor was measured 4.7. Prime […]
By Ignatius Okpara ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Abia state south- East Nigeria, have nabbed a 54-year-old man, identified as Nkem Nwokocha and his wife, a nurse, for allegedly operating a baby factory in the State. Parading the suspects at the Police Headquarters Umuahia, Thursday, the Abia State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog – George Graham Vest (1870) Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016. The summit according to a statement issued in Abuja by his SA on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adeshina is co-organized by the Government of Japan, the […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA STATE (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite suspending their over four months old strike, members of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) at the Niger Delta University (NDU) have continued to receive knocks from individuals and groups. On Friday, a group of women under the aegis of Concern Mothers of Forum of Students in […]
