Ayodele Adegbuyi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday challenged MTN Nigeria to play an increased role in sports development in the country. Speaking to reporters after a courtesy call by a delegation of the MTN Group in Nigeria led by Brig. Gen. Sani Bello (Rtd) and Ferdinand Moolman, Saraki […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu UMUAHIA NIGERIA, AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abia state Police command has taken into custody a 28-year-old man who claimed to be a native doctor, for being in possession of a human skull and some parts. The state Commissioner of police Mr. Leye Oyebade, who disclosed this to newsmen Tuesday in Umuahia, the Abia state […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Executive Director of Inwelle study and Resource Centre, (ISRC), Enugu, south East Nigeria, professor (Mrs) Christiana Okechukwu, says the organisation was established to assist in alleviating the challenges faced by indigent youths, especially girls in remote villages and women who wants to improve their lots in […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hope of end to the Leadership crises rocking the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) emerged Tuesday as the two existing factions within the party indicated interest to find common ground. Representatives of former Borno State Governor’s Ali Modu-Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi’s factions at a briefing in Abuja announced that the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband, Brad Pitt. The actress’s Lawyer Robert Offer who confirmed Jolie’s action indicated that her “decision was made for the health of the family”. In a statement, Offer added her client would not be commenting, as well as asked that […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested 12 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for invading popular Ogbete market in Enugu to announce its planned sit at home protest over the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, scheduled to take place friday this week […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crisis has erupted at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, (NOHE) Enugu, as resident doctors embarked on an indefinite strike over alleged discrimination, intimidation and oppression of its members by the management. The aggrieved Doctors decried the non-challant attitude of the hospital’s authorities to the general welfare of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola has declared he will not pick Yaya Toure until he tenders apology over comments to a team-mates by his agent. Toure’s agent, Dimitri Seluk, said the midfielder had been “humiliated” and Guardiola should apologize to him if City do not win the competition. Consequently, Guardiola […]
New York, African Examiner – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York said that the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address the lack of job opportunities and deprivation that make Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers. The President said this at the meeting on Modern […]
It is the beginning of another school term and as students return to school after the long holidays, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable Bank brand is again set to support schools with their educational requirements to enhance preparations for the school year. FirstBank has developed an array of products and solutions targeted […]
…Dedicates it to all stakeholders working hard to Power Africa out of Poverty Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu, yesterday, while receiving the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor CEO Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, extolled stakeholders in the public and private sectors committed […]
NEW YORK, US (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York affirmed that the anti-corruption campaign of his administration and the economic programme of diversification will significantly address lack of job opportunities and deprivation that have made Nigerian youths vulnerable to recruitment by human traffickers. Mr. President said this at the meeting on […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has upheld the victory of Kogi State Governor Yahya Bello. Bello’s substitution by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC); his election and subsequent announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner, were being challenged by his co-party man and running mate to the original party’s […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Barack Obama has appealed to China to accelerate measures to check challenge of overproduction of industrial products. In a statement from The White House, President Obama equally urged China to establish a level playing field, so as to ensure that all firms could compete fairly in the country. […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has urged his colleagues in the Red Chamber, to play down their political affiliations, with a view to work together and move the country forward. Saraki made the call Tuesday morning in his opening address, as the upper legislative Chamber […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following attack on its trucks by warplanes near Aleppo Monday, the United Nations (UN) has suspended all aid convoys in Syria. During the attack, 18 out of 31 lorries with wheat, winter clothes and medical supplies, were destroyed. A senior official of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was among a […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders of parties to the lingering conflict in South Sudan to honour the terms of the August 2015 Peace Agreement signed by them. While speaking at the meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the Situation in South Sudan held on […]
Interest rates on bank loans in Nigeria are well over 20 percent, presenting a major hindrance to household spending and firm growth. Yet, against the backdrop of a slowly contracting economy and sharply rising inflation, which now stands at 17.6 percent, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) raised the […]
…All 5 Appeal Court Justices Drawn from APC-controlled States Ahead of the forthcoming Appeal Court judgment in Abuja on the Bayelsa State governorship election, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva who is challenging the re-election of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, has continued celebration. A civil society organisation, Movement for the Independence […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In furtherance of his resolve to promote Made in Nigeria products as one of the ways out of the current economic recession, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday assured the nation’s manufacturers that the National Assembly (NASS) would do all it takes to ensure maximum patronage for […]
