BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Iraqi troops are progressing at the start of a large-scale operation to retake Mosul – the last major stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the Middle East country. The troops and Kurdish fighters launched their push towards the city in the early hours of Monday. Mosul, the second-largest […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of State for Defence II, Musiliu Obanikoro at last, has responded to the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged money laundering and misappropriation of the sum of N4.75 Billion, which was part of $1.2 billion arms procurement funds to end Boko Haram attack. […]
Ayodele Adegbuyi, ABUJA ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with its resolve to prioritize all economic bills as a way out of the current recession, the Senate will on Tuesday commence debate on the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) submitted for its approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world oldest and giant panda Jia Jia, as well as ever kept in captivity has died at the age of 38 in Hong Kong. The death of Jia Jia whose age in human terms was over 100 years, according to officials was announced by the Hong Kong theme park […]
By Ignatius Okpara ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, on Saturday accused the immediate past Enugu State Governor, Barrister Sullivan Chime of deliberately neglecting and impoverishing the people of Aninri council Area of the state, where he (Ekweremadu) hails during eight years of his administration. The ex- Speaker of the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A team of inspectors from the Bayelsa State Ministry of Education is to embark on the spot assessment of primary and post-primary schools across the State. The exercise, which is expected to commence from Tuesday October 18 2016 (next week) is to ensure that, all categories of academic and non-academic staff in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State government has expressed concern over the menace of oil spills and gas flaring perpetrated by multinational oil companies during exploration, saying nine if them had deemed it worthy to address the situation. A statement issued in Yenagoa on Saturday by Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, […]
By Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Saturday debunked the media report that there is disquiet in the Military hierarchy, due to purported swap of Boko Haram Commanders for the release of 21 abducted Chibok girls. The military in a statement issued by Director of Defence Information, Lt. Gen. Abubakar […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After three weeks break, Argentina Striker Lionel Messi returned with a goal, to seal a winning for the La Liga champions, Barcelona comfortably against Deportivo La Coruna. Messi who just recovered from a groin complication, scored fourth seconds after coming off the bench during the match played at the Nou […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 32 people have been killed, while over 60 injured in a suicide attack, which targeted Shia worshippers in Baghdad, the Iraq’s’ capital. According to officials, the blast was carried out on a tent in a crowded market in a northern district of the capital city. The attack […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Nigerians woke up on the night of 14–15 April 2014, to be informed that some 276 female students had been kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. At that time, Boko Haram, a growing Islamic sect, claimed responsibility […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country. I have heard people insist that there is some form of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to his wife, Aisha’s lamentation that his government has been hijacked by few people, affirming that he has an edge over his wife. Speaking Friday alongside his host – German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a news conference, President Buhari laughed and replied sarcastically. “I don’t […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho has appealed to his club and Liverpool fans not to overshadow Monday’s game at Anfield with disrespectful chants. The two clubs were fined by UEFA after their Europa League last-16 tie in last season, as supporters mocked tragedies suffered by both sides. Mourinho said: “I […]
Ayodele Afolabi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah, Niger State Governor’s father, Colonel Sani Bello and 12 others to appear before it next week Thursday next week over alleged $13.9billion capital flight between 2006 and 2016 in collaboration with Mobile Telecommunication of Nigeria […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the newly appointed Secretary-General (UN) Antonio Guterres. President Buhari in a statement issued Friday by his SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu believed that the former Portuguese Prime Minister’s wealth of experience as a former head of UN Refugee Agency for several years, diplomat […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As debate rages on the arrest of eight judges across the country last weekend by the operatives of Department of State Security (DSS) on the alleged corrupt practices, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has denied ever receiving petitions from the security agency on the implicated Supreme Court […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government of Nigeria has released the names of the freed 21 out of the 218 Chibok school girls abducted by the terrorist Boko Haram group. The full list is as follows: Mary Usman Jummai John Blessing Abana Luggwa Sanda Comfort Habila MARYAM Basheer Comfort Amos Glory Mainta Saratu […]
BY IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu AWKA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A policeman serving at the Anambra state command who allegedly drank to stupor, has sent a Ghanaian national resident in the state to his untimely grave, as he reportedly shot the foreigner on the neck, leading to his death. Our Correspondent gathered that the victim, who […]
