Photos: Buhari Returns after London Medical Leave

Ex-Governor of Bendel State Ogbemudia Dies at 85

EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Military Administrator (MILAD) of old Bendel State, (now Edo state), Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia is dead. Ogbemudia was said to have died late Thursday in a private hospital at age 85. He served as MILAD from September, 1967 – 1975 after the liberation of state from the Biafran forces. […]

At Last, Ailing Buhari Returns to Nigeria After UK Medical Vacation

KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Friday morning at the Air Force Base, Kaduna after over a month stay in London for medical vacation. The Presidential jet through which he traveled touched down at the Air Force Base at 7.40am. After, he was conveyed by helicopter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President […]

BREAKING: Buhari Returns from London Friday -Presidency

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country tomorrow from London, Friday March 10, 2017. This was confirmed in a statement issued Thursday evening by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adeshina. It would be recalled that Mr. President left the country on January 19, 2017 […]

Sudan Summons US Diplomat Over Travel Ban

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States’ chief diplomat in Sudan has been summoned to the country’s foreign ministry in protest over the 90-day travel ban imposed on Sudanese travelling to the US, Reuters news agency reports. Sudan is among six majority Muslim countries to be included in the revised list issued earlier this week. Somalia […]

Xabi Alonso confirms retirement at end of season

Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso has confirmed he will retire when his contract expires in the summer. Alongside a picture of him waving goodbye, the 35-year-old Spain international wrote on Twitter: “Lived it. Loved it. Farewell beautiful game.” He won club honours with Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern and the World Cup and two European […]

Dickson, Ibori In Closed Door Meeting; Peace, Security in N’delta Dominate Talks

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, this Thursday visited Oghara, the country home of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta State. During the visit, the Bayelsa State Governor held a closed door meeting with Chief Ibori in his residence. A Government House statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa […]

Apo Killing: Court Sentences 2 to Death, Acquits 3 Others

ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced to death two out of three policemen who killed six Igbo auto spare parts traders in Apo area of FCT. The convicted officers were: Ezekiel Achejene and Emmanuel Baba. The third convict, Othman Abdulsalam has since been at large from the start of the […]

Governor Ugwuanyi Abolishes ‘Outcast’ Practices in Enugu

By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the havoc being wrecked on parts of the State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu has directed the immediate abolition of all harmful traditional practices, including ‘Osu’ Outcast system that has continued to deprive indigenes of some areas  their rights and privileges. Addressing the people of Obuno Ndi Uno […]

MASSOB Threatens to Disrupt Awka’s Pro-Buhari Rally

By Ignatius Okpara, Awka AWKA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), have threatened to disrupt the proposed solidarity rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari, scheduled to hold on Friday, 10th, March in Awka, the Anambra state capital, South- East Nigeria. AFRICAN EXAMINER learnt that the […]

Allianz Group Launched in Morocco; Pledges Focus on Customer Pleasure, Steady Communication

MAROC, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Allianz Group has announced its determination to double its market share in the next five years, priotize customer satisfaction and unveil a steady communication campaign. Morocco Allianz Chief Executive Officer, Dirk De Nil made the disclosure in Maroc at a press conference which heralded  the official launch of the group in […]

Archbishop of Canterbury Visits Buhari in London

LONDON, UK (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Archbishop of Caterbury has visited President Muhammadu Buhari in the Abuja House, London. The President who is presently observing medical vacation in the picture released Thursday, put on a long brown robe, with a white skull cap, but visibly looked emaciated. President Buhari posed with the Archbishop with a smile, […]

Xenophobia: Nigerian Senate Cancels South Africa Trip

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has cancelled its planned trip to South Africa over recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in that country. Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at Wednesday’s plenary, announced the cancellation of the trip ‎after about 30 minutes’ closed-door session of the upper chamber. He said that the […]

Tinubu to Osinbajo: Your 60th Birthday Comes at a Momentous Time 

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on his 60th birthday, saying his birthday has come at a momentous time this year. He described Osinbajo as “a consummate team player who does not seek individual accolades but one, who without personal […]

OPINION: PDP, Obasanjo and Hubris, By Sufuyan Ojeifo

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Let me state from the outset that I am not a card-carrying member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but I have sympathy for the party for some personal reasons.  With that kind of sympathetic or empathic mindset, it becomes difficult to maintain a dispassionate position – privately or publicly- when matters in […]

Defence Headquarters Gets New Spokesman

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has appointed Major Gen. John Enenche as new Director Defence Information. Gen. Enenche replaced Brigadier Gen. Rabe Abubakar who is now the Director of Information Management in the Department of Civil Military Affairs, Army Headquarters. Until his appointment, Major General Enenche was the Defence Liaison Officer at the Defence […]

Enugu Community Protests Alleged Unlawful Acquisition of their Ancestral Land By Ex-Governor Chime

By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (African Examiner) – The people of Amechi Uwani community in Enugu South- council area of Enugu state Tuesday staged a protest over alleged unlawful acquisition of their ancestral land by the immediate past governor of the state, Sullivan Chime, insisting that the land be returned to them. African Examiner reports that members […]

BREAKING: Justice Onnoghen Sworn in as New CJN, Gets GCON 

By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen is being sworn-in as the 17th CJN. His inauguration which held Tuesday at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja was witnessed by the President of the […]

Centenary City: A probe into Herman Hembe’s Misleading Report

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As was foreseen and forewarned by many concerned observers at the beginning of Herman Hembe’s kangaroo hearing on the Centenary City project, the irascible lawmaker has shocked his colleagues in the House of Representatives. The Committee Chairman on FCT produced a report from his recent, inconclusive public hearing. The report is essentially […]

OPINION: Indian Garri, Plastic Rice And Brazilian Hair, By Owei Lakemfa

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many Nigerians are angry. They discovered  that their prized  garri, the cassava flakes staple food they  assume proprietorial ownership over, is being imported from India! The outrage seems justified as we produce eighty percent of world cassava (Manihot Esculenta)  across 33 of our 36 states. Also, we are the world’s largest exporter of cassava. Again, based […]