Photo caption: Nigeria’s Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After taking similar action against the Executive Secretary (ES), the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has suspended eight management staff of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Minister announced the suspension of the ES Prof. Usman Yusuf last week over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon’s defense minister says at least 34 people have been declared missing after a military vessel sank off the country’s Atlantic coast. Joseph Beti Assomo said Monday that the military has been deployed to investigate. He says helicopters have rescued three soldiers and will continue the search. Assomo says 37 people were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia demanded Monday that the United States return two compounds that were ordered closed last year after the U.S. intelligence community concluded that Moscow had interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the U.S. closure of the properties in the eastern states of New York and Maryland […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied it was responsible for the alleged hacking of Qatar’s state news agency in May. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said Monday that the media allegation was “untrue”. Gargash reiterated that the UAE and five other Arab nations had not […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many things are happening in our country, simultaneously. Perhaps, one of the disturbing trends is the high rate of crime and criminality. When a nation is enmeshed under such circumstances, attaining development becomes a nightmare. That is the more reason why concerted efforts should be made to see how […]
BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than eight persons were killed while another 13 were wounded Monday, when a female suicide bomber deteonated explosives in a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The suicide bomber according to reports was chased by security operatives when she detonated the bombs strapped to her chest. It […]
Photo caption: Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of vehicular movement in the state on Saturday July 22, 2017 following the local government elections that will hold across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state. According to a press release […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A magistrate court in Enugu presided over by A.O Eze, on Friday arraigned a medical Doctor, Dr. Okafor Ikechukwu, for unlawfully confining and detaining mother and child in his private hospital located in the Abakpa axis of the state capital for a year and four months. The Enugu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 20-year-old lady, identified as Chioma Fidelis, was on Friday paraded by the police in Imo state, South-east Nigeria, for exchanging her two-month-old baby boy, Favour Fidelis, for a half bag of rice, and other items which included, six chairs, bags of cement and N200,000 cash. The lady who admitted that she […]
Photo caption: Former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I read the beautiful piece titled “Imoke: From Politician to Statesman” written by Dan Amor and published in Daily Sun of July 11, 2017. Permit me, as an outsider- not being an indigene of the state nor having lived there- to look […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The award winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja hotel in Nigeria is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having officially opened its door to its first guest on the 21st of April, 1987. The iconic hotel, which has through the years, hosted Royalty, Presidents, Global leaders, celebrities and other dignitaries, gathered friends, partners, clients, […]
Photo caption: (Front row) Former Nigeria’s Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (3rd right) cutting the tape to commission the Ijaw National Academy while his wife, Lady Victoria Gowon (left), Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson (2nd left) his wife, Rachael (Right) look on. Photo by Lucky Francis. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Head of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City are close to signing of Tottenham and England right-back Kyle Walker. What is left now is for the 27-year-old to have a medical and complete the transfer Friday. Already, the clubs have agreed on a deal worth up to £50m Wednesday. However, Walker who joined Tottenham from Sheffield […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following a court order to that effect, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the recall process on Senator Dino Melaye which it started a week ago. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Committee on the Information and Voter Education, Mr. Adedeji Soyebi, in a statement issued […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the troubled Etisalat Nigeria has been rebranded as the 9Mobile. Etisalat International last week gave its Nigerian arm three weeks to execute its final phase out process, including unveiling the new brand of the fourth Nigerian GSM services provider. Etisalat International finally pulled out of the Nigeria due […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South-East branch of Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, AMBCN, have decried the imposition of multiple taxation on its members by various state governments in the zone, saying the situation has remained a serious cog in the wheel of the organization. It also identified […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Buruji Kashamu who is also a staunch supporter of sacked Ali-Modu Sheriff has congratulated the Chairman, National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi and members of the committee on the affirmation of their positions on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the reported meeting of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to President Muhammadu Buhari in London as another attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government to deceive Nigerians on the state of health of the President. The governor said “what Nigerians desire now is a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This piece shares title with a 1960 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, which depicts the political corruption in Argentina in the 1930s, a period referred to as the “Infamous Decade”. The decade, which began in 1930 with the coup against President Hipolito Yrigoyen by Jose Felix Uriburu, culminated in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City has recorded a huge loss in their summer transfer targets as the Brazil full-back Dani Alves has left to join the Paris St-Germain (PSG) on a free transfer. PSG announced Alves’s arrival on a video – showing him printing his name and number on a shirt. “Believe me, […]
