From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A magistrate court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, South- East Nigeria, on Friday arraigned a 46 year old lebanese expatriate, identified as Mr. Antioni Alromi, and three others for allegedly stealing properties valued more than N7 million naria belonging to a construction firm. Our Correspondent reports […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven primary school teachers including a Headmaster in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, on Friday ran into problem, as they were suspended for absenteeism during school hours by the state governor, Dave Umahi. He announced the sanction when he paid an unscheduled visit to the primary school situated […]
Photo: Tom Price (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The health and human services secretary Tom Price has resigned, after revelations that he spent more than $1m of taxpayers’ money on travel including chartered flights. Reports about such travel by Price and other cabinet members – including EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, interior secretary Ryan Zinkeand veterans affairs director […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Islamic State group faces military defeats in Syria and Iraq, the group has an eye on war-torn Libya, hoping to re-emerge there and organize in the country’s desert, officials and experts warn. Siddiq al-Soor, the head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tripoli, told reporters on Thursday that IS militants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the alleged mass forced return of over 100,000 Nigerian asylum seekers by Cameroonian military as worrisome and disturbing. In a statement by her Media Assistant, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, she decried the inhuman treatment meted out to Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-Governmental Organization, The Robert Sunday Iworiso Foundation has joined in felicitating with the government and people of Bayelsa State on the occasion of the state’s 21st anniversary. Director of the foundation, Chief John Alphonsus Iworiso in a statement expressed delight that despite the numerous challenges, Bayelsa has continued to experience rapid […]
Photo: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe AFRICAN EXAMINER — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is lashing out against businesses that he believes are defying his orders to reverse price hikes for basic commodities. Mugabe is accusing those who defy his order of being “saboteurs” against his government, some of whom he said were from within his own ruling […]
Photo: Sergio Aguero (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City have confirmed striker Sergio Aguero was involved in a car crash in the Netherlands. Unverified claims on Friday morning said the 29-year-old fractured a rib after the taxi in which he was travelling in Amsterdam struck a pillar. Dutch police told Sky Sports News that two people […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Okpatu village, Okwojo Ngwo, in Udi council area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, were on Thursday thrown into apprehension, following a bomb explosion that rocked the area. However, the state police command says it has begun full scale investigation into the incident which occurred in […]
Photo: Engr. Ife Oyedele By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned engineer and also the current Executive Director (Engineering and Technical Services), Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC). Engr. Ife Oyedele has added another milestone to his soaring professional and political career bagging a personality of the year award. According to the organisers, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has declared Monday, October 2, 2017 as public holiday to commemorate the nation’s 57th independence anniversary. Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made this known Wednesday in Abuja in a by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji. Gen. Dambazau who congratulated […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Counsels to the wanted self-acclaimed Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra Nnmadi Kanu have declared him missing and ordered the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai to produce him. Against this background, the Lawyers led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor Wednesday filed a suit before a Federal High Court […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER — A fight broke out in Uganda’s parliament Tuesday amid efforts to introduce legislation that could extend the president’s decades-long hold on power. After opposition lawmakers accused a colleague on the government side of carrying a gun, a brawl broke out in which lawmakers pushed and punched each other. A motion is to […]
Photo: Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has, to date, released N336 billion from the 2017 Budget to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the funding of capital projects in the first quarter of 2017. The balance of N14 billion is being processed, pending resolution of some formalities within the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose will on Thursday, formally declare his intention to contest for the position of president of Nigeria in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event is billed for the Golden Hall, Chelsea Hotel, Abuja at 11am. Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and […]
Photo: Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An array of distinguished personalities have confirmed their attendance at the News Express 5th Anniversary Lecture, holding this week Thursday, September 28, 2017, at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos by the News […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday handed over 120 5KVA generating sets to the Lagos State Police Command to power police formations across the state, with a pledge of continuous support to security agencies. Speaking at Lagos House, Ikeja, while handing over the sets to the police, the governor reiterated his administration’s […]
Photo: EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu By Godwin Onyeacholem Much as both labour to put up gestures suggesting cordiality, truth is there is no love lost between them. And interestingly, the one thing that came between them is corruption, which is also supposed to be the only thing that should see them basking in a […]
Dear Nnamdi Kanu, We have never met. I only know you by reputation and I have had cause in the last year to write on your activities within the public arena and offer my own views about you, your persona, and your interventions in the Nigerian debate. I sincerely hope you would get to read […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has initiated a whole week of celebrating its Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CR&S) initiatives from September 25 – 29, 2017. The historical FirstBank CR&S week themed ‘Promoting Kindness; Putting You First’ would witness the culmination and consolidation of the Bank’s interventions in social responsibility, promoting random acts […]
