(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has again been commended for appointing more Ogbia sons and daughters into his cabinet, making it very obvious his undiluted love for people of that local government. The commendation is coming following the nomination of Faith Opuene as a commissioner, making it the fifth Ogbia […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of members of the outlawed Nnamdi Kanu led Independent peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and other pro- Biafra agitators on Tuesday disrupted a summit organized by the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, in Enugu. However, the state police Command said it has apprehended 11 members of the groups around […]
Photo: Sitting from L: DG, Global Cooperation Department – Americas and Africa, China Development Bank(CDB), Mr Jin Tao and GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka. Standing: President of CDB, Mr. Zheng Zhijie and Chairman of UBA Plc, Mr Tony Elumelu —- (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN Examiner) – The Prison Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has revealed that out of 71,642 prison inmates in various Nigerian prisons, a total of 2,322 are on death roll. It said 49,001 inmates representing 68.4 percent are on awaiting trial while 22,641 representing 31.6 percent are convicted inmates. African Examiner […]
Uganda’s ruling party is pushing for a referendum that could extend the longtime president’s rule to 2035. Rogers Mulindwa, a spokesman for the National Resistance Movement party, says the referendum to extend the president’s term from five years to seven most certainly will happen in 2018. In December, lawmakers passed a contentious bill that removed […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Executive Committee NEC’s tenure of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has been extended for one year. APC National Working Committee NWC approved the extension at its meeting (Tuesday) in Abuja. Kogi State Governor Mr. Yahaya Bello disclosed this while briefing journalists as the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paris St-Germain PSG Coach Unai Emery has denied reports that the world’s most expensive player and forward Neymar will need surgery, thus having “small chance” of playing next Tuesday cracker against Real Madrid. The decisive Champions League match is the last-16 second-leg tie against the Spanish side. The 26-year-old Brazilian […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia state university (ABSU), Uturu, South East Nigeria, was on Monday thrown into shock as a final year student of optometry, identified as Willson Chukwudi, committed suicide over his inability to graduate from the institution with his course mates two years after they left the school. African […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has set up a 12-member committee to unravel circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi, Yobe State, following the attack on the school by insurgents on February 19, 2018. According to the Minister […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen early hours of Monday allegedly invaded Mbatoho community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. There was no report of casualty. Mbatoho community is a council ward located on an Island in Makurdi town. According to Media reports, a community Leader, John Tehemen, led some residents to lodge a complaint […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to ensure that illegal firearms and ammunition are not in wrong hands, the Enugu State Police Command has set-up a joint departmental task-force to mop-up such weapons in the state. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Danmallam, disclosed this while briefing newsmen […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has officially released the names and other details of the 110 girls who have yet to be accounted for, following the attack on the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State. The abduction occurred last Monday, February 19, 2018. The […]
Photo: Photo: Gov. Tambuwal presenting a gift of Sokoto leather works to the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria can overcome its present security challenges because the people are determined to live in peace and harmony with one another, the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy, has said. Speaking […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This week’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) which is supposed to hold Wednesday, February 28, 2018 has been put off. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina made this known Monday in a statement issued in Abuja. The cancellation according […]
Jesse Lingard caused Old Trafford to reverberate with noise after his 75th-minute header sealed a win that took Manchester United back into second place ahead of Liverpool. The creator was Romelu Lukaku, his neat cross finding the substitute, after the No 9’s first goal for United against top-six opposition had cancelled out Willian’s opener. José […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) 0 The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on Monday 19 Feb, 2018. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters has taken a swipe at the Amnesty International (AI) over its recent reports on Nigeria military abuses saying the information was ill conceived to frustrate the on-going US-Nigerian anti-terrorism cooperation. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General John Agim, in a statement in Abuja, lamented that the report […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor Rochas Okorocha led administration in Imo state, South-East Nigeria, says it has began investigation into the circumstances surrounding the recent death of a 15-year old student of Army Day Secondary School Obinze, Owerri, identified as Miss Queendalin Ekezie, whose death was allegedly caused by a soldier […]
Photo: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has replied the Transparency International over its recent report that punched the president’s anti-corruption crusade. The Agency in its new corruption index report revealed that perception of corruption in Nigeria has worsened between 2016 and 2017 and ranked Nigeria 148 out of 180 countries […]
Authorities in Ethiopia’s Somali region have released about 1,500 people from prison, the latest step in a campaign to ease long-running political tensions. Mohammed Bilal Hassan, media adviser to the regional president, told VOA’s Horn of Africa service that the prisoners were released Thursday, hours after regional officials announced such action would be taken. He […]
