(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to the freedom of the press, saying the media has nothing to fear from the present Administration. The Minister stated this in Abuja on Thursday when he received a delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) on […]
Photo: Rangers Coach, Gbenga Ogunbote From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Technical Adviser (TA) of Rangers International football Club of Enugu, Mr. Olugbenga Ogunbote, has solicited for more support and cooperation from stakeholders, including sports journalists in his quest of taking the club to its rightful place in the Nigeria professional football league, NPFL. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Mascot of the upcoming Governor Dickson Unity Cup codenamed the Ogbia Challenge was on Thursday unveiled with a call on every stakeholder to deploy sport as a tool to promote unity and peace in the Ogbia kingdom. The State Commissioner for Information, Hon. Daniel Iworiso-Markson made the call while welcoming dignitaries […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Northern senators forum has sacked its chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu and replaced him with Senator Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto State. His replacement was announced by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Wednesday. African Examiner gathered that Senator Adamu was sacked over allegation of financial misappropriation. Sen. Abdullahi Adamu was a former […]
Five South African police officers and an off-duty soldier were killed Wednesday during an attack on a rural police station. A police spokesman says an armed gang stormed the outpost in the southern village of Engcobo shortly after midnight local time and killed three of the officers. They stole a cache of weapons and abducted […]
Photo: Photo: Commissioning of Pedestrian Bridge at Usmanu Danfodiyo University 1: L-R: ED, North, UBA, Ibrahim Puri; VC, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof Abdu Zuru; GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Kennedy Uzoka; Sokoto State SSG, Prof. Bashir Garba; and representative of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Kabiru Usman. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility Arm […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two months after First Bank of Nigeria Limited celebrated the one year anniversary of FirstGem, its lifestyle offering for women, the Bank has announced the launch of a website specifically designed to build a virtual community of like-minded women in order to encourage interactions among them, whilst importantly focusing on key […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following an order of a High court sitting in Umuahia, Abia state, South- East Nigeria, the Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, was on Tuesday sealed off, over its failure to remit tax deductions from members of staff of the institution. Our Correspondent reports that the order, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Monitoring Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department CIID of the Imo State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mr and Mrs Ifeanyi Elijah, for allegedly selling their new born daughter, Chinecherem, for N400,000, (four hundred thousand naira). A three weeks investigation by the security operatives […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court has ruled that the trial of self-exiled IPOB Leader and Director of the defunct Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu be separated from his co-accused. Kanu and other three co-defendants namely: Messrs Chidiebere Onwudiwe; Benjamin Madubugwu; and a former MTN Field Maintenance Engr. David Nwawuisi were […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and the Muslim Rights Concern MURIC have sent their condolences to the family, friends and associates of an erudite Islamic Scholar Shaykh Abubakar Tureta who died Monday. The late scholar died at Garkuwa Hospital, Kaduna; at the age of 74 after battling with injuries he sustained in […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was a free- for- all -fight on Monday at Nworubi community in Mbaitoli council Area of Imo state, South East Nigeria, when scores of supporters of the State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, who hails from the locality, engaged in a bloody clash with those of the son-in-law […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A senior staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Stella Achara has been arraigned before an Enugu State High Court over alleged 14 million naira job scam. The suspect, who is the principal secretary to the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe was docked on […]
KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rivalry between Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State and other powerful politicians in the North West State Tuesday took another dramatic dimension as the factional secretariat of the State’s ruling All Progressives Congress APC was brought down. The one-storey building of the party located on 11B Sambo Road, was […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Although reluctant, the former South African President Jacob Zuma’s exit from power has been described as ”very didactic” as well as a challenge to the alleged corrupt Nigerian political class. The Muslim Rights Concern MURIC in a statement issued Monday by its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola noted that the Nigerian […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, South East Nigeria and presided over by Justice Rose Dugbo Oghoghorie, has awarded the sum of N1m damages against the Department of State Security Service (DSS) over unlawful detention of one Shuaibu Abdullahi for a year and five months […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Catholic Church has returned to the umbrella body of the Nigerian Christians – the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN. The denomination has remained outside the fold of the CAN about five years ago, following an alleged political misunderstanding between the Leadership of the two bodies. Indication to the new development was contained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc again showcased its footprint in the world of entertainment as it premiered the most anticipated movie of the year #BlackPanther, A Night in Wakanda. The movie which was hosted by TV personality Ebuka Obi-Uchendu premiered over the weekend at Imax Cinemas in […]
Photo: Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Preparations for 2019 General Elections continue to gather steam, pro-democracy youths organisation under the umbrella of United Youths Coalition of Nigeria has identified qualities that the next President of Nigeria should possess. The Youths Organisation said the next President must demonstrate the ability to lead the country from […]
Photo: Late Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has mourned the passing of playwright, author and culture activist, Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola, describing it a huge loss. In a statement by his Media Office, Asiwaju said: “The death of Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola saddens me. It is a […]
