(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Delta has confirmed that a chairmanship candidate died in the All Progressives Congress ward congresses in Ughelli South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Andrew Aniamaka, said Mr Jeremiah Oghoveta, was stabbed to death during the exercise at Jeremi Ward 3, Okwagbe. The […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, was on Saturday humiliated during the ward congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his hometown, Eke, in Udi council Area of Enugu State, as all his candidates for the election were defeated. The exercise which took place at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governorship primary of the Ekiti All Progressives Congress has been disrupted by the suspected thugs loyal to some aspirants, forcing the suspension of the exercise. The hoodlums stormed Oluyemo Kayode Stadium in Ado Ekiti, the venue of the exercise, engaged in violent protest and reportedly smashed ballot box on the ground […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdullahi Chafe, has warned political parties and aspirants not to engage in acts capable of causing violence while conducting their gubernatorial primaries. Chafe gave the advice at a valedictory news conference on Friday in Ado-Ekiti. The All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold its gubernatorial primary on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has again called on youths in the state to work with the Restoration Government of Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson to sustain the peace the state currently enjoys. He renewed the call in his office in Yenagoa when a group from Ogbia Kingdom, […]
From Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Governor of Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria, Barr. Kalechi Igwe, on Friday clashed with Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Francis Ogbonnaya Nwifuru, over a communal crisis that ensued between Ikwo and Izzi council areas, where many lives were recently lost and houses […]
Photo: The CSO Promoter, Chamberlain Usor (middle), the Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr. Babatunde Bank-Anthony (left) and a member of the Commission’s board, Dr (Mrs) Toyin Okenla-Ojeaga (right). …Winners Will Take Home $35,000 By Tajudeen Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2nd edition of ‘’Chamberlain Squash Open’’ CSO Championship is set to take-off in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived his home town, Daura ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress on May 5. Buhari arrived Daura at about 5:30 pm on Friday. The president is expected to participate in the ward congress at Sarkin Yara A ward in Daura. The APC ward chairman, Malam […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When I wrote last month about Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, I was accused in certain quarters of nursing a king size grudge against the Okun born politician. Some people suggested that the write up smirked of bellicosity if not outright hyperbolism. Indeed, the effluents imbued in that piece, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja on Friday varied a Senior Magistrate Court’s order and remanded Sen. Dino Melaye at the National Hospital, Abuja under the custody and supervision of the police. The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasir Ajanah gave the interim order in his ruling on two motions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American President Donald Trump sat on Monday, April 30 with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari who was on a state visit and told him: “We had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria; We are going to be working on that problem very, very hard because we cannot allow […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa haunted Arsenal again by firing his side to a 1-0 win in Thursday’s Europa League semi-final second leg to send the Spaniards into the final. The result meant that Arsene Wenger was denied a dream end to his long reign as Arsenal coach. Atletico won the tie […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan announced the decision to close 13 diplomatic missions and four consular missions abroad due to a financial crisis, the official Sudan News Agency reported. Al-Bashir issued a decree to restructure Sudan’s external representation and directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to close select diplomatic and consular missions abroad. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tanzanian Government has suspended 22 senior staff of the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE), the country’s education watchdog, for reportedly printing error-laden textbooks for secondary schools. Joyce Ndalichako, the Minister for Education, Science and Technology told the National Assembly in the capital Dodoma that the government would take legal action against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Thirteen miners were trapped underground at a South African gold mine on Thursday after an earthquake that measured 2.2 caused a cave-in, mine operator Sibanye-Stillwater said. The firm said it had made contact with three of the workers trapped in the Masakhane mine west of Johannesburg and had mobilised rescue teams. “All efforts […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group under the umbrella of “Concerned Ebonyi Elders” has berated the state governor Dave Umahi, for recently making some negative statements against his predecessor Chief Martin Elechi. The governor, was reportedly quoted as calling Elechi, a “useless elder.” while addressing stakeholders from Ikwo and Izzi areas of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The media has been urged to always ensure fairness, impartiality, truth and accuracy in reporting the activities of government, in line with the principles of ”responsible journalism”. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal Thursday in a statement issued in Abuja to mark the 2018 World Press […]
KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Kogi State Senator Dino Melaye Thursday arrived in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and was arraigned before a Magistrates’ court in the city. Melaye, who has since last week, been hospitalized in Abuja due to scuffle he had with the Police was brought to the court 2 […]
…Pledges to Partner MRA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), has affirmed its readiness to partner with the Media Rights Agenda (MRA) to ensure that the examinations body fulfills its constitutional mandate fully, uncompromisingly, and faithfully. Chairman of the newly inaugurated Governing Board of NABTEB, Professor Leonard Karshima Shilgba, gave the assurance on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool have reached the Champions League final for the first time since 2007 –now advancing with 7-6 on aggregate. This is despite losing a dramatic second leg to Roma. Leading 5-2 after a devastating semi-final first leg at Anfield, Liverpool went further ahead when Sadio Mane finished from Roberto Firmino’s clever pass. […]
