(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied the allegation that its operatives raided the residence of the Presidential candidate of the leading opposition – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. EFCC while debunking the accusation Monday in a series of tweets however confirmed that its detectives searched […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season and surrendered top spot in the table to Liverpool after losing 2-0 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. N’Golo Kante’s 44th-minute strike and David Luiz’s 78th-minute header secured Maurizio Sarri’s first-ever victory over a team managed by Pep Guardiola. But while City […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Southern Nigeria Peoples’ Mandate (SNPM), a NGO, has applauded the Federal Government for its planned increment of police salary. President of SNPM, Mr Augustine Chukwudum, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Saturday. “The increment in police salary is a welcomed development from […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state governor, Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Friday swore in Mrs. Eucharia Uche Offor and Prince Emeka Mamah as commissioners in his cabinet. Mrs. Offor, who was the immediate past commissioner for finance, resigned her position to contest for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja presented the party’s flag to its governorship candidates for Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States, ahead the 2019 general elections. The candidates are: Mr Ladi Adebutu for Ogun, Seye Makinde for Oyo State and Mr Jimi Agbaje for Lagos State, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities of the Ebonyi state University (EBSU), Abakaliki, South- East Nigeria, has shown 63 lecturers of the institution the exit door over various offences, particularly alleged certificate forgeries, extortion and students sexual harassment It, however, advised the students to always report cases of sexual harassment to the management so that it will […]
Photo: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, says it has reviewed her operational contingency plan to checkmate current and emerging security challenges within its Area of responsibility with the aim […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Committee on flood Relief and rehabilitation (PCFRR), says it has expended over 300 million naira in procurement of assorted relief materials distributed to disaster victims across the six geo political zones of the country via the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA. African Examiner reports that the […]
Photo: Ogun ADP Deputy Governorship Candidate, Mrs Oluwafunmilayo Oduwole (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Ogun State has picked Mrs Oluwafunmilayo Oduwole as the running mate to its governorship candidate, Mr Dimeji Bankole. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the state Publicity Secretary, Sunday Olaleye and issued on Wednesday in Abeokuta, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has sacked his Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Arome Adoji and approved the appointment of 16 new aides. A statement issued in Lokoja on Wednesday by Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Ayoade, confirmed the removal of Adoji but did not give reasons for the […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has appointed an Assistant Commissioner of police, Usman Ahmed Imam, as the new south- East zonal head of the federal government anti-corruption Agency. According to a statement made available to African Examiner in Enugu by the South […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The lingering crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Imo state chapter has worsened as the state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jones Onwuasoanya resigned. He descried the APC as a cult and not a political party, just as he accused the former Edo state Governor, and its National Chairman, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabon President Ali Bongo made his first appearance since falling ill nearly six weeks ago, in a video shared by the presidency from his medical leave in Morocco. The video was released on Monday but did not mention when it was recorded. Bongo suffered a stroke while at a conference in Saudi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Italian prosecutors have placed five members of Egypt’s security forces under official investigation for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of student Giulio Regeni, a judicial source said. Regeni, a 28-year-old postgraduate student at Cambridge University, vanished in Cairo in Jan. 2016. His body was found almost a week later and a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Commission has submitted a budget proposal of 602 million dollars (381, 612, 734 Units of Accounts (UA) to the Community Parliament for the 2019 fiscal year. The Administration and Finance Committee (AFC) of the ECOWAS Commission made the presentation at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the parliament in Abuja […]
Applications for Tony Elumelu Foundation 2019 Entrepreneurship Programme Opens on TEFConnect The Tony Elumelu Foundation will open the 5thEntrepreneurship Programme application cycle on Jan 1st , 2019 Applications will be hosted on the largest digital networking platform for African entrepreneurs, TEFConnect – www.tefconnect.com On the 1st of January 2019, at 12am, WAT, the Tony Elumelu Foundation will begin […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Enugu-based prophet, Anthony Nwoko, has tongue lashed runaway leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu over his utterance that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has since passed on and replaced by a cloned Sudanese man known as Jubril. He said contrary to the rumour which has since […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the crowd of supporters who received its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the North-West on Monday indicated that Nigerians would vote him as the next president. The Presidential Campaign Council of the party disclosed this in a statement issued by its Director, Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Participants at the just concluded 2nd Edition of the Nigeria Geographical Indications (GIs) Stakeholders’ Dialogue, have called for a concerted effort aimed at ensuring that products of Nigerian origin are identified and promoted in the global market. GIs apply to products that preserve local cultural practices and traditional […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has said he would stay put in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the senatorial election in 2019. Amosun spoke on Monday in Abeokuta at a stakeholders meeting of the APC which was attended by his preferred governorship candidate and the flagbearer of APM, Adekunle […]
