(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four armed men suspected to be operatives of Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on Saturday whisked away a journalist, Jones Abiri, to an disclosed location. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abiri, the publisher of Weekly Source Newspaper, who was incarcerated for two years on charges of terrorism in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Champions Bayern Munich stumbled to a 1-1 draw at Freiburg on Saturday to hand the Bundesliga top spot back to Borussia Dortmund who beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0. The Bavarians, who had won 13 of their previous 14 league games, cancelled out Lucas Hoeler’s third-minute strike with Robert Lewandowski’s 199th Bundesliga goal in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An undergraduate of the Federal Polytechnic Offa Kwara State, Ridwan Ajiboye has reportedly committed suicide over alleged altercation with a lecturer. Report confirmed that the late student who was of 100 level (National Diploma) in the Civil Engineering Department, drank some quantity of insecticide and later died. It was gathered that Ajiboye […]
Photo: Africa’s Foremost Cultural Ambassador, Hon. Amb. Tunde Adetunji By Oludare Sunday Fase, USA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s foremost cultural ambassador, Tunde Adetunji has been nominated for induction into the popular Martin Luther King Jr. College of Ministers and Laity at Morehouse College, Chicago in recognition of his social life and services that exemplify the […]
By Abba Adakole (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Public offices are held in trust for the people. Therefore occupiers of public offices are the golden fish that have no hiding place. It is thus instructive that they should justify their appointments by demonstrating competence, accountability, discipline and leadership. These virtues approximate the essence of every successful public […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two weeks after it was used during gun attacks on two mosques in New Zealand, frontline social media Facebook has promised to explore restrictions on live-streaming. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said the FB has agreed with calls it “must do more”. It would be recalled that 50 people were killed in […]
…Urges Him To Commence His Defence ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has dismissed the no-case submission filed by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mr. Walter Onnoghen in his ongoing false assets declaration. Following this, the three man panel headed by Justice Danladi Umar in his ruling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Swedish Appeals Court on Friday ordered a new trial for Elin Ersson, a Swedish woman, convicted of violating air traffic regulations by trying to stop the deportation of an Afghan man. Ersson was in February ordered to pay a fine of 324 dollars over her protest, but appealed the Gothenburg district […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it was instructed to work against the completion of the electoral process in Rivers. The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) had suspended the collation of the March 23 governorship elections in Rivers. The commission has fixed April 2 and 5 for collation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis that is likely to occur during the coming collation of results and rerun of the Rivers State Governorship poll played out Friday as protesters, believed to be supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were dispersed with tear gas by a team of police […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri of PDP has emerged winner of Adamawa Governorship election. The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Andrew Haruna, who declared the result Thursday in Yola after the supplementary election in 44 units across 14 local government areas of the state, said Fintiri polled 376,552 votes to beat his closest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson on Thursday re-echoed the Restoration Government’s effort at creating massive opportunities for young people in the state. He said the recent employment of 1,000 people into the state civil service and the huge investment it has made in the education sector is […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imufu community in Enugu Ezike, Igbo-Eze North Council Area of Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, has been thrown into tension, following the alleged raping to death of a teenage girl , Miss Ngozi Eze by unknown persons. The lifeless body of the girl was said to have been found […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called for proper implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 and the Enugu State Administration of Justice Criminal Law (AJCL) 2017. South East Zonal Head of the anti graft agency, Barr. Amedu Sule made […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of Enugu state has received his Certificate of Return as Governor- Elect in the March 9th Governorship Election held in the state. The governor, his Deputy Cecilia Ezeilo, and other elected members of the state House Assembly, received their certificates of return at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the issuance of Certificates of Return to winners of the March 9, governorship and House of Assembly elections in Zamfara. This was disclosed in a notice on INEC twitter handle, @inecnigeria, posted on Tuesday. The commission said the suspension was in obedience to Monday […]
A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has described has rejected the endorsement of Senator Ahmad Lawan as the APC candidate for the position of Senate President of the 9th National Assembly. Addressing Journalists in Abuja, Ndume said that the choice of Lawan was unilaterally taken by the APC chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. “It was Adams Oshiomhole […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night hosted State Governors and Senators-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a dinner at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Those in attendance included the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, The Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson has described the death of famous poet and novelist, Dr. Gabriel Imomotimi Okara as a great loss to the state and Nigeria. Governor Dickson stated that as a mark of honour, his government has declared a 3 days mourning for the late Okara beginning […]
Abuja, March 25, 2019: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the success of Tanitoluwa Adewunmi, an eight -year old Nigerian Chess champion as a pride to the nation. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, in Abuja, said the feat […]
