Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), a pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, has commemorated this year’s International Youth Day with a call on governments across the continent to provide youths with equal opportunities for education and employment. The 2020 International Youth Day is being commemorated under the theme, “Youth Engagement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Lagos (UNILAG) Governing Council has named Prof. Theophilus Omololu Soyombo as the acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. This followed the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe by the Governing Council earlier on Wednesday. The announcement came shortly after the removing of the immediate past Don – Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, describing him as a “longtime friend of Nigeria and an astute and courageous diplomat.” The Nigerian leader made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo (akinadejum@aol.com) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The late Senator Buruji Kashamu was allegedly wanted in the US for drug offences, including trafficking, selling, etc. It was never proved and he was never found guilty. If fact, it appeared he never appeared in any court, here in Nigeria or the US. (According to a friend […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Youth Day, a leading civil society group, Connected Development (CODE) has urged the Federal Government to secure the future of the country by accelerating supports for young people. The International Youth Day which is celebrated annually […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona has confirmed that one of their players has tested positive for Covid-19. According to the club Wednesday, the yet to be named player was one of nine reporting for pre-season training, who showed no symptoms and has been quarantined at his home. Barca disclosed that their player has not been in contact […]
Photo: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 2, 933 Nigerians evacuees have arrived Nigeria from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A post from the Twitter handle of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Twitte@nidcom_gov confirmed that another 292 others were repatriated. The tweet […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked. The sack decision was reached and announced at the institution’s Governing Council at a meeting which was held in Abuja Wednesday in the premises of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The announcement was contained […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An ex-aide to Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Andrew Momodu, has defected to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to the reports, Momodu also pledged the sum of N5 million to support Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the PDP. Also, the Eramah […]
By Our Reporter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fasakin Emmanuel Adedayo is a professor of fisheries who specializes in fish nutrition and utilization. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the young Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji in Ondo State where he has ruled and reigned in an eventful first five-year tenure. Although, his appointment was for a […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo (akinadejum@aol.com) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I’m a proud Ìbàdàn man; I have a village and an “agbo’le” in the heart of Ìbàdàn, and my late father holds a chieftaincy title from the great city of Ìbàdàn. I’m also a proud University of Ìbàdàn graduate. I passed my four years in the university with […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Abia State House of Assembly, South- East Nigeria, Tuesday rejected the nomination of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Prince Eze Chikamnayo as Transition Committee Chairman for Umunneochi Council area, after he failed to secured even a vote in the 24 member legislature. […]
Photo: Hajiya Muheeba Dankaka, Executive Chairman, FCC. Credit: @FCC From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly inaugurated Federal Character Commission (FCC) has assured job seekers in Nigerians, of its readiness to put a stop to the issue of lopsidedness and unequal distribution of government jobs in the country, particularly Enugu state, South- East […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Chief Edward Ubosi, held a thanksgiving Mass at the Assembly complex to thank God for making him survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Ubosi said at the event on Tuesday that the survival was by act of God due to the fact that the Coronavirus […]
Photo: Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris. Credit: @NBC (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris, the prominent senator from California whose political career has included many barrier-breaking moments, as his running mate, his campaign announced on Tuesday. The decision comes more than a year after Harris, who was also a 2020 Democratic […]
By Nwa Diokpa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As media reports filtered in about the sentencing to death of a kano-based SINGER, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, for blasphemy, Nigerians have taken to their social media accounts to express their views. According to reports, the musician was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging over a song that was […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Akure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Government has inaugurated 192 pioneer corps members of the South West Security Network Agency – Operation Amotekun. Speaking at the inauguration which held Tuesday at the Gani Fawehimi Arcade in Akure the state capital, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu expressed hope that no criminal element would trouble […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For effective management of COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has handed over 200 ventilators to the Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday. The medical equipment was handed over Tuesday morning to the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos based human rights group – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has decried the allegation by the Sahara Strategy Group (SSG), on collection of the sum of $200,000 from a terrorist group – the Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP). MURIC while speaking through its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola described […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instrument of accession of the agreement for the establishment of the African Trade Insurance Agency. The Agreement and the Agency are registered with the Secretariat of the United Nations in accordance with Charter of the United Nations. The agreement recognizes the fact […]
