(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general elections gathers momentum, the people of Enugu East Senatorial Zone of Enugu State, have sounded a note of warning against any plan to truncate the existing zoning arrangement of the governorships position which favours the district. They threatened to resist any zone or individual who may make any […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the Nigerian government to step up efforts aimed at strengthening the country’s tax administration to mobilize additional revenues and help address priority spending pressures on the economy. The global monetary body gave the charge at the conclusion of its virtual meetings with the Nigerian authorities to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) says the new management of the fund is not under probe by the Public Accounts Committee of the Senate over alleged N62 billion fraud. Ms Alexandra Mede, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Affairs, NSITF, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mede said that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairman of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, ward seven, Igbo Eze North Council Area of Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria, Mr. Nwokedi Ugwoke has been sacked from office, over alleged anti-party activities. Following the development, a new chairman, Mr. Nduka Obeta has been sworn in as his replacement. Disclosing this to newsmen on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ekiti on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundele was apprehended by the Ido-Osi Divisional Headquarters of the command on Wednesday at in Ido-Osi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mnangagwa has fired with immediate effect High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere for gross incompetence after a Tribunal Mr Mnangagwa set last year recommended that she be removed from office. The sacking of Justice Ndewere coincides with setting of another Tribunal to investigate Justice Thompson James Mabhikwa who is being charged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Father Emmanuel Francis Ribeiro, one of the most famous Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Church priests who contributed to the country’s liberation struggle has died at the age of 86. Fr Ribeiro, a theologian, music composer, educationist, writer, media activist and nationalist, died Thursday morning, hours before Zambia’s nationalist founding father Kenneth Kaunda also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday said that the commission would prosecute a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, again. He said Kalu “will be prosecuted all over again”. Bawa disclosed this while speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Recall […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, has died aged 97, according to Zambian news platform. He was the country’s founding father and ruled for 27 years from 1964 after it gained independence from Britain. Kaunda’s death comes days after reports that he was admitted to Maina Soko military hospital in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has called for global intervention over the killings in the South-West region, saying that “the bubble may burst soon”. He made the call in a letter to the Secretary General, United Nations (UN), the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), and the Secretary of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Japan has pledged to provide approximately $39 million in emergency funds to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the development of vaccine cold chains in Nigeria and 31 countries in Africa and Latin America affected by COVID-19. The support from the Japanese government complements the work of the COVAX […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sequel to the statement issued on Wednesday by the Creditor Committee for Chad under the Common Framework for Debt Treatments, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has ignited a flicker of hope for the West African country. Managing Director of IMF, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva has applauded the statement by the Committee’s statement, noting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has passed a vote of confidence on its 2019 governorship candidate, Sen. Ayogu Eze for being a blessing to the party since he joined her fold, as well as National Convention/ Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, governor Buni Mai Mala. In a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide Garba Shehu has criticised PDP governors for being anti-Buhari, describing them as greedy, profligate, and unfit to rule Nigeria “any time soon”. He said this in a statement on Wednesday, reacting to the PDP governors’ communique issued at the end of their meeting in Uyo. Shehu said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have kidnapped four Chinese expatriates working on Lagos-Ibadan railway project in Ogun state. According to available information, the assailants were said to have ambushed the workers around Adeaga/Alaagba village in Odeda LGA area of the state. The gunmen were reported to have murdered the police escort guarding the expatriates who work […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -Another set of female students of Federal Government Girls College have been abducted by Bandits in Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, according to Daily Trust. Details of the incident are still sketchy but there are reports that a security operative was shot dead during the operation. The attackers, who rode on motorcycles, were said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 127 suspected traffic robbers were arrested in different parts of Lagos metropolis in three months, Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, has said. Odumosu, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos by the Command’s spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi. The Commissioner of Police who addressed some officers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a tense atmosphere in an Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night as Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB, begged Justice Lateefa Okunnu not to send him to prison following his conviction for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. Atuche and Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hoodlums who reportedly disguised themselves as local vigilante groups in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the private residence of the immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Imo State, Chief Cyprian Akaolisa and set the building ablaze. African Examiner gathered that the multi-million naira modern building which situates at Ebenato Ward […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday June 17, visit Borno state. During the one day official visit, President Buhari would appraise the security situation and inaugurate some of the viable projects executed by the federal and state governments. Governor Babagana Zulum made this known in a special broadcast to the people of […]
