(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police. It however declined promotion of former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Commissioner of Police (CP), Ibrahim Magu. The Commission’s Head of Press and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma has been jailed. He will on Thursday (today), begin a court-ordered prison sentence despite days of protests by his supporters. The 79-year-old had long tried to resist, and veterans’ associations supporting him also threatened to destabilise the country if he was arrested. Dozens of them had posted […]
Olubadan Refutes Claim Of Collecting N50m To Aid Sunday Igboho’s Arrest (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has refuted claims that he got N50million from the Federal Government to facilitate the arrest of Sunday Igboho. The monarch disclosed this as Yoruba Nation agitators embarked on a peaceful protest on Wednesday in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) says five persons lost their lives in a traffic accident around Christopher University on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday. Mr Olusola Ojuoro, the Mowe-Ibafo Divisional Commander of TRACE, who disclosed this in Ota, Ogun, said that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries Ojuoro […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non – governmental Organization (NGO), with bias in the promotion of law, justice and development in Nigeria, operating under the platform of African Law Foundation (Afrilaw), has urged the nation’s media to join hands with relevant Stakeholders in advancing effective and sustainable drug policy reform in the country. Founder/Chief Executive Officer […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 950 pupils have been abducted from their schools by gunmen in the last six months, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. The United Nations (UN) agency expressed concern about the attacks and abduction of children in some parts of West and Central Africa. Its concern was […]
….Recovers Items (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command has arrested three male suspects for their involvement in the vandalization of Rail tracks and Sleepers. Spokesman of the Command, Daniel Ndukwe ASP, who disclosed this to African Examiner via a statement in Enugu Wednesday, said the operation was part of efforts towards the realization […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three frontline social accountability initiatives, Follow The Money, BudgIT and Global Integrity, have jointly launched a website to track funding for COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Dubbed, “COVID-19 Africa website”, the initiative which is aimed at providing African citizens with access to evidence on COVID resources, is part of the COVID-19 Transparency and […]
(African examiner) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 203,497 eligible Nigerians had completed online pre-registration as fresh voters, seven days after the commencement of the exercise. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in an update on the CVR issued on Tuesday, in Abuja.He said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, has expressed alarm at the spate of attacks against children and their abductions, including students, in Nigeria and parts of West and Central Africa. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric stated this while briefing correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York, on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A penalty kick rebound converted by Harry Kane gave England a deserved 2-1 win over Denmark in Wednesday’s Euro 2020 semi-final. Victory helped them to set up a home showpiece against Italy on Sunday. Kane saw his 104th minute penalty kick controversially not overturned by video review in spite of Raheem Sterling […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited will hold its SMEConnect Webinar by 11am on Thursday, 8th July 2021 with “The ABCs of Accessing Finance for your Business” being the topic to be discussed at the event. Participants are required to register for the event via […]
…Describes Their Entrance as Progressive (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At the just concluded meeting of the Nigerian Council of Registered Brokers (NCRIB), which was held on Tuesday, July 6, President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, Dr. Mrs. Bola Onigbogi endorsed Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance Limited (HLA) describing both companies […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China has advised Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and major opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to work together. China’s ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, made the call on Tuesday while speaking to journalists on the sideline of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Political Parties Summit held […]
(AFRICAN EXMINER) – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has frowned at the attacks on some communities in Adamawa state on Wednesday. Atiku disclosed this as he reacted to the attack via his official Facebook page. “I categorically condemn the killings in some communities of Adamawa earlier today, he said. “Human life is sacrosanct and no […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – John Nwodo, former Ohaneze Ndigbo president, has called on Igbos to move on from the Nigerian Civil War bitterness affecting their political relationships with other regions in the country. Nwodo argued that there was a need for dialogue and negotiations to drive progress and peaceful coexistence. “We have for too long allowed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Ghana Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has assured the Nigerian House of Representatives that the Ghanaian government is trying to review the hostile law against Nigerian businesses in Ghana. Bagbin, who addressed the House on Wednesday, stated that the Ghanaian government had already announced the review of the $1 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu and its environ, following the murder of Director General of scientific and Equipment Development Institute SEDI Enugu, professor Samuel Ndubuisu, and his Orderly by unknown armed men The duo were killed Wednesday afternoon along the Enugu, Port Harcourt Express way. African Examiner reports that the ugly development is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s former finance minister Kemi Adeosun, who was caught in a certificate forgery scandal, got what appears to be an acquittal from a court on Wednesday. The Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that Mrs Adeosun did not breach any law by being appointed to the ministerial position in 2015 without participating […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his private residence by yet to be identified gunmen, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph, said on Wednesday. “At about 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of unknown individuals, some of whom spoke Spanish, attacked the president’s private residence and lethally wounded the Head […]
