(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to the Pietermaritzburg High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has adequate manpower for the conduct of November 6 governorship election in Anambra. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra State, Nwachukwu Orji, disclosed this on Tuesday in Awka. Orji, who was reacting to viral media report that hundreds of adhoc workers recruited for the Anambra […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Grammy award winner Burna Boy has disclosed his mother’s reaction whenever he makes known his plan about never getting permanently hitched to anyone’s daughter. According to the “Kilometer” singer, his mother practically turns red with fury every time he tells her he is never getting married. Although, the 30-year-old Grammy award-winner confessed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has decried the continued spending by the Nigerian government on petrol subsidy, which it said is on track to gobble up N2.9tn this year. Its Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, who spoke on Monday at a panel session during the 27th National Economic Summit, said the country could […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Francis Adebisi, the Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in Lagos State, says inmates involved in defilement of minors and other rape cases will not be considered for presidential pardon. The controller made this known in Lagos. He confirmed that the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy had started assessment of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The FCT Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), says it will punish any of its personnel caught demanding bribes from motorists during road traffic control and vehicle papers verification within the territory. Mr Wadata Bodinga, Director of FCT VIO, stated on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the directorate would take serious actions against bribe […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Roads were blocked, shops were shut, phones were down, and mosque loudspeakers blared calls for a general strike in Sudan on Tuesday, a day after the army seized power in a coup. At least seven people were killed in unrest triggered by the military takeover, which brought a halt to Sudan’s transition […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Although surplus Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine doses in U.S. states will soon expire, the White House Vaccine Task Force rejected the proposal to donate unused doses to other countries. The Washington Post reported that health authorities and hospitals in Southern California’s demand for COVID-19 vaccines decline while the expiration dates of the unused […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Passport Controller, Lagos Passport Command, Mrs Milka Musa, Controller of Immigration (CIS), on Monday said that about 13 800, passports remained uncollected at the Lagos Passport offices. Musa stated in Lagos that about 12,300 were uncollected at Ikoyi passport office, while 1500 were at the Festac office, adding that a-yet-to-be ascertained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A middle-aged man, Chibuike Ochie, has allegedly killed his sister-in-law, younger sister and a laborer in Uburu community, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ebonyi, DSP Loveth Odoh, confirmed the killings in a statement issued in Abakaliki on Monday. Odah said that the incident occurred on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo State has warned that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in parts of the country being referred to as banditry, must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. Akeredolu declared this statement in Abuja, noting that infiltration of the country’s borders and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ahead of the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. African Examiner reports that the presidential aircraft carrying the president and some members of his entourage landed at the King Khalid International Airport Riyadh at about 11.00 p.m. local time. The president […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Executive Chairman of Nkanu West Council Area of Enugu state, South East East Nigeria, and Nolly Wood Actor, Mr. Afam Okereke who was abducted on Sunday by unknown armed men has been released . He was kidnapped on his way back from Port Harcourt, the River State capital, South – South […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pastor Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church has stated that anyone who wants to lead Nigeria must negotiate with the North. Bakare disclosed this during a chat with Thisday saying that he doubts the north would willingly hand over power adding that “the north has a way of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has commended the German Government for its generosity and support for the COVID-19 vaccination programme. So far, Germany, with 66.2 per cent of its population fully vaccinated, has contributed with €2.2 billion (2.56 billion dollars), and by the end of the year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ifeanyi Ubah, senator representing Anambra south, has opened up on why he’s seeking a court order to pay a visit to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in detention. The senator, through Agugoesi Ikem, his counsel, had filed a motion on October 15 to visit Kanu in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal lawmakers from Gombe South senatorial district have kicked against what they described as a “divisive plot by Senator Danjuma Goje to subvert a bill passed by the House for the establishment of a federal medical centre in Billiri, Gombe State, The members called on the Senate to stop further deliberations on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Muhammad Bello, says the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) can drive Nigeria’s economic recovery process. Bello made this known on Monday when he declared open a two-day symposium on the imperatives of an NYSC Trust Fund in Abuja. The symposium is themed: “Consolidating the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nepali Police on Monday arrested 11 Afghan nationals suspected of entering the country illegally. Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police raided a house in Sinamangal in Kathmandu in the morning and detained 11 Afghans. The 11 arrested include seven men and four women; they had entered Nepal through India. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government has adopted Saturday as a school day to replace Monday, which has been marked as the sit-at-home day by the Indigenous People of Biafra. This was made known in a recent memo by the government titled, ‘Anambra State Government Approves Saturday as School Day’, adding that Saturday classes […]
