(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed N2.9 billion fraud charges against former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. This is coming hours after the former governor officially declared his presidential bid for 2023. Okorocha was charged alongside Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law (Inte-rSociety), has accused the police and Ebonyi state government of dangerously covering up the abduction and disappearance of five Engineers working with Enugu based NELAN Engineering firm in Abakaliki. It posited that the “failed policing is the most undoing of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management of Police Service Commission PSC, has frowned at the recent forceful shutting down of its offices and chasing away of Staff by protesting workers of the organization. It said even though, the leadership of the establishment is not against workers protest, such exercise should not be carried out in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of aggrieved members of the Enugu State Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, may soon dump the Nigeria’s ruling party for the opposition Peoples Docratic party PDP. Our Correspondent gathered that the development is as a result of the lingering inreconcilable internal wrangling that has bedeviled and splinted the party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has officially declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023.Okorocha, who is presently a senator, represents Imo West Senatorial District in the 9th Senate.While declaring his intentions to run for the office of President at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union (AU) has suspended the membership of Burkina Faso’s after the coup that took place in the country. The AU stated that the suspension would be effective until constitutional order is brought back in the country. “Council decides in line with the relevant AU instruments to suspend the participation of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In apparent reflection of the improved liquidity in the interbank money market, banks’ borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, fell by 46 per cent, month-on-month, MoM, to N1.3 trillion in January. On the other hand banks increased deposit of idle funds with the CBN by 29 per cent, MoM, to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six people died on Monday when a minibus was destroyed by a roadside bomb during an ambush by armed men in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, police have said. The assailants opened fire on the 14-seater vehicle after it ran over the explosive device about eight kilometres (five miles) from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly gang-raped and killed a housewife, Mrs Roseline Joguntan at Igbokoda in Ilaje council area of Ondo State. African Examiner gathered that the victim, a fruit seller was murdered at her farm. The deceased was said to have gone to the farm to gather fruits as usual for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst has died at the age of 30 after falling from her high-rise New York City apartment. Cheslie’s body was found at 7:05 a.m. Sunday 30 January on the sidewalk just outside the Orion Condominium building in Manhattan where she resided. The attorney’s devastated family confirmed the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan radio presenter, Maureen Imbai, aka Black Cinderella, has called out Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, for embarrassing Kenyans. Black Cinderella, took to her Instagram story on Monday to berate the Zazzu crooner concerning a video posted by the latter, where he was jeering at a lady in Kenya […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adebayo Ridwan Abidemi popularly known as BaeU Barbie, Isbae U or just BaeU by teeming fans, has come under criticism for allegedly demanding sex from ladies before featuring them in his skits. On Sunday, Isbae U became a subject of discussion, topping social media trends especially on Twitter with over 10,000 tweets. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ousmane Dembele is in talks over a permanent transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Barcelona want £20m for the transfer after telling Dembele, who is out of contract at the end of the season, to find another club. Dembele reached a verbal agreement with PSG on Sunday, despite interest from the Premier League, Skyspors […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police Operatives in Abagana, Njikoka Council area of Anambra state, South East Nigeria have apprehended twin brothers identified as Chukwuebuka and Chukwuemeka Okpe, for defiling a 10 year old girl . The suspects, were reportedly arrested together with their mother, Mrs Chinwe Okpe, caretaker of the house where the victim are living. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In November last year, President Mohammadu Buhari made history when he gave assent to the Climate Change Bill, making Nigeria the second country in Africa after Kenya to have a climate change Act. Within the global context, President Buhari’s historic assent to the bill, sponsored by a member of the House of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 127,491 candidates who applied to join the police will from Tuesday arrive at the various state police command headquarters nationwide to begin their physical screening. The applicants comprise 104,403 from the North and 23,088 from the Southern part of the country. A breakdown of this number revealed that Abia State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Asari Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF), has stated that people in the south-east obey the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) because of fear of being killed. African Examiner recalls that IPOB had ordered a sit-at-home order every Monday across the entire southeast but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Babangida Aliyu, former governor of Niger state, has stated that some northerners made it impossible for former President Goodluck Jonathan to defeat Boko Haram. Aliyu disclosed this in an interview saying that it is unfortunate that insecurity has been allowed to increase. “When Boko Haram started and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ohanaeze Ndigbo has berated those who it describes as desperate politicians from the North concerning their moves to retain power beyond 2023 adding that such plans will sink the country. The group in a statement signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, its Secretary-General stated that those working against the gentleman pact of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has stated that he would talk about his intentions on the 2023 presidency to Nigerians during the Easter period. Ngige disclosed that he is still consulting with relevant stakeholders across the country if he should run for Presidency in 2023. The former Anambra State […]
