(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) a United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crisis has called for the protection of children and adolescents, schools and school personnel in the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has stated that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has several corruption cases to answer. Sadiq Radda, executive secretary of the committee, disclosed this on Thursday at the 26th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) assessment held in Abuja. It could be recalled that Hafsat, wife of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has kicked against the impeachment of Alhaji Mahdi Ali as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, adding that the development falls short of democratic tenets of due process. In a statement on his Facebook page, on Friday, the former lawmaker claimed that Barr. Mahdi Ali was impeached by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has at least 12 million votes already waiting for him in various parts of the country before elections due to his many acts of kindness. Adesina made this known in an article published on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja stated that he was not having any ambition in 2023 and he would support any candidate who comes up from APC wants to zone the presidency to South – El-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday in Abuja stated that he was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several Nigerians mostly students who are in Ukraine are currently stranded even as Russia continues to attack the eastern European nation. This is as the National Association of Nigerian Students in Ukraine sent out a Save Our Soul message to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and seeking immediate evacuation from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The football federations of Zimbabwe and Kenya have been suspended by world governing body FIFA. The suspension by FIFA is over government interference. This is banned by FIFA rules and is frequently sanctioned. NAN
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, seeking royal blessings for his 2023 presidential ambition. Tinubu, whose first point of call was the Ooni’s Palace in Ile-Ife, said he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Katsina State have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Hajiya Fatima Alhaji, suspected to be a supplier of charms to bandits terrorising the state and its environs. Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen on Thursday in Katsina that Fatima was also found to be an informant for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites. The unmasked gunmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and his country would bear the consequences. The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs and high-tech sectors, Biden said. The United States and its allies will block assets […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seventeen high-rises in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been damaged by shelling, according to the city administration. All the buildings affected were in the east of the city, closer to the front line of fighting with pro-Russian separatists, authorities said. Electricity supplies were partially disrupted, the city said late Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The billionaire owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, has been barred from living in the United Kingdom, local media reports. This followed a revelation by Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, that he’s one of the 35 oligarchs who are enablers of President Vladimir Putin. According to reports, immigration officials are “under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has stated that his administration will sack more under qualified secondary school teachers in the state this year. Governor El-Rufai made this known on Thursday in his weekly ministerial briefing organized by his media team. The former FCT minister lamented that some secondary school teachers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has failed saying that the People’s Democratic Party will reclaim the state come 2023. Gov. Wike disclosed this in the special grand reception organized to celebrate the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, a former presidential spokesman, has blamed the United States President, Joe Biden for the cause of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Omokri stated that President Putin of Russia took advantage of Biden’s weakness in Afghanistan to invade Ukraine. According to him, Putin smelled Biden’s weakness. Taking to his Twitter account, Omokri […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Embassy in Ukraine has urged citizens in the country to remain calm and be responsible for their own personal security. It advised those who want to relocate to a safe place to ensure that they validate all their resident documents for ease of return to Ukraine when they desire. This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, announced the shutdown of its embassy in Kiev over concerns of insecurity amid hostilities in Ukraine. “The embassy in Kiev is temporarily closed for security reasons. There are reports of explosions and rocket attacks in northern, eastern and southern Ukraine. “The airspace is closed,” […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, 48 hours,to respond to an application by the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is currently in its custody, filed to be released on bail on health ground. Justice Inyang Ekwo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital on a two day state visit. The President, who came in helicopter 5N-FG2 arrived about 10 am at the Nasarawa State airport, Lafia. On ground to receive President Buhari are the host governor, Abdulahi Sule, the governors of Kogi and Kebbi states, […]
