(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a new €10 million long-term financing initiative aimed at supporting entrepreneurs and businesses across Botswana with a leading local partner, Norsad Capital. The initiative represents the first targeted EIB support for private-sector financing to help Botswana companies impacted by COVID-19 and is part of the EIB’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Friday added six Nigerians to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons due to their support of Boko Haram. According to a statement by Ned Price, spokesperson of the U.S. department of state, “the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has said he is currently in the hospital after being poisoned for the third time in about three years. Speaking with Saturday Beats from his hospital bed, Ibu said, “I just got poisoned again. It seems my enemies are using me to rehearse (their powers). This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barley few days after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) released immediate past governor of Anambra state, Dr. Willy Obiano from its custody over alleged misappropriation of 42 billion naira public fund, the anti -graft agency yesterday sealed a mansion belonging to the (latter) in Awka. The abandoned multi billion naira […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for $3.56 million in grant funding to support the development of pharmaceutical industries in West Africa. The agreement was signed by the representatives of AfDB and ECOWAS in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Youth and women are underrepresented in business coverage in Africa, according to newly launched The Business in Africa Narrative Report by Africa No Filter and AKAS in partnership with the African Union (AU). The report is the latest research project by narrative-change organisation Africa No Filter and forms part of their work […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has called on the authorities in Afghanistan to allow girls return to school. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and boys, so that no one is left behind. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Climate risks could cause damage worth $3.9 billion in the transport sector of Ghanaian economy by 2050, a new report released on Thursday has warned. The potential damage of $3.9 billion is thrice the investment of $1.3 billion made in the sector in 2019, according to the study which was led by […]
…Vows To Sanction Public Servants Who Violates Directive (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state has directed Civil Servants in the State to end the every Monday, Sit- at home in Anambra state declared by the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB for close to two years now. The group, had declared […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FactSpace West Africa, one of the leading fact-checking organisations in Africa and AW Free Foundation, a non-profit organization, have entered into a new partnership with the aim of intensifying the fight against misinformation, disinformation, fake news and propaganda across Africa. FactSpace West Africa is an independent, non-partisan organisation working to tackle misinformation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, will spearhead the attack of the Super Eagles against Ghana in their 2023 World Cup qualifier on Friday and in-form Al-Hilal FC striker, Odion Ighalo, will begin from the bench in the match. Other players who are part of the starting list for the game are Francis Uzoho, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The abducted son of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Ali Isa Pantami, has been reportedly seen at a checkpoint in Bauchi. According to Daily Trust, the Minister’s son, Alamin Isa Pantami, was discovered on Friday at a checkpoint in Dambam, a Local Government Area in Bauchi State, a few […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the immediate resignation and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele after he appeared in the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign posters. PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba stated that the campaign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that inhabitants of Oluwo area of Abeokuta are in a panic mood after the killing of a popular area boy known around the metropolis as Tommy has sparked social media reaction. According to available information, Tommy was reportedly killed late Thursday night at Panseke, by some persons who are yet-to-be-identified. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The APC non-Serving Senators’ Forum, a new political pressure group within the ruling All Progressive Congress has urged the party to use its March 26, 2022 national convention to fine tune strategies for hitchfree congresses and national convention for the election of the party’s flag bearers at all levels in the 2023 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the outbursts generated over the beauty pageant conducted in the female section of Nigerian prisons Kirikiri, Lagos where murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, emerged as Miss Cell 2022, the Controller of the facility, Mrs Lizzie Ekpendu has been redeployed. Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out among residents of Kabusa community in the Federal Capital Territory over the disappearance of three siblings. The children, Marvelous, Alex and Rehoboth Sunday, were said to have gone missing from their school, Star Child Academy, on Tuesday. According to residents, their mother had gone to pick them up from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) says there is over 1.6 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) available for nationwide distribution. Malam Mele Kyari, NNPC Group Managing Director, made this known at the official unveiling of the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) on Thursday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African Tourism has urged Nigerians to visit the country for the forthcoming summer and Easter holidays. Mr Thekiso Rakolojane, Regional Head, West Africa, South African Tourism, said this on Thursday in Kano, during the 46th Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA). Rakolojane described South […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European champions Italy will miss a second straight FIFA World Cup after being shocked 1-0 in stoppage time by North Macedonia in a play-off on Thursday. Four-time world champions Italy dominated the entire game in Palermo and recorded 32-4 attempts at goal but only a few were on target. Aleksandar Trajkovski did […]
