(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Provost of the Federal Co-operative College, Oji River Enugu State, Dr. O.T. Owan, has warned newly matriculated students of the institution against cultism, indecent dressing and other forms of anti- social vices capable of ruining their career. He said for them to succeed in their academic pursuit, they must observe the core […]
Consider this: (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For the US to be building its largest yet Consulate in Nigeria, and in Lagos, what does that tell Nigerians and the World? Forget about them making money from visa applications and other consular and non-consular matters. This is the same USA’s Central Intelligence Agency which a few years ago […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned against the risks involved in the use of Crypto assets, saying that they can be misused for money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illegal activities. Crypto assets are privately issued digital tokens that use cryptographic techniques. Bitcoin is perhaps the most famous example. IMF Deputy Managing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has reassured of its plan to hold the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. According to a statement posted on the commission’s website on www.au.int on Tuesday, with the theme: “Remember, unite, renew” would hold at 11 a.m. on Wednesday April 7. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos State governor and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has donated N50 million to the victims of the terrorist attack on the Kaduna bound train from Abuja. He disclosed this during his condolence visit to Governor Nasir el-Rufai on Tuesday. Tinubu, who is aspiring to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular British model, Naomi Campbell, has reacted to the loss of Nigerian singer, Wizkid in the just concluded Grammy award ceremony. African Examiner had reported that Beninise singer, Angelique Kidjo, had clinched the award in the place of Wizkid. This development has continued to spark social media reactions as some netizens where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has stated that he is yet to declare his interest to contest an elective office in 2023. Malami stated this in a statement on Tuesday by his spokesman, Umar Gwandu, after some media reports claimed that the minister intends […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chief Imam of the Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has been appointed to lead another Juma’at mosque in Abuja. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Imam was sacked by the Apo mosque steering committee over a sermon that criticised the government’s failure to stop insecurity in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday said North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacks. Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the government and ruling party, said it was a “very big mistake” for South Korea’s minister of defence to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German investigators have shut down what they said was the world’s largest illegal marketplace on the Darknet, selling illicit goods to some 17 million registered customers. Computer servers in Germany and bitcoins with a total value of 23 million euros (25 million dollars) were seized during a series of raids against the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Association of Former Female Athletes in Nigeria (AFFAN) has promised to revive, develop and promote the game of netball across the country. Netball is one of AFFAN’s key areas of intervention with the main objective of helping to revamp and restructure the game in Nigeria. The President of the AFFAN, Dr. Esther […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the investors in the popular crashed Ponzi scheme, Chinmark Group, who is identified simply as Nuella is dead days after she allegedly attempted suicide. It could be recalled that almost 4,500 aggrieved investors have berated the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Chinmark Group, Marksman Ijiomah, concerning unpaid funds invested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The news that over 72.77 million telecommunication subscribers have been stopped from making calls on their SIMs, after a directive from the Federal Government to telecommunication companies has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner recalls that on Monday, the Federal Government directed telecommunications companies to enforce compliance with its National Identification Number-Subscriber […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) through its Financial Services Regulation Coordinating Committee (FSRCC) has advised Nigerians to stop dealing with unlicensed or illegal financial operators in the country. The CBN through FSRCC, gave the advice in a statement posted on its website on Monday. It said that the illegal financial operators lure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined Muslim faithful at the State House Mosque to mark the commencement of the Ramadan Tafsir, the interpretation and explanation of the Qur’an. The exercise is in line with Islam’s guiding principles and the intense devotional activities marking the 30-day Ramadan period. The president joined the Muslim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have taken strong exception to comments credited to Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, which described the communique they issued last week in Umuahia, Abia State, as a work of fiction by those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management Committee of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Apo, Abuja, has sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the Chief Imam, who was accused of criticizing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in his sermon on Friday. Khalid had earlier been suspended for the sermon but reacted that only God can give or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected armed bandits, Sunday night, invaded Tsafe town, the council headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing many people. Residents said one of the victims is the son of the state’s commissioner for security affairs, Mamman Tsafe. Neither the commissioner nor the state government has confirmed the killing. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Juma’at Mosque in Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has been sacked by the mosque’s Steering Committee for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over last Monday night’s attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train. Sheikh Khalid was initially suspended by the Steering Committee of the strategic mosque. But on Monday […]
