(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa50, African Development Bank (AfDB) and the newly launched African Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) have pledged to jointly mobilize capital for the implementation of infrastructure projects in Africa. The three entities will work together to galvanize financing and to drive the development of skills and expertise within the infrastructure sector. To strengthen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday said that the Integration Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) has exposed and eliminated about 70,000 ghost workers in the civil service system. Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Dasuki Arabi disclosed this at the 43rd session of the ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communication […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based Non- governmental organization, operating under the platform of Health Care Support Services, (HCSS) has, urged Women and young girls to always speak out whenever they suffer any form of gender based Violence in their environment. The organization, which expressed concern over the increasing spate of gender based related violence’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) was still being detained because of the likelihood that he may jump bail again. Buhari spoke at a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on the margins of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government […]
…..Meets ECOWAS, EU Delegations To Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman, Police Service Commission, (PSC), and Nigeria’s retired Inspector General of police IGP, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, has stressed the need for adequate funding for the force, saying that is the only way to realize a successful Reforms in the nation’s policing system. He stated this yesterday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda on Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to be tolerant of one another and embrace peace. The President toured the permanent exhibitions at the Memorial and laid a wreath at the mass graves where more than 250,000 victims of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari met with Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, Thursday in Kigali, Rwanda, on the sidelines of the 26th edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), and lauded the relations between both countries. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Thursday expressed happiness concerning the arrest and detention of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in London over alleged organ harvesting. African Examiner recalls that two Nigerians, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu were arrested in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, on Thursday June 23, convicted and sentenced Franklin Ozoma to two years imprisonment for internet fraud. Ozoma was jailed after pleading guilty to one- count charge of impersonation upon his arraignment by the Benin Zonal Command of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Specialist Crime Team of the Metropolitan Police in London has detained a former Senate Deputy President Dr. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. According to Sky News, the two suspects were arrested for alleged conspiracy to harvest the organs of a child. But the child has been taken into protective custody. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police have formally charged two Nigerians with conspiracy to facilitate travel of another person for organ harvesting. The suspects were arrested and charged over their plan to bring a child into the country to allegedly harvest the said child’s organs. The two arrested suspects were identified as Beatrice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Darius Khobo of the High Court, Kaduna on Thursday ordered that Peter Samson, be remanded in a correctional centre, for alleged possession of 400,000 counterfeit dollars. Khobo gave the order after the Prosecution Counsel, Precious Onyeneho, prayed that Samson be remanded pending the completion of investigation. The judge ordered Samson’s counsel, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of no fewer than seven travellers by suspected kidnappers at Geregu-Ajaokuta road in the state. Those abducted include a lawyer, a doctor, and five others traveling in different vehicles by 2 pm last Tuesday when they were attacked by their abductors. An eyewitness […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps said it has arrested some persons involved in the attack of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Owo local government area. It said it also recovered some weapons and vehicle used to perpetrate the terror act. About 40 persons were killed in the attack […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations (UN) Secretary General, António Guterres has reiterated the need to collectively intensify efforts aimed at ending the lingering armed conflicts across Africa. The UN chief made the observation at the third Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development which ended in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday. This year’s edition of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has directed that a portal be opened to document unemployed citizens. This resolution was reached on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, shortly before the president went to Rwanda to attend the 2022 CHOGM. The job portal would […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that its troops of 13 Brigade operating under command of 82 Division, Nigerian Army on Tuesday 21 June 2022, intercepted a Toyota Camry car with registration number JAL 492 AA, ladden with assorted ammunition while enroute Utanga village towards Obudu Mountains in Cross River State. A […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said contrary to insinuations that the federal government was not engaging with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), there have been a series of meetings between all parties with the next one coming up on Thursday. Mr Ngige stated this while speaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has harped on the need for Commonwealth countries to harmonize and translate common visions into action to build back a shared future, prioritizing the youth. President Kagame gave the charge while speaking during a panel discussion at the opening plenary of the on-going 2022 Commonwealth Business Forum […]
-Says Recent Spate Of Church Attacks unacceptable (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his government would hunt perpetrators of church attacks in the country and bring them to justice Buhari, through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said those responsible for the attacks would be punished for […]
