(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos died Friday at the age of 79 at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government said. With “great pain and consternation” the Luanda government posted on Facebook confirmation of Dos Santos’ death at 11:10 am (1010 GMT). The government presents its deepest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the gruesome assassination of the former prime minister. In a condolence message by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, the president also condoled with the Government and people of Japan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and service chiefs in attendance. African Examiner reports that others attending the security meeting include Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Key Stakeholders in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) have pledged to work toward the elimination of child labour in the gold mining sector in Nigeria. They made the commitment during a private-sector engagement workshop held in Abuja, and organized by an international Civil Society organization Solidaridad West Africa, in collaboration with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday declared wanted, 33 of the inmates who escaped from its Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja on Tuesday night. The 33 inmates were said to have cases relating to terrorism and being members of the Boko Haram sect. African Examiner reports that terrorists had on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has unveiled his running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, Abuja, was announced as the LP vice-presidential candidate in Abuja on Friday. The 46-year-old was a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna North Senatorial district. Baba-Ahmed’s announcement was coming barely 24 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has urged the president Muhammed Buhari to sack the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, with immediate effect over his failure to put an end to the incessant Jail break attacks on prisons in the country. This was issued in a statement on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot on Friday while delivering a speech ahead of a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind. The former prime minister collapsed and showed no sign of life after he was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Title-holders Nigeria set on a better track their 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a 2-0 win over Botswana in Rabat on Thursday. The development meant they rose to second place in Group C behind new leaders South Africa, with Botswana dropping from the table’s apex to third place. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Innovative Entrepreneurs Hub, a hybrid shared workspace and business development and management company of based in Los Angeles, has launched new crowd funding campaign to exclusively promote African American-owned brands. The crowd funding campaign is driven by the company’s ifundWomen initiative which recently announced a retail store called Our Culture Hub, a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Comoros Energy Sector Support Project which is driven by the African Development Bank has help to improve the country’s power grid in recent years, the Bank said in a statement on Thursday. Approved in 2013, the project aims to respond to a twofold challenge in the energy sector in the Comoros. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo remains absent from pre-season training but Manchester United maintain the frustrated star is not for sale. Over the last weekend it emerged the 37-year-old had asked to leave Old Trafford if an acceptable offer arrived. This is in the wake of a disappointing first season back with a club he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims and Nigerians on the occasion. “I call on Muslims to continue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government says it commenced the demolition of illegally constructed buildings earlier marked for demolition in Onitsha on Thursday. Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Awka. The press secretary said that several illegal structures along […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rumour that former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwumi Ambode has decamped to Labour Party and will be contesting the 2023 gubernatorial election has made many Nigerians happy. African Examiner recalls that Ambode was the governor of Lagos State who after his first-year term from 2015 to 2019 and was unable to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and IDPs (NCFRMI), Imaan Suleiman, on Thursday disclosed that there are over 3.2 million refugees in Nigeria. According to her, the commission has been able to register 84, 803 refugees, adding that the country has been able to return voluntarily, 17, 334 Nigerians […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called for support in implementing the National Water Resources bill, saying it is not targeted at grabbing the land and waterways of states. Adamu made the call at the ongoing Advocacy and Sensitisation workshop on implementation of the 2013 Water Resources Master plan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party and effectively as prime minister. Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday afternoon at 10, Downing Street, London. He said he will, however, remain in office until the Conservative Party elects a new leader who will also assume office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that David Nwamini Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is 21 years old and not 15 years old as widely reported. Ekweremadu and his wife appeared in the court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Center for Statistics (ACS), an arm of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has expressed its reservations on the possibility of Africa meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The ACS of ECA which is the regional coordinator of statistics in Africa, said indicators from its SDGs Dashboard, a tool created to […]
