(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhamadu Buhari is presiding over the National Security Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which is holding at the Council Chambers, has Secretary to the Government of the Federation; Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of government troops, civilians and extremists have been killed and injured in attacks on two military outposts in Mali, the country’s army reported early on Thursday. In the fighting following the attacks in the towns of Sokolo and Kalumba in the centre of the West African country early on Wednesday morning, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kenyan government on Thursday sent 19 police officers to Somalia to help strengthen stabilisation efforts in the country. Police spokesman Bruno Shioso said in a statement that the officers would join an ongoing peacekeeping mission under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) “which is aiming at de-escalating violence in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Moroccan peacekeeper was accidentally shot dead on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) said on Thursday. The soldier was accidentally shot in Butembo, North Kivu by a UN police officer who was part of the teams sent to reinforce the Moroccan contingent, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to accede to the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Trans boundary Watercourse and International Lakes. Nigeria’s Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu gave the assurance in Abuja at the National Workshop on Nigeria’s proposed accession to the United Nations Water […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non- political Party affiliation pressure group, Polling Boot Vanguard in Enugu State, has expressed satisfaction on the manifesto of the People’s Democratic party PDP Governorship Candidate in the state, Barr. Peter Mbah, saying it’s a human oriented document. The group said if Mbah is elected, and such manifesto is fully implemented, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reacted to impeachment threats by some legislators against President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the insecurity issues in the country. However, Mohammed, speaking to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday, July 27 in Abuja, stated that the impeachment threat […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has said that the refusal of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan to entertain the motion to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari was appropriate and correct, stressing that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators determined to be in the headlines are divided and confused. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving the economic well-being and food security of all Nigerians. The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard gave the assurance in a statement made available to the media on Wednesday. Leonard said the U.S. has committed additional $55 million toward food security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LunarX Agency, one of the fastest-growing African American-owned digital marketing firm based in Dayton, Ohio, has announced its partnership with four other marketing agencies to launch a new suite of wrap-around consulting services called, ElevateX Business Ecosystem. The four partner agencies which include Qme Spotlight, Eleviv Creative Agency, Heartland Marketing, and Hunter […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of the Damari community in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area (LGA), of Kaduna State, have been in commotion after an incursion by terrorists in their community for two days. The invasion by the terrorists, which led to the death of three residents, happened between Monday and Tuesday in Damari, Kazage Ward in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday night, attacked Owo town in Ondo State and injured many. This attack is coming barely two months after terrorists killed about 40 worshippers at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo. According to available information, people were injured in the attack which took place Wednesday evening, at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Wednesday resolved to summon Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over skyrocketing inflation and naira devaluation which continue to plunge Nigerians into hardship. Stakeholders in key sectors of the economy expressed worry over the free fall of the naira against the United States Dollar. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a grant of $2 million to boost food production in Sierra Leone. The programme falls under the AfDB’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, a response to the global food crisis that resulted from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical, yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature — as he dominated the horizons across Africa and beyond. He lived up to his legend of being a human Orisa. He is, perhaps, still one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senators, mainly of the minority block and some belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC), have called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity in the country. They gave President Buhari six weeks to curb insecurity or face a formal notice of impeachment from them. The Senators staged […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FOREMOST Diplomat, Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark is dead. He died in Lagos at 92. He is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. A statement titled: ”Press Statement on the passing on of Ambassador Blessing Akporode Clark, CON,” by Dr. Christopher C. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia State Police Command, on Tuesday, along Port Harcourt/Enugu highway, by Ntigha junction, in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state, shot dead a bullion van robber. According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, “Six mobile policemen attached to 28 PMF Umuahia and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress on Wednesday named the lawmaker representing Sokoto East, Senator Abdullahi Gobir, as the new Senate Leader. This is contained in a letter by the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and read at plenary by the President of the Senate, Senator, Ahmad Lawan. Gobir replaced Senator […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, has sent a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to prison. Mr Effiong who is handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo disclosed this in a message he posted on his WhatsApp status around 10:40 a.m. on Wednesday. “I […]
