(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Last week, bakers, under the aegis of the Premium Bread makers Association of Nigeria (PBAN), embarked on a four-day warning strike to demand government intervention regarding the prices of materials used in bread production. On Monday, Bakers in Cross Rivers said they would increase prices and reduce production quantities amid the high […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A leading Pan-African financial services provider, Afreximbank has been unveiled as the official partner of this year’s African Energy Week (AEW) holding from October 18 to 21 in Cape Town, South Africa. The AEW is Africa’s premier energy conference, exhibition and networking event organized annually by African Energy Chamber (AEC). The AEW […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a social enterprise that builds Information Communication and Technology (ICT) driven support systems, has called on the National Assembly to urgently pass the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill in order to guarantee the rights of Nigerian citizens in the digital age and to promote trust. PIN essentially advocates for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after terrorists threatened to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna Governor Nasir el’Rufai in a viral video, troops of the Guards Brigade have been ambushed by armed bandits in Abuja. Three soldiers were wounded during the attack, which has thrown residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) into a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian relationship therapist and self-acclaimed feminist, Solomon Buchi, has come under criticism after complimenting his fiancé, Arike. African Examiner recalls that Solomon Buchi recently got engaged to his lover who hails from Ondo state. However, trouble started for him after he uploaded pictures of his girlfriend on Facebook saying that he loves […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Big Brother Naija season 7 housemate, EloSwag, has emerged as the first Head of House for the season. This was announced after the Big Brother Naija Level Up housemates had their first Head of House games on Monday evening. The Level 1 and Level 2 housemates came together to play the HoH […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been discharged from the hospital following a successful surgical operation and rehabilitation. A statement issued on Monday by his Chief Personal Physician, Dr. Nicholas Audifferen said the Vice President would continue recuperating in the next few days. In the statement, Audifferen said, “the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Monrovia, Liberia, to attend the 175th independence anniversary celebrations of the country. Presidential Spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, in statement issued on Monday said Buhari, who would be the Special Guest of Honour at the event, joins other world leaders and organisations to rejoice […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt congratulations to Tobi Amusan for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold for Nigeria at the World Athletics Championship 2022, setting a new world record in the semifinals of the athletic event and becoming the first Nigerian to win a World Championship. A statement issued on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Collation of civil society organisations in Enugu State has called on the Minister of State for Health to order the Medical Director, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu, Dr. Monday Igwe, to step aside from office, as the police begins full scale investigation into numerous allegations leveled against him by the group. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that some delegates were induced with money to vote at the APC presidential primary in June. Mr Amaechi made the allegation at an event to mark the 60th birthday of Eugene Ogu, the general overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission in Port […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Access Bank Plc, a Nigerian multinational commercial bank has been conferred the Management System Certificate in accordance with the management system requirements in ISO 37301:2021 standard. This feat sees the financial institution become the first bank to achieve certification against this standard and it is in recognition of its exemplary commitment to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tobi Amusan became the first Nigerian athlete to win a World Athletics Championship gold as she stormed to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles in Oregon on Sunday. Amusan, who had obliterated the world record in an astonishing semi-final where she clocked 12.12sec, powered over the line at Hayward Field in 12.06sec. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC), Kwali in Kwali Area Council, FCT, Abuja. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu gave the directive on Monday in Abuja in a statement made available to newsmen by the Director of Press and Public Relations, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 30 passengers were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when their bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a river along the highway in Tharaka Nithi. The Eastern Regional Police Commander Rono Brunei said on Monday. The bus, travelling from Meru town to the coastal city of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted some travellers in Lokpanta, a community in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. African Examiner learnt that the victims — who were travelling in a Toyota Corolla car –– were attacked by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A front civil society organization, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has accused the Nigeria Police of being used by powerful interests in the country to harass the media. MRA made the indictment while condemning the raid on the head office of the Peoples Gazette newspaper by agents of the Nigeria Police and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 general election gathers steam, a political pressure group, operating under the banner of Like minds Initiative (LMI), has urged Nigerian Electorate to de- emphasize issue of ethnicity and religion and embrace the ruling All progressive Congress APC presidential Candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, saying he has the capacity to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has been ranked as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Bank retained its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria with a Tier-1 Capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $5.4 million grant to build food security in Somalia. The ADF has the challenge of having nearly half its client countries as fragile states and having nearly half its client countries as fragile states, and […]
