(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – La Tosha Holmes, a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CPNP-PC) from Webster, has inaugurated iCare Pediatrics, the first ever African American-owned Pediatric practice in Galveston County, Texas, which is just 30 minutes away from Houston. iCare Pediatrics is located at 218 Nasa Parkway, Webster, Texas 77598, and serves patients from birth to 21 years […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The minority caucus in the House of Representatives has stated that it is worried by the massive oil theft in the country, which has become an “organised racket under the corrupt, reckless and extremely decadent All Progressives Congress (APC) administration”. The caucus, who are opposition lawmakers made their worries known in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, says that the country cannot afford another eight years of a Northerner holding presidential power. Fani-Kayode stated that Nigerians should reject the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election. Writing on ‘Power shift, Tinubu presidency and the PDP’, Fani-Kayode advised Southern and Northern allies against betraying […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that some comments being circulated about his meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, are not true. It could be recalled that Tinubu on Wednesday visited Obasanjo at his Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Accompanied by Governor Dapo Abiodun of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite threats by various dissident groups in South- East, region, especially the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB, the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Usman Baba Akali, has assured residents of the zone that election will hold in the area come 2023. The Nigeria’s police boss, represented by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mainstream Chairman of All Progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude has applauded the expulsion from the party of the Embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, saying his sack was in line with the party’s constitution. Agballa, who has been having running battle with members of the party in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has refuted claims that it was involved in the attack on the convoy of the state’s First Lady, Kafayat Oyetola. It could be recalled that the convoy was attacked on Friday at the Owode area of the state, and some of the First […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has opened up about his discussion with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, during a recent visit to his residence in Lagos. It could be recalled that Femi was the subject of Internet trolls when he stated that being obedient in Nigeria was to be a […]
( AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African American female accountant, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Essential Accounting Consultants based in Cleveland, Ohio, Robin Boyd has been featured in Forbes Magazine twice for helping to grow 1,000 minority-owned businesses in the United States. For more than 20 years, Boyd has been transforming Black-owned businesses into million-dollar […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed in Lafia. African Examiner recalls that the Commissioner was kidnapped at his residence in Nassarawa-Eggon Local Government Area (LGA) by gunmen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed outrage over a 34-year prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman, Ms Salma Al-Shehab charged with following and retweeting so-called dissidents and activists. Doctoral student Al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in jail, followed by a 34-year travel ban in connection with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment and re-deployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Mr Mohammed Ahmed, Deputy Director Communications, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular issued on Friday in Abuja. According to Ahmed, the affected […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The prize money for Saturday’s (today) heavyweight title rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia has been revealed. According to Evening Standard, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will each receive a guaranteed minimum of £33.2m ($40m) for their rematch. Recall that the duo went head-to-head on Wednesday at the […]
(AFRICAN EXANINER) – The crisis rocking the Enugu State chapter of the All progressive Congress APC Friday evening took a new twist, as the Udi/Agbudu political ward of the Embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, announced his expulsion from the party. They had debarred him from holding party office, before pronouncing the expulsion. The decision […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Imo State on Friday stated that the regime of Gov Hope Uzodinma has come to its expiry date and must give way to a PDP led-administration. The opposition party alleged that the Imo State government through its sponsored protest wants to hoodwink the people and divert […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South East Badminton in collaboration with Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative, a frontline Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has organised a two-day badminton clinic in Nsukka, Enugu State. The grassroots outreach training, which is the first to be jointly facilitated by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and CSED Initiative, was held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global Peace Ambassador and world-renowned humanitarian, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has arrived in Nigeria to attend a culture festival. Ravishankar is a global humanitarian and a spiritual leader who has rekindled traditions of yoga and meditation that have helped millions achieve personal and social transformation by relieving stress and discovering inner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja said the public service remains the engine room of government, and should attract the “best and brightest’’ that would fuel policies with fresh ideas, while assuring that the Orosanye White Paper Report would be implemented, after review. This was contained in a statement issued by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian online coach, Solomon Buchi, has deactivated his social media accounts after trolls called him out for being an hypocrite. African Examiner had earlier reported that Buchi had earlier come under severe criticism after he wrote a “romantic message” to his lover, Arike, who he described as not “the most beautiful […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Broadcasting Commission, on Friday, tasked 52 broadcast outfits, including the African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and the broadcasting corporations run by various state governments to close down their operations. According to the NBC, the directive became necessary because of debts incurred by the broadcasting organisations amounting to at least N2.6bn. […]
