(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The government of Mali and the African Development Bank (AfDB), have agreed to accelerate ongoing country projects that aim to reduce poverty. This is coming at the heels of a high-level AfDB mission to the West African nation, which ended on 16th September. A delegation of the bank staff and the Malian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students has rejected the court order that directed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its 7-month strike. African Examiner recalls that the National Industrial Court of Nigeria had directed ASUU to end its strike. The body has been on strike since Monday, February […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. African Examiner reports that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S President, Joe Biden is due to address the 77th General Debate of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. In a break with tradition, Biden’s appearance came on the second day of the high-level annual diplomatic event instead of the first, the delay was due to Biden’s attendance of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ondo State have arrested two 35-year-old serial kidnappers, Olaoye Oluwatosin and Taiwo Olamide. The suspects allegedly kidnapped three persons in Ofosu, Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State between 2021 and 2022. Police spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, paraded the duo before newsmen on Tuesday in Akure. Odunlami said they kidnapped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The team of the Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has pulled out of the campaign Council of the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Rising from their stormy meeting at the country home of Wike in Obio-Akpor on Wednesday morning, members of the team vowed not to partake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students has said its members will block the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Wednesday (today) as part of its protest against the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. African Examiner had reported that students, on Monday, blocked the access […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, says the All Progressive Congress Presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is his “respected elder brother”. He stated this during in an interview on #WithChude. Obi said: “Tinubu is my respected elder brother. The only thing I’m saying is where we are today. It is a job […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian disc jockey, Florence Otedola, better known as DJ Cuppy has lamented that most men want to date her because of her billionaire father. Otedola, who is the daughter of popular billionaire, Femi Otedola, stated this at 3ShotsOfTequila podcast. ”Back home I just feel like so many guys don’t want me, they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States House of Representatives has passed the bipartisan and bicameral bill which seeks to advance quality basic education around the world. Introduced by House Foreign Affairs Africa Subcommittee Chair, Karen Bass (D-CA) and Ranking Member Chris Smith (R-NJ), the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act Reauthorization of 2022, reauthorizes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political stability risks in Africa will be heightened in the coming year as socio-economic challenges exacerbate deep inequalities and highlight governments’ inability to address them, a newly published seventh edition of the Africa Risk-Reward Index Report. has warned. The report was jointly launched on Tuesday by a leading global specialist risk consultancy, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah on Monday stated that his nephew and a driver abducted over three months ago are still in captivity. He made this revelation during the ongoing high-level forum on political communication and issue-based campaign in the 2023 general elections in Abuja, as he talked about […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Ebonyi State on Monday arraigned a 40-year-old-man, Uche Awegbe, before an Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court for allegedly threatening to kill the state governor, David Umahi. The police said Mr Awegbe had shot two residents of the state dead and caused communal crises in Effium, a crisis prone-community in Ohaukwu Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Debt Management Office (DMO) said Nigeria’s total public debt stock, which was N41.60 trillion ($100.07 billion) in March, rose to N42.84 trillion (103.31 billion dollars) by June. According to a statement obtained from DMO’s website on Tuesday, the total debt represents the domestic and external debt stocks of the Federal Government […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate will on Wednesday screen the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, it has been learnt. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this in his address of welcome to Senators from their Annual Summer Recess during plenary. He said the Senate will also work on the Medium Term Expenditure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The stakeholders’ meeting called by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the lingering face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities has commenced. The meeting started about 3:45pm. Gbajabiamila had summoned a stakeholders’ meeting for 3pm to resolve the crisis that had led to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested three suspected armed robbers who specialise in using charms to break houses in Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, stated this in a statement released to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. He said, “On Sept.12, 2022 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned and erudite Hungarian historian and professor of Gender Studies at Central European University, Andrea Pető has won the University of Oslo Human Rights Award for the 2022 fiscal year. UiO’s Human Rights Award is given out annually during Oslo Peace Days as a recognition of personal efforts and active involvement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group, Enugu State polling Booths Vanguard (ESPBV), has cautioned politicians in the state, particularly Chairman of a major opposition party in the area against blackmail and campaign of calumny against the 2023 gubernatorial Candidate of the peoples Democratic party PDP in the state, Barrister Peter Mbah. The group, regretted […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline multinational commercial bank, Access Bank PLC, has reiterated its commitment to improving the access of women to healthcare services in Nigeria. Doubling down on efforts to accelerate the achievement of SDG 3, which focuses on good health and well-being, the Bank through its ‘W’ Initiative is set to embark on […]
