(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The current alarming insecurity situation in Enugu State on Thursday worsened as a former Secretary to the State Government SSG, Dr. Dan Shere and a number of people yet to be ascertained were kidnapped by Gunmen. It was gathered that he was among several other commuters abducted along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tesla CEO disclosed this in a post on his official Twitter handle on Thursday. Earlier this month, the billionaire agreed to purchase the micro-blogging platform for the initial offer price of $44 billion. The development came months after filing a notice with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners have canvassed for substantial increase in funding for crisis-affected children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There are currently about 5 million internally displaced persons […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United sealed their place in the Europa League knockouts with an easy 3-0 win over Sheriff Tiraspol. Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed his return to the Manchester United first-team as he scored their third goal on Thursday night. The forward pounced late on to fire home after his initial header was saved for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to finance MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) €100 million . To support the telecommunications company’s network expansion programme. MTN Nigeria is one of Africa’s largest providers of communications services, connecting over 74 million people in communities across the country with each other and the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented an estimated N1,692 trillion as budget estimates for the 2023 to the House of Assembly. The ‘Budget of Continuity’ comprises revenue of N1.342 billion and deficit financing of N350,000 billion. This further comprises total Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N1.108 billion and federal transfers of N234 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing internal crisis befalling the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has taken a new twist as former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has opened up concerning his rumoured switch of allegiance from the caucus of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Mimiko, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kanye West was “escorted” by two executives out of the Skechers corporate offices after the rapper showed up uninvited. He arrived “unannounced and without invitation” at the Los Angeles offices, Skechers said, adding that he was “engaged in unauthorized filming.” The hip hop star appeared at a Paris fashion show this month […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, has urged former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to apologise for allegedly lying against him. Ortom said this when he received a group, under the aegis of Jemgbagh Youths, on a protest at the Government House, Makurdi, over alleged lies against Ortom by Atiku. He stated that Atiku should […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oil marketers on Wednesday said the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in many parts of Nigeria was due to the unavailability of mother vessels to ship the product to the country. Also, they insisted on raising the price of the commodity following the hike in the rate of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Same-sex marriage has become legal throughout Mexico after the state of Tamaulipas became the last in the mostly Catholic country to approve it, the local Congress said Wednesday. The northern border state’s decision ends a 12-year journey toward national marriage equality beginning when the capital Mexico City became the first to celebrate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, International Society for Civil Liberties and rule of law Intersociety, has accused Nigeria’s security forces, which includes the Army, police and others of illegally arresting 150 defenseless Women in South East, in the last two years, labeling them Biafra agitators. It said “two Years (Oct 2020-Oct 2022) Army, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foremost Nigeria’s Safety Training Centre, OPEANS Nigeria limited (ONL) has recorded yet another mile stone in its operations, as it received one of the highest global certification in the oil and gas industry, from the American petroleum Institute API. The company, with an ultra- modern state of the Art facilities, with headquarters […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barcelona waved goodbye to their Champions League hopes for the second season running and drowning in another Bayern Munich goals deluge. It was 3-0 on the night and the 5-0 aggregate score from their two games against the Germans in the group stage is a reminder of how far they still have […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gboyega Akosile, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate in the state, Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, as a trainee politician, Akosile said Jandor’s candidature is an “insult” to electorates in the state, adding that he was contesting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As political parties in Nigeria continues their campaigns ahead of the 2023 general elections, a group, under the platform of ‘Enugu peace Renaissance’, has urged political Actors in the state to engage on only issue based campaign and shun Politics of violence, mudslinging and calumny. It said “the attention of our organization, […]
…As Operatives Nab 9 Kidnap Suspects, Rescue Victims (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the recent attack and abduction of some travelers along the Ugwuogo /Nike Opi Nsukka road, the Enugu state Commissioner of police, CP Ammed Ammani, has ordered adequate deployment of security in the area He assured that onslaught on criminal elements shall be sustained […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Seoul, invited top Korean business executives to increase their investments in Nigeria, while his administration would continue to make determined efforts to improve the enabling domestic environment for businesses to flourish. Buhari spoke during an audience he granted representatives of strategic Korean companies and industries on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The structure of the crisis -ridden opposition people’s Democratic party PDP has further been depleted in South East as Ex- national publicity Secretary, Barrister Olisa Metuh, has resigned his membership of the party. He disclosed his resignation in a letter addressed to the Embattled National Chairman of the PDP, Dr Iyochia Ayu, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Seoul, expressed Nigeria’s desire to widen the scope of trade relations with the Republic of Korea beyond gas exports. Speaking during a bilateral meeting with his Korean counterpart, Mr. Yoon Suk-Yeol at the Presidential Palace on the sidelines of the First World Bio Summit, Buhari called […]
