(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) have agreed to commit a total package of $8.9 billion to its 2023 to 2025 financing cycle. This is coming after a year of intense negotiations and a difficult global economic outlook. It is the largest replenishment in the history of the Fund. ADF […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises and the Norwegian Government have jointly expressed worries over the increasing number of children that have been pushed out of the educational system in Ethiopia due the severe drought, conflict and forced displacement. Representatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of Isi-Agu Development Union, Ugwuaji Awkunanaw village, Enugu South Council area of Enugu State, have vowed not to allow the traditional ruler of Obeagu Autonomous Community, Igwe Christopher Ikenga, to unlawfully take over their ancestral land and heritage. Addressing Newsmen yesterday in Enugu on the lingering land dispute in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Trade Organization’s Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named one of Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women in the World for 2022. Forbes is a business magazine published in the United States by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family, with a focus on business, technology, communications, science, politics, and law. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Business, finance experts and other stakeholders were sharply divided on the implications and timing of the new cash withdrawal limits by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). They are concerned that the new policy might worsen the tight economic environment. The Senate has scheduled a debate on the matter for next Tuesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline multinational commercial bank in Nigeria, Access Bank Plc has lauded the impact of women on the national economy and reiterated the need for corporate organisations to support the female entrepreneurs. Owned by Access Bank Group, the bank is proactively deepening its commitment to inspire, connect and empower women through the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced former President Otto Perez to 16 years in prison, finding him guilty of leading a massive customs fraud scheme while in office. Perez, who was forced to resign in 2015, was found guilty of racketeering and fraud targeting the customs system, Judge Irma Valdes said as […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The monarch of Oso Ajowa Akoko in in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Clement Jimoh, who was kidnapped, has regained freedom. The traditional ruler, who was abducted in his palace, was set free by the bandits after he had spent seven days in their den. According to a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco beats Spain on penalties while Portugal cruised to a 6:1 victory over Switzerland in order to advance to the quarterfinals in Qatar. The Football World Cup in Qatar is now 56 matches old, with only eight games left to be played. And, what an exciting final eight encounter promises to be! […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The arrest of popular Nigerian singer, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo aka D’banj by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) over alleged fraud has sparked social media reactions. African Examiner writes that there have been reports that D’banj has been detained by the ICPC after he ignored several invitations to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Princess Rukaiyatu Atiku Abubakar, wife of former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar has stated that her husband is the only candidate among others that has strong support for women in the country. According to Rukaiyatu, this is the reason […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has asked the people of Southeast to resist what it referred to as “a full reign of terror being sponsored by enemies of Ndigbo through one Simon Ekpa. Ekpa, a self -acclaimed discipline of the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB leader, Mazi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A second law has been passed by the House of Representatives for second reading, a bill, which wants six months jail term for parents who abandon their newborns or growing children. The bill tagged, “Act to Re-amend the Child Rights Act, Cap. C50, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004,”’ is being […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has denied withdrawing N5 billion from the state’s accounts as well as awarding the reconstruction of the road leading to the Adeleke University in Ede. In a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Wednesday, he said the allegations being peddled on social media is a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted a corps member, Adenike, and seven others in Extension 2 Relocation, along Arab Road, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Adenike, currently observing the mandatory National Youth Service, was kidnapped in her father’s home. The PUNCH reports. A source confirmed to our correspondent that Adenike […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to point at any meaningful legacy project initiated and completed by his party.in 16 years in office. The group said this in response to claims by the former Vice President that the President Muhammadu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the current restricted power situation in parts of Abuja was as a result of truck loaded with gravel that lost control and crashed into the company’s 132 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission tower No 20, Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’S General Manager, Public Affairs made this known […]
….. Seeks Compensation (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A trader at the demolished Goat Market (New Artisan) Enugu, Alhaji Aminu Sani Nadada has instituted a suit against Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Attorney General of the State and Citigas and Mineral Resources Company Limited at the High Court of Enugu State, claiming N134,500 000 :00K (One […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alula Okposo, the daughter of the late gospel singer Sammie Okposo, has opened up concerning her father’s death. African Examiner recalls that the 51-year-old musician died in his sleep on Friday, November 25, 2022. Taking to her Instagram account, Alula mourned her late father saying that his demise made her feel blank. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has stated that he and Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, possess the best experience to solve the challenges of insecurity plaguing the country. Obi made this known in a meeting with some northeast stakeholders in Abuja, on Monday. According to him, the […]
