(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the present alarming food scarcity and high cost continues unabated in Nigeria, a female Cleric and Agriculturalist, Bishop Deborah Macfoy Akachukwu, has enjoined government at all levels to as a matter of urgency design a robust and realistic strategic plan for the nation’s Agricultural sector, saying no amount of food importation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hundreds of people marched in the Kenyan capital Nairobi Sunday, to honour those who died in anti-government demonstrations this week, as President William Ruto insisted that “I have no blood on my hands.” Rights groups say at least 30 people died in protests driven by a government drive to substantially raise taxes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President Bola Tinubu has condemned the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of precious lives and the maiming of other citizens in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale in a statement issued on Sunday said Tinubu described the attacks as desperate acts of terror According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kebbi State on Sundy lost another pilgrim, Maryamu Mayalo, from Maiyama Local Government Area, who died in Mecca after a protracted illness. This was announced in a statement by the Executive Chairman of the state Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Faruk Inabo, and made available to newsmen through the Chief Press Secretary to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary Nollywood actor, Oludotun Jacobs, is alive and well despite rumours circulating on social media. Popular Nigerian columnist, Betty Irabor, disclosed this in a message she posted on her social media account on Sunday. “Olu Jacob is well and alive.. Please ignore all rumours of his passing. He is alive please,” she […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Chief of Defence Staff, Adm. Ibrahim Ogohi, has passed on after a brief illness at the age of 75. In a brief statement by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Sunday, the former defence chief died in the early hours of Sunday, at his Abuja home. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Sunday said it raided a ‘drug party’ in Abuja and arrested 60 suspects. Its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said that the Friday party was dubbed: “Go hard or Go Home, Pick Your Poison”. “The suspects were 25 males and 35 females; they were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 14 persons died in an auto-crash at Imawa town along the Zaria – Kano highway in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Ibrahim Abdullahi, confirmed the accident to newsmen on Friday in Kano. He said that the accident occurred when a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Mauritanians head to the polls on Saturday in a presidential election that sees incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani taking on six challengers in the West African desert nation that will soon become a gas producer. Ghazouani, 67, a former top soldier, has promised to accelerate investments to spur a commodities boom in the country […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – 100m hurdles world record holder Tobi Amusan has been cleared to run in the Paris Olympics after the sport’s top court on Friday dismissed appeals against the decision to clear her of a doping offence. Amusan, 27, was charged in July 2023 with missing three anti-doping tests in a period of 12 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued fresh guidelines to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on the deposit of foreign currency notes with the apex bank. This directive was contained in a circular issued by the Director of Currency Operators, Mohammed Solaja and posted on the bank’s website on Friday. CBN disclosed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One hundred and three Nigerians on Friday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They were part of those deported from the Republic of Turkey. They arrived at the pilgrims’ wing of the airport at about 6:45 pm on the Southwind Airlines flight with registration number TC-GRB. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 19-year-old suspected transformer vandal, identified as Nwode Sunday has been electrocuted while vandalizing electrical cables in an Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) transformer. Lifeless body of the suspects was taken to the hospital in the early hours of Friday where he was confirmed dead, and the corpse was deposited in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Friday stated that Nigerian workers will not be treated as beggars in the country because of the proposed minimum wage. NLC disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of Information and Public Affairs, Benson Upah, saying that the state governors can’t decide the minimum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Federal Permanent Secretaries to fill in existing and impending vacancies of some states and geo-political zones in the top administrative cadre of the Civil Service of the Federation. Presidential Spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has tasked Nigerian youths to brazen up as they fight against the oppression of corrupt political leaders. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, June 28, Frank, while reacting to the recent protest staged by Kenyan youths […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) chapter says it will support national leadership nationwide indefinite strike if Federal Government failed to meet the union’s demands after the 21 days ultimatium. The body took the unanimous decision in Nsukka on Thursday during its congress that lasted about one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is a realistic chance of famine in 14 areas across Sudan if the war that began in April last year escalates, a global monitor said on Thursday, in a sharply worsening hunger crisis that the World Food Programme called the world’s largest. The areas are located in the capital Khartoum, the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will be difficult for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, said this while inaugurating the PDP National Campaign Councils for Edo and Ondo governorship elections, on Thursday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Godswill Akpabio says the Senate will consider a request for a new presidential jet if there is a necessity for that but dismissed claims that the lawmakers are set to approve the purchase of the same at the moment. Akpabio, the senate president, said this during plenary in Abuja on Thursday amid […]
