(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Abuja on Thursday for Arusha, Tanzania, on a short visit. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. The vice president will be received in Arusha by his Tanzanian counterpart, Dr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has said that it is currently supporting the AfricaGrow initiative for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa with over €500 million. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel disclosed this in her address at G20 Investment Summit in Berlin last week. The meeting was held under the auspices of the G20 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the Enugu state Chapter of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Thursday took a new twist, as some aggrieved members from various council areas, staged a protest over the exclusion of the State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, Director General of Voice of Nigeria VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UNICEF has condemned in strong terms over yet another abduction of 100 Students and a teacher of government Day Secondary School Kaya, in Maradun Council area of Zamfara state, North West Nigeria, describing the development as horrifying. It noted that “of the abducted students, 23 students escaped and returned home – two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) says Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), will head its newly inaugurated Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based in Berlin, Germany. Outgoing German Federal Chancellor, Dr Angela Merkel, and the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, inaugurated the hub on Wednesday to better […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oba Jimoh Titiloye, the Olu of Igbo-Ora in Oyo State, has announced that the 2021 edition of the World Twin Festival would hold Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 in the ancient town. Oba Titiloye disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement he made available to the media in Lagos. He said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than four billion people live without any welfare protection globally to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said. ILO stated in a new report on Wednesday that COVID-19 crisis had also pushed up government spending by some 30 per cent. It stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, has appointed Jean Damascene Bizimana, Minister of the newly created Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement. This is contained in a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office. Until Tuesday, Bizimana was the executive secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), where he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for relieving two ministers in the federal cabinet of their appointments. The group in a statement issued by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, on Wednesday and made available to African Examiner, urged President Buhari to “hasten action in overhauling his […]
An Enugu based non-governmental organization NGO, Women Information Network (WINET) has stressed the need for the involvement of men folk in dealing with issues on ending Sexual and Gender based violence in Enugu state, South East Nigeria. To this end, the organization on Wednesday organized a one day community dialogue on the issue at Ugwogo […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A bag containing bundles of local and foreign currencies, jewelry and other valuables worth millions of Naira forgotten inside one of the buses for conveying passengers at the Airside of Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Terminal Two (MMA2), has been returned to the owner by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Antoine Griezmann has rejoined Atletico Madrid from FC Barcelona on loan, just two years after leaving the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico Madrid sold France striker Griezmann to Barca for 120 million euros (140 million dollars) in 2019, yet he has never managed to recapture his best form at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi’s departure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised alarm over plans by some subversive groups and individuals to undertake a negative media campaign against the Service. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Abuja that the plan would involve the use fake […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Abia Government has appealed for calm over the death of one Sunday Ugba, a deacon in the Assemblies of God Church. He died on Monday night, along with six other people, in his home in Umuahia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ugba and the others, including four children that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six members of an Islamist militant group were sentenced to death on Tuesday by a court in Bangladesh, for the brutal killing of two gay rights campaigners, five years ago. Xulhaz Mannan, 35, and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy, 25, were hacked to death in Mannan’s apartment in the capital Dhaka in April 2016, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Taliban fighters took control of Kabul airport on Tuesday, following withdrawal of last U.S. troops, marking end of a 20-year war that left the Islamist militia stronger than it was in 2001. Celebratory gunfire resounded across Kabul, as shaky video footage showed fighters entering the airport after the last U.S. troops flew out […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six Chief Judges have been summoned to explain the conflicting orders emanating from the courts under their jurisdiction. Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, the media aide to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), confirmed that Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad issued the summons in his capacity as the National Judicial Commission (NJC) chairman. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno, Prof. Ibrahim Bukar, has announced that about 35 people have died with 150 others hospitalized following the outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting in Gwoza. Bukar made this known on Monday in Maiduguri while speaking at an interactive session with stakeholders in border […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Association of Former Female Athletes in Nigeria (AFFAN), Dr. Esther Oluwatoyin Aluko has reiterated the need for state chapters of the association to consistently work towards discovering and nurturing female athletes across the country. The AFFAN president made the observation in Abeokuta during the inauguration ceremony of Ogun State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, said on Monday in Kano that the state has about two million drug addicts, representing 16 per cent prevalence. Marwa made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje. “In Kano State, drug abuse prevalence is 16 per cent; that is, in […]
