(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York says it is making arrangement to enroll Nigerians within its jurisdiction for the National Identification Number (NIN) in line with the directive from the Federal Government. The Consul-General, Amb. Lot Egopija, stated at a hybrid Town Hall meeting held at Nigeria House in New York […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated at his private residence by yet to be identified gunmen, the interim prime minister Claude Joseph, said on Wednesday. “At about 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday, a group of unknown individuals, some of whom spoke Spanish, attacked the president’s private residence and lethally wounded the Head […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consulate General of Nigeria in New York, Amb. Lot Egopija, says no fewer than 1,328 passports produced at the mission are yet to be collected. Egopija stated in New York that the passports were among the backlogs cleared, but were yet to be collected by the applicants. The Nigerian envoy said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has Urged President Muhammadu Buhari to restore Twitter operations in the country as restricting the use of social media has no place in a democracy. This was contained in a statement on Thursday signed by Blinken’s spokesman, Ned Price. The statement read, “The United […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Joe Biden embarked on his first overseas trip on Wednesday where he will meet European partners The president and First Lady Jill Biden are scheduled to meet U.S. soldiers in the English county of Suffolk to kick off their first foreign trip since taking office in January. On Thursday, Biden […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American rap artiste, Lil Loaded, the voice behind the 2019 viral summer hit song “6locc 6a6y” has died at 20. The Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed his death on Monday to USA TODAY that the young rapper, who’s legal name was Dashawn Robertson, had died. However, the officials did not reveal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested Abidemi Rufai, a Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, over $350,000 fraudulent US unemployment claims. Rufai was arrested on Friday evening at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York based on criminal complaint. He was subsequently charged with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian ex- beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been shot dead She was shot inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue Police are yet to arrest the suspect, leaving Sule’s family and friends searching for answers. ‘I can’t think of anything that would make anyone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States of America says there is no concrete evidence of anyone who died from the shots fired by Nigerian Army during the #EndSARS protest at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State on October 2, 2020. This was disclosed in the newly-released: ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria’. The statement […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-five world leaders have thrown their weight behind a proposal from European Council President Charles Michel to draw up a new international treaty on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The U.S. Department of State has delivered a subtle warning to would-be irregular migrants from Africa, who may be drawing inspiration from the crisis at the country’s southern border A spokesperson of the department, Mr Jalina Porter, who gave the warning, on Friday, said anyone seeking to enter the U.S. should do […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo has been confirmed as the deputy secretary of the treasury department by the US senate which makes him the first African American to hold the position Adeyemo’s appointment was announced after a voice vote which is usually deployed when there is little to no opposition Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United States (US) President Joe Biden pushed back on Thursday at claims that flow of undocumented immigrants at the US southern border has reached crisis levels, saying the surge is a mostly seasonal problem that happens each year. “There is a significant increase in the number of people coming to the border […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former world golf number one Tiger Woods is home from the hospital After shattering his ankle and other leg bones in a rollover crash, the golf great is recuperating at home, he said on Twitter “Happy to report that I am back home and continuing my recovery,” he wrote on Twitter “I am […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A shooting on Saturday night in Minneapolis has left one person dead. The incident unfolded at the same site where black U.S. citizen George Floyd died last May while being apprehended by white police officers, Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said. “The victim and the suspect had a verbal disagreement, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Will Smith has opened up about possibly running for president at some point in his career, and we wouldn’t put it past him. The 52-year-old has taken on some of the biggest roles in Hollywood, but he may be turning his attention to politics next. Appearing on the Pod Save America podcast, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization on Monday accepts an apology from a Swiss newspaper that had dismissed the seasoned international professional as a grandmother. “It is important & timely that they’ve apologised,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said in a tweet. She took over as the new WTO […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the UN General Assembly Amb. Volkan Bozkir has added his voice to the growing condemnation of Friday’s abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria. “I am shocked by today’s kidnapping of 317 girls from their school in northwest Nigeria,” Bozkir tweeted on Friday evening. “This is the third […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Canadian government says it is worried by the multiple hotel sexual assaults involving travelers during COVID-19 quarantine enforcement, but will continue with the programmes, cabinet ministers told the House of Commons. To date, two women have been assaulted after being subject to government quarantine measures. A woman identified as “Sarah” was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The board members of Texas’ power grid operator declared their resignation on Tuesday after millions of state residents were cut off power throughout days of tough frosty temperatures. The board chair of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Sally Talberg, vice chairman Peter Cramton, finance and audit committee chair Terry Bulger […]
