Iraq Shia Muslim activists have stormed the country’s Parliament in protest against present deadlock in approving a new cabinet. In the protest, supporters of fellow (Shia) Cleric Moqtada Sadr accessed the parliament via barricades of the protected Green Zone in Baghdad, after many of the lawmakers failed to convene for a vote. Following the development, […]
Many left-wing demonstrators have attempted to stop a right-wing ruling party conference scheduled to hold in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. There is a plan by Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party to re-brand itself as openly anti-Islamic during the meeting. Already, AfD is planning to outlaw both wearing of burqa and construction of minarets in […]
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau I was driving late Monday morning this week, when I heard through the car radio, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), speaking on the state of Nation, at the first Town Hall meeting of the present administration held in Lagos. Although, the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The tiny island of Cuba with no major natural resources, military prowess or strong economy, produced two of the most famous and charismatic leaders of the last one hundred years; Ernesto Che Guevara and Fidel Castro Ruiz. Both have lasting legacies and assured places in world history as people who […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari says he has received with sadness and an immense feeling of great national loss, news of the passing away of the highly revered traditional ruler of Benin Kingdom, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa. On behalf of the Federal Government, President Buhari extended sincere condolences to […]
ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Friday reviewed last Monday’s invasion of Ukpabi Nimbo Community in Uzouwani Local Government Area of the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen, where scores of people were killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed. Ugwuanyi disclosed that “only the security agencies can answer […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA The General Overseer of Christian Victory Prayer Ministry (CVPM) Enugu, Pastor Dan Obinegbo, has condemned monday’s massacre of residents of Ukpabi-Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani council area of Enugu State by Fulani herdsmen, saying the incessant attacks in south east Nigeria is a ploy to proclaim Fulani Jihad in the region. AFRICAN EXAMINER reports […]
By Seun Adebosin BENIN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paramount traditional ruler, Oba of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolopkolo Erediauwa is dead. The transition of the prominent Monarch was announced Friday afternoon, by the Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe. Reason for the death was not disclosed. As tradition […]
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has denied linking the cause of accident last Sunday in Kaduna, which claimed the lives of six Medical Doctors and their driver from Ekiti State to over speeding. While reacting to a media statement credited to Dr. Ekundare Folu of […]
By Reuben Abati “No matter how far the town, there is another beyond it” – Fulani Proverb BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There has been so much emotionalism developing around the subject of the recent clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers, and the seeming emergence of the former as the new Boko Haram, forbidding not […]
By Leo Igwe BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – She is from Zimbabwe in Southern Africa but currently lives in Canada. Rudo, 30 is a skeptic with a mission, a salient ‘silent’ mission to foster skeptical rationality among African women. She describes her home country Zimbabwe as a place where ‘the religious rhetoric is deafening’ and […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A representative of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Senator Joseph Waku, who represented Benue North Senatorial district from 1999 to 2003, today decried the way and manner that the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) case against the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been handled. Speaking with newsmen on the […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for the deployment of inter Agency resources including the use of advanced technology to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain. The DG said this when he led a delegation of the Management […]
….Sets Up Ad- Hoc Committee to Probe Attacks Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate has summoned the Service Chiefs to appear before it, on efforts being made to put an end to killings in remote communities across the country by Fulani herdsmen. The upper legislative Chamber has also set up a 6-man […]
The Federal Government (FG) has declared Monday, May 2, 2016 as public holiday to mark this year’s Workers’ Day. Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), made the declaration in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Bassey Akpanyung. Dambazau congratulated the Nigerian Workers for their […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy weather conditions over the central states of the country tomorrow (Friday) morning. The predictions are contained in the Weather Outlook issued by NiMet’s Central Forecast Office (CFO) Thursday in Abuja. The forecasts stated that there would be chances of isolated thunderstorm over […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week after his death, the local Police investigating the root cause of pop star Prince’s demise, are presently in search of assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration agency. Media reported that police have found prescription painkillers in Prince’s possession after his sudden death in Minneapolis last week. Still, […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has mandated its three standing Committees including , Marine Safety, Education and Administration to investigate how the sum of N111.8 billion intervention fund granted the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by the NNPC was expended. Similarly, the Committees are to unravel […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Umar has dismissed Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s motion challenging his (Umar) moral right to preside over his trial on false assets declaration. The fresh application was introduced last week by one of Saraki’s Counsels, Mr Ajibola Oluyede. […]
BALTIMORE MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The body of popular singer, Papa Wemba, who died about two weeks ago in Abidjan, has arrived the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Familily members, fans and muscicians were among those who besieged the Kinshasa’s airport, waiting for the arrival of the remains of the African music icon. Already, an […]
