By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of pensioners in Imo state, South East Nigeria, have gone spiritual, over the non-payment of their pensions and gratuities by the state government. The senior citizens, as they are otherwise called had on Thursday staged a prayer session to seek God’s intervention on the issue. According to […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to shelve its planned industrial action slated for Wednesday, to protest against the new pump price fuel. The order which is renewable after seven days followed an ex-parte motion filed by the Attorney General […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Proprietor of Giwa FC and controversial factional NFF President, Chris Giwa and five others have been slammed with a five year ban by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), over the lingering glass house leadership tussle. The ban was contained in a letter signed by the CAFSecretary General, […]
By Garba Shehu Twelve months ago, President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He came to power following the decisive victory of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC over the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Dr. Goodluck […]
KANO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated that the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 saved the country’s economy from imminent collapse due to mismanagement and unbridled corruption. The Minister made the remarks in Kano Friday during a courtesy visit to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, shortly […]
Manchester United has officially confirmed Jose Mourinho as its new Manager. The former Chelsea Manager replaced Dutchman Louis van Van Gaal, who was dismissed Monday despite winning the FA Cup two days earlier. Speaking at the official confirmation, Man U Executive Vice-Chairman Ed Woodward said “Jose is quite simply the best manager in the game today”. […]
DELTA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the Niger Delta Avengers have attacked another oil facilities belonging to the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) and Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NNPC) in Warri, Delta State, South South Nigeria. The attack, according to the residents occurred late Thursday around Batan community in Warri South West Local Government […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Olympic Chiefs have announced that 23 athletes from five different sports and six different countries, at the London 2012 Games have failed retrospective doping tests. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently retested 454 selected doping samples from the 2008 Games in Beijing and another 250 from London 2012. It said the retests, which […]
ABUJA, 27 MAY 2016-The theme of this year’s Children’s Day, “Protect the rights of the child in the face of violence and insecurity: End child marriage” helps to shed a much needed light on the unprecedented levels of violence against children in Nigeria in the recent past and present. In the North East, we have witnessed, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first world President, Barack Obama has broken the record of becoming the first serving US President to visit Hiroshima since the World War II nuclear attack. No fewer than 140,000 were killed in Hiroshima and another 74,000 two days later in a second bombing in Nagasaki, on August 6, 1945. […]
Zimbabwe has freed 2,000 inmates as the country’s prison system struggles with massive overcrowding and food shortages. The notice of the pardon was announced earlier this week by President Robert Mugabe. It was extended to all male prisoners under the age of 18 and all female inmates, with the exception of two serving life sentences. […]
Search teams looking for the flight recorders of the EgyptAir plane have picked up a radio signal from an emergency locator transmitter, Egyptian investigators say. This could help to narrow the search area for the “black boxes” to a 5km (3 mile) radius in the Mediterranean Sea. A deep-water operation will start in the coming […]
By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze PREAMBLE My good friend and political leader, Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who piloted with other great Nigerians the ousting of the last looting PDP Administration under the watch of Dr Goodluck Jonathan that ruined and brought our country to her knees, will by this Friday, May 27, […]
One of the major news items in circulation has been the scarcity of tomato. Incidentally, Nigeria is (was) the 14th largest producer of tomato in the world and the second largest producer in Africa, after Egypt, but our country hardly produces enough to meet the local demand of about 2.3 million tonnes, and lacks the capacity […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Airlines will stop flying to Nigeria next month, ending the carrier’s only route to Africa because of weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in collecting money from tickets sold in that country. The daily route from Houston to Lagos had underachieved for years but was kept alive because […]
Lusaka, Zambia, May 24 – At the 51st Annual meeting of the board of governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), African philanthropist Tony Elumelu, urged the private sector to tackle unemployment among African youths on the continent. Mr. Elumelu, the Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and pan-African investment company Heirs Holdings said during […]
…Says Conduct Portends Anarchy A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the continued illegal detention of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Azibaola Roberts for over 65 days without trial. EFCC had on March 23, arrested Robert over alleged diversion of $40 million through One-Plus Holdings, […]
…To save over N100 million monthly The Bayelsa State government has uncovered payroll fraud in the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), with the discovery of over 765 illegally employed teachers in the eight LGAs, including 50 dead persons in Ogbia Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The discovery cuts across the eight local government areas […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria sets to join the rest of the world tomorrow to mark 2016 Children’s day, President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigeria children and youth that his government remained fully committed to fulfilling its promise of a better Nigeria for all. Buhari in his anniversary message reaffirmed his belief that […]
At last, Manchester United, has confirmed the appointment of Jose Morinho as its new Manager. The former Chelsea Manager who succeeded Loius van Gaal who was sacked Monday, has engaged in talks with the English team since Tuesday. Morinho who lastly engaged with the team on image right report said signed a three years contract […]
