…Receives cash prize of $50,000 By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For the second time, Abraham Kiptum from Kenya has emerged the winner of the 2nd edition of the Access Bank Lagos city Marathon race which held early Saturday, February 11, 2017. Kiptum achieved similar feat in the maiden edition last year. Ronny […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are heated debates in Africa and in diplomatic circles across the globe over the January 31, African Union(AU) Assembly decision that African countries carry out a collective withdrawal from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) Although the decision is technically non- binding but it carries a lot of weight and may sound the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has arrived Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital to commence the second leg of the Federal Government (FG) Niger Delta Dialogue. Osinbajo’s visit to the South South State is part of his ongoing engagement with the people and communities of the Niger Delta region. While in Yenagoa, the […]
A federal appeals court Thursday refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban and allowed previously barred travelers to enter the United States. “We […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite a 12-point gap between his club and Chelsea, Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger is still hopeful of swing. Consequently, Wenger is of the view that the Premier League title fight is still very much on. “It is never over; Even if you [the media] think it is, I don’t – […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is now confirmed that Harlequins’ Jack Clifford will make just his second start for England in one of two changes for Saturday’s Six Nations match with Wales in Cardiff. Clifford, 23, replaces Tom Wood on the open-side flank while Jack Nowell comes in for Jonny May on the wing, […]
Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as well as the former National interim Leader of the party, Chief Bisi Akande Thursday met with the President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja House United Kingdom (UK), London. The two APC […]
IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of kidnappers who stormed Isheri area of the State Wednesday evening, killing three security guards. The suspected kidnappers also reportedly abducted the Secretary of the Isheri North Residents Association, Mr. Dayo Adekoya. Commissioner […]
By Ignatius Okpara ABAKALIKI NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular movement along the Enugu Abakaliki express way was on Wednesday afternoon halted for several hours, as operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS) chased and intercepted a vehicle carrying four fresh human heads allegedly concealed in a sack bag loaded with garri. The security men […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Innocent Idibia also called 2Baba has replied his critics, defending he appreciated to be labeled a coward with the audacity to speak for people. 2Baba said this on his Instagram account while reacting to reservation expressed by a section of the public, faulting his last minute back out from the […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Nigerian Army (NA) Enugu, says its attention has been drawn to a video snip of 2 military police soldiers maltreating a physically challenged person along the new market road, Onitsha, Anambra state on Wednesday, assuring that the culprits will not go unpunished. It insisted “whatever human rights […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has expressed its resolve to support Arik Airlines as it recently plunged into financial distress. AMCON’s Spokesperson Jude Nwauzor disclosed that the intervention was a confirmation of the Federal Government (FG) commitment to ensure that there is sanity in the country’s aviation sector […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nsukka Division of the Enugu State Police Command have nabbed a notorious criminal suspect who specializes in vandalization of Electric Armoured cables within the area and environ. The suspect, who gave his name as Chukwuka Ofordile, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After about three months of waiting and controversies, the Presidency has at last sent request to the Senate for confirmation of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen as the substantive first Judge in the country. The acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s move was made public via the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following drop in its sales, Walt Disney’s Chief Executive, Bob Iger has warned against a trade war between the US and China, alarming the trend would spell doom for business. The warning was against the background of the policies being pursued by US President Donald Trump which could set off […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Russian main opposition leader, Mr. Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement. Local media report that the judge was still reading the verdict in the city of Kirov, still, yet, it was clear that Mr. Navalny had been convicted. In the event that a suspended sentence was pronounced, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President Bukola Saraki, has appointed Dr. Baba Ahmed, as his new Chief of Staff. The appointment followed the resignation on January 31, 2017 of the immediate past Saraki’s COS, Mr. Isa Galaudu. In a statement by the National Assembly (NASS) Chairman Special Adviser on (Media and Publicity), Mr. Yusuph […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the dangers inherent in the practice of Female Genital Mutilation(FGM), and cutting among the girl child and women in Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on governments, civil society organisations traditional and religious leaders to join hands to end the ugly act. Speaking […]
…Committee Chairman Pursuing Personal Agenda –Anyim (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unperturbed by objections from critical stakeholders, the Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hon. Herman Hembe, has proceeded with his public hearing on the Abuja Centenary City project. Curiously, the committee is asking for documents it should have received […]
MAIDUGURI, BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Borno Command, Tuesday in Maiduguri averted another disaster as they intercepted two female suicide bombers who attempted to ram into motorists. The incident according to the State NSCDC Commandant Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi occurred Tuesday around 6.45am at the NNPC […]
