(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abba Kyari, former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the police has claimed that there is a threat to his life in the Kuje correctional facility. Kyari cried out that he is not safe staying in the same correctional facility with criminals. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, made […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A gateman with Mabila Hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday by some unknown gunmen and robbed some officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that lodged there. The Police spokesman for Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident . He said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Ministers aspiring to be President in 2023 to resign immediately. He applauded the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba for braving the odds to quit to avoid conflict of interest. But other Ministers seeking to be Governors, Senators and House of Representatives members were busy trying to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ogun State High Court has ordered prompt detainment of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos and Superintendent Tijani Taofiq for contempt. The Police officers had disobeyed the court order that asked both the AIG and Taofiq to pay N500,000 and N50,000 respectively as damages in favour of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) through one of its flagship initiatives is currently helping women and children in Burkina Faso to overcome food insecurity. Despite its tremendous agricultural potential, Burkina Faso has long grappled with the thorny problem of food and nutrition security. Regrettably, in a country, where 82 percent of the population […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Football federation is about to announce a new Super Eagles coach on Thursday. The president of the association, Amaju Pinnick, told a local media that Portuguese tactician, Jose Peseiro is one of the leading contenders. It could be recalled that the NFF had sacked Gernot Rohr in December 2021 after […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shehu Sani, a popular Nigerian activist and former federal lawmaker has stated that Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, did not purchase the much talked about N100 million All Progressives Congress, APC’s nomination and expression of interest forms for former President, Goodluck Jonathan. According to the former lawmaker, Miyetti Allah was only […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday vowed to join the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if the federal government failed to address issues raised by the union and put an end to their action. President of TUC, Quadri Olaleye, who made the vow on behalf […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Portuguese chair umpire Daniel Zeferino has been banned from tennis for life after being found guilty of match-fixing and helping betters, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Tuesday. The London-based agency said Zeferino had been “manipulating” scores inputted into his electronic scoring device at an ITF M15 event in 2020, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has dismissed Chief Roberts Clarke’s call for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration by six months. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He restated that Buhari would handover to democratically elected winners of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will not face criminal charges after punching a man multiple times before a flight out of San Francisco last month. The announcement came on Tuesday following an investigation by the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. It says the circumstances preceding the April 20 confrontation led […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Press Center (IPC) will today in Abuja launch its two documentaries and a publication on attacks on journalists. The first of the documentaries and the publication are entitled, “Voices From Covid-19 Frontlines”, while the second documentary is entitled, “Voices From #EndSars Frontlines”. The event being organised to commemorate the year […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has enjoined Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), to think of the type of legacies he wants to bequeath to generations unborn instead of playing the role of a spoiler who is passionately scheming to destabilize democracy through his unrealistic and toxic proposals. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Chieftains of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu state have alleged that the embattled State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballa, is a mole hired by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, of the people Democratic party PDP to destroy the ruling party in the area. African Examiner reports that until his recent Defection to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has promised to support the implementation of the Abidjan Legacy Programme, a project that will restore forest and degraded lands in Côte d’Ivoire, with $500 million. President of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina made the pledge when he met with the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara. The Bank chief was […]
……Refunds Money to Voluntary Donors (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past Chairman of the All Progressive Congress {APC} in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has declined appeals from different quarters to contest for the governorship primaries of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying the leadership of the party in the state as presently […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that it is not advisable for another northerner to replace President Buhari in the forthcoming general elections. Obasanjo stated this when the Political Action Committee (PAC) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide paid him a courtesy at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta on Monday. According to him, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that he has the antecedents, experience, vision, and training to be the president of Nigeria. Tinubu stated this when he met Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari and APC delegates in the state, on Monday, May 9, 2022. In the […]
…Ex-President Will Run, Assures Associate (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political associates of former President Goodluck Jonathan are divided over the decision of the former president to contest the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). While some are favourably disposed to Jonathan throwing his hat in the ring, the other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An elder statesman and senior lawyer, Robert Clarke, SAN, Monday in Abuja, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), should serve for an extra six months to give him enough time to address the country’s security woes. Clarke stated that with less than a year to the 2023 elections there was […]
