(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has stated that doctors are driven out of the country by poverty and insecurity. The African Examiner recalls that a lawmaker, Ganiyu Johnson, had sponsored a bill to amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act 2004 with a view to addressing the brain drain in the health […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 2 million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for the year 2022, report says. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement on Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians on Twitter are venting their spleens on Sam Omatseye, the chairman of The Nation Newspaper’s editorial board and ally of the president-elect after he posted a fake photo of Tinubu and President Buhari.The African Examiner recalls that after the election, president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left Nigeria on March 2022 to rest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayern have suspended Sadio Mané for the next game — he won’t be in the squad vs Hoffenheim and will also be fined. This happened due to his fight with Leroy Sané after the City game when he punched Sané in the face in the dressing room after having an argument during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Government has slammed promoters of the “Gangs of Lagos” movie for cultural misrepresentation and for portraying the culture of Lagos in a derogatory way. The African Examiner writes that the movie features Tobi Bakare, Pasuma, Zlatan, Iyabo Ojo, Yhemo Lee, Adesua Etomi-Wellington, Bimbo Ademoye, Chike, Yvonne Jegede, Yinka Quadri, Chioma […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojukutu, has stated that she has began the process of renouncing her Nigerian citizenship is ongoing following the emergence of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next president. It could be recalled that prior to the time when Tinubu was declared the winner of the election, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says no fewer than 400 migrants died between January and March 2023 while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean. The Central Mediterranean route – stretching overseas from North Africa to Italy and, to a lesser degree, Malta – is the world’s most dangerous maritime crossing. IOM, […]
By Femi Fani-Kayode (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Obidients are (with apologies to Governor Charles Soludo) “a headless mob” similar to the demonised and emotionally unhinged rabble that insisted on the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ. They are filled with the same violent, angry, divisive, rebellious, treacherous, mutinous, treasonous, deceitful, mendacious, deceptive, ungrateful, covetous, vain, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading Pan-African Digital Rights and Inclusion organization has urged stakeholders to contribute towards efforts aimed at ensuring Internet accessibility, particularly in Africa. Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, Mr. ‘Gbenga Sesan gave the charge at the 10th edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF23), which kicked off […]
…. Destroy His Properties. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Abakaliki Lane, Government Reservation Area GRA Enugu, were thrown into apprehension in the early hours of today, Wednesday, as armed Soldiers numbering over 40 attached to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, invaded the residence of a Retired officer, Colonel Emeka Ugwuoke, and […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group urged the Burundian government to pursue reforms in the fertilizer sector of its economy. President of AfDB Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina gave the charge when he met with the Burundian officials at the bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Dr. Adesina, who was accompanied by some top officials of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, says that the Chief Executive Officer of Chinmark Group, Ijiomah Marksman Chinedu, is a wanted man for alleged investment fraud. Chinedu was tasked to appear before the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Interpol, at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. A special police gazette bulletin disclosed that a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the call for his arrest and prosecution for admonishing Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over inciting the public to violence is unjustifiable. The minister stated this on Wednesday in London while reacting to the call by Elder statesman and leader of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, last Friday, was allegedly detained in London by UK immigration officials. According to reports, Obi was detained for hours, and interrogated by the officials, after his British Airways plane landed in Heathrow Airport on Friday morning. Prof Chinyere Okunna, a Mass Communications scholar, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the call for his arrest and prosecution for admonishing Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over inciting the public to violence is unjustifiable. The minister stated this on Wednesday in London while reacting to the call by Elder statesman and leader of […]
By Kenneth Uwadi The next governorship election in Imo state will be held on Saturday November 11, 2023. This is due to the belated inauguration of the incumbent Governor Hope Uzodinma after he was declared winner of the last governorship election in the state by the Supreme Court. Following Peter Obi”s winning in all the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland scored his 45th goal of the season as Manchester City took a commanding 3-0 first-leg lead over Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday. Rodri and Bernardo Silva were also on target for the English champions, who took a giant stride towards finally conquering Europe for the first […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Dino Melaye has fired back at Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who laughed off his aspiration to succeed Governor Yahaya Bello. In a statement on his verified Facebook page on Tuesday, Melaye said Kogi is not Rivers State where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Super Falcons extended their winning streak to three following a 3-0 bashing of the 2023 World Cup co-host New Zealand on Tuesday. Coach Randy Waldrum’s girls got the breakthrough from an unlikely source eleven minutes to half time. Skipper Onome Ebi headed home from an incisive Tony Payne cross at the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says global growth will bottom out at 2.8 per cent in 2023 before rising modestly to 3.0 per cent in 2024. This is according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update Report for April 2023: “A Rocky Recovery”, released on Tuesday at the World Bank […]
