(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Immediate past chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye has dismissed the ratification of his purported suspension and that of some bigwigs of the party in the Southeast including a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, Ex- Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Minister of Foreign […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Israel and Gaza militants traded more heavy fire Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 25 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Air strikes by the Israeli army since Tuesday have killed fighters as well as civilians, including several children, said officials in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group operating under the banner of G-37 has condemned the constitutional lapses in day to day running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), where the Board has been sidelined in major procurement issues. The body, composed of former All Progressives Congress Party (APC) States Chairmen and past members of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The director-general of the budget office of the federation, Ben Akabueze, has stated that Nigeria’s borrowing space keeps reducing because of the inability to service debt. Akabueze made this known on Wednesday in the induction of newly-elected lawmakers of the 10th national assembly in Abuja. He stated that the ratio of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police, Garba Baba Umar as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the office of the Minister of Police Affairs. According to a statement issued on Thursday and signed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the Bank Verification Number (BVN) issued in Nigeria remains for life and has no expiry date, as reported by a national newspaper. Its Acting-Director, Corporate Communications, Alhaji Isa Abdulmumin, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Abdulmumin said that the claim was completely false and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A combative Donald Trump made a rare live appearance on longtime adversary CNN on Wednesday, repeating his false claims about the 2020 election, hurling insults and mocking a former magazine columnist he was found liable of sexually abusing and defaming. Trump, during a one-hour “town hall” on the cable television network that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Golden Eaglets will take on Burkina Faso in a quarter-final game at the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Thursday with an eye for a ticket to the World Cup. Coach Nduka Ugbade’s side face their fellow West Africans in a repeat of the WAFU B championship final which the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has expressed concerns over the exclusion of civil society in Nigeria from the proposed Data Protection Commission’s Governing Council. This is coming at a time when the legislature is discussing the country’s Data Protection Bill, which seeks to establish an independent and effective regulatory commission to oversee data protection […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. Also present in court were the former governors of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, Niger, Babangida Aliyu, Cross River, Liyel Imoke and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14. Details later……
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau workers have commenced an indefinite strike after the failure of the government to meet their demands. The action was declared in a notice of strike issued by the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), Plateau chapter, on Wednesday night in Jos. The notice jointly signed by Plateau JNC Chairman, Titus Malau and Secretary, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Inter Milan have one foot in the Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in Wednesday’s pulsating last-four derby. Inter have the upper hand ahead of Tuesday’s second leg of the biggest Milan derby of a generation thanks to early strikes from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Simone […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has dismissed a suit filed by the Anambra State Government challenging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s power to investigate its finances, describing it as factually and forensically lacking in merit. The State government had approached the court presided over by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party presidential candidate in the just-concluded general elections, Peter Obi, has stated that his supporters, known as Obidients, were not behind the recent attacks against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The African Examiner writes that Adeboye was dragged online by netizens […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential election petitions court has adjourned the petition filed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, for further pre-hearing. The African Examiner writes that the court had earlier adjourned the case to Wednesday for continuation of the pre-hearing which commenced on Monday. However, on Wednesday, Livy Ozoukwu, counsel to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has said that its investments for Africa in the 2022 fiscal year amounted to €4.3 billion. The EIB is a long-term financing institution owned by Member States of the European Union (EU). It finances sound investments contributing to EU policy goals. The EIB Group supports projects in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the victory of his uncle, Governor Ademola Adeleke, at the Supreme Court, popular Nigerian singer, Davido has announced plans to hold a musical concert in Osun State. The African Examiner recalls that the apex court on Tuesday affirmed Adeleke’s victory in the July 12, 2022, governorship election in Osun State. Reacting […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent trip of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sparked debate on social media. The African Examiner writes that the former Lagos State governor left Nigeria on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, for Europe, 19 days before the May 29 inauguration. A statement signed by Tunde Rahmon from his media office stated that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Service Commission on Wednesday, met with a delegation of the United Nation Development Programme, UNDP and the German Government during which it canvassed for support and productive partnership in improving Policing in Nigeria in line with the ongoing Reforms in the force. The is in continuation of the Commission’s stakeholders […]
