(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global Affairs Canada Cooperation for Pan-African and Regional Development Programme has commended the Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) for its interventions. The ACCF is a multi-donor trust fund well positioned to contribute to the achievement of the goals set by African Development Bank (AfDB)’s to triple its climate financing efforts and foster […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigerians across the world await the pronouncement of sentence by the UK Court on Ex- Deputy President of the the Nigerian Senate, Professor Ike Ekweremadu; his wife, Beatrice, and a UK-based Nigerian doctor, Obinna Obeta, members of the Ikeoha Mpu Pacesetters League IMPL have joined their voices in calling on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Zimbabwe Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela has been jailed for an effective 20 years for raping his niece on three occasions and threatening her with death. Bulawayo Regional magistrate Elijah Singano said the juvenile’s rights were violated. Mphoko (44) had been on $50 000 bail granted last year as he denied […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded 2023 general election has congratulated the Federal Government and the management of Air Peace airline for bringing stranded Nigerians home safely from war-torn country, Sudan. The African Examiner recalls that hundreds of persons have lost their lives in Sudan due […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army on Thursday said it had rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri. Ali […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As preparations for the inauguration of Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, gather momentum, Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has urged him to make a commitment to protect media freedom in the country. MRA said the President-elect should do so by, among other things, reviewing and amending existing laws and regulations to ensure they provide […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in South Africa, has urged African States to facilitate the rights to freedom of expression and access to information online and offline. The Centre said governments across the continent can achieve this by creating an environment that promotes the free flow of information with independent, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says the current loss of electricity supply in Imo is as a result of an ongoing industrial action by organised labour. The company said that workers, under the organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) were on strike over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets on Wednesday in Constantine lost 0-1 for Morocco to earn all three points and sail into the quarter-finals of the Africa Under-17 Cup of Nations. The Golden Eaglets wasted a basketful of opportunities in a match they dominated for large periods in the Algerian city. An own goal by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first batch of 376 Nigerian students trapped in war-torn Sudan has arrived in Abuja. The students arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at exactly 11:25pm via the Air Peace Plane and the Nigeria Airforce Jet with the number NAF C-130. The News Agency of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Erling Haaland set a new record of 35 goals in a Premier League season as Manchester City overcame West Ham 3-0 to move back to the top of the table on Wednesday as Liverpool edged out Fulham 1-0. City were made to work by an under-manned Hammers to edge one point clear […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Federal Government on Wednesday said the agitation of the Senate cannot stop the ongoing demolition of offices belonging to aviation agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika disclosed the position of the government while briefing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has announced a cash reward of N5 million for any person or group that provides information to the Nigeria Police that would lead to the arrest of those involved in the recent murder of the former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governorship aspirant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives is to investigate the circumstances that led to the hard diplomatic stance of the Egyptian authorities over the plight of Nigerians affected by the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, said this in Abuja during a situation report and update […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has stated that the party did not challenge the results of the February 25 presidential election in court because “Nigeria must move forward”. Speaking in a chat with Arise TV on Wednesday, Galadima alleged that NNPP has the highest chance of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, Chidimma Ekile, aka Miss Kedike, has stated that she was born blind. Chidinma disclosed this in a video on her YouTube page. Speaking concerning her childhood, Chidinma stated how her parents sought God’s intervention after medical efforts proved abortive. She stated that after gaining her sight, her mum reached an […]
… Victims Are Criminals Killed By Soldiers- Monarch (AFRICAN EXAMINER – Tension has enveloped Akpawfu Town in Nkanu East Council Area of Enugu state, as natives of two, of the three Communities that make up the locality have raised the alarm over alledged killings and burning of houses of those the Traditional Ruler of Ajame […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential election petition court has fixed Monday, May 8 for the hearing of the petition that is challenging Bola Tinubu’s emergence as the president-elect. According to Tinubu’s legal team, Monday’s hearing is a pre-hearing session. The session will seek to settle pending applications and after which a timetable will be fixed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, heaped praises on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for his efforts at the February 25 presidential poll. The African Examiner writes that Tinubu spoke on Wednesday, as he commissioned the Rumuokwuta/Rumuola flyover in Port Harcourt, saying that Wike’s insistence that the presidency must return […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja launched a new long-term national development plan, the Nigeria Agenda 2050 (NA 2050), which aims to ensure that the country attains a Per Capita GDP of $33,328 per annum, placing her among the top middle-income economies in the world by 2050. The President inaugurated NA […]
