(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is on his way back to the country. African Examiner reports Tinubu travelled to France on June 27 for “important meetings”. “He is off to Paris, France to hold some important meetings. The APC standard-bearer is expected back in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos died Friday at the age of 79 at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government said. With “great pain and consternation” the Luanda government posted on Facebook confirmation of Dos Santos’ death at 11:10 am (1010 GMT). The government presents its deepest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the gruesome assassination of the former prime minister. In a condolence message by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, the president also condoled with the Government and people of Japan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned emergency National Security Council meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet Ministers and all security and service chiefs in attendance. African Examiner reports that others attending the security meeting include Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday declared wanted, 33 of the inmates who escaped from its Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja on Tuesday night. The 33 inmates were said to have cases relating to terrorism and being members of the Boko Haram sect. African Examiner reports that terrorists had on Tuesday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has unveiled his running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, Abuja, was announced as the LP vice-presidential candidate in Abuja on Friday. The 46-year-old was a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna North Senatorial district. Baba-Ahmed’s announcement was coming barely 24 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has urged the president Muhammed Buhari to sack the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, with immediate effect over his failure to put an end to the incessant Jail break attacks on prisons in the country. This was issued in a statement on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, was shot on Friday while delivering a speech ahead of a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an apparently homemade gun opened fired at him from behind. The former prime minister collapsed and showed no sign of life after he was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Title-holders Nigeria set on a better track their 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a 2-0 win over Botswana in Rabat on Thursday. The development meant they rose to second place in Group C behind new leaders South Africa, with Botswana dropping from the table’s apex to third place. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cristiano Ronaldo remains absent from pre-season training but Manchester United maintain the frustrated star is not for sale. Over the last weekend it emerged the 37-year-old had asked to leave Old Trafford if an acceptable offer arrived. This is in the wake of a disappointing first season back with a club he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has declared Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims and Nigerians on the occasion. “I call on Muslims to continue […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Government says it commenced the demolition of illegally constructed buildings earlier marked for demolition in Onitsha on Thursday. Mr Christian Aburime, Press Secretary to Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Awka. The press secretary said that several illegal structures along […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, has called for support in implementing the National Water Resources bill, saying it is not targeted at grabbing the land and waterways of states. Adamu made the call at the ongoing Advocacy and Sensitisation workshop on implementation of the 2013 Water Resources Master plan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has resigned as the leader of the Conservative Party and effectively as prime minister. Johnson announced his resignation on Thursday afternoon at 10, Downing Street, London. He said he will, however, remain in office until the Conservative Party elects a new leader who will also assume office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Westminster Magistrates Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that David Nwamini Ukpo, the alleged kidney donor for the daughter of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is 21 years old and not 15 years old as widely reported. Ekweremadu and his wife appeared in the court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an application filed by Sen. Rochas Okorocha, seeking an order granting him leave to travel to the U.S. for medical treatment. Justice Inyang Ekwo, while granting the order after Okorocha’s counsel, Ola Olanipekun, SAN, moved the motion to the effect, however warned the lawmaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen. The attacks, which lasted some hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty. Sources said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kwara has confirmed the killing of police inspector, Adebayo Adeforiti, and abduction of a Chinese national by some gunmen at CGC construction company along Shao/Oloru Expressway on July 2 at about 16:15hrs. This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, is dead. Barkindo died late Tuesday. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, announced Barkindo’s death in a tweeted posted to his verified Twitter handle, @MKKyari, in the early hours of Wednesday. “We lost our esteemed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen attacked the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja with explosives on Tuesday. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Abubakar Umar, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said that some yet to be identified gunmen attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje in […]
