(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has urged that the killings in the South-East should stop. Kanu also demanded the immediate release of Mrs Ukamaka Ejezie, a newspaper vendor popularly known as ‘Mama Biafra’ in Abia State. The IPOB leader was quoted as speaking during a visitation to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many supporters and journalists were injured on Monday when suspected political thugs attacked the campaign train of Osun candidate of All Progressives Congress(APC) Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. The hoodlum suspected to be working for a opposition party laid siege along Arapajo area of Gbongan, the headquarters of Ayedade Local Government Area close to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bundestag has approved the participation of German soldiers in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Mali for another one year. On Friday, 541 members of parliament voted in favour of the new mandate, while 103 voted against and four abstained. At the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State have said that there is no cover-up in the case of Mr David Imoh who was killed and burnt by some motorcyclists on May 12 in Lekki. This is contained in a statement signed by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States (U.S.) would defend Taiwan militarily if it was attacked, U.S. President Joe Biden said at a news conference in Japan. Biden added that China had no right to seize the island by force. Asked by a journalist whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily in the case of an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pressure group operating under the banner of Democracy Alert has cautioned those who have thrown ethics and decorum overboard in their obstinate resolve to pull down other candidates in the Enugu governorship race for their selfish interest to be mindful that their action portends danger to the peaceful process of elections. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion in the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday as the National Working Committee (NWC) unfolded plans to screen former President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele and African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwunmi Adesina. Although the nomination forms […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Telecommunication subscribers are kicking against a new Federal Government directive to impose a tax on telephone calls in the nation to fund free healthcare for the vulnerable. The telecom tax in the equivalent of a minimum of one kobo per second for phone calls is a part of the sources of funds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Basketball Association (NBA), the basketball club organising body in the U.S., on Sunday fined the Mavericks 100,000 dollars (about N59 million). This was for several players and a member of the coaching staff standing away from the bench and encroaching upon the playing court. The incident happened during their Game […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt is to complete the construction of a $50 million vaccines storage facility in July for the storage of about 150 million doses of COVID-19 and other vaccines annually. The Chairman of Egypt’s Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA), Dr Heba Wali, made the announcement in Cairo on Monday. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was excitement at Etihad Stadium as Man City came from two goals down to win the 2021/ 2022 English Premier League(EPL) with a 3-2 defeat of Aston Villa. Cash scored in the 37th minute before Coutinho doubled the lead in the 69th minute. But Gundogan scored the first and third goals […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo has suspended its primaries for the House of Assembly and House of Representatives indefinitely, over unreconciled delegates list. A statement by the Legal Advisor of the party in the state, Mr Kessinger Ikeokwu on Sunday, attributed the non-conduct of the primaries to confusion caused by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of the Senate and presidential aspirant under the People’s Democratic Party, Anyim Pius Anyim, says that he will stabilise Nigeria in six months if he becomes president in the 2023 election. Anyim stated this when he visited a chieftain of the party and former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have beheaded the lawmaker representing Anambra Governor Charles Soludo in the Assembly. Hon Okechukwu Okoye’s head was found at Nnobi in Idemili South local government area where it was hanged. His body was not there with indications that the killers made away with it. The lawmaker was kidnapped last week with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday evening, returned to Abuja after concluding a two-day condolence visit to Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital. He returns amid uncertainty in the governing All Progressives Congress over the signing of the Electoral Amendment Act, especially the section pertaining to the eligibility of statutory […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Ogun have arrested a 25-year-old class teacher of a nursery and primary school in Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu North Local Government Area for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old pupil. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, police spokesman stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the teacher was arrested on Thursday. He stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Lagos State says it will arrest both motorcyclist and passenger as part of measures to enforce the ban on commercial motorcycle operations in the state. Its spokesman, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, announced this on Saturday in his Twitter handle . “Under the new total ban of motorcycles in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have abducted Chairman of Keffi local government area in Nasarawa State, Hon Muhammad Baba Shehu and his driver. The gunmen killed the police orderly of the chairman Sergeant Alhassan Habibu Nasir. The incident occured along Gudi district of Akwanga local government around 6:30pm on Friday when the chairman was heading to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tourism has returned to centre stage in Egypt after the country’s deadly coronavirus experience, which restricted tourists from visiting tourism sites in the country since the outbreak of COVID-19. African Examiner reporting from the Mediterranean City of Alexandria in northern Egypt on Saturday, saw hundreds of people finding their ways to the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, convicted and sentenced a former Special Assistant to Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC), Goerge Turnah, to four years’ imprisonment. According to a press statement by the spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), […]
