Consider this: (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For the US to be building its largest yet Consulate in Nigeria, and in Lagos, what does that tell Nigerians and the World? Forget about them making money from visa applications and other consular and non-consular matters. This is the same USA’s Central Intelligence Agency which a few years ago […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned against the risks involved in the use of Crypto assets, saying that they can be misused for money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illegal activities. Crypto assets are privately issued digital tokens that use cryptographic techniques. Bitcoin is perhaps the most famous example. IMF Deputy Managing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As its mandate ends Tuesday, the 37-person zoning committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has flung open its presidential ticket to all aspirants. The decision came after a meeting on Tuesday at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the committee threw open the ticket […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has reassured of its plan to hold the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. According to a statement posted on the commission’s website on www.au.int on Tuesday, with the theme: “Remember, unite, renew” would hold at 11 a.m. on Wednesday April 7. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular British model, Naomi Campbell, has reacted to the loss of Nigerian singer, Wizkid in the just concluded Grammy award ceremony. African Examiner had reported that Beninise singer, Angelique Kidjo, had clinched the award in the place of Wizkid. This development has continued to spark social media reactions as some netizens where […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chief Imam of the Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has been appointed to lead another Juma’at mosque in Abuja. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Imam was sacked by the Apo mosque steering committee over a sermon that criticised the government’s failure to stop insecurity in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kim Yo Jong, the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, on Tuesday said North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacks. Kim Yo Jong, a senior official in the government and ruling party, said it was a “very big mistake” for South Korea’s minister of defence to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German investigators have shut down what they said was the world’s largest illegal marketplace on the Darknet, selling illicit goods to some 17 million registered customers. Computer servers in Germany and bitcoins with a total value of 23 million euros (25 million dollars) were seized during a series of raids against the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the investors in the popular crashed Ponzi scheme, Chinmark Group, who is identified simply as Nuella is dead days after she allegedly attempted suicide. It could be recalled that almost 4,500 aggrieved investors have berated the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Chinmark Group, Marksman Ijiomah, concerning unpaid funds invested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) through its Financial Services Regulation Coordinating Committee (FSRCC) has advised Nigerians to stop dealing with unlicensed or illegal financial operators in the country. The CBN through FSRCC, gave the advice in a statement posted on its website on Monday. It said that the illegal financial operators lure […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined Muslim faithful at the State House Mosque to mark the commencement of the Ramadan Tafsir, the interpretation and explanation of the Qur’an. The exercise is in line with Islam’s guiding principles and the intense devotional activities marking the 30-day Ramadan period. The president joined the Muslim […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, have taken strong exception to comments credited to Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, which described the communique they issued last week in Umuahia, Abia State, as a work of fiction by those […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Management Committee of the National Assembly Legislators’ Quarters Mosque, Apo, Abuja, has sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid, the Chief Imam, who was accused of criticizing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in his sermon on Friday. Khalid had earlier been suspended for the sermon but reacted that only God can give or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected armed bandits, Sunday night, invaded Tsafe town, the council headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing many people. Residents said one of the victims is the son of the state’s commissioner for security affairs, Mamman Tsafe. Neither the commissioner nor the state government has confirmed the killing. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters Juma’at Mosque in Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has been sacked by the mosque’s Steering Committee for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over last Monday night’s attack on an Abuja-Kaduna train. Sheikh Khalid was initially suspended by the Steering Committee of the strategic mosque. But on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says no state government worker is being owed salary under his administration, challenging anyone being owed to come out openly with a proof. Bello made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja, noting that workers welfare remained a priority to him. He urged Nigerians to judge […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications operators including MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile to bar all outgoing calls of all Subscriber Identification Module cards not yet linked with the National Identification Number effective today, April 4, 2022. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this in a statement on Monday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One hundred and forty-six of the 362 passengers on the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train are unreachable six days after the train was attacked by terrorists. The Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, made this known in a statement obtained on Monday. He, however, said the number of safe passengers had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has underscored the need for people especially Christians to rise and vote during elections and not only to pray. Pastor Timothy Olaniya, Deputy Rector, Redeemed College of Technology, Redemption Camp, made the call on Sunday during a seminar organised by the Directorate of Politics and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed 10 persons and injured 19 during a cultural festival in Chando Zerreci community in Irigwe Chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Lawrence Zango, the National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Youth Movement, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. Zango said that criminals launched the attack […]
