(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Bank has sanctioned SoftTech IT Solutions and Services Ltd., a Nigerian information technology solutions company, and its Managing Director, Mr Isah Kantigi, for alleged corrupt practices. The firm, which was involved in the National Social Safety Nets Project, was sanctioned for 50 months while the managing director was sanctioned for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) has sacked the entire technical crew of the Super Eagles following the failure of the senior national team to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Super Eagles lost the ticket to Black Stars of Ghana in a 1-1 draw on Tuesday at the MKO […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The terrorists who attacked a Kaduna-bound train and abducted unspecified number of passengers on Monday, have contacted their families. They are yet to demand ransom, the families said yesterday. A member of one of the families told our correspondent that the abductors informed them that their family members and many other passengers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has urged Nigerians, especially the youths, to join the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to restore Nigeria and provide the fresh air desired by citizens. Kwankwaso made the call at the National Convention of the party in Abuja, saying NNPP is well placed to restore the nation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In the power struggle that has been simmering for months in Tunisia, President Kais Saied has ordered the dissolution of parliament. This was his reaction to a meeting of lawmakers on Wednesday evening whose work the head of state had already suspended last year. Saied described the gathering at a National Security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has highlighted that lack of knowledge among those in the corridors of power is the cause for the lack of good governance in the country and not politics. Kukah disclosed this on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has mourned victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack of March 28. The chairman, Rev. John Hayab, told newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna that the attack had further amplified the vulnerability of people who used the train service either for business or […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – India on Wednesday increased fuel price again making it the eighth time in the last nine days. According to a price notification by state fuel retailers, in the capital city of Delhi, petrol and diesel prices have been hiked by INR 0.80 a litre respectively. A liter of petrol in Delhi now […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday in Abuja observed a minute silence in honour of the victims of Abuja-Kaduna train attack. African Examiner reports that the meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, began with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, calling for a minute silence to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities in Uganda’s border district of Kisoro on Wednesday said over 7,000 people from the eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) crossed into Uganda after intense fighting. Kisoro Chief Administrative Officer, Manasseh Rukundo, in a statement said the Congolese were fleeing fighting that started on Monday between DRC troops and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Confusion has surrounded the death of Confederation of Africa Football’s doping doctor, Dr. Joseph Kabungo. Kabungo, a Zambian medical practitioner, was said to have died shortly after Ghana stopped Nigeria from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup on Tuesday. There are reports that Kabungo died as a result of the stampede that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN on Tuesday confirmed that eight peacekeepers on board the helicopter that crashed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) died. UN Spokesperson, Mr Stephane Dujarric, in a statement, said no one survived the crash. “With deep sadness we confirm that there are no survivors among the eight peacekeepers who were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was heartbreak for Mohamed Salah and the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday as they suffered another dramatic penalty kick shootout defeat to Senegal. The result meant they lost out on qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup billed for Qatar in November and December. Salah’s Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane sent Senegal […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The passenger manifest for the ill-fated Kaduna-bound train indicated that of the 362 people that boarded the train, eight people lost their lives, 26 passengers were injured, while some are still unaccounted for. This information is contained in a statement issued Tuesday by Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles of Nigeria have failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after drawing Ghana 1-1 on Tuesday. Ghana qualified on an away goal advantage. Nigeria hosted arch-rivals Ghana in the second-leg of the 2022 World Cup playoff on Tuesday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The Black […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives foiled an attempted attack on Dangote Refinery, Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the PRO, the attack occurred at the early hours on Monday. He said that the armed hoodlums […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Kwamkwaso, has dumped Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a letter addressed to PDP chairman in his ward and made available to newsmen in Kano, Kwankwaso said that he was no longer a member of the party, with effect from March 29. He attributed his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has cancelled the 13th birthday colloquium in honour of victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attacked by suspected terrorists on Monday evening. Tinubu, who announced the cancellation a few minutes after the official kick-up of the event, described it as a national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived in Kaduna on Tuesday afternoon to view the situation concerning the terrorist attack on the train service connecting the state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, announced this in a tweet. The attack which […]
