(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said an eight-year-long conflict in Eastern Ukraine had already made three million people to be in need of humanitarian assistance “on both sides of the contact line”. Griffiths, who also serves as the humanitarian affairs chief, told journalists that the UN and its partners had been […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Korea has fired an “unidentified projectile”, South Korea’s military said early Sunday, what would be Pyongyang’s eighth launch this year after a month of relative calm on the peninsula during the Beijing Olympics. Pyongyang carried out a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests last month, including of its most powerful missile since […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the dates for the 2023 general elections, following Friday’s signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, said this at a news conference on the release of the timetable and schedule of activities […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United drew goalless at home with lowly Watford at Old Trafford on Saturday, denting their hopes of a top four finish in the English Premier League (EPL). The result leaves Manchester United on 47 points in fourth place, two points ahead of Arsenal. But the Gunners have three games in hand […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has rescued 11 kidnap victims in Gwargwada community in Kuje Area Council of the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. She said the victims, kidnapped on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over the abduction of some of its adhoc members of staff in Imo. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Saturday, called on security agents to ensure safe return of its members of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britain has pledged to continue to supply arms to Ukraine’s embattled military as the fighting with Russian forces reached the outskirts of the capital, Kiev. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said Russians troops had not made the progress they might have hoped, with the main armored columns still some way from the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a major drug kingpin and Six other suspects, recovering 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in Abuja. Babafemi said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing about 20 persons. They also desecrated the corpse that was being prepared for burial. Our correspondent gathered that the burial was that of a suspected leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Friday said there can be no evacuation of Nigerians in Ukraine until the airports in the European country, which is under attack by Russia, are reopened. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in the early hours of Thursday, had ordered an invasion of Ukraine. The invasion was marked with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fire has razed a shopping plaza in the popular spare parts market in the Ladipo area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fire incident occurred early Saturday morning and affected a one-storey building, the Aguiyi Ironsi Plaza, in the market before dawn. According to an official of the Lagos State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects the Russian army will storm Kiev overnight, and called on the public to defend the capital. “The fate of the country is being decided right now,” he said in a video message on his Telegram channel. “The enemy will use all its forces to break […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Maj-Gen. Muhammad Tayyab-Azan (rtd), the Pakistani High Commissioner to Nigeria, on Wednesday said that his country is planning to establish a pharmaceutical industry and an anti-snake vaccine producing plant in Kebbi State. He disclosed this when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Atiku Bagudu at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Africa50, in partnership with the African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), are currently exploring collaboration with global partners to create an Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa. The initiative which is being promoted with global partners is aimed at catalyzing bankable, greener […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN sounded a dire warning on Friday, saying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could trigger a wave of refugees in neighbouring countries and that thousands had already made the journey. The UN Refugee Agency in Geneva said that if the war continues to escalate, then it expects up to four million people […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has kicked against the impeachment of Alhaji Mahdi Ali as Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, adding that the development falls short of democratic tenets of due process. In a statement on his Facebook page, on Friday, the former lawmaker claimed that Barr. Mahdi Ali was impeached by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several Nigerians mostly students who are in Ukraine are currently stranded even as Russia continues to attack the eastern European nation. This is as the National Association of Nigerian Students in Ukraine sent out a Save Our Soul message to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and seeking immediate evacuation from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The football federations of Zimbabwe and Kenya have been suspended by world governing body FIFA. The suspension by FIFA is over government interference. This is banned by FIFA rules and is frequently sanctioned. NAN
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Thursday visited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi and the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, seeking royal blessings for his 2023 presidential ambition. Tinubu, whose first point of call was the Ooni’s Palace in Ile-Ife, said he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Katsina State have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Hajiya Fatima Alhaji, suspected to be a supplier of charms to bandits terrorising the state and its environs. Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen on Thursday in Katsina that Fatima was also found to be an informant for the […]
