(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that its forecast on expected increase in oil production in Nigeria amidst the current economic challenges, will lift the country’s growth in 2022. This was disclosed in a statement issued at the end of the Press Conference for the IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update on Tuesday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s senior male basketball team, the D’Tigers, on Wednesday lost their second Group B match in the men’s basketball event of the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The D’Tigers fell apart in the fourth quarter of their second game at the Tokyo Olympics to lose 92–99 to Germany. Coming from a disappointing loss […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian missions will soon commence delivering passports to its nationals through courier to eliminate the stress Nigerians go through to visit the missions to keep interview appointments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Permanent Secretary, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, stated in New York that the ministry was already discussing with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s legislative capital Cape Town on Tuesday said there was an increase in burials week-on-week due to the third wave of COVID-19. In the last seven-day reporting period, a total of 638 burials were completed at Cape Town’s cemeteries up from 488 the week before, the city said in a media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Working Group (EWG) of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya has urged Libyan stakeholders to make a compromise so as to advance national unification, the UN mission in Libya said Tuesday. The EWG Co-Chairs held a meeting on Monday with senior Libyan senior officials to “discuss the budget impasse and […]
(AFRICN EXAMINER) – Lai Mohamed, minister of information and culture, has cautioned Nigerians in Diaspora to desist from sponsoring secessionist groups. Mohammed disclosed this when the delegation of NIDO, UK chapter visited his office on Tuesday. The minister disclosed that it is sad that secessionist groups campaigning around the world for their causes were using […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed men suspected to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, militia wing have killed a Divisional Police Officer, DPO in Imo state. The deceased, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Fatmann Dooiyor was killed today Tuesday during a gun battle between the police and the gunmen. Until his death, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zamfara State Police Command, on Tuesday, refuted reports claiming that armed bandits abducted 60 passengers along the Sokoto-Gusau highway on July 25. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Muhammad Shehu, however, confirmed the abduction of 11 passengers on the highway, with two of the abducted passengers already […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cleared and released the UTME results of 14,620 candidates that were hitherto under investigation, while withholding the results of 93 other candidates. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board Head, Media and Publicity, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, said the results […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday swore-in the 57 newly elected Local Government and Local Government Development Council chairmen and vice chairmen in the state. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony at Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu urged the new council executives to always put the residents first in all that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Tuesday said traffic would be diverted on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around Makun section for 72 hours to enable the contractor install a bridge beam. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said this during inspection of ongoing reconstruction/rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project. He appealed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba on Tuesday ordered the posting and deployment of 24 Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) to Zonal Commands and formations. Former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police (CP), Bala Ciroma, who was promoted to AIG last Monday, has been moved to Zone-7 Abuja. AIG […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria has suspended the sales of forex to the Bureau De Change operators in the country with immediate effect. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this after the Monetary Policy Committee two-day meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The MPC also retained the Monetary Policy Rate at 11.5 per […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benin Republic has filed new charges against Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of the freedom fighter, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to be kept […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the continued voter apathy, rigging, and election violence, the All Progressives Congress says the electoral process has improved under President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that it will support constitutionally-backed innovations by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party’s national secretary, John Akpanudoedehe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the commencement of the Fourth Republic in 1999, there have been many amendments to the Electoral Act, meant to enhance and improve the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The latest amendment, Electoral Act 2021, has, however, generated a lot of controversies. The goals of the amendments have always […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria will soon reopen its Consulate-General in San Francisco to provide consular services for the huge population of Nigerians residing on the West Coast of the US. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Gabriel Aduda, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Monday that the plan […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Yobe said it had arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of Damaturu Branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA). The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Monday. Abdulkarim named one Umar Shaibu, 21; Tajjuddeen […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another four abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have regained their freedom. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is now in London, the United Kingdom (UK), where he will participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021 to 2025 as well as medical check up. The president’s aircraft arrived at the Stansted International Airport, London at about 11:20pm (local time) with […]
