(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An ethnic group in Namibia has rejected the agreement proposed by Germany to recognise the crimes of the German colonial power more than 100 years ago in what is now Namibia as genocide. The group, called association of chiefs of the Herero and Nama ethnic groups, demanded that the planned signing ceremony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 18,639 individuals has been nabbed for alleged illegal border crossing since December 2020, making up to 248 per cent yearly, China’s National Immigration Administration said on Monday. Since the Ministry of Public Security launched a special campaign in 2020, authorities have investigated 6,732 criminal cases involving actions that will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Ebonyi has discredited recent reports/ pictures flying on social media that a community in Ebonyi has been attacked by suspected gunmen in the early hours of Sunday. This is contained in a statement issued to reporters in Abakaliki on Sunday by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given two weeks’ extension to candidates genuinely unable to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The deadline for registration was May 29, 2021. A statement by JAMB’s head of information and protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, noted that such candidates […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An explosion has rocked parts of mile 3 market in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Rivers State. The incident, which occurred around 6:30am on Monday, sent people especially at Mile 3 motor park running to different places for safety. Though no life was lost, many people were reportedly injured. A source […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate and publisher of online news medium, SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, has been “shot” by a police operative in Abuja. Sowore was reportedly shot on Monday by a female police officer at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. The politician was at a rally with some associates when the incident happened. An […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Social and economic activities were grounded in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Monday following the Sit-at-home order (on May 31) given by the proscribed Biafra agitators, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The group said ,it declared a Sit-at-home order in remembrance of more than five million Igbo people who died during […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command on Monday said it has launched a manhunt for the killers of former Enugu State High Court Judge, Justice Stanley Nnaji. Justice Nnaji was reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be assassins on Sunday evening. A statement by the Enugu State Police Command, however, could not identify […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Okwudor, Njaba Local Government Area of Imo, has been gutted by fire set by unknown gunmen. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday, in Owerri. He confirmed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the N200 billion facility earmarked for the Federal Government’s Social Housing Scheme was ready to commence disbursement for the project. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. The presidential aide […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress [APC)’s primaries were truncated in many parts of Lagos on Saturday by hoodlums and party officials allegedly favouring particular candidates ahead of the July 24 local government elections. African Examiner reports that hundreds of aggrieved APC members on Saturday kept vigil at the party’s state secretariat in Lagos […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has warned that traders who comply with the Monday’s sit-at-home order should be ready to forfeit their shops. Umahi issued the warning in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday in Abakaliki to mark the sixth anniversary of his administration. He was reacting to the order by the proscribed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday elected a new leadership to pilot its affairs for the next two years. The executive council of ASUU would however spend a maximum of four years. They were elected at the national delegates conference of ASUU held in Awka, Anambra State. While Prof. Victor […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pandemonium broke out on Saturday at Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State when some Yoruba nation agitators stormed the area and forcefully opened its land border. They were, however, swiftly repelled by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service who were manning the border town between Nigeria and the Republic of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chelsea won the 2021 UEFA Champions League title on Saturday, beating fellow English club Manchester City in the final, 1-0. The Blues got a goal in the first half from Kai Havertz, and City couldn’t respond as superstar Kevin De Bruyne left in the second half due to injury. The Blues controlled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will, on Sunday, go to Ghana for an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) . Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesman, stated that the one-day summit will discuss the recent political developments in Mali. Mali’s interim President, Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has dissolved all boards and commissions in the state with immediate effect. He announced this during his 2021 anniversary day address to the people of the state. Also sacked are management Committee members, liaison officers and local government advisory committee at all the 64 local government areas […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari considered national interest above ethnicity in the appointment of Faruk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff. It will be recalled that President Buhari had appointed Yahaya a major-general, on Thursday to replace Ibrahim Attahiru, the army chief who died […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Hope Uzodinmma of Imo state, has urged the predominantly Christian community to ignore the sit at home order and attend Church Services on Sunday. It noted that as predominantly Christians, nobody has the right to stop them from worshipping God or even abridging their rights to freedom of worship and movement. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The local government primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be held today across the 377 wards in 57 council areas in Lagos State. About 338 chairmanships and over 1, 200 councillorship aspirants had appeared before the Screening Committee, while the Appeal Committee chaired by a former Deputy Governor Olufemi Pedro […]
