BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Turkey has commenced the trial of the coup suspects amidst a hostile crowd near Ankara. Most of the 221 suspects are high-ranking military officers, who were accused of attempting to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July, 2016. Former air Force Commander Akin Ozturk was the first in a long […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Government Coroner Inquest set up to investigate the cause of the death of late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke has fixed Monday, May 29 to release its findings and final ruling. Coroner Chief Magistrate, Olusegun Ayilara disclosed this during the court’s sitting on Monday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Ayilara […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Monday struck out the Ali Bonu-Sheriff faction of the opposition PDP’s application requesting to quash the appeal before it filed by the rival faction, headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi. Makarfi’s faction had lost February 17, 2017 at the Appeal Court Port Harcourt division, which validated Bonu-Sheriff […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Rating Agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) assigned its ‘B’ long term and ‘B’ short term global scale counterparty credit ratings to the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA). These ratings on the pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, are at par with S&P ratings on the Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the people of Biogbolo Community in Yenagoa to sheath their swords and maintain a cordial relationship with their Igbo tenants. According to him, government has to arrest and prosecute the suspect who murdered a teenage girl in the community. Governor Dickson made the call […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Arsenal on Sunday lost their bid in qualifying for the Champions League, the first time in 19 consecutive seasons. Hope initially grew among the home support when Hector Bellerin gave the Gunners an early lead and news filtered through that Liverpool were struggling against the relegated Tees siders. But in […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Mr. Donald Trump has fired longtime rival of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom, the Islamic Republic of Iran over the long and raging instability in the Middle East region. Consequently, Trump who is currently on foreign trip, urged Muslim countries to take the lead in combating radicalization, in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 82 rescued Chibok school girls have been reunited with their parents on Saturday in Abuja in an emotion-laden occasion. Mr Joe Mutah, the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Mutah said that the girls were earlier reunited […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has denied allegation by the Nnamdi Kanu led Independent peoples of Biafra IPOB that soldiers molested and arrested its women who were holding meeting at Abiriba in Abia State, South- East Nigeria at the weekend. A statement signed by Deputy Director Army Public Relations 82 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fresh trouble appears imminent in the Republic of Cameroon as Southern Cameroon, an English-speaking people on Friday demanded restoration of their sovereignty. They also raised the alarm over alleged planned genocide against their people by citizens of the Republic of Cameroon. Speaking in Abuja at a press conference, representatives of Southern Cameroons, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police command Friday arraigned the principal secretary to the chief Medical Director, CMD of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Dr. Jojo Onwuke, before Chief magistrate Chioke Angela of Enugu East magistrate Court 6 over conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence. African Examiner reports that […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered permanent forfeiture of the sum of N449, 597,000 found in April inside a Bureau DE Change in Victoria Island, Lagos. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on getting the hint about the huge sum lodged in the abandoned BDG office […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The seasonal hurricane, ‘Military Mutiny’ is tearing through Cote d’Ivoire, while the more devastating Hurricane Trump has again touched down in the American White House tearing through the American society and world politics. The epicenter of the latter hurricane is that President Donald Trump, the American Commander-in-Chief and Twitter-in-Chief, revealed classified information […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Relief came the way of the foremost Wikileaks Founder, Julian Assange as Sweden Friday decided to drop her rape investigation on him. Top prosecutor Marianne Ny confirmed that his arrest warrant has been revoked as it was impossible to serve him notice. Mr. Assange, 45, who is believed to have […]
*Decries Alleged Planned Military Coup LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has strongly condemned the killing of six Muslims including a popular Islamic scholar, Shaykh Amzat Salaam (a.k.a Alfa Abu), his wife and four children by unknown gunmen, near Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, South West Nigeria. This killing, according to the […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Exactly a week after passing it, the Senate has finally transmitted the official copy of the 2017 Appropriation Bill to the Executive for the Presidential assent. Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo Mr. Laolu Akande confirmed this in a tweet via @akandeoj Friday. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi and Bayelsa states have emerged winners of the 19th edition of the Equatorial Conference of the 2017 secondary school Milo Basketball Championship. While Ebonyi’s St. Augustine’s Seminary, Ezzamgbo defeated Bayelsa’s Belary Schools, Yenegoa, 31 – 20 in the male categories, to lift the trophy, which they presented […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Police Command has arrested the secretary to the Medical Director of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu , Dr. jojo Onwukwe, over alleged job scam. The Suspect, Mrs. Stella Achalla, is currently being held at the Enugu Area Command, alongside her alleged accomplice, one Mrs. Stella Egotanwa. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that it is currently investigating some past governors of South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, including ex- governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state, who recently crossed to the ruling All Progressive Party (APC). The agency said no matter how long […]
One person was killed and about a dozen were injured when a car struck pedestrians in New York’s Times Square on Thursday at about noon, according to the Fire Department. The driver appeared to have been either drunk or on drugs, a law enforcement official said. He has a history of DWI arrests, the official […]
