By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has debunked media reports that two deaths have been recorded as a result of meningitis attack in the State. While speaking recently during a review of the State’s activities to curtail the spread of the meningitis epidemic the State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former England and Arsenal captain Tony Adams has been appointed the head coach of Granada until the end of the season. He replaced Lucas Alcaraz, who was sacked Monday after a 3-1 home defeat by Valencia which landed them at 19th in La Liga. The 50-year-old ex-Skipper had been working […]
Photo caption: Former Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria and presidential aspirant, Chief Olu Falae (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital has slammed life imprisonment on the kidnappers of a former Secretary to the Federal Government Chief Olu Falae. It would be recalled that some armed hoodlums on […]
Photo caption: Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has described as false, the information being circulated on the Social Media that under a purported Ministry of Interior Regulation, all phone calls and Social Media posts made by the citizens are to be monitored and recorded. […]
Photo caption: Zamfara’s governor and the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) More than 2 percent of the fresh $6.9 billion Paris Club refund has been soaked up by some fat cat consultants recruited by Chairman of the Nigeria Governors forum, NGE, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari. Internal documents passed over the weekend […]
Photo caption: Imama Amapakabo, Technical Adviser of the Rangers international football club, Enugu By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dissatisfied with the abysmal performance of defending champions of Nigeria premier league, Rangers Inter. FC of Enugu, both in the domestic and continental engagements, management of the club, have concluded plan to sack its Technical Adviser, Imama Amapakabo. […]
Photo Caption: UBA AGM: Group Managing Director/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka and Group Chairman, Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, at the 55th Annual General Meeting of UBA Plc, held in Lagos on Friday. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has strongly commended the Federal Government and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from accusing people of corruption in Nigeria, saying; “Obasanjo that I know does not have morals rights to accuse anyone of corruption because he eats and sleeps with corruption.” Governor Fayose, who described the former President’s claim that […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command says it has commenced a full scale investigations into the alleged circumstances surrounding the drowning of a youth corp member in Enugu hotel. Ebere Amarizu, the command’s spokesman who disclosed this to African Examiner on sunday, said the incident occurred at a hotel […]
Photo caption: Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, South west, Nigeria By Idowu Samuel Nigerians, by now, should be sufficiently convinced that the economic recession gripping their country for some months is a blessing in disguise. If anything, the recession has re-invented the worldview of the governments both at the federal and state levels on economic […]
By Owei Lakemfa A calamity hit Africa late March. A conference, crucial to its immediate needs, was slated from March 23-28, 2017. It was primarily for African development, and involved all African Ministers for Finance, Planning and Economic Development as well as development partners and civil society groups. Organized by the African Union (AU) and […]
Photo caption: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the boards of 19 parastatal agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. Members of the board will run for a period of four years in the first instance. In making the appointments, the President took into cognizance of the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of electricity consumers in Enugu on Friday staged a protest to the state House of Assembly over incessant power outage, outrageous billing, alarming tariff among other forms of alleged exploitative activities by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. The protesters who displayed numerous placards with various inscriptions, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Friday conducted facilities inspection at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NIAA). Prof Osinbajo was accompanied during the inspection by top Government officials including the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma, as well key officials […]
Photo Caption: Immediate past president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts to find a political solution to the festering leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday suffered a major setback. Court-backed National Chairman Ali Modu Sheriff stormed out of a peace meeting convened by former President Goodluck Jonathan. At the meeting, […]
Photo Caption: Human Rights Lawyer Mr. Femi Falana (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied reports that some properties recovered from the late former Governor of Bayelsa state Diepreye Alamieyeseigha were given to Lagos lawyer, Mr Femi Falana. In statement issued in Abuja, the anti-corruption agency also denied that Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles Thursday night at a Syrian airfield in response to what it believes was Syria’s use of banned chemical weapons that killed at least 100 people, U.S. military officials told NBC News. Two U.S. warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk missiles intended for […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion at the Anambra State House of Assembly Thursday over move by some aggrieved members to impeach its speaker, Mrs. Rita Maduagwu. However, a mild drama ensued as the embattled Speaker, who sensed the looming danger,quickly took the mace, the symbol of authority of the legislative […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As a new measure to counter posting of fake news on the social medium website, Facebook is set to launch an educational tool. The website indicated Thursday that for three days, an ad would appear at the top of users’ news feeds – linking to advice on “how to spot […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu …As Factional Leader, Rev. Emeka Accuses Enugu CP of Bias (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state, South-East Nigeria, has intervened in the protracted crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria, directing security men to allow leaders and members of the church who gathered at their New Haven Enugu […]
