(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda main opposition figure, Robert Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine has been arrested by security forces. Last week, Bobi Wine had enjoined Ugandans to “rise up peacefully and unarmed” in protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who have been in power as president for the East African country for nearly four decades. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, says that Nigeria is falling apart and the political leaders are becoming mere spectators in the scheme of things. Ezekwesili disclosed this on Monday as she reacted to the recent abduction of thirty nine students in Kaduna. According to the ex-minister, Nigeria celebrates citizens who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo, declared himself the leader of the new Biafra defacto Customary Government (BCG) The Head of Information and Communication of the customary government, Uche Mefor announced this in a statement on Sunday According to the statement, George Onyibe will be the Secretary, while Emeka Esiri will take care of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kelechi Iheanacho hit a hat-trick as Leicester thrashed doomed Sheffield United 5-0 to move into second place in the Premier League, while Brighton improved their hopes of avoiding relegation with a vital win against Southampton on Sunday Leicester showed no mercy to bottom-of-the-table United in the visitors’ first match since Chris Wilder’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has stated that the federal government frustrated the trial of former governor of Delta State, James Ibori in the United Kingdom (UK) but now intends to receive the recovered loot. It was earlier reported that the UK government made a pledge to return £4.2 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians have taken to the micro-blogging platform to express contrary views concerning calls for Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, to head a fresh protest against the purported increase in the price of fuel. Although, the Federal Government had apologised and refuted claims that there are plans to increase fuel price “for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former River State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has sparked social media reactions concerning his statement that he is more Igbo than the senator representing Abia South in the National Assembly, Enyinnaya Abaribe. It all started when Amaechi who is now the minister of transportation in an interview while reacting over Abaribe’s criticism […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu, has enjoined the federal government to convene a stakeholder meeting to resolve the issue of farmer-herder crisis in the country. The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made this known on Saturday in a statement he issued to the press saying that farmers and herders […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly elected director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has arrived in Nigeria for a one-week working visit. This will be her first visit to the country since she assumed office as the first female and first African WTO DG on March 1. Okonjo-Iweala was welcomed by the permanent […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Security Adviser to the President, Maj.-Gen Babagana Monguno (retd.), has revealed that some funds meant for the acquisition of arms to help in combating the anti-terror war bedeviling the country was missing under the leadership of the ex-service chiefs. The NSA, in an interview with BBC Hausa on Friday, said, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that he can’t guarantee if the three projects that were officially inaugurated on Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari will be completed during his tenure. President Buhari, in a virtual ground-breaking ceremony of three projects namely the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Port Harcourt– Maiduguri Eastern […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko, is dead Authorities disclosed that Bakayoko passed on in an hospital in Germany, while receiving treatment for cancer on Wednesday, just days after his 56th birthday. He was appointed prime minister in July, following the sudden death of his predecessor Amadou Gon Coulibaly. Aside […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The House of Representatives has enjoined the federal government to stop the disbursement of the £4.2m loot of former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori. It was earlier reported that the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria to return £4.2 million assets stolen by James […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, says 2023 is the right time for the Southeast to produce Nigeria’s President. Okorocha, who is the senator representing Imo West made the remark on Tuesday in Abuja when he hosted a pressure group, Ndi Igbo Good Governance Initiative (NGGI) saying that the mood of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has stated that former Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is not under investigation. Malami said this during an interview with Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Tuesday. The AGF, however, disclosed that he could not say if […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Oodua Peoples Congress arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for nabbing popular Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, have been released on bail. Police released the three detained OPC operatives for them to seek medical attention. Rotimi Olumo, the OPC Coordinator in Oyo State, disclosed this in a telephone interview […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom says it is committed to assisting Nigeria in returning £4.2 million loot recovered from former governor of Delta state, James Ibori and his associates. British high commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to that effect with attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, in Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian lady based in Kano, Saadat Aliyu, has created an android application ‘Helpio App’ for reporting sexual abuse cases.The app, ‘Helpio App’ was launched on August 6, 2020, on Playstore.She said: “You can go to the Play store, search for it and install it. After Installation, you can sign up using […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, says former president Olusegun Obasanjo is Nigeria’s best president since 1999. Moghalu, who was a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed this on Monday saying that irrespective of the flaws of the former president, he was a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mahamadou Issoufou, who is stepping down as president of coup-prone Niger after two terms in office, on Monday won Africa’s top prize for leadership. He was awarded the 2020 Mo Ibrahim Prize for facing “seemingly insurmountable challenges”, ranging from deep poverty to jihadism and desertification. Despite these enduring problems, “Issoufou has led […]
