Posted by Niyi Adeyi
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Turkish Airlines plane destined for Istanbul, Turkey had to return to Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday morning after it struck a group of birds during take-off. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), the country’s air transport regulator said the plane hovered in the Ugandan airspace for more than an hour. […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun inaugurated an 11-man ad hoc committee on Tuesday in Osogbo to review the establishment of Ilesa University by his predecessor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola. Former Gov. Oyetola announced the upgrading of the state’s College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-fledged university on March 31, and signed the bill […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) , when he paid an official visit to Alausa Passport […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
African News, Crime Watch, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A teacher (name withheld), on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how her neighbour, Jubril Zakari, allegedly defiled her two-year-old child in his room. The witness, a resident of Ojo in Lagos, said she met the defendant naked in his room with his penis erected while her […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, January 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local media on Friday reported that Kenyan police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country. Police sources said that motorbike taxi riders alerted the police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, January 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN team in Zambia has described the decision by the country to abolish death penalty as “a historic milestone’, commending the move by the Zambian Government. The UN team, in a statement on Friday, noted that the move to abolish death penalty followed advocacy efforts by humanitarian and development partners. According […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, January 7th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that his major opponents in the forthcoming elections cannot be trusted with the future of Nigerians. According to Tinubu, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are Mr. Stingy […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, West Africa
Friday, December 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Gambia has arrested five soldiers over an alleged coup plot, the government said. The arrests made between Wednesday and Thursday followed intelligence reports received by the government that some soldiers of the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Adama Barrow. A statement from […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tuesday, December 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as the President of South Africa under the platform of the African National Congress. This was reported by AriseTV on Monday. Ramaphosa defeated his closest rival, a former health minister, Zweli Mkhize with 2,476 votes. African Examiner writes that Ramaphosa’s re-election is coming after the opposition tasked […]
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Friday, December 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria and the Africa Heritage Foundation, Atlanta, USA have agreed to build a multipurpose Africa Heritage Center in Lagos. This agreement was contained in a memorandum of understanding signed by the Vice Chancellor of the Anchor University, Prof. Samuel Oyebandele and the President of the Africa Heritage Foundation, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners have announced that the newly launched African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF) will be unveiled on Thursday in Kigali, Rwanda. The APTF will be unveiled during a forum holding at the 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa which runs from December 12 to 15. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, December 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has reiterated the need to make inclusive quality education accessible to children and adolescent in order to empower them. Director of ECW, Yasmine Sherif made the observation in a statement issued to mark this year’s […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Monday, December 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan of $179.66 million to support government reforms to restore post-pandemic fiscal stability and economic recovery in Botswana. The funds for phase II of the programme will build on the successes of the first phase by supporting policy measures designed to boost economic […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, December 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has harped on need to support climate-smart development in Africa. This year’s edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC) opened today in Balaclava, the capital city of the island nation of Mauritius with a strong call for Africa to adopt smart technologies to tackle what […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Saturday, December 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a fast-acting $2 million grant to ameliorate the impact of crisis and climate change-related flooding in Sudan. The 12-month grant is aimed at providing access to safe learning environments for children and adolescents […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) have agreed to commit a total package of $8.9 billion to its 2023 to 2025 financing cycle. This is coming after a year of intense negotiations and a difficult global economic outlook. It is the largest replenishment in the history of the Fund. ADF […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises and the Norwegian Government have jointly expressed worries over the increasing number of children that have been pushed out of the educational system in Ethiopia due the severe drought, conflict and forced displacement. Representatives of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Water is critical to avert a climate disaster, a new landmark report which was presented at the recently concluded 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, has warned. The report which was facilitated by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is the first-ever summary climate of freshwater’s role in climate […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) Secretariat has launched a scheme to support mechanisms for climate adaptation finance for women entrepreneurs and youth. The scheme, “YouthADAPT: Empowering Women and Youth for Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Climate Adaptation and Resilience”, will develop innovative, transformative climate-resilient bankable projects aligned with African countries’ Nationally […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Sunday, December 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said that the African Diaspora has become the largest financier of the continent. Dr. Adesina made the observation in his opening remarks at the hybrid Forum, hosted by the bank in partnership with the African Union (AU) Commission, the International Organisation […]
