Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN DXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations (UN) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed two agreements to further strengthen their cooperation in low- and middle-income countries worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa. EIB is the long-term lending institution of the European Union (EU), owned by its Member […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Exclusive/Investigative Stories, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The meeting of Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) who has reportedly agreed to work with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sparked social media reaction.According to Daily Trust, Kwankwaso met Tinubu in Paris, the capital of France, where they had a meeting that lasted for four […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Abdulaziz Yari, the senator-elect representing Zamfara West, has stated that it would be unfair to the northern part of the country if leaders of the three arms of government are from the south. Yari made this known during an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. The African Examiner writes that the former […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
…..Ohanaeze Tells APC South East Are Not Ingrates (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo socio-cultural umbrella organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has again waded into the controversy over the zoning of principal positions of the National Assembly, asking the upper Chamber of the Nigeria’s legislature to ignore it’s Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzo Kalu. The group […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says over N13trn was spent on subsidy payment in 16 years between 2005 and 2021. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this on Monday in Abuja during the launch of the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). He […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian airline, Dana Air, has stated it will also be supporting Hilda Bacci, the celebrity chef. The African Examiner recalls that Hilda, a 27-year-old Nigerian, broke the current world record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual as she surpassed India’s Lata Tondon who set the record in 2019. Dana […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, May 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command has opened on why it handcuffed popular Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. The African Examiner writes that Kuti is presently in police custody, was handcuffed and taken to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, in Panti for further investigation and possible prosecution. The Inspector-General of Police, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the proposed commissioning of the Dangote Refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 22, the Lagos State Government has urged residents to plan their movement in and out of the Lekki-Epe corridor between 8 am and 2 pm. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, issued the alert […]
Posted by African Examiner
Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Naira depreciated against the dollar on Monday, exchanging for N464 at the investors’ and exporters’ window. The rate represented a decrease of 0.36 per cent when compared to the N462.33 it exchanged at the close of business on May 12. The open indicative rate closed at N463 .50 to the dollar […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After the expiration of the two weeks ultimatum issued to the Federal Government, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has declared a five-day warning strike. The African Examiner recalls that in April, the association had threatened to go on strike if the federal government fails to pay the salary arrears of 2014, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), has stated that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will always defend the country’s democracy at all costs. Speaking at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, Baba made it clear that the May 29 inauguration at the federal and state levels is sacrosanct. According to […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with N6 billion money laundering had been re-arrested. The EFCC counsel, Mr Suleiman Suleiman, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that the prosecution in collaboration with its international partners had secured the arrest […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The commander of South Africa’s ground forces is in Moscow for talks, Russian news agencies said Monday, days after Washington accused Pretoria of secretly providing arms to Russia. Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is heading a delegation that discussed “issues relating to military cooperation and interaction” with their Russian counterparts, the agencies said, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, pitched his support for the Stability Group rooting for the emergence of Senator Goodswill Akpabio and Senator Barau Jibrin as President and Deputy President of the 10th Senate. The Governor said he aligned himself with All Progressives Congress (APC) zoning decision, having read the legislative […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he shared in the joy of celebrations as 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, makes history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking, finding her way into the Guinness Book of Records, and placing Nigeria on the global spotlight. In […]
Posted by African Examiner
Entertainment News, Featured, Latest Headlines
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When actors, filmmakers and fans woke up on Sunday (yesterday), they did not expect that they would be thrown into another round of mourning after crying in quick succession over the deaths of some notable personalities in the industry in the space of a few days. But, that was exactly what happened […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The chairperson of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, has stated that Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, must be prosecuted over an assault on a police officer in Lagos state. The African Examiner recalls that On Saturday, now-viral footage emerged online showing Kuti slapping a uniformed policeman. In the video, Kuti can […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on warring factions in the ongoing Labour Party (LP) leadership crisis to “find common ground and sustain its new position as a third force in the current national politics.” In a statement signed by its Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, the umbrella body of […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, May 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The church is an integral part of the Nigerian social and economic fabric whose contributions have helped to provide hope, direction, and purpose for the teeming youth who make up about 70% of the total population. These were the views of Major-Gen. Pat Akem-Vingir (rtd), the Pastor-in-Charge of the ‘Jesus House’ parish, […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Sunday, May 14th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Saturday said the airlift of pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will begin on May 25, 2023. The commission also stated that the four local airlines to airlift Nigerian pilgrims for the 2023 Hajj exercise have requested that the Hajj fare be increased by […]
