(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ActionAid Nigeria has called on the government to step up efforts to stamp out tax evasion by the elites This is contained in a statement signed by Lola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator, ActionAid Nigeria. ActionAid recalled that it had been five years since the Panama Papers exposed the dodgy tax dealings of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Soldiers in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday harassed Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, for wearing a Biafra outfit . In the viral video, 65-year-old Agu is seen around Upper Iweka Bridge donning the Biafra outfit and walking near a green bus when two armed soldiers wrestle him to the ground and drag him. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed a fake report that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), assuring his supporters that there was nothing to worry about. He said the report, like others before it, represented only the “unholy imagination of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the country’s debt profile is rising because the federal government had to spend its way out of recessions. Buhari disclosed this on Thursday when he addressed a joint session of the national assembly saying that the economy would not have recovered without the government’s expenditure that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three-hundred-and-seventy-five persons lost their lives to road crashes in Osun, Oyo and Ondo States in the second and third quarters of 2021. Mr Emmanuel Abe, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of the three states disclosed that in Osogbo on Thursday that 184 deaths were recorded in the second quarter of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has stated that Southeast governors, religious leaders, and traditional rulers cannot decide the fate of Igbos concerning Biafra. IPOB stated that Southeast governors and the elites are too small to decide if Igbos would stay in Nigeria against their wish. African Examiner recalls that the Chairman […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline international not-for-profit organization, WaterAid has expressed its concern over the recent cholera outbreak that has affected communities in several states in Nigeria. The Cholera outbreak which has claimed over 3000 lives so far, particularly affecting young 5 and 14 years old, has been widely described as the most devastating in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned against the intention of imposing a state of emergency in Anambra state ahead of the Nov. 6 governorship election in the state. The party gave the restraint in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Wednesday. The party […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The century old tree that fell on Monday due to heavy windstorm at Sabo area of Oyo in Oyo State, killing four people instantly, has reportedly risen again. Sources confirmed that the fallen tree rose back mysteriously on Tuesday, after all its branches had been hewn off. A driver, Saheed Balogun, who […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sector Command said 70 per cent of crashes recorded between January and September were caused by speeding and night travels. The Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Ochi, said this during the commencement of the Ember Months campaign on Thursday in Abuja. African Examiner […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. African Examiner reports that the meeting came barely 24 hours after the Federal Government had threatened to invoke emergency rule as part of measures to address security challenges and safeguard electoral process in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday has convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Faisal Maina, to 14 years imprisonment. Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, was found guilty on three counts of money laundering filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is heavy security operatives presence within the environs of the the National Assembly Complex in Abuja as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is due to present the 2022 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly at 12noon. Buhari had on Tuesday written to both the Senate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tyson Fury vowed to knockout Deontay Wilder when the two meet for the third time on Saturday in Las Vegas with the Briton’s WBC heavyweight title on the line. The undefeated Fury (30-0-1), who battled Wilder (42-1-1) to a draw in 2018 before taking the belt from the American 20 months ago, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has flagged off the “Exercise Golden Dawn”, an initiative of the Nigerian Armed Forces, to stem the tide of insecurity in the state. The governor performed the flag-off at the 34 Artillery Brigade Forward Operation Base in Orlu Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. Speaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 500 Nigerians have lost their jobs and are stranded four months after the United Arab Emirates suspends renewal Direct Employment Visa for Nigerians in the Western Asian country. It was gathered that while many of the affected persons had returned to Nigeria, hundreds of them are still in UAE in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global health agency Unitaid and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Wednesday, welcomed the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation for a wider routine use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine. The recommendation was based on data gathered through the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Abia chapter, has shut Aba North Local Government Area (LGA) Secretariat over the battering of a staff, Mrs Chidimma Nwanosike, by the LGA Chairman, Mr David Ikonne. The NULGE, Abia Chapter President, Mr Ikechi Nwigwe, announced the shutdown of the secretariat by the union […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the forceful invasion and attack on facilities of private Mass transport operators in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Tuesday by armed thugs, led by the State commissioner for Capital Territory, Mr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, commercial transport operators across Nigeria have resolved to withdraw their services from all parts of the State, from Thursday, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has threatened to declare ‘state-of-emergency’ in Anambra State due to the lingering insecurity situation in the state. Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, made this known after the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. He stated that the Federal Government is committed to […]
