(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Embassy in Abuja has announced that two of its employees involved in the attack on its convoy in Anambra have been rescued alive. The Embassy made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Friday in Abuja. The U.S. Embassy said that the victims were under the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER0 – Five hundred and eleven (511) Boko Haram terrorists and their families have surrendered following a recent offensive by troops of the Nigerian Army in the North-East region. The figure comprises 99 adult males, 161 adult females, and 251 children who surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations. This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla recovered to reach another final as substitute Erik Lamela’s fabulous header five minutes into extra time earned a gritty 2-1 win for the hosts. It was a pulsating affair against Juventus on Thursday, as Sevilla secured a 3-2 aggregate victory at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. The Spaniards […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor-elect in Enugu state, Dr. Ndubuisi Peter Mbah, has slammed N20bn as exemplary damages against the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, and its Director, Corps Certification, Ibrahim Muhammed, over alledged “conspiracy, deceit and misrepresentation of facts.” Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, it would be recalled had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution and renewal of the Governing Board for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the new chairman of the Board is Mr James Olugbenga Akintola, who succeeds Mr […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, 40MW Hydropower Station and Associated 132KV Switchyard, Transmission Line and Distribution Substation (Phase I) Project, located at the Kashimbila Dam site in Taraba State. According to a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja granted automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service to 65 former members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), highlighting numerous achievements of the scheme since its establishment 50 years ago. Speaking at the NYSC 50th Anniversary Honours Award held at the State House Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, Richard Hugh Montgomery, to always uphold the noble standards of diplomacy, like his predecessors, by respecting the traditional institutions in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Media and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights Organization operating under the platform of Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN), has condemn in an unequivocal terms recent Killings of United States US Embassy staff in Anambra State, saying the state governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo should be held responsible for the barbaric act. It noted that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has commenced mobile MAP metering in Owerri, Imo State, as part the organization’s conscious effort to have more of its customers access prepaid meters within 48 hours. It said the metering program allows customers to pay and get metered and reimbursed with the value of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s foremost research Institute, Projects Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, has begun scientific study on Lithium Ion with a view to using it in production of Made in Nigeria Battery . As part of a measure to actualize the lofty dream, the federal government Institute has sent some Staff to India for training. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command In Anambra State has said that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that seven persons were killed in the assault. Of the seven, three were US Consulate officials […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stated that he regretted supporting the process that produced Aminu Tambuwal as speaker in 2011. Gbajabiamila made this known on Wednesday during a meeting with the reps-elect organised in Abuja. According to him, he supported the “house project” that “installed” Tambuwal at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has stated that nothing can stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu come May 29. Abubakar made this known as he urged Nigerians to pray for Tinubu’s administration to succeed. He stated this at a roundtable engagement with traditional and religious rulers which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has arrested and detained the policemen involved in the brutal assault of an Okada rider in Lagos. The African Examiner writes that a video which has now gone viral on social media had shown the three officers decked in police uniform in a struggle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar for criticising the United States, US, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, concerning the conversation with the Nigerian President-elect, Bola Tinubu.The African Examiner recalls that Blinken, during a call with Tinubu on […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said it has disowned Lamidi Apapa of the Labour Party. In a statement, the Secretary of the NLC Political Commission, Comrade Chris Uyot, described Apapa as a meddlesome interloper. “It is clear that Mr Lamidi Apapa is a meddlesome interloper who is being used by […]
…….Names Falae, Kwankwaso, Okowa, Others National Patrons. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro-national movement, under the plartform of North-South Progressive Movement, NOSOP, has named a former presdential Candidate, Chief Olu Falae; 2023 Presidential flagbearer of New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso; Vice Presdential candidate of PDP, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa; among other personalities as national […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has opened up on the number of jobs generated by the outgoing administration in the agricultural sector. According to Shehu, the Buhari-led government has successfully created 12 million new jobs in agriculture alone. He made this known in […]
…. LP National Chairman, Julius Abure and the party’s factional chairman, Lamidi Apapa were also in court on Wednesday. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has arrived at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja for the presumed pre-hearing of his petition against the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu. […]
