(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabri-Erewa has urged the African Development Bank (AfDB) to scale up its initiatives on Diaspora outreach. Dabiri-Erewa gave the charge while speaking at a recent forum organized in Nigeria by the bank, The forum is part of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Owerri, Imo State, Operation Office, on Saturday, flagged-off the commencement of the direct distribution of assorted relief materials to the affected persons of fire explosion disaster at Abaezi forest in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Flagging off the exercise, Acting Head of Owerri Operation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Obi of Onitsha, His Royal Majesty, (HRM) Alfred Achebe, led Anambra State Traditional Rulers Council, has expressed its readiness to collaborate with famous Non- governmental organization, (NGO), WomenAid Collective (WACOL), and other Stakeholders in waging war against all forms of harmful and degrading traditional practices against Women in the state. Some […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, paid a visit to Abdulsalami Abubakar, the former head of state, in Minna, Niger state capital, on Sunday. According to THISDAY, Obasanjo stated that he was in Minna to meet with Abubakar who has been indisposed. The former Nigerian leader reportedly arrived at Abdulsalami’s residence at about 12.30pm. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, has stated that her husband, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd.), will be victorious in the Bauchi State governorship election in 2023. Farouq stated this at an event held by Bauchi indigenes and friends of Abubakar at the International Conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday felicitated Nigeria’s iconic football star, sports administrator and broadcaster, Olusegun Odegbami, as he turns 70, on Sunday. In a statement by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in Abuja, the president congratulated the former national team player and his family for many years of service to the nation and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 75 secondary schools in Zamfara are still shut because of security concerns. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. He was reading a goodwill message to a two-day meeting to domesticate the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) organised […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said he has the backing of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to lead Nigeria come 2023. He commended Buhari for his ‘loyalty and commitment’ to the party, even as he expressed confidence of the APC’s “victory in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will Sunday night/Monday morning decide on whether the union will continue its over six-month strike or not, The Nation has learnt. African Examiner reports that ASUU commenced a nationwide industrial action on February 14 and has continued to extend […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 241 RECCE Battalion of the Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed John Gabriel and Lance Cpl Adamu Gideon who allegedly killed an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni Aisami, in Yobe. Lt. Col. Ibrahim Osabo, Ag Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Nguru, Yobe, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after the suspects were de-kited in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The media office of the Obi-Datti 2023 Presidential campaign has refuted claims that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has joined a ‘political deal’ to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. The campaign office in a statement in Abuja, on Saturday, stated that the speculations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command has arrested and arraigned in court three female suspects for alleged conspiracy, trafficking of newborn twins babies and subsequent murder of their mother. Spokesman for the Command, Daniel Ndukwe, DSP, who disclosed this in a statement made available to African Examiner on Saturday in Enugu, said their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has stated that very soon, the areas of border disagreement between Nigeria and Cameroon would be settled peaceably. The leader of the Nigerian delegation, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN stated this during the thirty-forth session of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission (CNMC) held […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A teenager who was reported missing in Lagos has been found in Bauchi State, the police said on Friday. According to a police statement, “Mildred Joshua Ebuka”, a 17-year-old girl, had departed her home in Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday to deliver a wig cap to her aunt’s friend in Ikorodu. On […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has stated that the Labour Party Presidential flag-bearer, Peter Obi, is no longer an Igbo project. This was made known by the National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, who stated that the Igbo had exported the frontline candidate to the rest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The federal government has apologized for the hardship motorists faced because of construction works on the Berger-Opic axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Forosola Oloyede, the acting federal controller of works in Lagos state, apologised in a statement on Saturday. Oloyede stated that the government knows the pains of Nigerians especially residents of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is not well among Niger Delta militants following the recent award of a N48 billion per year (N4b per month) pipeline surveillance contract to ex-warlord, Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a Tompolo by the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited. Several militant groups in the region are angry with the federal government for leaving them […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Peace Ambassadors has reiterated the need to introduce a new orientation that is based on peace initiative to young people in Africa. The representative of the organization, Captain Kafu-Ata Hounakey gave the charge at a press conference held in Abuja on Thursday. The media parley was organized by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Several shops and houses were set ablaze on Thursday when gunmen invaded Izombe, a community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, South-east Nigeria. The gunmen were said to have attacked the community at about 4:30 p.m. The attack lasted for over two hours. A resident of the area, Chijioke Kelechi, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, has clarified why he wore sneakers to the Nigerian Bar Association Conference in Lagos State on Monday. Shettima, who represented APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the event, was dressed in a black suit and red tie, accompanied by a pair of gym shoes, […]
