(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Forestry and WildLife in Borno Ministry of Environment says a herd of elephants that allegedly strayed from the neighbouring Cameroon has invaded and destroyed some community farmlands in the state. A Director in the ministry, Mr Ayuba Peter, confirmed the ugly incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Algeria’s incumbent President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has been re-elected with almost 95 per cent of the vote, the country’s electoral authority ANIE said Sunday. “Out of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 per cent of the vote,” ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel was still in detention on Friday in spite of being released for a few hours a day earlier, his campaign team said. Zammel is one of three candidates approved by Tunisia’s electoral commission to run in a presidential election on Oct. 6 which opposition critics say […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No less than 17 pupils were killed after a fire razed down Hillside Endarasha Academy, a boarding primary school in Kenya’s Nyeri county. The fire started late Thursday night and it injured over 14 people. There are speculations that the death toll could increase as more than a dozen have been taken […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has dismissed over 200 military personnel from the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF), including 21 senior and junior officers, the military announced in a statement on Friday. Among those dismissed were Martin Nzaramba and Etienne Uwimana, alongside 19 other senior and junior officers, according to the statement issued […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were traveling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighboring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo Provincial Department of Transport and Community […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says no fewer than 21,600 students are parading fake certificates obtained from degree mills institutions in Benin Republic, Togo and others. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this during a ministerial press briefing on his one year achievements in the ministry, in Abuja on Friday. According to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States government on Friday said that it was not planning the establishment of any military base in Nigeria. Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Ekman, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), West Africa Coordination Element Lead, Department of Defence, made this known during a media roundtable with select journalists in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A payment processing platform, eTranzact, has emerged as Africa’s Most Innovative Payment Services Company of the Year 2024 at the African Brands Innovators Forum Adeyemi Opene, Head, Brand and Corporate Communications, eTranzact Plc, said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Opene said that the award elevated the firm, which is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), would continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reaffirmed this position at […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African continent is poised to declare a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) as the Mpox (Monkeypox) outbreak continues to spread across many countries. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), said this during a webinar on Thursday on the Mpox outbreak situation in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday lifted a territorial arms embargo on the Central African Republic that was put in place in 2013 after civil war broke out, but which the country’s foreign minister said was now “unjust.” The unanimously adopted resolution scrubbed the sanctions that were already watered-down last year when […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seventeen human skulls buried in metal boxes have been unearthed at a suspected shrine in the centre of Uganda, police told AFP on Tuesday. Children foraging for firewood outside Kabanga village near Mpigi town, about 40 kilometres (24 miles) west of the capital Kampala, made the grisly discovery on Monday, according to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Opposition leader Bobi Wine said heavily armed security forces were besieging his party headquarters on Monday and had arrested several leaders, on the eve of a planned anti-corruption march that has been banned by the authorities. The action comes two days after President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country with an […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, says the re-election of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is a testament of the trust and confidence reposed in him. Obasanjo stated this in a congratulatory message issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, to newsmen on Friday. In the letter, the former Nigerian leader […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana to participate in the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. In his capacity as the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A victim of online shopping scam has called on the security agencies and Nigerians to help her recover her funds from a fake and fraudulent hair products vendor named Amy_luxury_hair who advertised a very attractive promo on facebook to defraud unsuspecting victims. The victim, who preferred to be anonymous, due to security […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Ghanaian chef, Ebenezer Smith, better known as Millennium Chef Smith, who was recently exposed for forging a Guinness World Record in a cooking marathon, has stated that he does not deserve to be alive because of his disgraceful actions. Smith stated this in a recent interview with GHOne TV on Sunday. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Saturday implored young people not to attempt the perilous Atlantic route to Europe, days after scores of would-be migrants perished when their boat capsized off Mauritania. Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died after their boat overturned earlier this week, with dozens reported missing in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been working towards establishing a single currency, known as the ECO, to facilitate economic integration and improve trade among member states. The endorsement by Nigeria, the region’s largest economy, is a significant step towards the actualization of this long-anticipated monetary union. The introduction […]
