(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As reactions continue to trail the leaked audio tape of the Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi – allegedly crtiticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, an aide of the former Governor, Ibim Seminatari has added her voice, alleging a foul play by the opposition. Seminitari was a Commissioner for Information in Rivers State […]
Photo: Ailing Gabonese Leader, Ali Bongo said to have been in Morocco for over 2 months (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A spokesperson for the government of Gabon has said the political situation in the country is “under control”, following an attempted military coup. The government further said four of the rebels had been arrested by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday made its first intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange (FOREX) market for 2019 with a sum of 210 million dollars. The CBN Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, said the wholesale sector of the market received 100 million dollars, while the Small […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Idris Ibrahim, on Friday, visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he was reported to have met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. The IGP, who was reported to have clocked 35 years in service of the Nigeria Police Force on Jan. 3, was sighted dressed in his official […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct against R&B artist R. Kelly are in the spotlight again as a six-part documentary series reignites public outrage. The three-night Lifetime series, “Surviving R. Kelly,” brings together Kelly’s accusers and inner circle to detail the artist’s life that the network described as “riddled with rumors of […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has said that the Memfys hospital, Enugu, has remained a reference point in the healthcare delivery of the Nigeria. Inaugurating the multi-million naira new complex of the hospital in Enugu which coincided with the 16th anniversary of the hospital, the governor, who was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi was elected as Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, returning her to a position she last held in January 2011, for her third term. The 78-year-old veteran lawmaker was nominated by New York Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries, as Democrats took control of the lower chamber. Pelosi carried […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reverse the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari, as Chairman of the Collation Centre Committee for 2019 general elections. Zakari is a National Commissioner of INEC. The party made the call at a news conference addressed by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Wednesday expressed concern over the slackening of discipline in the army. In remarks delivered when he inaugurated a new deputy army commander Dennis Alibuzwi, Lungu said discipline was cardinal in the army and that no rank was above discipline. Lungu, who fired former army commander Paul Mihova […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Ifo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said that a middle-age man, (name unknown), died while jumping down from a Marcopolo BRT bus at Casso axis, on Abeokuta/Lagos Expressway on Wednesday. Mr Joshua Ibitomi, the Agbado Unit Commander of FRSC, who confirmed the incident to NAN said that the accident […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has denied a social media report that its personnel deployed to the North East to complement the military in the fight against Boko Haram protested. A social media report and photos alleged that about 2,000 personnel of the force undergoing training in the North East dropped their weapons […]
Photo: Ambassador Tunde Adetunji By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s foremost cultural ambassador, Chief Tunde Adetunji on a mission to transform the world has begun moves to launch a global sensitization of “Brain Drain to Brain Gain” Campaign with a view to promoting understanding, unity, love and peace around the world. His concept of Creating One […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This is the season of political campaigns, a season mostly synonymous with propaganda and often times outright lies by politicians and their surrogates. With his presidential campaign struggling badly to gain neither attention nor traction, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party have led the attack against President Buhari, members of his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Preliminary figures released on Monday by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) showed a total of 4.3 billion passengers were transported by air on scheduled services in 2018. The document issued by ICAO’s Chief of Communications, Mr Anthony Philbin, said this indicated a 6.1 per cent increase over 2017 when 4 billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 14 migrants, identified as Ethiopians, had been found dead in Eastern Tanzania’s region of Morogoro, Police said on Monday. Morogoro Regional Police Commander Wilbroad Mutafungwa said that the aliens were found dead in Mindu area, near Morogoro municipality, on the Tanzania-Zambia highway. He said that there were 26 illegal […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator representing Imo North senatorial district of Imo state, South- East Nigeria, in the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS), Chief Benjamin Uwajimogu, has advised the Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and join his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, in […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All progressive congress APC Enugu State chapter, has accused one of its chieftain and former Senate president, Chief Ken Nnamani of working against the party’s success in 2019. It alleged that Nnamani has been working for the PDP instead of the APC. The Chairman of APC in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – American President Donald Trump was four when the Korean War broke out in 1950. In three years, the war sucked in more than forty countries, most, under the United Nations (UN) banner. Two and a half million people died in the war. America suffered 36,568 dead and 103,284 injured. All the countries returned home […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s opposition said on Monday it expected one of its candidates to win the presidential election based on early vote tallies. However, the ruling coalition said it was confident its candidate had won the chaotic contest. The competing claims followed a disorderly election day on Sunday in which many […]
Photo: Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari, Zamfara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala has alleged that his boss, Abdul’Aziz Yari, has sidelined him. Wakkala made the allegation Sunday in Gusau, the State capital Sunday while speaking with the newsmen. Wakkala alleged that Governor Yari had denied him his rights and privileges. “For […]
