(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ARSENAL boss Unai Emery has bemoaned his side’s defending after they were beaten 5-1 by Liverpool at Anfield. Ainsley Maitland-Niles had given Arsenal a shock lead at Anfield after 11 minutes. But Arsenal then fell apart as Liverpool’s front three took full advantage of woeful defending. Roberto Firmino scored a hat-trick while […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first executive president of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari has passed away. He died Friday evening at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was 93 years old. Shagari was elected Nigeria’s President in 1979 and reelected in 1983. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “great sadness” at the news of the passing away […]
(NAN) – The Nigerian Army on Friday said Boko Haram terrorists had not taken over Baga town in Borno, contrary to reports in some sections of the media. “Baga town is not in the hands of the Boko Haram. They contested it (taking the over the border town) but they lost the contest,’’ Maj.-Gen. Lamidi […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) has called on the Cameroonian government to initiate investigations into protracted violent crisis in the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest Regions of the country. The Center condemned the killings and public dragging of Anglophones in the Francophone- Bangourain axis of the West Region, […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abuja residence of the controversial Kogi Senator, Dino Melaye has been invaded by the policemen. Melaye’s house which is located at 11, Sangha Street, off Mississippi, Maitama, Abuja central business area was occupied by the security personnel Friday noon. Apart from occupying the house, the policemen also […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned professor of pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN Professor Kenneth Ofokansi, has said that several novel oral drug therapeutic systems have been invented along with the appreciable development of drug delivery technology for the past three decades. Prof. Ofokansi explained that although, these advanced […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As it sets to flag off its electioneering campaign in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital today, the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), has released the names of members of its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2019 elections, with the President himself being appointed as the Chairman. A National Leader of the APC […]
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police Command has confirmed the abduction of two Catholic priests by yet to be identified gunmen at Nneyi Umeri area of the state. They were kidnapped on Tuesday while on their way back from Onitsha on Monday evening. The Anambra state police public Relations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three suicide bombers attacked Libya’s foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least two other people as well as themselves, authorities said. The three attackers began their assault with a car bomb, damaging vehicles and buildings, and then opened fire on the ministry, a security source said. Two managed to get […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame Tuesday joined his excited colleagues to celebrate stylish Christmas haircuts offered to 300 inmates of the Kuje Prison. The free haircut was offered by the National Association of Barbers and Salon Employers of Nigeria (NABSEN), in a Christmas visit to the facility. The outreach […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pope has called for peace in conflict zones including Yemen and Syria. In his annual Christmas message, Pope noted that the two countries have both been ravaged by civil war for years, pushing their people into humanitarian crises. “My wish for a happy Christmas is a wish for fraternity. Fraternity among individuals of […]
…Calls for Prayers Ahead Of 2019 Polls (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has called on Christians in Nigeria to be more prayerful as the country moves towards another round of crucial general elections. The governor in his Christmas message signed by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said […]
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Its Diarrhea, Not Cholera, Says Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fear has gripped residents of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, over the outbreak of a disease suspected to be cholera which has claimed 17 lives in various communities of the area. The disease which mostly hit villages in Anambra West Council Area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Treasure House of God, Quarry, Abeokuta on Tuesday, distributed foodstuff to more than 6,000 people to celebrate Christmas in Ogun. The beneficiaries went to the Church premises as early as 5 a.m. to collect the food items. Speaking to journalists, Deacon Kayode Ogunjimi, the Chairman, Jesus Feast Committee of the Church, said that Jesus was the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on Nigerians to take advantage of the Christmas season to offer special prayers for peaceful, credible and violence-free general elections in the country in 2019. Ugwuanyi, in a Christmas message signed by his media aide, Mr Louis Amoke, on Tuesday in Enugu wished all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, Mr. Femi Otedola has announced his resolve to sell all his shares in the firm’s downstream business. Forte Oil gave the hint on divestment Monday by its majority shareholder in a notice signed by its General Counsel, Mr. Akinleye Olagbende. “Forte Oil Plc hereby notifies the Nigerian […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command says it has commenced a full scale investigations into the alleged incident of attack/fire outbreak that allegedly occurred at the campaign office of one Barrister Tagbo Ogara, a governorship Aspirant of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Enugu state in the 2019 […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …. To Provide Surveillance on Roads. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday flagged off the 2018 edition of the annual “Operation Eagle Eye” exercise in the South East zone geo political of Nigeria. According to the Agency, the campaign is aimed at partnering Road Traffic Management Agencies […]
…Urges FG To Refund $1.05b Spent Without NASS Approval (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has come down hard on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over what he described as huge abuse of financial procedures in the running of the state oil company, alleging that […]
By Folu Olamiti (FNGE) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Happy days are back at the Nigeria Consulate in Johannesburg. Both staff members and visitors and, indeed, people that have one business or the other to transact with the High Commission, are having a swell time. No, it’s not because Christmas, the season of love, peace and goodwill to all men […]
