ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked the Nigerian Legal Practitioners to join in the crusade to accord due respect to the rule of law, as well as put professional ethics above self in the conduct of their business. Buhari gave the challenge Sunday in his address at the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) […]
By Femi Soneye It was on August 27, 2015 that the curtains suddenly fell on a luminous epoch in the humanity and quintessential diplomacy of Professor Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, a prolific writer and erudite scholar, while in the line of duty as Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States at his strategic outpost in Washington DC. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate Bukola Saraki Saturday visited Asaba, Delta State capital to consult with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on his political ambition for the 2019 general elections. After about 45 minutes closed door meeting between his team and Okowa inside Government House, Saraki later addressed newsmen and confirmed that he was in the state to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho has declared he has “no problems” with the Executive Vice Chairman Ed Woodward, in a pre-match news conference. The press briefing was missed by most of the media because the Portuguese arrived half an hour early. At the meeting, Mourinho spoke for four minutes and 19 seconds – […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One week after its inauguration, the sensitization committee for the campaign on the Safe Motherhood Initiative, on Thursday began a state-wide tour to 11 communities spread across Kolokuma/Opokuma and Yenagoa local government areas. The committee made up of information officers from the Ministry of Information and Orientation were received by traditional rulers, the leadership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory on Friday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration. Mnangagwa is due to inaugurated on Sunday. In a unanimous ruling of the nine judges of the country’s top court, Chief Justice Luke Malaba said Nelson Chamisa, who leads […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group under the umbrella of APC Youth Circle (APCYC) Enugu West Senatorial District, has wished the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, a successful retirement from the Senate. This was contained in a statement released in Enugu on Thursday by the General Coordinator, of the body in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African leaders journey to Beijing, for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding from September 3-4, 2018, actually began fifty three years ago. That was at the infancy of our independence. In 1960 alone, seventeen African countries had gained independence. Tanzania became independent in 1961 and Zambia, four years later. Both faced […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested three notorious criminal suspects who specialise in vandalization of Rail tracks and its components and sell to their associates. The State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Ebere Amarizu who disclosed this to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu via a statement said the suspects, were nabbed […]
Washington (CNN) – Sen. John McCain has decided to stop treatment for the brain cancer he has been battling for over a year, his family said Friday in an announcement that precipitated a rare moment of bipartisan empathy in honor of the Vietnam war hero and Republican political veteran. Colleagues of McCain, 81, had been bracing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aid organisations on Friday called for concerted swift measures to meet the humanitarian needs of nearly one million people who are displaced due to inter-communal violence in Ethiopia. The UN migration agency has recently revealed that since April, some 970,000 people have fled their homes due to fighting between communities along the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A very relentless Japanese side overpowered Spain to lift their first ever Under 20 Women’s World Cup, beating Spain 3-1 in France on Friday. The finals was obviously entertaining for the fans at the Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, as the Europeans held possession early in the first half but their persistent […]
KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Thursday organised a free eye test to diagnose and correct possible visual impairments among the commercial drivers in the North central State. The Sector Commander, Mr. Olusegun Martins explained that the exercise which held in Lokoja the Kogi State capital was organised […]
By Mike Akpan (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For many Nigerians, the events of the Second World War are distant tales that bear little impact on the developmental challenges of our country. With the exception of Nigerians who were recruited to serve in the British Army many of who saw action in Burma, the narration of the […]
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Leadership organization established by Ekiti Governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Centre has alarmed the public that the on-going recruitment exercise by the Ayo Fayose’s administration is illegal. The Director of the Centre which is based in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, Mr. Biodun Omoleye, warned the applicants against buying the […]
…Scores Wike Low on Projects, Performance By Tajudeen Balogun Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unlike many other aspirants, the Director General DG of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside says his 2019 political ambition is still in view, as he is currently ‘’consulting’’ with the key stakeholders. After the consultation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former President of Brazil’s Soccer Federation was sentenced on Wednesday by a U.S. judge to four years in prison after being convicted on corruption charges related to the bribery scandal at FIFA, the sport’s governing body. Jose Maria Marin, 86, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge, Pamela Chen, in Brooklyn, New […]
Photo: Late Mrs Gold Coast Dickson, mother of the Governor of Bayelsa State …Formally Informs Family Of Her Death (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leaders of the Kpadia Royal family to which the Dickson family is a part and the Toru Orua community of Sagbama Local Government Area were in Angiama on Tuesday to formally inform the family […]
KWARA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate Bukola Saraki has boasted that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the 2019 Presidential election. Saraki said this Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital at a meeting with PDP members who came from the 16 local government areas of the state. He also expressed his confidence […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As the 2019 general election draws near, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), has vowed to retire Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy president of the Nigerian senate from politics. He stated this Wednesday in a statement in which he spoke about his senatorial ambition in 2019 under the […]
