ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Super Eagles prepare for their friendly with the DR Congo, the Minister of Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalung has confirmed that the visiting players will be screened for Ebola Virus Disease EVD when they arrive Nigeria. The Match is scheduled for next Monday, May 27, 2018 in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday visited the leader of the Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti at his country home in Akure, Ondo after over 20 years of such meeting. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors for about 30 minutes, was believed to be ahead of 2019 election and way […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), charged for fraudulently receiving N400 million on Monday collapsed in the Federal High Court Abuja. Metuh allegedly missed his step and fell as he was attempting to enter the dock when his case was called. Following the incident, the Justice Okon […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Monday refuted reports of an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country. The denial followed social media reports that claimed an Ebola outbreak in Ghana and that the health authority was trying to suppress the information. “We want to state emphatically that the […]
By Oludare Sunday Fase, Baltimore, USA Photo 1: Amb. Tunde Adetunji, the President of the National Heritage Foundation and centre, Atlanta, USA Photo 2 & 3: Amb Adetunji posts for photograph with other participants at the SDG7 Bangkok Conference (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The concept of “One World” is not new as it has been eloquently pursued many […]
Photo: L-R: Commissioner, Urban & Regional Planning, Taraba, Hon. Hassan Beppah; Principal, Precious Kids School, James Ayagwa; Branch Leader, Jalingo, Fidelity Bank Plc, Kabir Abdurrahman; Head, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability, Fidelity Bank Plc, Chris Nnakwe; Taraba Firstlady, Barr. Anna Ishaku and Regional Bank Head (RBH), North East, Musa Tarimbuka. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fidelity Bank Plc, in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Adebisi Adeniyi, counsel to the EFCC on Monday accused Mr Olayinka Bolanle of arm-twisting and disrespecting the court by deliberately absenting himself from defending his client in court. Expressing his frustration over the general attitude of all the defense counsel in the case of alleged N8 billion CBN currency scam, Adeniyi […]
Photo: R-L: Ehimika Ivbuobe, Business Manager, FirstBank; Bello, Hadizat Esohe, winner of the FirstBank Visa Gold Card World Cup Promo; Bello Mohammed, winner’s son and Erhunwunse Osarumwense, Relationship Manager, FirstBank. …Winners to Watch 2018 World Cup Live in Russia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited in partnership with Visa International has announced the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it had set May 26, 2018 for rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for over 12, 000 candidates across the country. JAMB’s Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed Sunday this in an interview in Abuja. Dr. Benjamin revealed that over 12, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kogi State Government says its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has improved tremendously from N350 million to N1 billion monthly. Mr Kingsley Fanwo, the Director-General, Media and Publicity, Kogi State disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja. Fanwo said the target of the state […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has re-elected Dr. Ben Nwoye as its chairman. He was given the fresh mandate on Sunday during the party’s rescheduled State congress held at the indoor sports Hall of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium, Enugu, South-East Nigeria. The congress, which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kwara, Alhaji Kawu Baraje has said that parallel congresses of the party in 21 out of its 22 controlled states is a bad omen that all is not well with the party. Alhaji Kawu Baraje stated this on Sunday while speaking with journalists […]
Photo: Sen. Iyiola Omisore (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Deputy Governor of Osun, Sen. Iyiola Omisore has announced his defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to Social Democratic Party (SDP). Omisore, who announced his defection in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Sunday, said he would contest the Sept. 22 governorship election […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) will check 18,000 decisions on granting asylum since 2000 on suspicion of corruption in its Bremen branch, local media reported on Friday. In April, a scandal erupted after it was revealed that a former official of BAMF’s Bremen regional office and his four other […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cuban authorities believe more than 100 people were killed Friday when a Cubana de Aviacion Boeing 737-200 crashed on takeoff from Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport. Three passengers were in critical condition after surviving the crash, the state-run newspaper Granma reported. The flight to the eastern Cuban city of Holguin went down […]
GOMBE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Gombe State Police Command has paraded three suspects allegedly involved in motorcycle theft and dealing in fake currency in the North Eastern State. While speaking to newsmen, State Commissioner of Police CP, Mr. Shina Olukolu Friday told newsmen in Gombe, the State capital that one of the suspects allegedly […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG declared that there is misinterpretation in the ruling Thursday, given by a Federal High Court in Lagos to the effect that the popular Ikoyi marriage registry has been shut down. Contrary to the earlier interpretation, FG maintained that the Federal High Court never ordered the closure of Ikoyi […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court Friday ordered a former Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, to return to the Federal High Court in Lagos to restart his trial over N5bn alleged fraud charges. It would be recalled that the trial was prematurely terminated in April 2012 by Justice Charles Archibong. […]
…Resceduled Polls hold in 5 LGAs June 2 KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission Thursday confirmed the results for 18 chairmanship seats out of the 23 Local Governments in the just concluded May 12 local councils polls. KASIEC Chairman, Dr Saratu Dikko who confirmed the results in Kaduna, said the All progressives […]
Nairobi, Kenya (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa, a leading pan-African financial institution with operations in 20 African countries has assured the players in the private and public sectors in East Africa’s largest economy that its Kenyan franchise is ready and committed to finance key projects and business transactions capable of galvanising the economic […]
