(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Absence of the first witness of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Lagos Friday stalled opening of its defence in the ongoing trial of the church’s board of trustees over their alleged culpability in the collapsed building which occurred Friday, September 12, 2014. No fewer than 116 people including foreign worshipers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on 28th April 2018, on an official working visit to the United States of America, on the invitation of President Donald Trump. President Buhari will have bilateral meeting with President Trump and a working lunch on Monday 30th April 2018. The meeting is to discuss ways […]
Photo: Del Nero (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The world Football Governing body has slammed a life ban on the head of the Brazilian Football Federation, Marco Polo Del Nero. FIFA which made this known Friday though a statement indicated that its action followed confirmation of gross financial misconduct investigation which was carried out on him. […]
Photo: Late Imam Imam (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Media and Publicity, Malam Imam Imam is dead. Imam died around 3.am at the Nziamye Turkish Hospital Abuja after a brief illness on Friday. The younger brother, Abubakar Imam and his friend Muhammad Isa, confirmed that the deceased […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Odoru/Eburumiri Autonomous community in Nsukka council Area of Enugu state, South East Nigeria have stormed the local government headquarters to protest alleged imposition of one Mr. Emmanuel Ezema on them as their traditional ruler by the council. African Examiner reports that the protesters who trooped […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has described as the height of insensitivity on the part of President Muhammadu Buhari, for not visiting troubled Benue state to commiserate with the people and the Catholic Church that lost two high priest and 17 other worshippers in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government on Thursday said that it had prevented the payment of huge amount of money to payroll fraudsters in its local government councils totaling N3.912 bn annually as a fall out of the ongoing public sector reforms in the state. Speaking during a press conference, the Commissioner for Information and […]
Photo: Antoine Griezmann celebrates late equaliser against Arsenal (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A late equaliser from French striker Antoine Griezmann gave 10-man Atletico Madrid a precious away-goal advantage over Arsenal in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final at the Emirates. A night which looked like Arsenal’s ended with a 1-1 draw on Thursday. Arsenal were […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The jury in Bill Cosby’s retrial found the TV icon guilty of all three counts of aggravated indecent assault on Thursday for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in a Philadelphia suburb in 2004. The 80-year-old comedian faces up to 10 years in prison on each count, but is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Mpape, has ordered that a brother to the embattled Senator representing Kogi West, Mr. Dino Melaye, Samuel, and three others, should be remanded in Kuje Prison. The court held that the quartet who were docked by the Nigerian Police Force for obstruction, should remain in […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has described as illegal and called for refund of the current payments being made by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC for subsidy of Premium Motor Spirit PMS, otherwise called petrol. Following this, the Senate Committee on Public Accounts recommended in its report on the investigation into the […]
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Economic Council (NEC) has recommended a ban on open grazing across the country in order to stop the incessant Fulani, Farmers conflicts and killings. The NEC, which is chaired by the Vice-President has all state governors, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and relevant ministers […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun has released the timetable for the conduct of the state’s Sept. 22 governorship election. Presenting the timetable to newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, the newly appointed Osun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said election activities would commence on June 23 with the […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of France through its development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has expressed its resolve to fully support the Federal Government of Nigeria in the implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) for the country. The French development agency said its intervention strategy for […]
Photo: Kano Governor, Umar Ganduje (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano state governor, Umar Ganduje has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement of former Edo governor Adams Oshiomhole as the APC National Chairman saying his comment is not an imposition adding that Buhari being undemocratic does not arise. Speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, the governor argued that “Buhari’s […]
Photo: Senator Magnus Abe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe on Wednesday declared his intention to contest for the governorship of Rivers State in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abe, who made the declaration while addressing a crowd […]
By Abdul Gaffar Bello KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has commenced the recall process of Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi State. The State INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner REC, Prof. James Apam, while addressing a press conference Wednesday in Lokoja, the State capital said the electoral body had put all […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President Emmanuel Macron has urged U.S. to reject narrow nationalism and engage the world, telling American lawmakers on Wednesday that modern economic and security challenges must be shared responsibility. Capping a three-day visit to the U.S., Macron told a joint meeting of Congress that isolationism and nationalism were “a tempting remedy […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Music star, Oladapo Oyebanji, a.k.a Dbanj, on Wednesday said that a platform for Nigerian talented actors to showcase their scripts for sponsorship would be launched May 1. He disclosed this during the 2018 Nigerian Entertainment Conference with the theme “Understanding Emerging Markets, Trends and Opportunities” in Lagos. Dbanj who established similar platform […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the May 9th, state congress of the All progressives Congress APC, the 17 chairmanship candidates of the party in the 2017 council election in Enugu state have endorsed the state chairman Dr. Ben Nwoye, for a 2nd term in office, even as they presented him with […]
