(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A government official appointed by US President Donald Trump has resigned after racist and sexist comments he made were uncovered. Carl Higbie was the external affairs chief at the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) agency, which runs volunteer groups. Mr Higbie made the comments on an internet radio show he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroon’s elections aren’t expected until at least September but the political scene is already heating up. Supporters of longtime President Paul Biya are urging him to seek another term, while parts of the country’s notoriously fractured opposition are trying to unite behind a single candidate. Recently, hundreds of youth sang in the […]
…To Hold NUT National Executive Meeting in Yenagoa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Union of Teachers has taken a decision to confer an award of excellence on the Governor of Bayelsa State in appreciation of his efforts in the promotion of education at all levels in the state. The President of the NUT, Mr. Michael […]
Photo: Football Icon, Pele (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Brazilian Football legend Pele has been hospitalized after collapsing Thursday due to exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association (FWA). According to FWA, Pele is the only player to have won three […]
OYO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About five months after their installation, an Oyo State High Court Friday ruled that the review of the 1957 Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration and other Related Chieftaincies in Ibadan land is illegal, null, void and of no effect. The State Government in 2017 set up the Justice Akintunde Boade-led Review Commission, […]
Photo: President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President-General of Igbo umbrella organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has faulted recent judgement by an Abuja Federal High court, which held that the proscription of the Independent peoples of Biafra IPOB was validly made and was in order, describing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an application by the proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) challenging the order banning it. Justice Adamu Kafarati, in a ruling on an application by the group, held that the proscription order made ex-parte on September 20 last year was validly made. […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2019 general election in Nigeria, the campaign posters of Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has flooded some parts of the state, especially the state capital, Enugu. Our Correspondent observed that the well-designed poster with a bold photograph of the Governor, who is spending his […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has constituted a 10-member committee to look into the raging suspected herdsmen bloodshed in Benue State and find a lasting solution to it. The committee which was unveiled Thursday during a meeting of the National Economic Council NEC, held at the Presidential […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following cases of incessant attacks and alleged killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in parts of Southern Nigeria, the youth wing of the apex Igbo socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, has ordered those operating in the southeast region to vacate the area. OYC, handed down the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North and South Korea have agreed to march together under a single “unified Korea” flag at the next month’s Winter Olympics in the South. Similarly, the two countries BBC reports have agreed to field a joint women’s ice hockey team in rare talks at the truce village of Panmunjom. These […]
BENUE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely a week ago when a mass burial was held for the victims of last crisis, suspected herdsmen have reportedly killed six people in fresh attacks on some communities in Benue State. As witnessed previously, the attacks occurred in communities within Logo, Guma and Okpokwu Local Government Areas of Benue […]
…As Police Begins Investigation From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Enugu, South-East Nigeria, said it has arrested one Michael Kingsley, a butcher, for allegedly stabbing to death his colleague, identified as Ifeanyi Egwuagu at the popular Artisan market quarters in Enugu. According to the state police public Relations officer PPRO, Ebere […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Doctors in Ebonyi State South east Nigeria have protested the non functionality of the virology centre in the state blaming it for the death of two doctors and a nurse, who died of lassa fever on Sunday. Our Correspondent gathered that the virology centre was built and equipped by the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In order to maintain its leading edge in banking technology, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has upgraded its Internet Banking Solution, FirstOnline, with improved features to promote and safeguard the electronic banking experience of customers vis-à-vis payment efficiency, versatility and productivity in their business transaction. The user friendly and secure internet banking […]
Photo: Steve Otaloro, the Director, Media and Publicity, All Progressives Congress(APC), Ondo State chapter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Appropriation Bill presented and submitted by the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to the state House of Assembly for scrutiny and approval for 2018 fiscal year deserves a critical review in order to avail the public, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government says most of its programmes and policies are tailored towards ensuring a better life for youths because of their critical role in the society. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson came out with this while addressing the new executives of the Bayelsa Youth Federation (BYF) […]
ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three people were reportedly killed and another two were critically injured late Monday in a suspected Boko Haram attack in Adamawa State. According to a community Leader, gunmen riding motorcycles and bicycles arrived in large numbers in Pallam village, in the Madagali area of Adamawa state, at about 11:30 pm […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Almost a year after his inauguration, Gambian President Adama Barrow for the first time visited Nigeria and met behind the closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Mr. Barrow who arrived at the Presidential villa at about 11.50 Tuesday will be hosted to a lunch after bilateral discussions. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has commended the Nigerian Army for the establishment of a tertiary military hospital in Sokoto that will serve as centre of excellence for diseases of military importance. A statement issued Tuesday in Sokoto by Tambuwal’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said the hospital, the first of its kind in […]
