BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 348 people have been killed, while almost 6,000 injured in a 7.3-magnitude earthquake which shook the northern border region between Iran and Iraq. The majority of those who died were said to be in Iran’s western Kermanshah province. Specifically, seven people died in Iraq, where people fled […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 20 police officers were injured in Brussels when celebrations over Morocco’s qualification for football’s World Cup turned violent. The Moroccan national side qualified for the 2018 tournament in Russia with a 2-0 victory away to Ivory Coast on Saturday, topping their group. Fans hit the streets after the game and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 33 people, UN radio station Okapi reports. It happened in Buyofwe in the province Lualaba, in the south of the country. Radio Okapi said that the train caught fire after crashing into a ravine. According to reports, it was carrying flammable […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER — South Africa’s main opposition party said on Sunday it had asked the High Court to force President Jacob Zuma to disclose how much the state has spent on legal fees to fight corruption allegations against him. Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chairperson James Selfe said in a statement the opposition party had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With Switzerland qualification Saturday, the 27 out of the Nations that will participate in the Russia 2018 World Cup tournament have been decided. From the Europe are countries such as: Belgium, England, Germany, Iceland, Poland, the host, Russia, Serbia, Spain, France, Portugal and Switzerland. Nigeria which first qualified as well as Egypt, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, was on Sunday morning flown abroad for medical treatment. A white air ambulance, with registration number N605 AJ, which flew the elder statesman out of the country, departed the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, around 8.30 am. The country of destination for the treatment was […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Ahead of the November 18th gubernatorial election in Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has endorsed the candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC Comrade Tony Nwoye, saying they are currently mobilizing voters for him. Nwoye, was a one time National president of the student body, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After completion of renovation of his office, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally returned to his main office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It would be recalled that shortly after President Buhari returned on August 19, 2017 from London, where he had traveled for better medical attention, his Senior Special Assistant […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its partnership with the CFA Society Nigeria to host the Universities’ Ethics Challenge. The event which is scheduled for November 9 – 12, 2017 is one of the educational outreach programmes designed by CFA Society Nigeria for university students; it aligns with FirstBank’s Corporate Responsibility […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Plc has continued to make waves on the continent adding more laurels to its ever-increasing list of achievements. The Bank’s Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Bola Atta was recognised as the Top Marketing Professional in West Africa at the 7th Marketing World Awards (MWA) […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours after the presentation of 2018 Budget proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the meager 7 per cent allocated to education. The group in a statement issued in Lagos by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola recalled ”like its predecessors, the current Federal […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Health Minister Prof. Isaac Adewole (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole to investigate reports of an ‘unknown disease’ that has led to the death of several children in Jigawa State. The President also directed the Minister to deploy all the necessary machinery to combat the […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state command of the Nigerian Customs, has confiscated over 10,000 bags of 50kg smuggled rice, dozens of second-hand tyres, eight sacks of substance suspected to be Indian-hemp, cartons of tramadol with some quantities of rahyphnol and other items. Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit of the Nigerian Customs […]
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The song in Nigeria public places now is quite different from what they were singing at the onset of APC regime in 2015. The new song in the mouths of market women and their children sounds like, “We’d thought that APC would bring […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts aimed at combating child sexual abuse, conflict, urban displacement and strengthening the electoral process in Nigeria have received a boost from the government of France through its Embassy in Nigeria. This development is sequel to the recent approval of grants to four indigenous Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As criticism continues to trail the November 4, 2017 Local government area election in Enugu state, the All progressive Congress APC in the state, has rejected results of the polls in its entirety. The party in a petition letter addressed to the chairman of Enugu state Independent Electoral […]
Photo: President Buhari presents 2018 “Budget of Consolidation”, joined by VP Osinbajo and other government functionaries at the National Assembly, 7th Nov, 2017. PHOTOS: NOVO ISIORO ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday proposed a total of N8.6 trillion for the 2018 fiscal year. He made the proposal at the joint Session of […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the deaths of 26 Nigerians who got drowned in Mediterranean sea as “most unfortunate and tragic”. The Presidential aide described the deaths of the young Nigerians, as avoidable and preventable. In a statement […]
BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borno Police Command Tuesday confirmed that four female suspected suicide bombers were killed while trying to sneak into Maiduguri, the State capital metropolis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer PPRO Mr. Victor Isuku confirmed the incident to NAN in a telephone interview. According to Isuku, the incident occurred at about […]
ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Contrary to the rumour which was spread Tuesday morning, an official of Memfys Neuro-surgical Hospital, Enugu has confirmed that the ailing former Vice- President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is still alive, stable and responding to treatment. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved request to fly Dr. Ekwueme […]
