From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South- East zonal chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the its zoning of the office of the President to the North and that of the National Chairman to the Southern part of Nigeria. It stated this on Monday at the end of her […]
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – An armed group has shut down one of Libya’s largest oil fields in the south of the country. Al Sharara oil field was pumping over 200,000 barrels of oil before its latest closure. Militias have frequently subjected Libya’s oil production fields and export terminals to blockades in recent years, but production recovered […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro- Democracy and Non-Governmental organisation-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has dismissed the 57th Independence broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari as substantially deficient in statesmanship and portrays the President as someone with some deep seated grudges and unmitigated hatred for the over 50 million Igbo speaking people of South East […]
Photo: Stephen Paddock (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspect in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has been identified as Stephen Paddock, authorities said. Paddock, 64, is from Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas and had been known to local law enforcement. The shooting is not believed to be connected to international […]
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari (PROTOCOL) October 1st remains a special date for all Nigerians as this marks the day when we attained one of the most precious of human desires — freedom. Over the years the country has gone through trials and tribulations, but October 1st is always a day for celebrations. It is a […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A magistrate court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, South- East Nigeria, on Friday arraigned a 46 year old lebanese expatriate, identified as Mr. Antioni Alromi, and three others for allegedly stealing properties valued more than N7 million naria belonging to a construction firm. Our Correspondent reports […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven primary school teachers including a Headmaster in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, on Friday ran into problem, as they were suspended for absenteeism during school hours by the state governor, Dave Umahi. He announced the sanction when he paid an unscheduled visit to the primary school situated […]
Photo: Tom Price (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The health and human services secretary Tom Price has resigned, after revelations that he spent more than $1m of taxpayers’ money on travel including chartered flights. Reports about such travel by Price and other cabinet members – including EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, interior secretary Ryan Zinkeand veterans affairs director […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Islamic State group faces military defeats in Syria and Iraq, the group has an eye on war-torn Libya, hoping to re-emerge there and organize in the country’s desert, officials and experts warn. Siddiq al-Soor, the head of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Tripoli, told reporters on Thursday that IS militants […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has described the alleged mass forced return of over 100,000 Nigerian asylum seekers by Cameroonian military as worrisome and disturbing. In a statement by her Media Assistant, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, she decried the inhuman treatment meted out to Nigerian […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-Governmental Organization, The Robert Sunday Iworiso Foundation has joined in felicitating with the government and people of Bayelsa State on the occasion of the state’s 21st anniversary. Director of the foundation, Chief John Alphonsus Iworiso in a statement expressed delight that despite the numerous challenges, Bayelsa has continued to experience rapid […]
Photo: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe AFRICAN EXAMINER — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is lashing out against businesses that he believes are defying his orders to reverse price hikes for basic commodities. Mugabe is accusing those who defy his order of being “saboteurs” against his government, some of whom he said were from within his own ruling […]
Photo: Sergio Aguero (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City have confirmed striker Sergio Aguero was involved in a car crash in the Netherlands. Unverified claims on Friday morning said the 29-year-old fractured a rib after the taxi in which he was travelling in Amsterdam struck a pillar. Dutch police told Sky Sports News that two people […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Okpatu village, Okwojo Ngwo, in Udi council area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, were on Thursday thrown into apprehension, following a bomb explosion that rocked the area. However, the state police command says it has begun full scale investigation into the incident which occurred in […]
Photo: Engr. Ife Oyedele By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned engineer and also the current Executive Director (Engineering and Technical Services), Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC). Engr. Ife Oyedele has added another milestone to his soaring professional and political career bagging a personality of the year award. According to the organisers, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government FG has declared Monday, October 2, 2017 as public holiday to commemorate the nation’s 57th independence anniversary. Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made this known Wednesday in Abuja in a by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji. Gen. Dambazau who congratulated […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Counsels to the wanted self-acclaimed Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra Nnmadi Kanu have declared him missing and ordered the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai to produce him. Against this background, the Lawyers led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor Wednesday filed a suit before a Federal High Court […]
AFRICAN EXAMINER — A fight broke out in Uganda’s parliament Tuesday amid efforts to introduce legislation that could extend the president’s decades-long hold on power. After opposition lawmakers accused a colleague on the government side of carrying a gun, a brawl broke out in which lawmakers pushed and punched each other. A motion is to […]
Photo: Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has, to date, released N336 billion from the 2017 Budget to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the funding of capital projects in the first quarter of 2017. The balance of N14 billion is being processed, pending resolution of some formalities within the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose will on Thursday, formally declare his intention to contest for the position of president of Nigeria in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event is billed for the Golden Hall, Chelsea Hotel, Abuja at 11am. Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and […]
