LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has alleged that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is being sponsored by certain disgruntled elements to sabotage the Buhari’s Administration, under the guise of fighting for the rights of the people of the South-east. Speaking at a press conference in […]
ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For challenging the sovereignty of Nigeria, the Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has justified the deployment of troops in the South East region to checkmate the group’s activities. The former Abia State Governor stated this on the side-line of the opening of the 2017 Annual Youth […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations (UN) has declared that Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given “a last chance” to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad. Antonio Guterres told the BBC unless she acted now, “the tragedy will […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Congolese security troops killed at least 36 Burundian refugees and injured more than 100 others during confrontations Friday over plans to return some of the refugees to their home country, officials and local activists said. Soldiers and police opened fire as the refugees tried to free some of their compatriots in Kamanyola, […]
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely 24 hours Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi sacked the management and Board of Rangers International FC, he has inaugurated a 10-man Administrative Panel of Inquiry “to carry out a diagnostic investigation of its problems”. AFRICAN EXAMINER sports gathered that the Governor was sad with the alleged […]
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart Abuja for New York, to join other world leaders at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 72). The high point of the President’s visit will be his participation in the General Debate during which he will […]
Photo: South East (Nigeria) Governors From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Urge Buhari to Withdraw Soldiers from South-East Zone (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South-East governors forum on Friday proscribed all activities of the Independent peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in the geo political zone , just it appealed to president Muhammad Buhari, to withdraw the Military in the […]
Photo: Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Igbo leaders of thought operating under the auspices of Alaigbo Development Forum (ADF) has filed a suit against Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai, over the ongoing […]
By Emmanuel Onwubiko (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The controversies trailing the deployment of armed soldiers to the hitherto peaceful South East of Nigeria has brought to the fore several fundamental issues that ought to be sufficiently addressed regarding the foundation of the military institution in Nigeria. The immediate question that this widely rejected deployment has brought […]
Photo: Governor Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa state (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures to improve the educational system in public schools, the Bayelsa State Government has constituted a committee to collate data of civil servants whose degree qualifications are relevant to the teaching profession for the purpose of training and redeployment to primary and secondary […]
Photo: Senate President, Bukola Saraki (AFRICAN EXAMINER) — The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Itse Sagay on Thursday continued his attack on the Nigerian senate saying the senators are abusing the word “distinguished” by attaching it to their names. The Professor of Law stated this at the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation Re-union in Lagos. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seasoned media practitioner and public relations expert, Daniel Iworiso-Markson is now a Commissioner designate following his screening and confirmation by members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. Iworiso-Markson who appeared before the lawmakers on Thursday brilliantly answered questions put before him to the admiration of all and was therefore cleared and […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In an effort to restore peace in the State and South Eastern Nigeria, Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has met with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Ibrahim Idris, while a new Police Commissioner has assumed duty in Abia State. While confirming the meeting with VP to the state […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its 10 days strike. NARD Chairman University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan chapter, Dr. Segun Olaopa, early Thursday, confirmed to journalists that the decision was reached following appeals from the Federal Government FG that more time be given to enable it meet the demands […]
Photo caption: Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s minister of finance (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government has ordered Forensic probes of some government agencies including Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The exercise is to recover unremitted revenues, according to Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who briefed State […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the restriction of the operation of inter-state buses and vehicles operating along Ikorodu Road from going beyond Ojodu Berger and Ojota Motor Parks. Against this background, the State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the operators to relocate to the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss a key UN debate next week, following mounting criticism of her poor handling of a crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim minority. No fewer than 379,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh since violence began late last month. Presently, the entire […]
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and China have been elected as the Vice President and President respectively of the United Nations (UN) World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly. The country which was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed was elected by acclamation to represent Africa, alongside Cape Verde, […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unhappy with the performance of Rangers International FC of Enugu in the just concluded 2016/2017 Nigeria professional football league NPFL, Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has sacked the entire management and Board of the club led by ex- Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu. African Examiner Sports reports that […]
Photo: Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi By Prof. R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ramifications of Nigeria political upheavals and its instabilities are acutely being felt by Nigerian children and outsiders living in Nigeria, much more than their grandparents that caused the confusion. Nigerian children, who will now be grappling with the […]
