BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool have agreed a £40m deal to sign Arsenal and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Oxlade-Chamberlain, 24, had Tuesday rejected a move to Chelsea after a fee had been agreed. The fee would have been Liverpool’s club record deal, but the Reds have agreed to sign RB Leipzig’s Naby Keita next […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Governors of South East Nigeria on Wednesday met with leader of the Independent peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu in Enugu to deliberate on issues concerning the agitation. The IPOB chief, who was incarcerated and released from detention on bail condition few months ago, over treasonable felony, was accompanied to the […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike aka Evans Wednesday pleaded guilty to the two count kidnapping charges preferred against him in court. Evans who was arrested by the police special team in July inside his Magodo, a Lagos suburb mansion is being arraigned with other five suspects before a Federal High Court sitting in […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. Ibrahim Idris has announced the appointment of Mr. Imohimi Edgar as the new Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP. The new CP is to replace the immediate past, Mr. Fatai Owoseni who assumed duty in July 2015. Edgar’s appointment followed his recent elevation by […]
SOUTH SUDAN — “If I’d have refused, my father and brothers would have killed me,” Eliza says. Shifting uncomfortably in her plastic chair, the 17-year-old recoils when remembering her wedding day. In 2012, at the age of 13, Eliza was forced by her father to marry a 35-year-old man from their village in the South […]
Photo caption: Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Tuesday, stayed back at a meeting convened by the Federal Government FG team to resolve the ongoing nationwide industrial action by its members. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Latest from the Saudi Arabia Kingdom has it that Nigeria has lost five of her pilgrims undergoing the current Hajj. According to report, the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed, announced the development Tuesday in Mecca, at the 2017 pre-Arafat meeting with the Hajj stakeholders. Alhaji […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till September 5, 2017 hearing on the suit challenging alleged infringement on his Fundamental human right filed before it, by the suspected Kidnap Kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly referred to as Evans. The suit listed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr. […]
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has warned the Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama on the likely expulsion from the party owing to his alleged misconducts, including sowing the seed of discord within the party. The State Chairman Dr. Ben Nwoye, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Senate Majority Whip, Alhaji Mahmud Bello is dead. The Katsina Lawmaker reportedly died reportedly at the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja at the age of 72. Late Bello who represented Katsina South Senatorial district was elected differently on the platforms of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was the largest gathering of highly educated persons I have ever attended, or heard about on the continent. The quality of the academics and the cost that would have been incurred educating them is unquantifiable. The Vice Chancellors (VCs)of all 148 universities in the country (That is already a minimum of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government should commence immediate investigation and prosecution of the embattled Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged N120 billion received from corporate organisations for special security services, anti-corruption group, United Global Resolve For Peace, said on Monday. The organisation described as “pathetic and quite disheartening” that the Nigeria Police has […]
Children living in fragile situations are four times more likely to lack access to basic drinking water (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 180 million people do not have access to basic drinking water in countries affected by conflict, violence and instability* around the world, UNICEF warned today, as World Water Week gets under way. “Children’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has resumed his official duties following the expiration of his annual vacation which gave him the opportunity to enjoy a deserved rest and also attend to other personal matters. His Spokesman, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, who confirmed this in a statement said the governor as required by […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, September 1 and Monday September 4, 2017 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, urged all Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country’s democracy. The minister assured citizens […]
Photo caption: Dara-khosrowshahi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uber’s board has selected Dara Khosrowshahi, the head of Expedia, to serve as its new chief executive, according to two people familiar with the decision, as the troubled Silicon Valley company looks to turn over a new leaf. The unanimous vote on Sunday came after months of infighting, leaks […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has directed the Federal Controllers of Works in Delta and Edo States respectively to mobilise contractors to immediately effect repairs on the bad portions of the Asaba -Onitsha Road. This directive was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Hakeem […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has described as unnecessary the controversies over the reduction of cut-off marks for 2017 admission exercise into tertiary institutions by stakeholders at its policy meeting. Rather than criticisms, JAMB said Nigerians should be concerned about how to address the flight of citizens in glorified secondary […]
Photo caption: (L-R) Udeme James, Runner-up (Female), Chamberlain Usoh Open, CSO Promoter, Tom Ford, Winner, Yemisi Olatunji, Winner and Babatunde Ajagbe, Runner-up (Male) …World Squash is Impressed – CSO Promoter By Tajudeen Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Briton Tom Ford and Nigerian Yemisi Olatunji have emerged the winners at the finals of the maiden […]
From. Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The member representing Anambra East/ West in the federal House of Representatives, Tony Nwoye has emerged APC Gubernatorial candidate in the party’s primary election held on Saturday, in Awka, the Anambra state capital. He polled a total of 2,146, votes to defeat other contestants , including Senator Andy […]
