BALTIMORE,MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja will now be closed on March 8 for repairs, the Ministry of Transportation said yesterday. The nation’s capital’s airport’s runway is to be reactivated after closure. It will last for six weeks. The announcement of the date, which was previously fixed for next month, […]
By Ignatius Okpara ASABA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Special Anti-Robbery and Anti-Cult units of the Delta State Police Command was on Monday raised down by a mysterious fire. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the inferno which came from a nearby bush also burnt four cars, two tricycles and some motorcycles parked in the police unit. […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy Senate President and former Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against any military action by the Community in Gambia. He said it could plunge the country into bloodletting and threaten the security and […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday pledged that the Nigerian Senate, upon resumption, will look into the crises that have led to the wanton loss of lives and property in the Southern part of Kaduna State, in recent times. The Senate President made this known while responding […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A UK’s top diplomat in Brussels Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned. Rogers, who was appointed to the role of Permanent Representative by former PM David Cameron in 2013, had been expected to play a key role in Brexit talks expected to start in few months time. The Foreign Office said […]
DUTSE, JIGAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Jigawa State House of Assembly has impeached its Speaker, Idris Garba. Garba after his impeachment Tuesday morning was immediately replaced with Isa Idris representing Gwaram constituency as the new Speaker. Earlier, the Clerk of the house, Hussaini Ali announced that he received an impeachment notice signed by 25 […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City Coach Pep Guardiola says he is gradually moving to the end of his career. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss also declared that he will not be coaching at 65. Guardiola after his team 2-1 win over Burnley Monday said: “I will be at Manchester for the […]
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Pius Adesanmi’s “A Nigerian, Library and Lawmakers” (Sahara Reporters, December 24). I will like to add a footnote to what he has raised: hopefully, the likely beginning of a useful conversation around the subject of reading, literacy, politician-constituency relationship, and the normative/practical value of knowledge and research in governance. At the […]
FULL PRESS RELEASE The Buhari administration has begun the payment of N5, 000 monthly stipends to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the country through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of its Social Investment Programmes, SIP. Under the CCT, one million Nigerians would receive N5000 monthly payments as a form of social safety […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning has described as ”erroneous” the publication which claimed that over N29b has been budgeted by the Federal Government (FG) to fight militancy in 2017. The Media Adviser to the Minister of Budget Senator Udo Udoma, Mr. Akpandem James indicated Tuesday that the […]
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico urged other European leaders on Monday to stop calling referendums on domestic issues, saying they posed a threat to the EU and to the euro. Last June Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union and last month Italian voters rejected a constitutional reform plan. Right-wing, anti-immigrant parties […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the January 10, 2017 resumption of trial of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the group has invited international observers to come and monitor the court proceeding. IPOB, also called on its teeming supporters and freedom fighters across Nigeria and elsewhere to be in […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vocal outspoken Catholic priest, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently appoint economic experts that would help him revive the country’s distressed economy, lamenting that Nigerians are really suffering. Mbaka, who is the spiritual Director of the famous Adoration Ministry Enugu, (AMEN) gave the advice weekend in […]
…2,000 Entrepreneurs And Counting January 1, 2017; LAGOS, NIGERIA – Africa’s largest business incubator, The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), is now accepting applications from African entrepreneurs, with business ideas that can transform Africa. The application portal is open and accepting submissions until Midnight WAT on March 1, 2017. To apply, complete the online application at: www.tonyelumelufoundation.org/programme. Successful applicants will join the third cycle of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, TEF’s 10-year, $100 million commitment to train, mentor and fund 10,000 African entrepreneurs in every African […]
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has noted with satisfaction, the tremendous support and encouragement, his Restoration administration has continued to receive from the people of the State. The Governor, who stated this in his new message, attributed the achievements of his administration, especially in the periods leading up […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 28 people were killed, while over 50 injured Saturday, in a twin bomb which erupted in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. The explosions which responsibility has been claimed by the so-called (IS), occurred one after another in the busy al-Sinak market. More than 50 people were injured. Many of the […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Enugu Nigeria, (African Examiner) – Ex-Rangers International Football Club of Enugu, South- East Nigeria, have concluded plans to establish a hall of fame for the soccer icons, saying it will be located inside an ultra- Modern complex estimated to gulp over 500 million naira. The complex will also house other money […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Anambra, Nigeria (African Examiner) – The popular Zik’s Avenue area of Fegge, in the commercial city of Onitsha Anambra state South East Nigeria, has been thrown into tension, following the death of a 30-year-old man, Abalise Adimonye, who reportedly lost his life during a marathon sex with his 18 year old lover […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin City Benin City Nigeria (African Examiner) – A serving Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP) with the Edo state police command, whose name was given as Christopher Osakue, has reportedly committed suicide in Benin city, the Edo State capital, Nigeria. The state Commissioner of Police, CP, Haliru Gwandu, confirmed the incident to […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged all Nigerians to be on the alert and watch out for strange figures settling in their communities, and report to the nearest security agencies. While noting that this becomes necessary, as the armed forces followed up on the fleeing terrorists from the captured Sambisa Forest, the […]
