BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German Chancellor Mrs. Angela Merkel has declared her intention to re-contest for the fourth term in office. Merkel made the declaration Sunday while speaking at the headquarters of her centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She clarified that she would re-contest for the position of party leader, as well as Chancellor. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Syrian Government has rejected a UN proposal to end heavy fighting in the city of Aleppo. The rejected plan provided that the rebel-held eastern Aleppo would remain under opposition control, provided the rebel fighters withdrew. Syrian Foreign Minister Mr. Walid al-Muallem, who met the UN envoy to Syria on […]
Ayodele Afolabi AKURE, ONDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has kicked against the request by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State on account of the its internal crisis. A statement signed […]
By Ignatius Okpara ABAKALIKI, EBONYI NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck Friday at Ekuluobia Street Kpiripiri in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, south East Nigeria, as a two year-old boy was burnt to death and property valued several millions of naira destroyed in a fire disaster that occurred in the area. The inferno which began in […]
AKURE, ONDO NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) former Ondo State Governorship aspirants and party’s supporters to stand by Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) and work for his victory in the next Saturday election. The President made the call Saturday in Akure, the Ondo State capital at […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Workers in south East Nigeria could not hold back their tears on Friday as they converged in Enugu for a rally to pay respect to the 21 coal miners who were brutally murdered by the British Police at the Iva Valley coal mine, Enugu in 1949. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dream of Gareth Southgate of being confirmed as the substantive England Manager is gradually turning to a reality, as he is scheduled to meet the Football Association top hierarchy on Monday for job interview. He is expected to be interviewed at St George’s Park by a panel including FA chairman […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US President-elect Mr. Donald Trump has nominated three of his close allies, including Alabama Senator, Mr. Jeff Sessions as the attorney general and other top security. Mr .Sessions, who is a former prosecutor elected to the Senate in 1996, was rejected for an appointment as a Federal judge in […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has set up an inter-agency Presidential Committee on Asset Recovery (PCAR) as part of its efforts to strengthen the ongoing fight against corruption. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the move public Friday in his remark, while receiving the Special Representative of the UN […]
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has berated speculation that he funded the campaign of defeated US Democratic candidate, Mrs. Hilary Clinton with the sum of $500 million. Buhari’s SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a post Friday on his FB account, hit back at the speculators, as […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ahmed Makarfi-led opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered further setback Friday, as Justice Ibrahim Saulawa Appeal panel in Abuja, adjourned indefinitely ruling on the appeal filed by the factional Ondo State Governorship candidates, Messrs Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim. The Court of Appeal has reserved ruling […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Volkswagen VW has hinted about its planned 30,000 jobs cut worldwide with about 23,000 of the losses likely in Germany. The giant which is still dealing with the aftermath of the emissions-cheating scandal is determined to rejuvenate its core brand and develop new electric and self-driving cars. It confirmed that […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has confirmed that many of its Turkish officers have requested for asylum in other countries. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that, despite their request, the officers did not give names, numbers or reasons for their action. It is said that the countries involved will […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the sentencing to death of a Nigerian in Singapore on Friday for drug related offences as heartbreaking despite repeated calls for Nigerians to desist from criminal activities like drug peddling. The Presidential aide […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The US Director of National Intelligence Mr. James Clapper has submitted his resignation letter. The 75-year-old top American spy told the House Intelligence Committee that “it felt pretty good”. His resignation had been expected, as President-elect Mr. Donald Trump prepares to unveil his officials. “I submitted my letter of resignation […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kosovo police said they have averted terror coordinated attacks in Kosovo and the Balkans, targeted at Israel’s national soccer team and fans during the Albania vs. Israel match on November 12. Following this, the security agency in a statement Thursday, disclosed that they had arrested 19 people, suspected to […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – For the first time, Mrs. Hillary Clinton has expressed disappointment at her loss to Mr. Donald Trump in the last week US Presidential election. Speaking at a children’s charity, the Democratic candidate said she had wanted to “curl up with a good book and never leave the house again”, still, […]
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed great shock over the passage of foremost industrialist and economist, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi. Gbadamosi, a Co-chairman of the Lagos @ 50 Committee, died on Wednesday at the age of 72. The Governor in a statement signed Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that the anti-corruption war is tough and grueling, lamenting the crime is fighting ‘’vigorously back’, yet, assured that the battle would be won. While meeting with American Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, Wednesday, on the margins of conference on climate change, COP22, in Marrakech, […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 41 year old man, identified as Francis Okonkwo Uzo, on Tuesday, killed himself after hacking his wife, Mrs. Ozoemena Uzo to death in Enugu. According to the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed this to AFRICAN EXAMINER on Wednesday, the ugly […]
