BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Commission (EU) has ruled that Ireland should recover up to €13bn (£11bn) from the US giant Apple in back taxes. The Commission handed down the ruling after concluding its three years investigation. It held that Irish’s tax benefits were illegal. EU held that Ireland enabled Apple to pay […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely over a week after its last outing, Coalition members of BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) Tuesday stormed Abuja in protest against Federal Government (FG) alleged delay in seeking the freedom for over 200 abducted Chibok secondary school girls. It would be recalled the same coalition last week led by […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Legendary Mexican singer and actor Juan Gabriel is dead. Gabriel who died at age 66, reportedly passed on due to heart attack in California, days after performing for 17,000 fans at the Los Angeles Forum. The music star whose real name was Alberto Aguilera Valadez, rose from a very poor […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has condemned in strong terms the killing of Ken Atsuwete, a Port Harcourt based human rights lawyer. In a statement issued in Abuja, Dr Peterside, who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Monday, condoled with Chief Brown Etonye and his family over the death of his son, Pastor Barr. Tamarakuro Etonye at his residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Describing the death of Pastor Etonye as sudden and unfortunate, Governor Dickson said on behalf of the […]
…As Fayose Signs Law Forbidding Grazing in Prohibited Areas Ayodele Afolabi, Ado-Ekiti Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Monday said that any herdsman caught grazing with arms or any weapon in Ekiti would now be charged with terrorism and be made to face the law accordingly. This followed his signing into law a bill […]
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unknown gunmen have killed a prominent Lawyer, Mr. Ken Atsuete in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, South South Nigeria. Reports indicated that the slain Lawyer was ambushed and shot severally at his Port Harcourt residence Sunday night. Late Atsuete was said to be one of the Counsels to the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now is set for the Ghanaian Captain Asamoah Gyan to be joined Reading on a season loan from Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. The 30-year-old former Sunderland Striker has a medical with the Championship side. It would be recalled Gyan scored 10 Premier League goals for the Black Cats […]
By Seun Adebosin DELTA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following intelligence reports, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced discovery and destruction of two illegal crude oil refineries by the exercising “Crocodile Smile” troops traversing Ayakoromo and Esaba water ways in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. Defence said Monday that at about 5.00pm Sunday, August […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Brazilian President Ms. Dilma Rousseff has defended herself and insisted her conscience was “absolutely clean” as well as not committed any crime. Rousseff was accused of illegally manipulating the budget to hide a growing deficit, during her impeachment trial in the Senate. She made the defence during her […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was pandemonium in and around Kuje Prisons Abuja Monday afternoon, due to heavy persistent shooting. The development sparked up fear among the residents and passers-by of possible jail break and subsequent break down of law and order. Nigeria has been recently hit with successive failed and successful jail break. […]
NAIROBI, KENYA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria will soon become one of the most attractive and easiest places of doing business in the world by 2019. Speaking Sunday in Nairobi Kenya at a plenary session of “Dialogue with the Private Sector” at the sixth Tokyo International Conference for African Development (TICAD VI), […]
By Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ebonyi State Governor, Mr. David Nweze Umahi, has ordered the immediate sack of some non-academic workers in the State owned University and College of Education. He handed down the order in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital Saturday while receiving the report of a committee set up by […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the foremost social media, Facebook FB has overhauled the users’ feature on its site to make posts more automated after claims of left-wing bias. FB’s 1.7 billion users see news stories and topics picked using a mixture of AI and human input. With the modification, the company stated […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday promised that the Senate will investigate the severe hunger and nutrition crisis in the IDP camps in the North East. It would be recalled hundreds of women Thursday from IDP camps in Borno State took streets on peaceful protest […]
The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has condemned the invasion of the home of his aide, Mr. Richie Etonye, describing it as “an act of irresponsibility.” Etonye’s residence in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was invaded on Tuesday, August 23 by policemen numbering over 50, allegedly on the instruction of the leaders of All Progressives Congress in Abuja. Dickson in a statement […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Young Nigerian animator, Roye Okupe’s prominence is soaring as he has been featured on the popular American news site – Washington Post just as his second work arrived the country. The Computer Scientist gained the distinct media mentioning over his a comic book company, YouNeek Studios. Okupe arrived in the […]
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the South- east caucus in the Federal House of Representatives, have condemned in strong terms Thursday attack on Attakwu community, Enugu State, by Fulani herdsmen and called on the Federal Government (FG) and security agents to ensure that the perpetrators are unmasked. The community which […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of the Governing Boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The composition is as follows: NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY (NPA) (i) Emmanuel OlajideAdesoye-Chairman (ii) SupoShasore-Member (iii) Suleiman Ibrahim Halilu-Member (iiii) Constance Harry Mashal-Member (v) Umar Shu’aibu-Member (vi) Charles Efe EmukowhateSylvester-Member (vii) Hadiza BalaUsman-Member (viii) Mohammed Bello Koko-Member (ix) Dr. SekonteDavis-Member (x) Professor IdrisAbubakar-Member (xi) Mrs. I. J. Uche-Okoro-Member NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY […]
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti State Government has refuted the media report that the four victims of Egbe Dam in Gbonyin Local Council area of the State were World Bank officials. In a statement issued Friday by the State Governor Ayodele Fayose’s Press Secretary Idowu Adelusi, the State clarified that the Third Urban […]
