BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foremost US internet firm Yahoo has been acquired by another American telecoms giant Verizon Communications with about $5billion in cash. The firm will be combined by its new ownership with AOL – another faded internet star, which Verizon bought in 2015. However, the acquisition did not include Yahoo’s valuable stake […]
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A brief reshuffle in the Edo State House of Assembly has resulted to replacement of the immediate past Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie with her Deputy, Hon. Justin Okonoboh as the new Speaker. Mrs. Ativie has now been moved to the position of the Deputy Speaker. The development started at the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bavarian officials have confirmed that videos of the young suspected terrorist, who blew himself up Sunday evening in Ansbach Syria, have been found on mobiles and laptop. The attack by the 27-year-old suspected terrorist also injured not less than 15 people. Confirming the latest development, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Hermann […]
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has visited the incumbent, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Obasanjo arrived the Villa around 12.45pm Monday in a black Sports Utility. Upon arrival, he immediately moved into the President’s office and met behind the closed door with Buhari. Former […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency declared Sunday that President Muhammadu Buahri’s administration refused to include private investors in its economic management team owing to challenge of clash of interest. According to a statement, Mr. President’s aversion to inclusion of private businessmen in his Government’s economic team is based on the antecedent – where […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has soft pedal on Russia as it declared that the country will not be totally blanked out from the Rio 2016 due to doping scandal. Instead of outright ban, IOC said it will leave the decision to individual sports’ governing bodies to decide if the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the stage musical extravaganza Wakaa – The Musical as one of the best in both depth and story line. Alhaji Mohammed made the submission after watching the London Edition of the show at the Shaw Theatre West End Friday […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – MThe Lagos State Government on Sunday announced its readiness to massively reduce dependence on federal allocation and increase the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to a target of N30billion monthly in 2017 and N50billion monthly in 2018 as well as a yearly budget size of N1 trillion by 2018. Rising from […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is set to certify Officers and Ratings of the Nigerian Navy in line with the requirements of Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW). This was made known by the Director General of the Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside when the Flag Officer Commanding, Naval […]
ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu metropolis and environs, following the killing of two policemen attached to the state Command by yet to be identified gunmen. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police in charge of the state, Emmanuel Ojukwu has vowed to apprehend perpetrators of the barbaric act. Ebere Amarizu, the Command’s spokesman, […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the spate of violence and killings trailing rerun elections in Rivers state, south-south Nigeria, a group named Centre for Public Accountability (CPA) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to again postpone the elections saying politicians are not ready for the elections. A statement issued in Abuja by […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The attempted coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on July 15, 2016 did not come as a surprise. The surprise expressed by some Western countries – who have first hand information about the state of affairs in that country – is hypocritical. They know that Erdogan is a fascist dictator who has turned […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As far back as 2012 a survey of more than 10,000 Internet users in over 20 countries conducted by the Internet Society found that 83% of respondents agreed with the statement that “access to the Internet should be considered a basic human right,” so essential has the internet become to […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has been accused of systematically destroying the foundation of tertiary education in the country. A civil society group, Education Awareness Support Organisation, specifically accused the minister of arbitrarily tinkering with the set rules governing tertiary institutions. The group has therefore, petitioned President Muhammadu […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than six people were killed, while several others were injured, Friday after a shooting suspected to be masterminded by terrorists at the Olympia Mall in Munich. The city Police have also confirmed that the perpetrators of the shooting were on the run. Residents have been advised to avoid […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared doping will not be condoned in Sports as the ban on his country to partake in the coming Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil is to be upheld. It would be recalled the Russian track and field athletes have been banned from the Games which […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam BENUE, MAKURDI (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has upheld the re-election of former Senate President David Mark. Justice Obande Ogunya while delivering the leading judgment Friday held that the State Election Petition Tribunal’s decision to strike out the petition of Senator Mark’s opponent and […]
By Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has announced his return to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ribadu, a one- time Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 general elections and chieftain of […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Britian’s economy and liquidty flow appear to be responding to the recent exit #Brexit of the country from the EU as the industrial production volume and stock orders have plummeted. Data obtained after the referendum from HIS Markit’s Purchasing Manager’s Index or PMI, confirmed a fall to 47.7 in July […]
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global health experts, scientists and others will storm Lagos next week to brainstorm on emerging deadly diseases threatening the African continent. The Lagos State Government in collaboration with Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET), the West African Task Force for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks (WATER), […]
