Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. It disclosed that the sum was part of monies which some Commercial Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015, and refused to remit into the NHIS’ Treasury […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economist has stated that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is the best choice for Nigeria. The publication in a recent article titled ‘Nigeria desperately needs a new kind of leadership’, stated that Obi x-rays the country’s failings with more precision than his rivals. However, the London-based newspaper stated […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
…Says He’s Aware Of Hardship Nigerians Are Facing Over Naira Scarcity (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a message to Nigerians from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, saying he was fully aware of hardship some policies of government, “which are meant to bring overall improvement to the country” had caused and appealed for further […]
Posted by Niyi Adeyi
Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra Government has signed a sports marketing partnership deal worth N1.5 billion with Brunnuel and Winston Ltd, a financial consulting firm to drive the Anambra Solution Sports Initiative. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the partnership is a bold move to realise the Prof. Chukwuma Soludo administration’s determination to […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says the party’s Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, is committed to improving access to quality healthcare services, when elected. Spokesperson for the APC PCC, Festus Keyamo stated this at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship progamme, NAN forum in Abuja on Sunday. […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some customers of various banks in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried the inability of most banks to dispense the old N200 notes in spite of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari had on Thursday directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allow […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some commercial sex workers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have decried low patronage in their business due to the scarcity of Naira notes. Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the scarcity of the notes was a threat and had crippled […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, Sports News
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liverpool have won their second match crushing Newcastle United two goals to nothing. Darwin Nunez scored early in the 10th minute, while Cody Gakpo followed with a goal in the 17th minute to seal their team’s victory. In other matches of the Premier League Arsenal won 4-2 in a thrilling comeback victory […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News From The State
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command says it has reinforced security in the Idemili North area of the State, following the attack on the Ogidi area command in the early hours of today Saturday, 18/2/2023 which claimed the lives of three police operatives. According to the Command Spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, “The hoodlums […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency has stated that the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari is working towards an interim government is not absolutely true. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement on Friday stated that President Buhari won’t stampede democracy he has helped to keep alive […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira swap policy has failed woefully due to the present hardship in the country. Akeredolu, in a statement released on Saturday, enjoined President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse the policy to prevent a major chaos in the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has reiterated the importance of partnerships in driving sustainable development in Africa. AfDB Vice President of Infrastructure, Private Sector and Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor made the observation while speaking at the signing ceremony of a joint partnership action plan by the AfDB Group and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News From The State
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Igbo apex Socio cultural body Ohaneze Ndigbo has asked people of South East Nigeria, to ignore the sit- at home and total lockdown order during the election period by a fugitive, one Simon Ekpa, based in Finland. It said the issue was part of her […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has frowned at President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to end the validity of the N1,000 and N500 old notes irrespective of the suffering Nigerians have faced in the past couple of weeks. The African Examiner recalls that President Buhari in a national broadcast on the morning of Thursday, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, World News
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Union (EU) Commission has pledged to invest €313 million to alleviate the plight of children whose education has been disrupted by crisis in the part of the world. The Commission and the EU Member States came together as Team Europe to make this pledge. This was disclosed in a statement made […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News From The State
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of efforts geared towards having a peaceful and violent free general election in Anambra, the State Police Command on Friday met with all the political parties participating in the polls, and initiated signing of peace accord by the Candidates. The State police public Relations officer PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency on Friday said there was no truth in the claim that President Muhammadu Buhari was working towards an interim government or the truncation of democracy. It also said that the naira re-design policy of the Buhari administration was not a ploy to keep him in office beyond May 29, 2023. […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
Africa, African News, Latest Headlines
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pledged that Nigeria was ready to host the Secretariat of the Sahel Climate Fund, including equipping and provision of accommodation to the top management staff of the fund. The “Sahel Climate Fund” is the financial body of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC). The […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Enugu, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has struck out a suit seeking the disqualification of all the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in Enugu State from taking part in the 2023 elections. The case was instituted by the Enugu North Senatorial district candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chika Idoko. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Crime Watch, Latest Headlines
Friday, February 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia says it has arrested and detained about 800 Nigerians for various offences which border on irregular migration. This was announced in a statement signed by the Head of, Public Relations Unit, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Gabriel Odu, on Friday. The Saudi authorities stated that 45,458 illegal migrants […]
