Posted by Eric Ojo
Business News, Latest Headlines
Friday, December 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) unveiled a new strategy vision for 2030, which is aimed at catalyzing private financing for climate action across Africa. This inauguration of the vision was held during AFAC strategy session that took place on the sidelines of global climate summit (COP27), prioritizing mobilizing capital […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News Around Africa
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari has harped on the need for Africa to take advantage of its large youth population to further enhance socio-economic development in the continent. President Buhari made the observation while speaking at the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, says that the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi will lose the 2023 election. Omokri disclosed this on Thursday on his Twitter account saying that Obi knows he would lose the presidential election. According to him, Peter Obi was ill-prepared for the presidency as less than […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has accused state governors of stealing the allocations of LGAs in their states. Buhari made this known on Thursday saying that the governors treat the local government level unfairly. The president disclosed this after he delivered his speech at an event hosted for members of the senior executive course […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Entertainment, Latest Headlines
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular Nigerian comedian and social activist, Debo Adebayo, aka Mr. Macaroni, has berated the present All Progressives Congress-led federal government concerning its hypocrisy in handling the recurring fuel scarcity in the country. Mr Macaroni stated that the present government led protests, shut down the economy, and even issued threats a few years […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has advised Nigerians to make sure that their details in the National Identify Number, NIN, are in consonance with the data on their application for National Passport. The minister gave the advice on Thursday, in a post on his verified Twitter handle. Aregbesola also stated […]
Posted by Ignatius Okpara
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has lambasted a rights group, International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law Intersociety, over false allegations against the General officer GOC Commanding the Division. It said “the attention of the 82 Division Nigerian Army has been drawn to a libelous and diminishing narrative […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has dispelled reports claiming Nigerians registered by the agency can cast ballots in the 2023 elections without presenting Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) at polling units. Yakubu made the clarification at an ongoing induction retreat for Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Lagos. […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the detention of Aminu Adamu over an alleged defamatory post made against the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari. NANS President, Usman Barambu, in a statement on Thursday, demanded the unconditional release of the student of the Federal University Dutse. He also […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, is billed to testify against Aminu Adamu, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, for allegedly defaming her. Mr Adamu was alleged to have published a defamatory statement on his Twitter handle against Mrs Buhari. The tweet was posted on 8 June but […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Business News, Latest Headlines
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Major players in the soft drink market have pleaded with the national assembly to protect businesses from collapsing over the N10/litre excise duty tax imposed on the industry. They made this known on Wednesday in Abuja in a meeting with the leadership of the national assembly. African Examiner recalls that in January, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Business News, Latest Headlines
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the increasing fuel scarcity across the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has stated that it has two billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), aka petrol, in stock. In a statement on Thursday, Adeyemi Adetunji, Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Limited, disclosed that with enough fuel in […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government, yesterday, blamed the high level of poverty in the country on state governors, who it said operate only in state capitals, pay more attention to building flyovers and airports, rather than improvement of life in the rural areas. The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, Sports News
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 21st National Sports Festival (NSF) taking place in Asaba, the Delta state capital, is about to kick off with over 14,000 athletes battling for medals. African Examiner writes that the Stephen Keshi Stadium is the venue for the 11-day national sporting fiesta that would start with an opening ceremony on Wednesday […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Business News, Latest Headlines
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund has stated that it will help Ghana restore macroeconomic stability. Ghana had requested for help from the IMF in July after its citizens protested the spiraling inflation, currency depreciation, and other economic woes. In a statement on Wednesday, IMF stated that its team would visit the West African […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional lending arm for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved $13.95 million grant for the implementation of Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved livelihoods programme in Ethiopia Administered by the AfDB, the ADF comprises 32 contributing countries and benefits 37 countries. The 37 ADF-eligible countries […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, Sports News
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tunisia bowed out of the 2022 World Cup with their heads held high as they defeated reigning champions, France 1-0 on Wednesday at the Education City stadium. Skipper Wahbi Khazri scored what would have been a decisive goal for the Carthage Eagles had it been Denmark drew with Australia in the other […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A student of Federal University Dutse (FUD), Aminu Muhammad, has been remanded in prison because of his tweet on Aisha Buhari. African Examiner writes that Muhammad, who is from Azare in Bauchi state, is a final-year student at the department of environmental management and he was arrested by the police because of […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
(AFRICA EXAMINER) – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council’s meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. He […]
Posted by African Examiner
Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Wednesday, November 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government said state governors were responsible for the rising rate of poverty in the country. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, made this assertion at a press briefing in the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting chaired […]
